"...every time Romney touches foreign policy, he breaks things."

[babylonsister]

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/09/15/the_foreign_relations_fumbler.html

September 15, 2012

The Foreign Relations Fumbler


Nicholas Kristof: "Diplomacy is a minefield, and Mitt Romney spent the last week blowing up his foreign policy credentials to be president. He raised doubts about his capacity to deal with global crises, and we were left hoping that if that 3 a.m. call ever went to him, he'd have set up call forwarding."

"The essential problem is that every time Romney touches foreign policy, he breaks things. He went on a friendly trip to Britain -- the easiest possible test for a candidate, akin to rolling off a log -- and endeared himself by questioning London's readiness to host the Olympic Games. In the resulting firestorm, one newspaper, The Sun, denounced 'Mitt the Twit'..."

"Then there was the Romney trip to Israel, where he insulted Palestinians and left some Jews uncomfortable with stereotyping by praising Jewish culture in the context of making money... Yet with the Middle East exploding in recent days because of a video insulting the Prophet Muhammad, Romney dived in with a statement that hit a trifecta: it was erroneous, inflammatory and offensive."

[annabanana]

1. He's a trainwreck. . . .n/t

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. And a bull in the global china shop.

[Freddie]

3. His $$$ has way more international experience than he does

[LiberalFighter]

11. yes

[foo_bar]

4. This is why we can't have nice policies!

[Cha]

5. Willard's been on the fast track digging his own

political grave. Is anyone helping him with that or is it all, mitt, all the time?

[SayitAintSo]

6. Even the wingnut 'pucker factor'

must be painful now... doncha think?

[phantom power]

7. they're being too kind - he breaks all other kinds of policies too

[grantcart]

8. Well that was also true with the companies he bought too.

[avebury]

9. K&R nt

[progressivebydesign]

10. And Mitt's Neocon Advisors and Rove, think the way to fix this is to scream louder,

get meaner, uglier, and more dishonest. His plan now is to absolutely become enraged about everything. Notice the "beneath the dignity" and "unbecoming" retorts are now replaced with full on attacks??

Worst. Fucking. Candidate. Ever.

[cr8tvlde]

12. What's mindboggling is how he is supposedly polling in the mid-40s???

Geez...that's still almost half the country.