“I don’t know how he’ll handle the head of state job. He’s made a mess of being a tourist.”

[babylonsister]

Rahm Emanuel: Romney's 'made a mess of being a tourist'

By Michael A. Memoli

July 30, 2012, 3:53 p.m.


CHICAGO -- Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Monday that Mitt Romney has “made a mess of being a tourist” on his three-nation overseas tour, with stumbles that raise doubts about his ability to serve as commander in chief.

Emanuel, who is Jewish and served as President Obama’s first chief of staff, joined the Obama campaign in condemning the all-but-certain Republican nominee for remarks at a fundraiser in Jerusalem on Sunday in which he said he saw the power of "culture" at work in the large disparity between living standards in Israel and its Palestinian neighbors.

“At every level, this trip has shown more of how Mitt Romney is not ready for the Oval Office,” Emanuel said in an interview in his City Hall office, adding that he didn't "understand the political or intellectual basis" for the comment.

“Part of America’s role is to be seen as between the Israelis and the Palestinians as somebody that can be an honest broker. Mitt Romney just showed that under his administration he would never be able to assume that role for the United States.”

Romney's campaign had said the candidate's travels would be a chance to "learn and listen," not a vehicle for major foreign policy proposals. Emanuel's assessment nearly a week in: “I don’t know how he’ll handle the head of state job. He’s made a mess of being a tourist.”

Traveling with the president to New York for campaign events, Obama 2012 spokesperson Jen Psaki joined the criticism of Romney.

“He’s been fumbling the foreign policy football from country to country. And there’s a threshold question that he has to answer for the American people and that’s whether he’s prepared to be commander in chief,” she said. “This raises some questions about his preparedness.”

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http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-emanuel-romney-made-a-mess-of-being-a-tourist-20120730,0,5353968.story

[get the red out]

1. He doesn't need much prep

The military and or oil industry would tell him when they need a war and he would provide one. Puppets don't need prep.

[siligut]

3. Pretty much

But does Romney know that? Romney is all for war and destroying the environment, but is he going to be compliant with orders that are not his own?

[LynneSin]

5. Romney just wants the title his daddy never got

If he was to somehow win the election he would be nothing more than a figurehead that is all waves and hugs to the public and signs what he is told to sign by those who will actually run the white house.

Why do you think Dick Cheney was VP for Bush? It was the only way for the powers-to-be knew that they could control a bumblehead like George Bush while pushing the right-wing agenda.

[siligut]

6. Dubya was the decider

That's what they told him over and over while telling him what to do. I just think Mitt may not be so pliable. Mitt has ideas of his own.

[Myrina]

2. I can't stand Rahm, but I'll admit when he's right.

And he's right.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

4. now, if he can sit on the city council on WC and pensions,

for the chosen few, I mean, then he would get even more support.

[MADem]

7. He made Clark Griswold look positively suave! nt

[Heather MC]

8. Rahm has such a way with words!

[muntrv]

9. Mitt's like Clark Griswold.

[LeftishBrit]

10. k&r& hoping he doesn't come back to England for quite a while!