Mittens pathetic attempt to be relevant. Attacks Obama on Abortion and Gitmo

[Thrill]

HOT SPRINGS, Va. – Republican Mitt Romney, a potential candidate for the White House in 2012, accused President Barack Obama on Friday of answering to the "most extreme wing of the abortion lobby." Even if the administration "will say nothing on behalf of the child waiting to be born, we must take the side of life," the former Massachusetts governor told House Republicans at a weekend retreat, according to his prepared remarks.

The GOP lawmakers gathered two days after voting unanimously against a White House-backed economic stimulus bill, and Romney praised them for their opposition.

He said the $819 billion measure that passed the Democratic-controlled House was a plan to "spend and borrow with reckless abandon."

That approach could worsen the current economic crisis, he said, adding, "we could precipitate a worldwide crisis of confidence in America, leading to a run on the dollar ... or hyperinflation that wipes out family savings and devastates the middle class."

Romney also questioned Obama's decision to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, which the Bush administration built to hold detainees in the war on terror.

The former governor said some of those released have made appearances in videotapes released by al-Qaida, and asked where Obama intended to send accused terrorists who are let go in the future.

"Will he send them to nations that will release them to kill Americans?" Romney said. "Or will he send them to U.S. prisons to infect our own criminal population?"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090131/ap_on_el_ge/romney_republicans

[NYC Liberal]

1. "infect our own criminal population" - Yeah, our pure, uncorrupted murders and rapists!

:rofl:

They may be criminals, but they are AMERICAN criminals goddamnit! American murders are better than other murders!

[pleah]

2. As your headline states, "Mittens pathetic atttempt to be relevant".

That says it all. ;-)

[PhilosopherKing]

3. He's begun his campaign for president in 2012

He's trying to appeal to the wing-nut base with his comments on Obama.

[camera obscura]

6. Yup. I wonder if he realizes he'd get more votes as 2002 (outwardly moderate) Mittens.

Probably not... he's not the sharpest tool, poor guy. I think he suffers from the same problem as Blago, where an excess of hair products seeps through the scalp and impairs one's judgment for good.

[bluestateguy]

4. How dare he second guess our Commander in Chief at a time when we have troops in the field

Despicable.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

13. Excellent point.

[MichaelHarris]

5. You guys better listen to Mitt

I see a million fetus march on the horizon.

[damonm]

7. You mean...

Mitt "the Living Flip-Flop" Romney?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

8. Is Mitt actually viable for 2012 if he doesn't run for some kind of public office?

The guy will have an undistinguished single term as Gov. of a mega-blue state that will NOT serve as a political power base for him, only a crucial "bullet point" on his presidential resume, and will have been out of office for years.

How is this a reasonable resume for a run?

[Liquorice]

9. I am so f'ing sick of these idiots

running around screaming about abortion. I think the rest of America is tired of them too. As for Romney's comments on releasing the Gitmo prisoners, it looks like republicans are still playing the fear card as well. YAWN. As for his economic predictions, he should stick a sock in it. Republicans have run our economy into the ground and yet they are not ashamed! It's incredible really. If they keep these kinds of worn-out attacks up, they will likely wander in the wilderness for decades.

[WinkyDink]

11. Ashamed?! Republicans are denying they had any hand in our troubles at all! Just lower their taxes!

[WinkyDink]

10. Who cares what "a potential candidate" for FOUR YEARS from now thinks? The U.S. and the WORLD had

best get through THIS year first.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

12. This guy is so pathetic. Please let it be him in 2012.

[skeewee08]

14. Go back to your Mansion Mr. Flip Flop

no one cares about you you lost out to Sarah Palin as a potential VP candidate. Is it fare to say that Palin is more literate that Mittens? Just asking.