Romney assails Obama after US ambassador's death

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20120924/DA1GELGO1.html

By DAVID ESPO and KASIE HUNT

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) - Mitt Romney led a chorus of Republican criticism of the administration's foreign policy on Monday, accusing President Barack Obama of minimizing the recent killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya as a mere "bump in the road" rather than part of a chain of events that threatens American interests.

White House press secretary Jay Carney called the accusations "desperate and offensive" as Romney and his allies sought to gain political advantage in the latter stages of a political campaign that seems to be trending Obama's way.

The president did not comment on the criticism when he and first lady Michelle Obama taped an appearance on ABC's "The View" that blended the personal with the political. Asked if a Romney presidency would be a disaster, Obama said the nation can "survive a lot." He added: "The American people don't want to just survive, we want to thrive."

The back and forth on foreign policy occurred as Romney said he was shifting to a more energetic schedule of public campaign events, bidding to reverse recent erosion in battleground state polls. After days spent largely raising campaign cash - and trying to minimize the fallout from one speech to donors last spring - he pledged to make the case for "real and positive change."

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Flags wave as Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum in Pueblo, Colo., Monday, Sept. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Bryan Oller)

[hedgehog]

1. WTH!

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. Desperate much, Mitt?

You're cooked, in case you don't know it.

[sharp_stick]

3. The stink of desperation

is all over the Romney/Ryan campaign. They've only got a few weeks to turn their trainwreck around and you can bet the death throes aren't going to be pretty. They'll be comical but they won't be pretty.

[DallasNE]

9. When The Language Is So Over The Top

Americans simply tune it out. When Romney keeps calling Obama's foreign policy appeasment Americans think of bin Laden being dead and just laugh. So why does Romney keep shooting himself in the foot, time after time after time.

[Democat]

4. Romney tries to turn murder of US Ambassador into political advantage?

Somehow I doubt voters will appreciate that.

[nolabear]

5. Romney is so low as to use the death of Chris Stevens as campaign fodder.

And that's all there is to it.

[JoePhilly]

6. Turning dead Americans into political tools is a time honored GOP tradition.

Should help Mitt's base warm up to him.

[jonesgirl]

7. Romney and his campaign is poison. Shame shame shame

[railsback]

8. This is the same guy talking about rolling down the windows of a jetliner

30,000 feet in the air, going 500 mph.

Right.

[judesedit]

10. Notice how small the frame is. He's got nothing, but a handful of white uninformed or misinformed

people he probably had to bus in. Pathetic excuse of a man. All he knows is lying, cheating, stealing and $$$$$$$$ in HIS pockets. Nauseating.