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Mitt Romney’s remarks (link to video, including questions).

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  September 12th, 2012 at 01:00 PM  | 

RESIZE: AAA

I personally would have been a good deal more cutting, but then I personally would never make it past the tryouts for the auditions for the contest to be President of the United States. The man understands the problem, which is not “Free speech is provocative,” and never mind what those racists in the progressive antiwar movement think. Here’s the statement itself:

“Americans woke up this morning with tragic news and felt heavy hearts as they considered that individuals who have served in our diplomatic corps were brutally murdered across the world. This attack on American individuals and embassies is outrageous, it’s disgusting. It breaks the hearts of all of us who think of these people who have served, during their lives, the cause of freedom, and justice and honor. We mourn their loss and join together in prayer that the spirit of the Almighty might comfort the families of those who have been so brutally slain.

“Four diplomats lost their life, including the U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, in the attack on our embassy at Benghazi, Libya. And, of course, with these words, I extend my condolences to the grieving loved ones, who have left behind, as a result of these who have lost their lives in the service of our nation, and I know that the people across America are grateful for their service and we mourn their sacrifice.

“America will not tolerate attacks against our citizens and against our embassies. We will defend also our constitutional rights of speech and assembly and religion. We have confidence in our cause in America. We respect our Constitution. We stand for the principles our Constitution protects. We encourage other nations to understand and respect the principles of our Constitution because we recognize that these principles are the ultimate source of freedom for individuals around the world.

“I also believe the Administration was wrong to stand by a statement sympathizing with those who had breached our embassy in Egypt instead of condemning their actions. It’s never too early for the United States Government to condemn attacks on Americans, and to defend our values. The White House distanced itself last night from the statement, saying it wasn’t ‘cleared by Washington.’ That reflects the mixed signals they’re sending to the world.

“The attacks in Libya and Egypt underscore that the world remains a dangerous place and that American leadership is still sorely needed. In the face of this violence, America cannot shrink from the responsibility to lead. American leadership is necessary to ensure that events in the region don’t spin out of control. We cannot hesitate to use our influence in the region to support those who share our values and our interests. Over the last several years, we have stood witness to an Arab Spring that presents an opportunity for a more peaceful and prosperous region, but also poses the potential for peril, if the forces of extremism and violence are allowed to control the course of events.

“We must strive to ensure that the Arab Spring does not become an Arab Winter.”

And let me give you an idea of what kind of questions our press thought were smart to ask Romney:

REPORTER: Governor, some people have said that you jumped the gun a little in putting that statement out last night, and you should have waited until more details were available. Do you regret having that statement come out so early before we learned about all the things that were happening?

ROMNEY: I don’t think we ever hesitate when we see something which is a violation of our principles. We express immediately when we feel that the president and his administration have done something which is inconsistent with the principles of America. Simply put: having an embassy which has been breached, and has protestors on its grounds having violated the sovereignty of the United States? Having the embassy reiterate a statement effectively apologizing for the right of free speech is not the right course for an administration.

Yeah, they were pretty much all like that. I’d compare them to the questions that President Obama answered, except that he didn’t answer any: instead, Obama gave a brief statement, then ran and hid in the Oval Office.

Moe Lane (crosspost)

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  • tnfriendofcoal101368

    Actually, I think Plouffe would have had the secret service tackle Obama and drag him out kicking and screaming had he agreed to questions. They didn’t even want to risk Jake Tapper (and why the heck is it always Jake Tapper) asking: “Mr. President do you regret supporting Muslim Brotherhood’s take over of Libya and Egypt”; “Does this give you second thoughts about supporting MB regime take overs in Syria and Yemen”; “This group has stated an establishment of a one Muslim caliphate between Spain and Indonesia, aren’t Israel and Saudi Arabia and Turkey and Iraq in their way? Are we going to stand with those allies in the region or kick them to the curb like we did Mubarak”; “In the combined 64 years that Quaddafi and Mubarak ruled in Egypt and Libya – how many US Ambassadors were killed; how many embassies were breached?”; “Finally, will we require Muslim Brotherhood to turn over the perpetrators of this atrocities before we make the next 8.5 billion dollar aid transfer or will it be business as usual as indicated by Secretary Clinton.”

  • proudmarinemom

    Yes, Egypt is gone. Very sad for the Egyptian people, many of whom actually love American culture. The ones I’ve met, who come here to work in their own embassy, seem genuinely relieved to be out of there and anxious to assimilate. One family I know was sent back to Cairo a couple of months ago, the children in tears at leaving their schools here, the parents frightened. I pray for them.

    By the way, Bernadine Dorhn and her loving terrorist husband, Bill Ayers have been hanging around Cairo “community organizing” for the past two years. Funny how this slips under the radar. Reuters did report on their involvement there at one point, but the story got buried. If Obama thought Ayers would pave the way for him, he was mistaken. Because now 4 Americans are dead and the election is weeks away.

  • Martin Knight

    If I were Mitt Romney, I’d either learn to channel Newt Gingrich or set up a response team alongside my communications team to counter the mainstream media and hire Newt to head it.

  • bullies4romney

    Seditionist Film Leading to Attacks on US Consulates Features US Porn Actress

    http://bulliesforromney.tumblr.com/post/31389906185/seditionist-film-leading-to-attacks-on-us-consulates

    You can’t make this stuff up.

  • aeaeren

    I think Romney shows just how pathetic Obama is really with this statement and taking the time to answer questions.. Man sometimes I want to beat him over the head and then he goes and does the right thing.

  • aeaeren

    So the media is spinning that Romney shouldn’t have said anything or was to early, so to them I say He only said what HUGE amount of our citizens wanted to say but do not have the platform to say it.
    BTW I thought our embassys were guarded by the Marines, has that changed?

  • proudmarinemom

    555. Romney is showing himself to be the real thing. You can’t fake his kind of leadership. We expect political candidates to be gods, to campaign 7 days a week, to miss their children’s baseball games and to quote Whitman and Jesus and Martin Luther King and never look tired or anxious.

    Nobody can do that. But we seem to have a fighting chance with Romney. I respect him more every day.

    (This message was NOT approved by the Romney for President Campaign and no campaign funds were used, obviously,)

  • jacksands

    Seriously Mitt messed up. Big time. This isn’t a ‘concern troll’ – I’m plain angry. The ambassador was one of us, in case you didn’t know. He died for our country, for freedom. And Romney can’t even take thirty seconds to offer condolences for his familiy?
    We – or I should say you or maybe they (I never supported Romney) – made a huge mistake nominating that shapeshifting RINO. He’s not a conservative – he’s an opportunist, pure and simple. Santorum, Gingrich even Paul would’ve been better. Too bad Rubio or Christie or Daniels didn’t step up to the plate (I know they had their reasons, but still). We would have won – and by a mile. Again I read the rules and divisiveness is a no-no, but if we don’t stop nominating this kind of fake-Republican we’re going to keep losing.
    Romney – even if you agree that Obama is soft on Muslim extremists, like I do – should have shut his mouth until the facts were clear. Then he should have joined in the lamenting of the deaths of those Americans who died serving their country (as Reagan would have done).And THEN he should have savaged (lol) the H-E-double hockey sticks out of Obama. But, no.
    Ok, it’s too late now, we’re stuck with the candidate from Nowheresville, but can we at least make him get some professional campaign advisers around this guy? Or do we all just go down with the ship?
    If things keep going like this we could lose the House, let the libtards keep the Senate. We shouldn’t, and we won’t if we man up – with or without Romney. Again not concern trolling – we will only lose if we go the RINO-Romney route.
    And if you don’t believe me;
    Look at how Cantor, Boehner, McConnell and even Ryan (who is supposed to be Romney’s attack dog) have taken a different tack on this whole thing. Those guy’s know what they’re doing.
    Ask yourself who do you trust – our congressional leadership – the four men I just mentioned or RINO Romney?
    Let’s not jump of the cliff with RINO Romney.

  • Ausonius

    The “cowboy diplomacy” card is already being played against Romney, with MAObama using phrases like “shoot from the hip” etc.

    Yawn! EVERYTHING goes back to their criticisms of W. or even Reagan! Do they have nothing original?

    Expect the usual media repetition of The Massive Meme ad nauseam.

    And so where are the explosions against the duplicitous Libyan and Egyptian governments and their extra-legal minions?

    (Crickets, crickets, crickets)

    And as far as blaming ex-Khadaffy people (my preferred spelling):

    “The Libyan government has been blaming amorphous
    pro-Qaddafi elements for everything that goes wrong in their country,” said Tom
    Malinowski, Washington director of Human Rights Watch. “It’s a way of
    denying the hard truth that the biggest threat they face to their hopes for
    democracy and the rule of law comes from among their own fellow former
    revolutionaries.”

    The Libyan government has failed to respond to a series of
    provocations by these groups, Malinowski said.

    “The responsibility for this crime falls squarely on the
    people who perpetrated it and on the Libyan authorities, who have failed thus
    far to rein in armed elements that defy the law in Libya with impunity, whether
    by destroying Sufi shrines, attacking aid groups, or now murdering a U.S.
    ambassador,” he said. “The majority of Libyans are not responsible for
    this, but they are responsible for stopping it by confronting these armed
    groups once and for all.”

    See:

    http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/09/12/libyan_ambassador_blames_ex_qaddafi_forces_for_consulate_attacks

  • Kyle-MI

    No condolences, then what is this sentence, moron?
    “We mourn their loss and join together in prayer that the spirit of the
    Almighty might comfort the families of those who have been so brutally
    slain.”
    Sounds like condolences to me.

  • proudmarinemom

    Jackie, you need to go study for your upcoming midterms in “Native Cattle-keeping in Northeastern Uganda and How White Dutch Colonists Impacted Social Mores” This is great, that you .. care..about .. justice and all. Really. But it’s just time for bed-ee-bye.

  • Jack_Savage

    Always remember – when they say it’s not about the money, it’s about the money. And when they say they aren’t concern trolling, they’re concern trolling.

  • PowerToThePeople

    Man, you should sue your parents as they passed way too much stupid to you in their genes. I am so sorry you are forced to go through life with so much stupid, it has to be tough.

  • http://www4.webng.com/rickbull/lostlucky/ rickbull

    Jack, if you are being paid to troll, you are ripping off your employer. If you are doing it for free, you’re overpriced.

  • RedstateBillS

    What a clown.

  • http://www4.webng.com/rickbull/lostlucky/ rickbull

    “You didn’t build that comment. Someone else did that.”

  • jacksands

    What bothers me is the ultrawimpy republicans and fake-conservatives who support this loser. Romney is NOT a conservative. H-E-hockey sticks he doesn’t believe in anything. One day he’s almost Obastard the next he pretends to be Santorum.
    And mark my words Romney is going to lose – he’s not conservative and the libtards hate him. He can flip-flop from here to the election; but he will lose. And true conservatives will be glad. Romney as president is just an inch away from serving a false God.
    Is taht bad? Sad? Yes. If I wasn’t a man I would cry. From Reagan to Romney, it’s been all down hill…

  • The_Rebel

    Cleanup on aisle 2

  • Bill S

    Pound sand, asshat. You’re out of here.

  • commonsenseobserver

    He’s the nominee.He has a proven record and vision, even if he does not convey them well.

  • Pragmatist

    There is one good reason why Romney should not fire his staff after this self-inflicted wound : It is now too late to matter.

  • Pragmatist

    Wasn’t at an Embassy. Like Romney you didn’t bother to get your facts right before you said something stupid.

  • adetective

    “Kill the Media”

    http://tinyurl.com/9fmw5lh

  • Kyle-MI

    The only thing stupid I hear is from you. Libya is an unstable country with tons of people running around unsupervised and carrying big guns and other military weapons. The Libyan government does not have full control of the country. We know that some of the uncontrolled forces are affiliated with A.Q. And on top of everything else, it was the anniversary of 9/11. This was our embassidor, not just an average American citizen. And yet, we are relying on local protection? The can’t even protect their own people.

  • tnfriendofcoal101368

    You know an argument is lost when you have to call the other guy stupid because you have not one leg to stand on. Oh and @ChuckTodd and Obama have moved on today to Egypt isn’t an ally (well at least they grabbed a simblance of truth there)…I am guessing their internal polling showed that asking Americans to censor themselves to salve the hurt feelings of terrorists who attack our embassies, burn our flag and kill our Ambassador didn’t play as well with Americans as they had hoped.