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| -Election 2012 |
| Romney's Worst Week |
| 2012-09-15 |
| Putting aside the back and forth about why Romney said what he did when he did, his best strategy in this election is to talk about the still-struggling economy every day between now and Nov. 6. To purposefully divert from that strategy to engage in a battle on foreign policy — a topic few outside Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor care about — is baffling at best and wrongheaded at worst. Right. Who cares about a few foreign service guys getting waxed in some third-world poophole? Who cares about hostages held for 444 days? Nobody cares about that country anymore; it just faded away when we ignored it. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #10 The rioters want to impose Rushdie Rules on non-muslims in the West. This is NOT a foreign policy issue for any Western nation. CJCS Dempsey called Terry Jones, the creator of 'Innocence of Muslims' has been semi-arrested. Producing a film in the CA or holding a ceremony in FL isn't foreign policy. This is not about 'them' who live 'over there.' This is about us, residents and citizens of Western nations. |
| Posted by: Spike Spawn of the Nebraskans8288 2012-09-15 14:53 |
| #9 "I'm not sure if the left is deluding themselves or lying in order to construct a narrative they hope others will buy." No reason it can't be both. :-( |
| Posted by: Barbara 2012-09-15 13:36 |
| #8 Romney's worst week? I think Amb. Stevens unfortunately had a worse one. Cheez, the Post is acting like Champ now. What's next, the editors go golfing? |
| Posted by: Steve White 2012-09-15 13:25 |
| #7 It's understood that the MSM will try to make Romney look like a right wing whacko if he tries to tell the truth about these things. But they're gonna do that anyway so he just needs to start telling the truth anyway. The death of our ambassador in Libya can be laid directly at the feet of Hillary Clinton. He should tell it like it is and call for her resignation. He should tell anybody who will listen that he will NOT apologize for the US Constitution. If there is still anybody in this country who cares about the US Constitution that message might just work. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2012-09-15 12:14 |
| #6 The world is burning. It's our worst intelligence & diplomatic failure since the 70's. Obama is playing the fiddle. And it's Romney's fault. Tar. Feathers. Or better yet, post all those involved with this story to our brand new Libyan embassy! Pack their pockets with dollar bills and secrets. Tell the locals they are gay Christians who eat pork. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2012-09-15 11:34 |
| #5 Meanwhile Bernake has instituted been printing money, and buying up mortgages to securitize investments setting things up for another bubble like the last one--I fear a double dip recession when it breaks. The U.S. has been downgraded again under Champ because of a lack of coherent economic policies. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2012-09-15 11:07 |
| #4 I read some report that the Obama guys think this is a great opportunity for them. I think they suspect they'll get a rally around the flag momentum out of this the Bush did after Sept 11 but this is different. This was caused by folly and made worse by weakness. I'm not sure if the left is deluding themselves or lying in order to construct a narrative they hope others will buy. My own take is not the campaign is Romney's to lose. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2012-09-15 11:04 |
| #3 Obama’s Horrible, Gaffe-Laden Week Goes Unreported The United States and President Barack Obama have suffered a pretty bad week, but for varying reasons. The U.S. was dealt a heavy blow Tuesday when the American Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, was brutally murdered in a coordinated attack on a consulate in Benghazi. But the focus of most of the press has, to their disgrace, been on the appropriateness of the timing of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s attacks on the president over this incident. In the space of the last 24 hours, however, the president has committed two offenses against both etiquette and policy that should be reported on extensively. On Wednesday, in an interview with the Spanish-language network Telemundo, the president was asked about the attacks on two U.S. embassies in North Africa, specifically a breach of America’s embassy in Cairo by crowds of protesters. The Telemundo reporter asked if Obama considered Egypt an ally. Obama replied that the United States did not consider Egypt an ally, “but we don’t consider them an enemy.” This remark displays a flippant nonchalance about American security policy and a downright antipathy for history and the work of generations of Obama’s predecessors. Article goes on to expose how BO (not his dog Bo) "has bucked more than 30 years of American foreign policy in a critical region." |
| Posted by: Au Auric 2012-09-15 10:49 |
| #2 "After the Lies, Bullets in the Neck" The notion of "lies" and "bullets to the neck" was how Viktor Serge, the Russo-Belgian writer set free by the U.S.S.R. in April 1936, explained Communist policy to Julian Gorkin when they met in 1937. Stephane Courtois, The Black Book of Communism, p. 339. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-09-15 10:48 |
| #1 The Wapo has invented time travel. We lost four guys including an ambassador because of something Romney did after they were killed, not because Champ or Hills were asleep at the switch before they were killed. I'm pretty sure there was a Star Trek episode about this. |
| Posted by: Matt 2012-09-15 10:32 |