This feels like that day in September 2008, when John McCain announced he was shutting down his campaign to fix the economy, revealing how totally unprepared he was to handle a crisis. He didn't actually shut it down, but that was the day his campaign died.
@3 That was possibly the worst, non-spontaneous campaign move in recent memory. I don't know how Mitt's team will top it, but I have a weird feeling they will somehow.
@6
Too bad it doesn't include the fact that Ryan himself voted for the "sequester" (including the requirement for cutting defense spending) that he is now trying to blame on Obama.
Because Ryan refused to raise taxes on people like Romney, Obama has to find some way to trim defense spending.
Romney made a junior varsity mistake, I would let it go. What is more disturbing is some of the unimaginative retreads he has around that are dishing out Foreign Policy advice to him, like major idiot, Dan Senor, who was stating some very dangerous stuff while Romney was on his buffonery tour to UK, Israel and Poland.
@ 10, Romney is running, not for varsity, but the big time. JV mistakes absolutely are not allowable. (I'd take issue with it being characterized like that anyway, but that doesn't matter.)
You're absolutely right about his advisers, though. Romney is simply a foreign policy cypher, which means that he'll take any advice he hears because he has absolutely NO understanding of it. Just like Bush, he won't truly be in charge and it will be left to the most extreme elements with predictable tragic results.
I must admit, I'm an average American and I did not know the difference between embassies and consulates.
Then again, I'm not running to be Chief Executive of the rest of you average Americans either.
On foreign policy, Romney is the least qualified presidential nominee of a major party, ever. (Or in, say, the last hundred years at least.)
Even candidates who had no particular background in foreign policy before running (Carter, Obama, JFK, even George W on rare occasions) could speak credibly about it without making fools of themselves. Nothing Mitt says about this ever makes sense, or shows any leadership skills, or does anything but erode confidence that he's up to even the basics of the job.
Forget "distancing himself ideologically," Paul Ryan so firmly believes that he and his man Romney are gonna win the White House that-- he isn't dropping out of his run for Congress.
That is the most pathetic attempt at spin I've read. Granted, I don't troll Drudge, so I'm sure I've missed out on some doozies. Seriously, don't you think it would help your cause by presenting conservatives as something else besides delusional idiots?
Oh. Seattleblues. No matter how many sock puppets you create, your particular brand of lunatic shut-in "je ne sais quoi" is unmistakable. We look forward to more reports from your "house" in Italy. Or is it Tripoli, now?
That's what I thought too. Wouldn't be surprised if this was the dagger that killed his campaign. He acted like a vulture instead of a presidential candidate.
http://www.americablog.com/2012/09/romne…
https://twitter.com/CharlesDharapak/stat…
*refills coffee cup, pulls down Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia Volume 7: Reptiles*
I vote for Monitor lizard.
And, I checked. Paul Ryan is Salacious Crumb.
Too bad it doesn't include the fact that Ryan himself voted for the "sequester" (including the requirement for cutting defense spending) that he is now trying to blame on Obama.
Because Ryan refused to raise taxes on people like Romney, Obama has to find some way to trim defense spending.
You're absolutely right about his advisers, though. Romney is simply a foreign policy cypher, which means that he'll take any advice he hears because he has absolutely NO understanding of it. Just like Bush, he won't truly be in charge and it will be left to the most extreme elements with predictable tragic results.
To the shores of... Benghazi?
I must admit, I'm an average American and I did not know the difference between embassies and consulates.
Then again, I'm not running to be Chief Executive of the rest of you average Americans either.
http://twitpic.com/8qsn2r
Even candidates who had no particular background in foreign policy before running (Carter, Obama, JFK, even George W on rare occasions) could speak credibly about it without making fools of themselves. Nothing Mitt says about this ever makes sense, or shows any leadership skills, or does anything but erode confidence that he's up to even the basics of the job.
To get a better marathon time?
If that ain't confidence, I don't know what is.
LMAOROTFL!
That is the most pathetic attempt at spin I've read. Granted, I don't troll Drudge, so I'm sure I've missed out on some doozies. Seriously, don't you think it would help your cause by presenting conservatives as something else besides delusional idiots?
@16 You can do better. That was weak, even by your standards.
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That's what I thought too. Wouldn't be surprised if this was the dagger that killed his campaign. He acted like a vulture instead of a presidential candidate.