Part 2 of the Threat to the US

In response to Mitt Romney’s October 22, 2012 answer to the question – what do you believe is the greatest future threat to the national security of this country? President Obama said – Romney is familiar with shipping jobs overseas and his polices would continue with the situation (tax credits, lack of funding for research and innovation, etc.); he said exports to China have doubled since he’s been in office and currency is at its most advantageous point since 1993; we have to make more progress and that’s why we’ll keep on pressing them; we were able to pivot our military to the Asian Pacific region after ending the Iraq war - sending a clear signal that America is a Pacific power and we’ll have a presence there; we’re organizing trade with other countries so China feels pressure about meeting international standards.

Again Romney said that attacking him is not an agenda for improving trade and he went on about his support of the auto industry which started bantering back and forth again. Romney said we can compete with anyone in the world but we’re going to have a President however that doesn’t think that investing in car companies like Tesla and Fisker making electric battery cars; he said investing in companies like Solyndra is government investing in companies not research; he wants to invest in research, providing funding to think tanks and Obama’s investing in companies won’t encourage private business to invest in America. The President said – Romney was trying to airbrush history and there was more bantering about the auto industry; Romney jumped and when Obama jumped in, Romney said I’m still talking; Obama waited to repeat that we need to invest in education, research and innovation. Romney jumped in again – but Obama didn’t say I’m still talking – he waited and said we have to make some smart choices here and pointed out Romney’s policies that won’t work and they’re the policies that got us into this difficulty; Obama said we’ve made progress and need to move forward, not back. Romney said he couldn’t agree more about moving forward and not back but not back to the last 4 years and he went on to again describe our situation. Moderator Bob Schieffer stopped the discussion and went on to closing statements.

Romney’s comments about the green energy projects tell me he has no inclination to develop alternative energy sources. And his defending his position on the auto industry lets me know that he has lied so much that he believes his lies are reality. In addition to thinking Schieffer should have stopped the bantering, I find Romney again whining about being attacked and his double standards on how to hold a conversation to be totally un-presidential behavior.