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Related: About this forumRomney On Omitting U.S. Troops From RNC Speech: ‘You Talk About Things You Think Are Important’
This is a rather blase attitude toward the troops by someone who has engaged in belicose talk against Russia and Iran. I guess the 1% sees our troops as expendable as the workers he laid off while at Bain.
http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/09/07/813831/romney-rnc-speech-troops-important/
In an interview with Fox News this afternoon, Mitt Romney shot back at critics who complained that he didnt mention Afghanistan or praise U.S. troops in his convention speech last week, arguing that he focused on issues that are important.
Fox Newss Brett Baier told Romney that several speakers at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte this week criticized the GOP presidential nominee for the omissions (actually it was right-wing foreign policy leader Bill Kristol who started the attacks) and asked him if he had any regrets. I only regret youre repeating it day in and day out, Romney said, adding that his speech focused on things that are important:
BAIER: To hear several speakers in Charlotte they were essentially saying that you dont care about the U.S. military because you didnt mention U.S. troops and the war in Afghanistan in your nomination acceptance speech. Do you regret opening up this line of attack, now a recurring attack, by leaving out that issue in the speech.
ROMNEY: I only regret youre repeating it day in and day out. When you give a speech you dont go through a laundry list, you talk about the things that you think are important and I described in my speech, my commitment to a strong military unlike the presidents decision to cut our military. And I didnt use the word troops, I used the word military. I think they refer to the same thing.
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Romney On Omitting U.S. Troops From RNC Speech: ‘You Talk About Things You Think Are Important’ (Original Post)
TomCADem
Sep 2012
OP
It's been ALL over TV yesterday an into the night...he put the troops in the "laundry list" of thing
SugarShack
Sep 2012
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niyad
(113,546 posts)1. hmm, want to wager armed forces radio WON'T be repeating this quote?
SugarShack
(1,635 posts)3. It's been ALL over TV yesterday an into the night...he put the troops in the "laundry list" of thing
to talk about...
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)2. I didn’t use the word Romney, I used the words empty suit. I think they refer to the same thing. nt
and-justice-for-all
(14,765 posts)4. What a dick...nt