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maddezmom

(135,060 posts)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 02:37 PM Jul 2012

Mitt Romney Adviser: 'Real Americans' Don't Care About Candidate's Afghanistan Policy

A senior adviser to Mitt Romney declined to provide more specific details on the presumptive GOP nominee's plan for Afghanistan on Thursday, saying it was a distraction from what "real Americans want to talk about."

The Romney campaign has said the former Massachusetts governor "supports the 2014 timetable as a realistic timetable and a residual force post-2014" in Afghanistan, but he would not have announced the withdrawal timeline publicly, as President Barack Obama did. But as Josh Rogin at The Cable notes, "details remain sketchy" on what Romney would do beyond the timeline.

Top senators are equally flummoxed. None of them who talked to Rogin were able to explain what Romney's policy was.

On MSNBC on Thursday, Romney Senior Communications Adviser Tara Wall was asked about Rogin's article and whether Romney should have a more specific policy on Afghanistan before his upcoming trips to Israel and London. Wall replied that these "attacks" were a distraction from the more important issues of jobs and the economy:

more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/19/mitt-romney-afghanistan_n_1687081.html

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Mitt Romney Adviser: 'Real Americans' Don't Care About Candidate's Afghanistan Policy (Original Post) maddezmom Jul 2012 OP
so either they are fucking clueless or don't know how to multi-task snooper2 Jul 2012 #1
So they do not think our men and women in Afghanistan are real Americans? chowder66 Jul 2012 #2
"Real Candidates" don't play to the lowest common denominator C_U_L8R Jul 2012 #3
I CARE!!! A-Long-Little-Doggie Jul 2012 #4
WOW!! How is Obama not beating this guy by 90%?! uponit7771 Jul 2012 #5
Don't you love how they tell Americans what they believe? liberal N proud Jul 2012 #6
Spending trillions on an unwinnable war - questioning that is unamerican? Initech Jul 2012 #7
Wow - I'm sure the men and women serving leftynyc Jul 2012 #8
God, his team sucks. Marr Jul 2012 #9

chowder66

(9,073 posts)
2. So they do not think our men and women in Afghanistan are real Americans?
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 02:49 PM
Jul 2012

That we the people who want to know the details are not real Americans?
The families and friends of those who fucking sacrificed their lives are not real Americans.

The effing gall of these bastards.

C_U_L8R

(45,003 posts)
3. "Real Candidates" don't play to the lowest common denominator
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 02:50 PM
Jul 2012

and feast upon the fears of small ignorant minds.

"Real Candidates" lift us higher and inspire us
all to make the world a better place for each other.

And "Real Candidates" release their freaking taxes

Just sayin'

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
8. Wow - I'm sure the men and women serving
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 03:20 PM
Jul 2012

right now are just thrilled to find out they're not real Americans.

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