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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEven the right-wingers start seeing it: Romney would be a weak president
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/05/04/478610/bryan-fischer-slams-romney/"How is he going to stand up to North Korea if he can be pushed around by a yokel like me?"
I'm glad the argument is finally brought up. And by a right-winger, which is even better.
Romney obviously hired a gay spokesman to better his relationship with homosexual voters. A tricky move. A daring move. No one knows whether it would pay out, but you can't take back a move in chess or in politics. Once you get the right players into the right positions, once you get the ball rolling, you have to pull this through. Changing the strategy in the midst of the game would be worse than not playing at all.
And Romney? He got afraid. He made a bold move and became afraid of the consequences of his move afterwards. If Romney discards a strategy so easily, how would he govern as a president?
"Mr. President, Turkish intelligence has confirmed that Israel has nuclear weapons and Iran has announced a preemptive strike."
"Mr. President, Russia is invading the nation of Georgia."
"Mr. President, Al-Qaeda just toppled the government in (insert East African nation) and took control of the country."
"Mr. President, The Arab League just announced that they will trade their oil in euros from now on, and no longer in dollars."
"Mr. President, China is supplying North Korea with equipment for uranium enrichment."
"Mr. President, The groundwater is poisoned by fracking fluids. The population of half of (insert US state) has no access to clean drinking water."
Is Romney ready for a 3 a.m. phone-call?
Rex
(65,616 posts)well at least the ones not totally on the kool-aid how weak a POTUS RMoney would be. Obama has a proven track record on foreign policy and it is better then any other POTUS in modern times.
That is why I believe we are going to see a mandate level landslide for President Obama.
Picking RMoney could destroy the economy!
Aerows
(39,961 posts)or that 3 a.m. call? However it would best benefit Mitt Romney, and fuck everyone else. I could see that lunatic deciding to hide in an underground bunker and knowingly let half the country get blown to hell along with its citizens if he thought it would improve his portfolio.
Half of (insert US state) has no access to clean drinking water? "Fuck it, I got a campaign donation from the frackers, the population of that state doesn't include Mormons, and I defunded FEMA so I could get a better tax break for my buddies. That population is just going to have to suck it up and move. If they can't afford to move, well, then they are too poor to donate to me so they are on their own."
louis-t
(23,309 posts)Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)Grover said it best. As long as he can work a pen, he's good enough.
Enrique
(27,461 posts)to assuage any doubts about his steady leadership.