Oct. 22 - Romney Whines in Debate

In the October 22, 2012 presidential debate with moderator Bob Schieffer President Obama responded with – I’m glad you (Mitt Romney) recognize Al Qaeda as a threat as a few months ago you said the biggest threat was Russia, you want to take foreign policy to the 1980s, social policies to the 1950s and economic policies to the 1920s. You said you didn’t want to duplicate what we did in Iraq and just a few weeks ago said we should have more troops in Iraq. Obama also said – I know you haven’t been in a position to execute foreign policy but every time you’ve offered an opinion, you’ve been wrong; you said we shouldn’t be in negotiations with Russia for a nuclear treaty despite the fact that 71 bipartisan Senators voted for it; first you said we shouldn’t have a timeline in Afghanistan, then you said we should, and now you say it depends - sending mixed messages to our troops and allies. What we need is strong steady leadership not wrong and reckless leadership.

Romney said he doesn’t agree with the President’s view of what he has said and attacking him is not an agenda. The 2 candidates started bickering and the moderator failed to stop them – this time Obama won the contest and said what’s he done and will continue to do is – 1) make sure countries are supporting our counter-terrorism efforts, 2) make sure they stand-by (support) Israel’s security, 3) make sure we protect religious minorities and women because countries can’t develop unless 100% of the population does, 4) develop their economic capabilities and 5) we can’t just do nation building in these countries, part of American leadership is to do it here at home – that will help us maintain the leadership we need. The moderator went on to the next question.

Over and over again Romney attacks Obama and blames him for everything that Congress has done wrong but when Obama uses his words against him – Romney calls it attacking. What world does he live in? If he thinks he’ll be able to get away with whining in the international arena he’s crazy. What scares me most is that Americans think his arrogant behavior is acceptable – Desmond Tutu doesn’t agree. On October 23, a BBC World Service poll of 21 countries resulted in a blowout for Obama; Romney would only win in Pakistan. Does everyone but Americans know he’s NOT the guy for the job?