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Ghost in the Machine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-15-07 10:15 PM
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Willard Mittens Romney Endorses Rendition & Torture
During a speech today, Willard "Mittens" Romney denounced fellow republican and GOP Presidential Candidate rival Mike "Huckleberry" Huckabee's comments speaking out against George W Bush, Demander ~n~ Thief of the United States of America. Huckleberry criticized pResident Bush's foreign policy as an "arrogant bunker mentality".


"I'm the last person to say that this administration is subject to an arrogant, bunker mentality that is counterproductive here and abroad," he said, quoting Huckabee's phrasing. "The truth of the matter is this president has kept us safe these past six years and that has not been easy to do."

Romney endorsed the interrogation practices employed against suspected terrorists, specifically singling out Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. U.S. officials have acknowledged that he has been the subject of harsh interrogation techniques.

"When he was captured he said, 'I'll see you in New York with my lawyer.'" Romney said. "Can you imagine? I'm sure he was thinking an ACLU lawyer would be provided at government expense. That's not what happened. Instead he saw GIs and CIA interrogators in Guantanamo, just like it ought to be."

Still, Romney carefully stressed that he believed the administration had engaged in missteps during the war in Iraq and said his defense of Bush did not mean he would follow the president's current policy to the letter.

"We were under-prepared and under-planned and understaffed," he said of the war following the fall of Saddam Hussein. "There is no question we weren't perfectly managed."

http://www.att.net/s/editorial.dll?bfromind=8388&eeid=5577737&_sitecat=1504&dcatid=0&eetype=article&render=y&ac=1&ck=&ch=ne


So we see here that Willard Mittens Romney is quick to defend the biggest failure and worst President that ever lived. I wonder if it has to do with the BFEE's financial and vocal support of his campaign? Hmmm... naw, couldn't be that, could it? We know that "Big Head Jeb" Bush put his vocal support behind Romney early on, all the way back in February 2007:

Jeb Bush steers advisers toward Romney


While not committing himself, points others to Republican's camp



Charlie Neibergall / AP
Presidential hopeful former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass., is benefiting from remarks made by Jeb Bush, the former governor of Florida an brother of the currrent president.

updated 12:56 p.m. ET, Fri., Feb. 16, 2007
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Jeb Bush, who hasn't publicly picked a favorite in the Republican presidential race, privately is talking up the candidacy of Mitt Romney and steering some of his closest advisers to the campaign.

The former Florida governor has said repeatedly he won't be a candidate in 2008 despite encouragement from his father, the former president, and his brother, the current one. But Jeb Bush's support, even tacit, would be critical in the state that decided the 2000 presidential election.

"Governor Bush said, 'Before you commit, I want you to meet Mitt Romney. He is the kind of guy you will like no matter what,'" said former Lt. Gov. Toni Jennings. "The governor was very candid about the fact that he really liked this guy."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17187253/


Is Willard Mittens Romney the BFEE's choice to replace their simian sock puppet? Is the BFEE in a tizzy because Huckleberry has taken over the lead from Mittens in recent polls? Huckleberry doesn't fit into the neocon plans for the future, although he is no bed of roses either. Huckleberry has that little problem about pardoning rapist Wayne Dumond in 1999, who then went on to murder a woman 2000 not long after being released. Before the 1985 rape conviction, DuMond had also been previously arrested for sexual assaults in 1972, 1973 and in 1976.

Where do they find these totally incompetent "leaders", and who the *hell* votes for them??? I don't even have to bring up ole' 911udi 911ani, do I??

Hey, any lurking freepers, I have a question for you.... what makes you tick they way you do so that you'd want someone like this in charge of our Country??

Liars, cheats & snakeoil salesmen... yeah, that's the ticket...

A Vote For A Republican Is A Vote For The Death Of Our Country




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MannyGoldstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-15-07 10:22 PM
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1. Bill Clinton Started Extraordinary Rendition
aka "outsourced torture". So why should we expect anything less from Romney?
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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-15-07 10:23 PM
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2. Mitt is a fascist
and will say whatever is necessary. That's what makes him a nutcase.
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