Adviser: Romney will tell Obama to ‘man up’ at debate

[octoberlib]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/10/16/adviser-romney-will-tell-obama-to-man-up-at-debate/ An adviser to Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney says that part of the former Massachusetts governor’s debate strategy on Tuesday night will be to ask President Barack Obama to “man up” and “accept his responsibility” for the terrorist attacks in Libya.

“There should be an effort to get transparency from President Obama on what he knew and when he knew it,” Romney foreign policy adviser Amb. William Richardson told Fox News host Bill Hemmer on Tuesday. “This was evidence that his so-called success on the war on terror wasn’t so successful. Targeted killings alone can not solve this problem.” .......SNIP.......




Tonight is a town hall debate , is it not? Which means they won't be directly debating each other but answering questions from the audience. God, what an asshole.

[ProSense]

1. This guy:

Mitt Romney Cancels On ‘The View’
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021542903

It's amazing that anyone is still pushing this asshole's narrative.

[octoberlib]

6. He's afraid of Whoopi Goldberg. He needs to man up! nt

[fugop]

8. That would be a GREAT response!

[Eleanors38]

14. The GOP are exquisite bullies, they set the terms of debate...

and the news media will follow. This is not new, or shouldn't be to anyone on these threads. Hypocrisy by "both sides" is assumed, lying by "both sides" is assumed (and no one here should be surprised that notions of a "false dichotomy" are merely abstract terms, both to MSM and to the consuming public). The narrative from now on is about who can dominate and display "strength," and who will cow down and show themselves to be "weak."

MSM will not stand in the way. And they did not during the last presidential debate.

The questions now is what will President Obama do? And is he up to the task of a steel-hard debate in which re-establishes a position of strength. Remember, the GOP meme (and hence the complete parameter of the election, now) is "strength." Strength, strength, strength.

[Blaukraut]

2. So Obama's response: 'What are you, channeling Sarah Palin now?' n/t

[ProSense]

3. LOL! n/t

[skeewee08]

4. "man up"........OK, what ever... when did dubya man up..

rethug pundits make me sick..... President O manned up alright ask Bin-laden & Qaddafi....

[dennis4868]

5. But but but

after 911 Romney said we should not point fingers at the Bush administration. What changed?

[TroyD]

7. I remember when Sharron Angle told Harry Reid the same thing

In their debate together.

I hope things end up for Romney the way they did for Angle.

[JoePhilly]

9. I got this one ....

"Gov. Romney ... meaningless bluster is not an effective foreign policy."

"We've dealt Al Qaeda serious blows throughout the Afganistan/Pakistan border regions. We've killed OBL. We, along with our allies, helped those who yearn to be free remove dictators like Gadaffi in Libya, Mubarack in Egypt, and Assad in Syria will be next."

"The challenges we face middle east and across the globe are complex. And yet your foreign strategy can be summarized in two words ... 'Man up' ... Gov Romney ... that's not a foreign policy, its a bumper sticker."

[Vietnameravet]

11. Good reply!!!

How about asking Romney if he will man up and tell us what loopholes he intends to close; man up and admit you were wrong when you wanted the auto industry to go broke..

[pnwmom]

10. So the etch-a-sketch guy -- the guy who won't release his tax returns, or his tax plans,

because they might be used against him -- wants Obama to man up. That's rich.

[MSMITH33156]

12. I hope he takes this approach

it is such a softball. Obama can even say,

"our statements at the time were based on what the intelligence community told us and what we were permitted to release. We now know some of that information is inaccurate, and we are investigating to determine what exactly happened. That's what we do. We find information, and they we tell the American people. When you are president, your words actually have consequences, Governor. It's fine for you, as a private citizen, to go to the United Kingdom and insult them, to go to the Middle East and lay out an incoherent foreign policy, to take an American tragedy in Libya, jump to conclusions, and start releasing statements and holding press conferences before any facts are in simply because, much like today, you are trying to score political points. The president has to be a lot more responsible than that.""

[BainsBane]

20. Perfect

Can you send your response to his staff?

[JiminyJominy]

13. MSmith

you are quickly becoming one of my favorite posters

great response.

[JiminyJominy]

15. The Romney Campaign....

is dumb to have leaked this line .

Obama has time to come up with a response that makes Mittens look like an idiot.

[gabeana]

16. Romney would be crazy to say that

I hope he does, because Obama will be ready for a comeback,
just reading the 2 on this post, those are both great

[wicket]

17. I hope the President socks him in the nose!

n/t

[Rosa Luxemburg]

18. so Romney should have ask Bush to man up about all the attacks under his terms

not to mention that the GOP didn't catch Bin Ladin

[BainsBane]

19. Pig

I'm really starting to hate them.

[JiminyJominy]

21. Oh..

you're really starting to hate them?

wait and see what happens if they win.

[Denzil_DC]

22. Excellent.

If he does that, he'll lose the debate.

[MSMITH33156]

23. I think this is a trojan horse

it's such a stupid idea, it can't be their approach. Just like all the "zingers" crap before the first debate, when in reality, their plan was to aggressively lie.

[Zoeisright]

24. This from the little coward who cancelled on the View

and ran away from combat like the fucking little asshole chickenhawk he is. That pig never had to work a day in his fucking life. I hate his fucking guts.

[Drunken Irishman]

25. HOW'D THAT TURN OUT FOR YOU, MITT?

[Maximumnegro]

26. "Please Proceed, Governor"