I have been hurting all day
I beg everyone to not sit idle and allow this to be drowned out in the 24-hour news cycle. Please do everything you can to keep this in the front of voter’s minds all the way to the election. I plan to send what I have written below out to everyone that will read it every week until Election Day. Please VOTE.
“I know a lot of people have weighed in on the disgusting commentary by Romney and it feels good to sound off on this situation but what transpired was so beyond the pale of human decency that it should leave all Americans aghast. I have likely read hundreds of comments at this point, from the well-known and the unknown, trying to get a handle on my emotions and to help me form a coherent thought on what has happened over the last 24 hours.
What we know now is that the Embassy in Egypt released a statement to the Egyptian press in the early afternoon in order to quell what they perceived to be an escalating threat. Hours later, during what was still Patriots Day in the U.S. and meant to be devoid of political statements, Romney released a statement to the press that should haunt him for the rest of days. While attacks were in progress in both Egypt and Libya and while the State Department and the White House were evaluating the situation and forming a response to the situation, Romney’s statement belittled U.S. Embassy personal under attack at that very moment and derided the President as our country was under attack and American civilians and military personal were in harm’s way. This was not a gaffe, this wasn’t a mistake, there is no “I’m sorry” coming tomorrow. This was a cruel and politically-motivated ploy to degrade our President and insult our Foreign Service employees. The motives are deplorable and to double-down in the press conference the next day was a slap in the face our country didn’t need or deserve on the heels of the news regarding the death of our Ambassador to Libya and 3 other Foreign Service employees. The people that died were not numbers on a spreadsheet or statistics to quote; they were good people that died serving their country with honor: Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and Sean Smith (two others whose names have not been released pending notification to relatives). Romney is left wanting and not fit to stand in their shadow. Show him what you think of his actions on November 6th, VOTE.”
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I'm taking action. I'm doing the only thing in my power: to voice my opinion and vote. His action were wrong and due to his position as a major party candidate, his comments matter and have impact on the morale of State Department and foreign services employees across the world. As long as I motivate people to vote and vote for the President than that is what is important.
