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To: Road Walker who wrote (120457)	9/12/2012 4:10:12 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

As always, he screwed up. Started attacking Obama instead of mourning with the families of those Americans who lost their lives in the American embassy in Libya.

To: Road Walker who wrote (120457)	9/12/2012 6:54:45 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

He put his foot his mouth.......AGAIN. Very quickly............some asswipe Israeli in CA did a video depicting Mohammad as gay and a perv.....child molester, etc. Then that wonderful minister in FL added his flames to the mess. The American embassy in Egypt made a statement that the video was inappropriate BEFORE it was attacked by Egyptian Islamists. Some religious group attacked the Libyan embassy as well and has killed the ambassador. This event prompted Mitt to pull a McCain. His campaign put out a press release last nite stating that the Obama administration was making excuses for the Islamists AFTER they attacked the embassies. Of course, that's not true.........the embassy criticized the video BEFORE the attack. And the Romney campaign preceded to go on a political rant.........claiming that Obama sides with the Islamists and condones attacks on US embassies. Of course, at that point they didn't know that three Americans had been killed including the ambassador. This AM the context of the attack, the way it was done and the blatant political nature of it made Romney look like an asswipe. Instead of pulling back, he decided to double down and did a press conference this AM......through most of which he was smirking. The reporters were so enraged by his comments that they nearly attacked him. I have never seen reporters act in that manner before......not saying it has never happened before but I have never seen it happen. Since then, the Romney campaign has been under attack by both Dems and GOPers. It looks like a replay of the McCain disaster 4 years ago but much more cynical and political.

To: Road Walker who wrote (120457)	9/12/2012 6:58:09 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

Mitt, Mitt, Mitt, when you've lost ... + * by Barbara Morrill Mitt, when you're losing Party leaders: Mitch McConnell declines to comment on Romney response to embassy attacks. Does offer "president correctly heightened security overseas" — @jonathanweisman via web Boehner, Cantor and Rubio statements this AM do not echo Romney's. They neither mention Obama nor slam the administration's response. — @PhilipRucker via TweetDeck ... campaign surrogates: Just watched an excellent and moving stmt by Sec. Clinton- just the right message and tone. — @SenJohnMcCain via web Condi, who could have tossed Romney a really important rope, doesn't t.co — @BuzzFeedBen via TweetDeck ... media hacks: Unless Mitt has gamed crisis out in some manner completely invisible to Gang of 500,doubling down=most craven+ill-advised move of '12 — @MarkHalperin via Twitter for BlackBerryÂ® A ham-handed and inaccurate response from Romney t.co There is a reason why politix stops at water's edge — @ron_fournier via TweetDeck Peggy Noonan: "I don't feel that Mr. Romney has been doing himself any favors in the past few hours." — @CPHeinze via web Romney appears to have launched a political attack even before facts of embassy violence were known. Then uses day to issue vague FP vision — @davidgregory via Tweetbot for iOS ... and the head of the Family freaking Research Council: Tony Perkins says Obama does not sympathize with those who attacked our diplomats. On this, Romney is more reactionary than Perkins.