# RomneyShamblesFollow

Holy screwed up timeline Batman! My understanding of events, in order:

1. Protesters begin gathering at the Embassy in Eqypt in response to some video released several months ago, which I guess just now got to them or something.

2. US embassy in Eqypt issues a statement apologizing for the video in an apparent attempt to calm the mob.

3. Mob gets more agitated, starts throwing things, burning things, and climbing the walls outside, ultimately tearing down a US flag and replacing it with another.

4. At some point as this is going on, Romney makes his statement criticizing the apology. He did not "blame Obama". He blamed "the administration". At the risk of stating the obvious, the executive branch is responsible for our embassies.

5. Sometime after that the attack in Libya occurred, killing 4 Americans.


At the time Romney made the statement, the attack in Libya had not happened. He was responding purely to the growing unrest outside our embassy in Egypt and what he felt was the wrong response to that unrest. One can even argue that he might just have been right.

Yes. "The Obama Administration". WTF? You get that he's the president and therefore the head of the executive branch. We're not talking about an off the record statement made by some junior bureaucrat here. We're talking about an official statement released by our embassy. No one's saying that Obama himself said those words. But he is responsible for them. His policies set the diplomatic tone around the world, which our embassies reflect. I suppose if the statement were out of the blue, you might have a point, but the approach of apologizing to everyone isn't exactly new to this administration, is it?



Huh? You are confused I suspect. He (Romney) was responding to the statement from the Egyptian embassy. That statement was made in response to growing anger about the video. The statement was repeated in a tweet from the embassy after the grounds had been breached (but prior to the deaths in Libya). Romney was criticizing that statement.



You really are confused. Did you even read the site you linked (and follow the links on said page)? It explains it all to you. Why not actually read it?


You appear to be confusing what was known at the time Romney wrote his statement, what was known when the Egyptian embassy made their statements, and what was known when the Obama campaign responded to Romney's statement.


You also seem to be missing the key point: Romney condemned a statement of apology from our embassy made in the early stages of this. The same statement which the Obama administration has now disavowed. Um... So Romney was right. It just took the Obama administration an extra day to figure it out themselves.

And one might also wonder: If Romney hadn't criticized the statement from the embassy, would the Obama administration have disavowed it? And since they did disavow it *after* he pointed it out, doesn't that mean he was absolutely right to make the criticism? So what's the problem?

No, I'm sure you received them from your usual sources since you managed to hit them almost verbatim.


For saying that the people in the Egyptian embassy who issued the "disgraceful" statement were "sympathizers" with the people attacking them. For using the attack and a man's death as a cheap chance to attack Obama. For rushing out to attack Obama before he even fully understood what was going on.

Go find your Approved Talking Points and get back to me about that stuff.

Amazing how I managed to do that without ever having read them prior to your post. Perhaps when there's a great and obvious truth in front of you, it's not hard for multiple intelligent people to come to the same conclusion about that truth.

I know this confounds those who have to wait to see what their leaders want them to believe about something before they can take a position, but it is true that some of us really are able to think for ourselves. Your assumption speaks more about you than me.

And I think you're butthurt that your perpetual candidate, Romney, who's own stance on issues changes like an etch a sketch, decided he'd stop being a ***** at the wrong time & is now eating **** for it.

Only one of the two Presidential candidates is going to take a hit in the polls on this. Unfortunately for you, it's your guy whom already has questionable foreign policy credentials.

Less is more, my troll-y little friend.

Just like four years ago, right? How's it feel, being wrong every single time?

I'm sure that's not the first time you've said that. Does the wifey fall for it?

Anything to avoid discussing obamas failed foreign policy I suppose

Failed? Oh, right, you must mean killing Bin Laden. I forget what giant terrified cowards you poor bastards are. I know the plan was to just run and hide and cry like little ******* until he died of natural causes, sorry that a real man stepped up and slayed him like St George and the dragon.

Have you read the new book about it? Surprisingly Obama isn't actually in the Sit Room, that's just his double. He was on the scene. That's right, your President was there, leading the assault. Unarmed, they say, but that doesn't include his 3 foot long spear like cock, which it turns out was the only weapon he needed. You see, it can sense a threat to America, and snuff it out faster than a bullet. The real reason they buried the old fella at sea was to avoid having to explain the obvious bruises on his face. I remember they floated the idea of claiming the Seal team had brought and elephant along with them, but it just wasn't plausible.

The only polls obamas doing well in dems have been greatly oversampling.

The amusing part is it's likely the opposite is true, with most firms under-representing cell phone only households. That aside, while the national horse race stuff is close, the state by state crosstabs are a nightmare for Romney. Voters are extremely apathetic about him, even his supporters. He wins, among his supporters on stuff like "understands my problems" like 51/49 and still looses "have a beer" with type likability stuff. You guys could have won this election easily with a real candidate, but as a party your leaders were too stupid to anything but drive the clown car they filled in the midterms to Iowa as Romneys only opposition. Tim Pawlenty wins this election 300/238. ****, Mike Huckabee probably wins this elecetion, But no, you morons, as always made the terrified choice, and put this stiff forward. Good work.