David Cole: Obama shows he's strong, Romney shows he's unfit

[Crabtownboy]

Romney is taking a beating over his inept approach to relation to foreign nations and events.

And we know from recent history that this president will use CIA resources, drones, Seals — whatever it takes — to hunt down and eliminate the attackers and to continue to prosecute our war on terrorism. There are no "mixed signals" here.

Mitt Romney's self-interested statements, untimely and ill-founded, both dishonor our dead diplomats and prove his utter unfitness to conduct foreign policy. They certainly do not advance the cause of America in the world today!

In contrast, the president's unequivocal condemnation of the terrorist attack and his sober, absolutely credible promise that the attackers will be brought to justice demonstrate once again President Obama's fitness to be our commander in chief in a challenging and chaotic world.

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[Don]

Who's David Cole? Should we care about his opinion?

I mean, let's face it: this is the same president who issued an "unequivocal condemnation of the terrorist attack and a sober, absolutely credible promise that the attackers will be brought to justice"...and then headed to Vegas for a fund raiser.

 

[Crabtownboy]

Who's David Cole? Should we care about his opinion?

I mean, let's face it: this is the same president who issued an "unequivocal condemnation of the terrorist attack and a sober, absolutely credible promise that the attackers will be brought to justice"...and then headed to Vegas for a fund raiser.

It is called delegation of a job. He gives the orders and let's the folk who do that kind of work loose to do their job. Then he moves on to the next task ... and this is a campaign season. You certainly do not want a micro-manager where every step of the job must be vetted and approved. That was a huge problem in Vietnam under Johnson and it cost many American lives.

Would you have him fly to the Mid-East and start walking the streets looking for the terrorists?

Did Romney stop his campaign or did he continue his campaign by trying to make political points?

 

[targus]

Would you have him fly to the Mid-East and start walking the streets looking for the terrorists?

How about if he at least attend an intelligence briefing? :laugh:

 

[Mexdeaf]

Sheesh. I'd just like to have a president who cares about what's happening here at home. All Obama cares about is himself- that much is obvious. At least Romney has a track record of caring for others.

 

[LadyEagle]

Clint Eastwood had it right - empty chair. Empty chair in the Oval Office. Wonder if obama managed to get a golf game in, too.

 

[InTheLight]

the president's unequivocal condemnation of the terrorist attack and his sober, absolutely credible promise that the attackers will be brought to justice demonstrate once again President Obama's fitness to be our commander in chief

Ah yes, liberals--good intentions are all it takes to govern. Politician: "I promise I will do this..." Never mind the nitty-gritty work that needs to be done. Someone please explain how you are going to find these perpetrators?

 

[OldRegular]

Romney is taking a beating over his inept approach to relation to foreign nations and events.

Madison, Wisconsin? A University town!

A teacher from Wisconsin had an interesting and accurate description of Madison on Fox over the weekend. She said in response to a Madison judge striking down the state law restricting the dictatorship of public employee unions: "Madison is a bubble surrounded by reality."

 

[Borneol]

It has been sad at the lengths the administration will go to try and appears strong on foreign policy. The biggest issue has been the many leaks appearing to come from the White House, endangering field operations, in hopes of making the President appear strong and in control.

Now, as we see, Obama's middle east policy is falling apart. The President relentlessly criticized his predecessor for making America unpopular in the world. Now as we are seeing with a world in turmoil, many protests against America, Obama's ideas have not worked nor made us safer in the world.

"The White House Shows Fear About Leaks"

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2...nces-ring-false-white-house-romney-feinstein/

excerpt from Jonathan S. Tobin's article:

Though the press largely dropped the story weeks ago, no controversy has the potential to do as much long-term damage to the Obama presidency as the White House leaks investigation. That’s why Mitt Romney’s ringing denunciation of the administration’s fast and loose approach to classified information in his address to the Veterans of Foreign Wars yesterday had to scare the administration silly. In response, they not only prompted Senator Dianne Feinstein, the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee, to try to walk back her accusation that the White House was the source of the leaks about cyber warfare, targeted assassinations of terrorists, Iran and other national security topics that Romney cited in his speech. They also sent out campaign honcho David Axelrod to make the rounds of the morning news shows today to reassure the American people that President Obama played no role in the flow of secrets to the front page of the New York Times and other media outlets friendly to the president.

But Axelrod’s assurances ring false. Obama’s problem here is that the White House’s fingerprints were all over these stories. It’s not just that secrets were spilled, but that they were leaked in a manner intended to make the president look like he was actively involved in the details of national security matters....

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...The problem here is not merely a bad news cycle in which Romney got the better of the president. The leaks investigation is the sort of thing that can and will haunt the president and his senior staff long after the election. The current investigations being conducted by two prosecutors appointed by President Obama have the potential to drag a second term — if he is lucky enough to have one — down in scandal. That should make their anxiety about the outcome in November even greater. Should, as Romney rightly suggests, a special prosecutor be appointed, there’s little doubt that some of Obama’s senior staffers are going to spend the next few years defending their reputations in a scandal that will tarnish the president’s historic legacy. Re-electing the president and keeping Attorney General Eric Holder in office so as to keep the Justice Department from pursuing these charges too zealously is their only hope.

 

[OldRegular]

Would you have him fly to the Mid-East and start walking the streets looking for the terrorists?

:thumbs::thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:

 

[Don]

It is called delegation of a job. He gives the orders and let's the folk who do that kind of work loose to do their job. Then he moves on to the next task ... and this is a campaign season. You certainly do not want a micro-manager where every step of the job must be vetted and approved. That was a huge problem in Vietnam under Johnson and it cost many American lives.

Would you have him fly to the Mid-East and start walking the streets looking for the terrorists?

Did Romney stop his campaign or did he continue his campaign by trying to make political points?

Seriously? Do you even think about your posts before hitting "submit"?

You're trying to prove "delegation" on the same president who basically said he had to be the one to approve the final "kill" orders?

 

[Mexdeaf]

Would you have him fly to the Mid-East and start walking the streets looking for the terrorists?

He could use his golf clubs for weapons.

 

[OldRegular]

Seriously? Do you even think about your posts before hitting "submit"?

You're trying to prove "delegation" on the same president who basically said he had to be the one to approve the final "kill" orders?

Obamma is not shy when it comes to killing people whether it is unborn children or the collateral damage from his use of drones. There is a word for such folks!

 

[saturneptune]

Has anyone ever noticed throughout the years, when an attack happens against some American interest, that the President at the time who will do nothing will call a press conference and say, to paraphrase, "I strongly condemn this attack, and we will bring so and so to justice." Then, that is the last one ever hears about the event.

I am sure the terrorists hearing "I condemn the attack" are shaking in their boots.

 

[Magnetic Poles]

Mittens has proven himself unfit for office. To politicize the deaths of our diplomatic team is unconscionable. He is a fool. The statement was on the website for the US embassy in Egypt before the events in Libya. The embassy in Egypt is in hostile territory as well. The statements did not come from Obama. Mittens is a liar and dishonors our nation with his inane statements attempting to gain political advantage.

 

[Alcott]

If Obama fails to get our revenge before election day, should he still be reelected?

 

[webdog]

It is called delegation of a job. He gives the orders and let's the folk who do that kind of work loose to do their job. Then he moves on to the next task ... and this is a campaign season. You certainly do not want a micro-manager where every step of the job must be vetted and approved. That was a huge problem in Vietnam under Johnson and it cost many American lives.

Would you have him fly to the Mid-East and start walking the streets looking for the terrorists?

Did Romney stop his campaign or did he continue his campaign by trying to make political points?

Strange...weren't you one of those who jumped on board and demonized bush for continuing to read to the classroom immediately following 9/11?

 

[poncho]

Would you have him fly to the Mid-East and start walking the streets looking for the terrorists?

If it were up to me I'd have him and his NATO cohorts in jail for funding, arming and training the very terrorists they used to topple Libya and are right now busy murdering people to topple the regime in Syria!

I can't even begin to count the laws both international and domestic they broke in order to support these murdering terrorists and now we're expected to believe Obama is actually going to hunt them down?

Crabby, dude wake up. Your guy has been helping these terrorists at every turn do you really think he's now going to hunt them down? :laugh:

Leave that to Romney. He has Bush's neocons to advise him. Nevermind they all lied through their teeth to take us into two wars we will never win. And how many died and got maimed as a result. Nevermind what it has done to our economy and liberties here at home.

We can count on them to get it right this time.

 

[Arbo]

Madison, Wisconsin? A University town!

A teacher from Wisconsin had an interesting and accurate description of Madison on Fox over the weekend. She said in response to a Madison judge striking down the state law restricting the dictatorship of public employee unions: "Madison is a bubble surrounded by reality."

We who aren't in Madison, i.e. the rest of the state, like to refer to it as Sixty Square Miles Surrounded By Reality.

Think of Madison as Moscow West, or San Francisco East. It is that liberal.

I'd venture to say that if it weren't for Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin would be a firmly red state.

 

[poncho]

"Madison is a bubble surrounded by reality."

Madison is kinda like Baptist Board then. We don't allow reality to penetrate our little bubble here either.