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You know, it's anyone's right as an American citizen, to comment on the President's comments or lack of comment. We can state our agreement or disagreement, and I dont believe we have to wait and see what he is next going to say. Besides, saying "Romney jumped the gun" is hilarious. You dont think the media beat his door down asking where he stood and what he thought of the WH statement issued and the Embassy statement issue. More than likely, as left as the media is, all with the intent of jabbing for a comment they can use against Romney's campaign......as was exactly done! Come on, open your eyes and ears America!!
I'm just curious if anyone's opinion here about Romney's statement has changed in the past couple of days.
Ad hominum statements lack information or clarity. Attacks by killers demand clear, serious responses.
All negative comments on Gov Romney are ad hominumd--the least informative and responsible. Serious attacks demand clear, serious responses, not equivocations.
Not a mixed signal. It is very clear to every one but him. He said, "It is wrong to stand by the statement" then seconds later he admits that he knows "The White House distanced themselves from the statement" Just 22 seconds later. I have never seen a politician contradict himself so quickly.
First paragraph: Empty words. Yeah, I'm sure you are going to mourn, Mitt.
Second paragraph: Mitt, there is no way you can clean up the mess you made of this.
Romney did great! Thank you.
The reporter who asked "Do you regret..." is definitely a libral democrapy.
This is the first time I have seen Mr. Romney look the media in the eye and show conviction. Imagine that, a man with core values and conviction tell the liberal press to basically get a life. It is ok for a president to get pissed of and tell the world how he feels. To tell the murderers that if he was president they better run and hide, because he ain't taking their crap! After that kind of attack, there is no reason for diplomacy according to Mr. Romney. Bravo.....
How can Romney be a grown man that thinks for himself, shows true leadership in the face of "Donnie Most", "Fred 'Almost all'" and "Jimmy even his own" all part of the the one in OZ looking for a brain camp (strawmen dude) LOL!!
Also, the obvious bias in the questions aside, did anyone catch how many of the question showed that the reporters didn`t even listen to his speech, he answered most of their questions. They didn`t even listen to the speech and the questions were lame, I have lost respect even more for the press, they walked right into Romney`s wheel house when they actually thought (because they buy into their own propaganda) that Romney doesn`t know foreign policy and they could "gotcha" him, they (as in the words of Reagan) thought he would be passive, they thought wrong.
If this would have been Obama 2008 it would have been oooo ahhhhh ooooo ahhhhhh "greatest foreign policy rebuttal in history, give him the Nobel Peace Prize. lol
How many times could these dumb asses ask the same question? Wasn't that a creative bunch of air heads?
The question "Was it inappropriate making these statements as they unfolded in real time?" WHAT A DUMB QUESTION, Ever heard of the 60/40 rule reporter? yes, he should have waited for a poll to come out, he should have waited to see what Obama thought, oh that doesn`t work so "Wasn`t it inappropriate as Americans where being killed.....?" Yes, again, he should have waited.....it WAS PERFECT TIMING, A LEADER IN TIMING, LEADERSHIP ON DISPLAY, AWESOME STANDARDIZATION AND CLARITY OF FOREIGN POLICY. HE WON, HE WON!!! YES!! LOOK AT THE LAP DOGS, HOWLING DURING A GREAT SYMPHONY, A WELL THOUGHT OUT DOMINATION BASED ON TRADITIONAL AMERICAN VALUES! I am awed at his timing, the timing of a man that loves his country-too see anything else is anything but patriotic and anything other than BIPARTISAN, for some who don`t know, this occurrence is the same as being attacked on our home soil and I love how Romney assumed everyone knows that. Amazing......
You know what this reminded me of? It reminded me of Reagan press conferences where he had to defend American values against a bias free press that spends more time challenging American values than asking poignant questions related to the journalistic circumstance that begs for acknowledgement of the right to dissent in favor of American traditional values rather than always folding in the shadow of assumed corruption in conservative viewpoints.
The press accuses Romney of being out of line for speaking out "too soon" after a tragic event. Yet they had no problem with Democrats speaking out against Bush in wartime and during tragedies like Katrina. Heck, even the press got into the act. They called a general "General Betrayus" during wartime. What hypocrites!
6:45 !!! "stood strong" YEAH!!!!!!! HE OWNED THEM!!! WHO SAW ANYTHING DIFFERENT!!! WOW RIGHT, THAT`S RIGHT ON!!
Seriously though, can you believe the questions they asked him? Talk about sand bagging, wow, complicity to the nth degree! Romney speaks from the heart, not polls and when he does he is condemned, when he proceeds "with caution" his is condemned, man this guy can`t win, until Nov.!!!
The Right will defend Romney's position regardless whether he's right or wrong.
The Left will do the same for Obama. There's no changing minds of zealots.
The people who really will make the difference in this election are those of us who will not be swayed by Party Politics and can see passed the spin & lies. So spin it however you will, but Romney made a huge blunder today.... anyone not blinded by over-zealous devotion to the Romney Camp can see that. Sorry folks, but many clearly see the gravity of this tragic situation & any candidate who would double down & defend such a mistake makes it even worse. Unless Obama makes a bigger blunder, Romney just took himself out of the running for me and probably many more like me.
The Right will defend Romney's position regardless whether he's right or wrong.
The Left will do the same for Obama. There's no changing minds of zealots.
The people who really will make the difference in this election are those of us who will not be swayed by Party Politics and can see passed the spin & lies. So spin it however you will, but Romney made a huge blunder today.... anyone not blinded by over-zealous devotion to the Romney Camp can see that. Sorry folks, but many clearly see the gravity of this tragic situation & any candidate who would double down & defend such a mistake makes it even worse. Unless Obama makes a bigger blunder, Romney just took himself out of the running for me and probably many more like me.
As a person who's been enthused about Romney being the replacement leader ....that was a good display of leadership ... and not in a "political gain/points" type of way.
Something I felt was missing in the GOP convention, politically calculated.
Romney should continue to be his executive self, and not his politically-oriented handlers self....
If he can do that in the debates , be himself and treat Obama as one of those losers he had to deal with in business....we are going to be pretty good in securing the changing of the guard.
AKA kicking Obama and his marxist schooled cronies out of office.
Yup ... he handled all the aggressive questions very well. There's hope for a turnaround for America if he wins. Let's keep our fingers crossed.... our toes as well.
Obama is weak in both foreign and domestic affairs. He lacks love for America. He embraces an anti-American view. He wants America to fail. He plans to keep poor dependent Americans poor and dependent on the government. What some may view as charisma, I see as a damaging and dangerous narcissistic ego. SAD that so many Americans have gotten sucked into his socialistic web.
Since Zero's media is sh*tting and p*ssing all over themselves about this, looks like Romney's press conference had its intended effect. Somebody had to show leadership since the Jive-Talker-in-Chief was too busy trying to get his a$$ to Vegas.
I thought about the criticism and wondered if Romney should have waited. Then it occured to me that I, too, am outraged! I was on FB last night asking WTH is the POTUS? Why is he not standing up front and center and declaring that we will not stand for this? I needed to hear him say that our flag and our diplomats are to be respected! I would slam the national wallet closed so fast that the rest of the world would sit in traffic, so to speak. I like Mitt Romney better today than I did yesterday. And while I have never been a fan of Obama... he will surely be happier when he can suck up to every foreign country full time and on his own dime.
'Should you have made such a statement so soon since these events were still unfolding?"
THIS COMING FROM THE MEDIA??? THE SAME MEDIA who continuously jumps to conclusions every time a mad gunman murders innocent people in America -- calling them Tea Partiers??
ARE YOU SERIOUS?
Very Nice press conference, I plan on voting for this man as all should with clarity and resolve!
It smacks of real leadership. Of course, think about what you yourself would do in way of response if you only had 1 1/2 years of voting present to support you in times as tough as these.
Welcome a new leader with abilities equal to the task.
It's refreshing to hear someone that doesn't throw shout outs before talking about a tragedy like Obama did to Dr. Joe Medicinecrow.
I suppose Anti means the complaint against the embassy themselves parroting the WH apology to offended Muhammadans.
Here: read what even CONSERVATIVES are saying about Romney today. It's not just hostile press. There is universal agreement- Romney is an idiot.
Mitt Romney's attack on President Obama for the "disgraceful" decision to "sympathize" with the murderers -- and his decision to stick with the political attack in a press conference Wednesday -- "is likely to be seen as one of the most craven and ill-advised tactical moves in this entire campaign," Time's Mark Halperin says. The "campaign faces a near consensus in Republican foreign policy circles that, whatever the sentiment, Romney faltered badly," BuzzFeed's Ben Smith writes. "I've been inundated with emails and calls from elected GOP leaders who think Romney's response was a mistake. Not today," MSNBC's Joe Scarborough tweeted. Peggy Noonan said on Fox, "I don't feel that Mr. Romney has been doing himself any favors, say in the past few hours, perhaps since last night... Sometimes when really bad things happen, when hot things happen, cool words or no words is the way to go." Former George W. Bush pollster Matthew Dowd tweeted, "Romney react feels a lot like ready, fire, aim."
That's a list of Obama's campaign helpers. You don't really believe them when they put Romney down do you? Most conservatives are sticking behind Romney becasue he was right. Where's Obama today? He's on his way to Las Vegas for more campaigning.
Sounds like progressive talking points to me. Obama basically said the same thing. Once one says it, they all say it trying to somehow make it ture.
Yes sir, give 'em hell for making such a bombastic apology, Governor Romney. It is unacceptable and should not be tolerated, one least bit. This puts my brother (US Army paratrooper) and my nephew (Air Force airman) in jeopardy when you acquiesce and genuflect to cowards, people who refuse to bring intellect and civil discussion to the table.
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