If Rmoney doesn't bow to "Muslim Saudis," it will be a first in his career. He's bowed to just about everyone and everything else. And more experience? In what? Insulting allies? Double plays, like saying that Jews are good with money and Palestinians are inferior, all in the same trip? Face it, the man is stupid and insensitive.
Your version of the "American people" exists only in your head.
The American people are disgusted at a presidential candidate who gloats and grins over dead American diplomats. He's crossed a line, and there is no way back.
Rmoney did try to exploit it. And he failed, massively. His smirk as he discussed the deaths of US diplomatic personnel has triggered universal disgust. Even the Republican mainstream is turning on him here.
The Republican campaign for the Presidency died today. Or was murdered by the very same ham-handed halfwit who was supposed to be its prime beneficiary.
Obama's drone strikes are partially due to context. As a Democrat, historically painted as weak on defence, it is absolutely imperative for him that no large terrorist attacks happen on his watch. He wouldn't be cut the sort of slack that George W. was. Such a policy means the deaths of innocents, true, and I wouldn't expect the poor schmuck who rented an apartment next to that of a targeted person to understand or forgive, but if Obama does lose power over perceived incompetence in defence, the people who will replace him are the ones with a hard-on for a war with Iran. Then it won't be apartments getting blown up; it'll be cities.
Watch everyone blame Obama, never thinking that a President can't afford to associate himself with a vendetta against one of the people he has to try to work with, no matter how odious that person might be. If anything, this fiasco has been proof that Obama continues to be the only adult in the room. His critics have been mewling and howling for him to take "strong, decisive action." Now we can see what "strong, decisive," otherwise known as "reckless, dumb" action gets you -- a humiliating and unnecessary defeat. A substantial number of people just hate recalls for anything less than certified criminality. The irony is that Wisconsin may be on the verge of getting such proof, but the "I'm much smarter than that wimp Obama" crowd have blown their opportunity.
If Rmoney doesn't bow to "Muslim Saudis," it will be a first in his career. He's bowed to just about everyone and everything else. And more experience? In what? Insulting allies? Double plays, like saying that Jews are good with money and Palestinians are inferior, all in the same trip? Face it, the man is stupid and insensitive.
Your version of the "American people" exists only in your head.
The American people are disgusted at a presidential candidate who gloats and grins over dead American diplomats. He's crossed a line, and there is no way back.
Rmoney did try to exploit it. And he failed, massively. His smirk as he discussed the deaths of US diplomatic personnel has triggered universal disgust. Even the Republican mainstream is turning on him here.
The Republican campaign for the Presidency died today. Or was murdered by the very same ham-handed halfwit who was supposed to be its prime beneficiary.
Obama's drone strikes are partially due to context. As a Democrat, historically painted as weak on defence, it is absolutely imperative for him that no large terrorist attacks happen on his watch. He wouldn't be cut the sort of slack that George W. was. Such a policy means the deaths of innocents, true, and I wouldn't expect the poor schmuck who rented an apartment next to that of a targeted person to understand or forgive, but if Obama does lose power over perceived incompetence in defence, the people who will replace him are the ones with a hard-on for a war with Iran. Then it won't be apartments getting blown up; it'll be cities.
Watch everyone blame Obama, never thinking that a President can't afford to associate himself with a vendetta against one of the people he has to try to work with, no matter how odious that person might be. If anything, this fiasco has been proof that Obama continues to be the only adult in the room. His critics have been mewling and howling for him to take "strong, decisive action." Now we can see what "strong, decisive," otherwise known as "reckless, dumb" action gets you -- a humiliating and unnecessary defeat. A substantial number of people just hate recalls for anything less than certified criminality. The irony is that Wisconsin may be on the verge of getting such proof, but the "I'm much smarter than that wimp Obama" crowd have blown their opportunity.