Romney: I Want Bin Laden Dead Or Alive

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Source: The Huffington Post

While on the campaign trail on Sunday, Mitt Romney deployed foreign policy rhetoric straight out of President George Bush's playbook and even repeated one his most memorable gaffes.

Speaking in front of hundreds of Republican voters in Nashua, New Hampshire, Romney was pressed to describe why Osama bin Laden was deemed such a high threat to America. The former Massachusetts governor rambled a bit about the obvious dangers the al Qaeda leader poses -- as well as the litany of atrocities he's committed - before offering: "I want to get Osama bin Laden dead or alive."

The statement is reminiscent of a similar remark made by President Bush in the wake of the 9/11 attacks -- a statement that Bush later said he regretted making.

"Kind of tough talk, you know, that sent the wrong signal to people," Bush said. "I learned some lessons about expressing myself maybe in a little more sophisticated manner."

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/06/romney-i-want-bin-laden-_n_80072.html

[upi402]

1. I don't mind if Romney is gay but he could make healthier partner choices n/t

[midnight]

38. I had to think about that, and then busted out laughing.

[gateley]

2. Gee, where have we heard that before? nt

[tblue]

12. You took the words right out of my, um, keyboard

[Lone_Star_Dem]

18. I guess he figures since it worked for bush it'll work for him too.

Taking into consideration the minds of Republican voters he may even be right.

[bemildred]

27. Yep. He sounds "Just like Bush!". nt

[Virginia Dare]

3. How much is he paying Matalin for this old tired recycled bullshit?...

she's laughing all the way to the bank isn't she?

[Amerigo Vespucci]

6. Carville laughs just as hard...

...it's been a long time since I've seen anyone on DU acknowledge Carville as anything other than a self-serving clown, but the two of them are cut from the same cloth. I don.t care if one is "red state" and the other is "blue"...they both are bottom feeders.

[Virginia Dare]

8. They're both just milking the cow..

and laughing their asses off. Actually very few of these high dollar Washington insider types have any real ideology. Grover Norquist comes to mind, but beyond that, they're few and far between.

[rosesaylavee]

4. Too bad OBL is long dead...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=2541841

[Virginia Dare]

9. Poor Mittsy,

Hucky's got the holier than thou vote and Rudy's got the 9/11 fraidy cat vote.

[Aviation Pro]

5. Yawn.....

...what else you got flippy-floppy?

[NV Whino]

7. Just how dead would you like him , Mittens?

[K8-EEE]

10. Well Mitt your buddy Bush doesn't really think about him that much any more

He might be mad if you upset the Saudis by threatening OBL.

[liberalmuse]

11. Oh Christ!

It looks like the Republicans have started another bin Laden pissing contest. And that last sentence made me mess up my keyboard. Hahahahahaha!

[gratuitous]

13. Terrific

More wild west nonsense from a staggering politician. Better pour another $10 million of your own money into your campaign, Mitt. It's hard to tell who's dumber: the Donor or the Candidate.

[iamjoy]

22. A Candidate Who Donates To Himself

has a fool for a supporter

[thatsrightimirish]

14. Romney? Stealing a line?

SHOCKED! SHOCKED! SHOCKED!and AWEEEED!

[bpeale]

15. i think he's going to have to dig him up then b/c he IS dead since 2003

[Pastiche423]

16. Uh...

He died in December 2001.

But then, dead is dead.

[bpeale]

17. yeah, how dead does he want him? hmmm

[Pastiche423]

19. Hmmm

Maybe the kind of dead that rises from the grave? (When needed)

[Historic NY]

20. Is he quoting the * ?

America still waits.

[fascisthunter]

21. Oh Brotha.... What a "Wannabe" Meat Head

Hey look everybody, another rich Republican poser for the average dipshit knuckledragger.

[iamjoy]

23. Is There Another Option?

'cos I'm a little curious if Romney is aware of some sort alternative state of existence.

[Liberal Veteran]

24. That sorta shatter my dream that Romney would be the candidate to bring us Undead bin Laden

Neither alive nor dead.

[iamjoy]

30. Hey, If Anyone Could Do It

it would be Romney. The candidate of change, right?

He changed his mind on abortion
He changed his mind on gay rights
He changed his mind on universal health care...

[daleo]

35. He's like Bush's cat

He exists in a sort of quantum superposition.

[iamjoy]

41. Thought That Was Schroedinger's Cat... (eom)

[daleo]

45. Yeah, I know

Just a bit of political/physics satire.

[Nihil]

44. Yes ...

> Is There Another Option?
> 'cos I'm a little curious if Romney is aware of some sort
> alternative state of existence.

Dead / Alive / Republican voter

:shrug:

[tanyev]

25. Well, Mitt, you'd better strap on your pith helmet and join the McCain expedition.

John promised to follow OBL to the gates of hell.

[scarface2004]

26. he s a little behind the curve

bin laden never really existed..he s a fictional bad guy made up by the kgb as a fall guy for their fiasco in afganistan

[ckramer]

28. Nobody likes Rummy

Republicans didn't like him.

Democrats didn't like him.

A fool and his money soon part!

[0rganism]

29. good news, Mitts -- he's already "dead or alive"

Now you just have to go get him. I hear he was last seen in north Pakistan, and if you buy your plane tickets now you'll get a post-assassination discount!

[Cleita]

31. If he wants to know where dead Obama is, he should ask

the people in his own party who know, Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney and George W. Bush.

[0007]

32. Seems I've heard that song before.

[KansDem]

Snoozeville...

:boring:

[SpiralHawk]

33. "And I am only too happy to send YOUR sons and daughters after him." - Mitt

"Because we are all republicons, however, none of my 5 sons wlll lift a finger. We must maintain the republicon chickenhawk tradition with full dignitude."

- Mitt

[mountainvue]

34. Haven't we heard that one before? n/t

[CreekDog]

36. that's not the whole quote:

"...because I'm sure I can explain my position to him so that he changes his mind and supports me. Of course, he must be alive in order to do that, just as I said."

[CRK7376]

37. Why don't Mitt and his 5 sons

come join us in the search for OBL. We servicemen and women who have been there are tired of Afghanistan. We want to spend times with our families, maybe not in a Winnabego touring Iowa, but home with family would be good...Dead or alive, my ass. I just want to be home with my family and not out searching for OBL or dealing with new enemies our Shrub has brought us up against....

[Demeter]

39. Now If He Said He Wanted W and Dick, Dead or Alive, He'd Win!

[otherlander]

40. Necrophiliac.

[kurth]

42. Don't forget to baptize him - dead or alive

[Javaman]

43. Mitt, word of advice, try hiring someone other than morons* old writer.

this is nothing but retreads.

[and-justice-for-all]

46. And I want to see those golden plates. nt