She’s going to keep gnawing on that bone until it gives something up, isn’t she? Via MM.
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In his latest speech, Mitt Romney dismissed U.S. policy in the Middle East as relying too much on “hope.” But in the notorious 47% video, he dismissed problems in the Middle East as not even worth trying to solve.
If we can’t believe him, how will anyone else in the world?
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Rachel Maddow nailed it last night, or rather, nailed Mitt Romney for the ignoramus he is on foreign policy. The various claims he made during the presidential debate were baseless, out and out lies, and the usual flip flops, but then what else is new, right?
“No discussion of terrorism in the 2008 presidential debates…”? “That makes no sense at all.”
“Not signed any free trade agreements in the past four years…”? “That also makes no sense.”
President Obama “only [has] hope that things will get better in the Middle East… Hope is not a strategy…”? See the ad from Team Obama above.
“Listen, Mr. Romney has never really had a firm grasp on even basic foreign policy stuff.”
“It was the right decision to go into Iraq… Of course we should not have gone into Iraq… We shouldn’t have left Iraq…”
Plus he barely mentioned the war in Afghanistan in his foreign policy address, and was both “for and against” a timeline for leaving. So which is it? Or aren’t those details important enough to share either?
“This is not this man’s forte…nor is it was anyone thinks he does well.”
What he is proposing to do “on even just the subject of the military is mathematically startling in its enormity.”
Romney has “the loosest grasp on the basics of this subject on which he is proposing such a radical change.”
Romney’s own top foreign policy advisers said “they are not even sure that Mr. Romney reads the policy papers that his own foreign policy advisers prepare for him. He just doesn’t seem that engaged or interested.. he has no enthusiasm for the subject… They have no idea what he would do about foreign policy if he were elected president.”
“One side just forfeited on this subject.”
This is your guy, GOP. This is who many voters want as Commander In Chief. Anybody else worried yet?
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They’ll twist themselves into any position possible to get President Obama. Via.
No sooner did I finish writing about the lies and inconsistencies of Willard M. Romney’s declarations and policy positions than Think Progress reported on yet another big fat reversal, this time on foreign aid.
Mitt Romney, November 14, 2011:
“[O]ne of the things we have to do with our foreign aid commitments, the ongoing foreign aid commitments, I agree with Governor Perry. You start everything at zero.”
Mitt Romney, October 8, 2012:
I will rally our friends and allies to match our generosity with theirs. And I will make it clear to the recipients of our aid that, in return for our material support, they must meet the responsibilities of every decent modern government-to respect the rights of all of their citizens, including women and minorities… to ensure space for civil society, a free media, political parties, and an independent judiciary… and to abide by their international commitments to protect our diplomats and our property.
Looks like he’s in full-on Etch A Sketch mode.
Here’s the audio of his speech today. Relevant segment at about 14:53:
And via TP: Four Key Areas Where Romney’s ‘New’ Foreign Policy Is Identical To Obama.
Soledad has been earning her pay these days. Via TPM.
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