Romney (now w-VIDEO) to WHY He Didn't Mention The Troops Should Make ALL Americans Vote AGAINST Him

[kpete]

Last edited Fri Sep 7, 2012, 02:06 PM - Edit history (2)

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Romney on why he didnt mention troops:

“when you give a speech, you don't go thru a laundry list, you talk about things you think are important”

http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23WTF


oh, and did i mention he is LAUGHING during this interview!!!, kpete

[BeyondGeography]

1. Did he say that today?

[Whisp]

2. omg. that man has no brain, and no heart.

he always outdoes himself in the dumbass department.

[surrealAmerican]

7. ... and no courage ...

... and he's not in Kansas either.

[CoffeeCat]

68. He is a Malein...

...a male Sarah Palin.

He really is a half-wit.

How in the hell did this guy ever succeed st anything. He's like Ron Burgandy.

[RoccoR5955]

3. I hope someone gigs him on this,

and asks him why the troops are unimportant.
Bass Turd!

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Let's hope that idiotic statement grows legs.

Wow. How crass is that?

[Brickbat]

5. Link?

[kpete]

6. Oliver Willis

http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23WTF

[kpete]

17. ROMNEY -YEP HE SAID THAT!!!

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[Brickbat]

20. Here's what I think is more interesting than his "what I think is important" comment. After that, he

asserts that "the military" and "the troops" are the same thing. Not at all. NOT. AT. ALL.

[SaveAmerica]

27. No, the worst part is that he doesn't regret leaving it out, he regrets that Fox brings it up

'again and again and again'..

[TeamPooka]

31. he's a whiner

[JHB]

42. He certainly doesn't regret Obama using the word "that" instead of "those"...

...during a boilerplate "we're all in this together" bit. He built his campaign theme around "that avenue of attack".

[Ty Templeton]

30. Even worse

When he first brings up the military, it's about military budget. I'm delighted he thinks the military budget and "the troops" are the very same thing. THAT'S a telling slip of the tongue. Everything's a matter of budget numbers for this guy, even human lives.

[Brickbat]

33. Exactly. Well said.

And welcome to DU!

[Corgigal]

44. and that is how the rich see it too

Personnel are debt, because unfortunately they must be paid. What a piece of work.

[magical thyme]

74. not to mention, "bombs are people too, my friends." nt

[oldsarge54]

97. MBA Thinking

When you get right down to it, Romney's comment is precisely the description of how the middle class was lost. Workers are no longer partners in a great enterprise, they are debits on the balance sheet. This applies to the civil sector as well as the military. That sort of thinking has taken the country all the way to the latrine.

[PA Democrat]

49. Yep. Specifically the MONEY spent on the military is what matters to Mitt.

And that money is not necessarily spent on the TROOPS themselves, but on more unnecessary military adventures and weapons systems that even the military brass does not want.

Mittens is just not into people unless they have BIG bank accounts.

[JDPriestly]

52. Romney cares about things, institutions -- like corporations and THE MILITARY.

Obama cares about people -- like families and soldiers.

That is the whole campaign in a nutshell.

What is America about? Institutions or people?

[Heather MC]

51. DID HE JUST SAY....

"When you give a speech, you don't go through a laundry list, you talk about the things you think are important."
Holy Shit! He really just said that, he really just said the troops were not important to talk about in his "laundry list of things"

WOW
Hey soldiers that serve this country Mitt Romney thinks you are part of a laundry list of unimportant things not worth mentioning
NICE Real NICE

[Bobbie Jo]

9. ANOTHER stupid gaffe...

He has no clue how bad this looks because this is really how he thinks.

This creep is unfit for ANY elected office, much less the presidency.

[ms liberty]

10. Wow. How tone-deaf can one man be? This needs to grow legs, quickly! eom

[Whisp]

13. What if this is some sort of test in regards of Citizen's United.

That the Romney team is confident they can say anything stupid, or not say anything at all, or lie their asses off and because of the money they have to back them up, it doesn't matter.

scarey.

[tammywammy]

11. Is there a link confirming this other than someone's Twitter?

[Matt_in_STL]

14. I have been looking

I have come up empty everywhere else. I just can't imagine that he made this big a gaffe. This one is the type that completely sinks a candidacy and I would think I could find it somewhere else to confirm if he said it.

[kpete]

16. from the horses mouth:

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[Matt_in_STL]

22. thanks!

[kpete]

28. you are most welcome

[Hubert Flottz]

24. That looks more like...

A Horse's ass!

[treestar]

90. So smarmy and condescending

When they show him listening, he looks fake. Obama always looks like he's concentrating.

[RandiFan1290]

100. I look forward to hearing the spin.

[savalez]

12. He pissed a lot of people off.

Doesn't he have 5 sons that did NOT serve in the armed forces? What are the odds of that?

[Bluenorthwest]

15. In the Romney family, the odds are great, I see no service in any generation...

they fled the US for Mexico to be true Mormons, then they fled Mexico's revolution and came back to the US as refugees supported by the government of the US, but they tend to claim that their 'missionary work' is what they do in lieu of public service of any kind.

[loyalsister]

55. Funny thing about bragging about their missions

is most people really dislike people knocking on their door to push their religion.

[CoffeeCat]

70. Yeah, and in my neighborhood...

...we refer to those people as the looney nut jobs who are interrupting our dinner.

And now you're telling me that one of them wants to be President? Oh for the love of...

[TwilightGardener]

18. Thanks for updating, Kpete.

[kpete]

19. yes - loved finding that video

i had heard it earlier, but thought I must have had a brain fart...

peace, kpete

[AzDar]

21. This man is unfit for office, there is an undiagnosed mental condition...

or something...

[JDPriestly]

53. It's called being a sociopath.

We already went through Bush, now Romney.

[Amonester]

83. Each and every time he feels 'embarrassed' by a question.

He starts his response by laughing embarrassingly about his embarrassment.

There must be something embarrassing he definitly doesn't like and it shows.

[tavalon]

96. Sociopath

Psychopathy, to be more accurate, but since people prefer the term sociopath and use it interchangeably, that's the word I use.

After Dubya, do we really need another stupider than stupid sociopath in the Whitehouse? Really?

[Hubert Flottz]

23. Typical republican attitude toward the troops.

From Rumsfeld, an ugly smear and a giant fib


By Mark Shields Creators Syndicate


snip...

First, the smear of veterans. Speaking of the 11 million Americans who, during the Vietnam years, answered their country's draft call and the 2 million who served in Vietnam, Rumsfeld alleged that these draftees "added no value, no advantage, really, to the United States armed services over any sustained period of time, because the churning that took place, it took enormous amount of effort in terms of training, and then they were gone."

I'll say "then, they were gone!" Of the 58,152 Americans who gave their lives in Vietnam 20,352 of them were draftees. How dare the secretary of defense say these good and brave Americans "added no value, no advantage, to the United States armed services?"

Why would he slander the sacrifice of these brave men, dishonor their memory and rub salt in their families' wounds?

Certainly a man as smart as Rumsfeld knows that the draft was specifically intended to trigger volunteers. Faced with the certainty of a future draft call, many young men chose to "volunteer" because then they could select which branch of the service they preferred and, if qualified, the specialized training they desired. Read More...

http://articles.cnn.com/2003-01-20/politics/column.shields.opinion.rumsfeld_1_defense-secretary-donald-rumsfeld-draft-law-volunteer?_s=PM:ALLPOLITICS

[XemaSab]

25. I give you ALL the recs

What an asshole.

[jsmirman]

26. That is the least likable man I can imagine

a) why are you smiling

b) why, moments later, are you laughing

c) could it be any more obvious that you are a raging dick with a massive anger problem?

His level of entitlement is just disgusting.

This guy should not be running for President. He's unfit to serve.

[sa2968]

29. I smell a GREAT Democratic attack ad in the works!

[DonViejo]

41. I hope you're correct!

How do we make this video go viral?

[renate]

32. but he went on to say "I described in my speech my commitment to a strong military"

So I think he'll get away with it. Of course, he didn't THANK the troops, which is what all the fuss is about, but he might just weasel out of this.

[XemaSab]

47. Which effectively equates a living, breathing, bleeding soldier

to a tank, a plane, or a warhead.

[jsmirman]

48. He didn't mention an active theater of war

fuck him

[progressivebydesign]

34. Ugh Double-Triple Asshole in that entire thing. From the comment on the screen...

Romney fucking blaming the President for "taking the car companies into bankruptcy." Jesus H. Christ, does that asshole even OWN a calendar??? The car crisis was handed to the President when he arrived. just fuck you Romney.

As for the next asshole thing. the interviewer? Who is that putz? the way he frames the question "are you sorry you opened up that line of attack??" And he prefaces it by saying.. 'you spoke to the VFW the day before..." But instead of being a decent journalist who asks "are you sorry you did not mention the troops?" or EVEN "why DIDN'T you mention the troops"

Then the final asshole of the double/triple assohole is Romney himself. Laughing, smirking, and saying that "he only talked about things tha were important." OH.. a "strong military" (which he referred to in defense spending NOT their sacrifices!) and thought that was enough of an homage to them?? Really? who the fuck would vote for that liar? He's smarmy and creepy.

[BSUbluNorange]

35. EDIT: "when you give a speech, you [don't] go through a laundry list"...

Just for accuracy purposes but it doesn't make the statement any better, that last part is going to come back to bite him!

[kpete]

37. thanks

you are right, and it is important, and i edited my post

peace, kp

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

61. Has Romney ever made a laundry list about anything?

I'm sure he's never gone to the laundry. I'm sure he doesn't go to the grocery store with a laundry list. I don't think he even knows what it is.

[Carla in Sequim]

71. So glad you asked.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/07/1129157/-Mitt-s-Laundry-List-of-the-most-uttmost-importance

[Tom Rinaldo]

36. He WANTS a strong military? What about mentioning the men and women are fighting for America TODAY!

Presumably he thinks our military isn't strong now. Is he claiming our soldiers aren't fighting hard enough, that they aren't tough enough? If he means they are fighting today without the right equipment, that only makes those men and women more heroic.

Mitt, America is at war and you want to be Commander in Chief. You didn't criticize how the war is being fought, you IGNORED it, and you ignored the men and women who are in harms way now when you did so. Next time try the laundry list approach, it would be less insulting to real people fighting a real war NOW. You can argue over what military hardware you want this nation to purchase LATER, in the unlikely event you manage to get elected.

[heaven05]

38. all that

he's a nice guy is bulls...!!!!!!! this guy is evil. Not one member of his family served in the military? five son's with ALL the advantages an american could want, never, by way of service to america, not the mormon church, say thank you america? I am shaking my head in sadness for the people who will vote for this dangerous clown

[TrollBuster9090]

39. Why would he care about the U.S. Army when his money is going to support the SWISS Army?

But yes, saying "I want a strong MILITARY" is the same as saying "I support the PEOPLE who serve in it" is in line with the thinking of "Corporations are People." ie-Institutions are important, individual people are not.

[DinahMoeHum]

40. None of his sons served in uniform, either.

Had/has no personal skin in the game.

Unlike Joe Biden.

[central scrutinizer]

58. of course

we would be all over him if he HAD shamelessly pandered to the troops during his speech because of his chicken-hawk past and the cowardice of his whole family. But the more he paints himself into a corner, the more I like it.

[renate]

62. his chickenhawk past is so vile and disgusting

I can understand getting a deferment on the grounds of religious beliefs (I don't know that that's how he got out of serving, I'm just assuming that it was because he had to go to France to annoy people). But if his religion forbids him from going and killing people, how on earth could he demonstrate in FAVOR of the war? That alone should have gotten his ass on a plane to Vietnam toute suite on the basis that he clearly wasn't opposed to war after all.

[exboyfil]

80. Lets be clear about the Romney protest

It was not against protesters against the war. It was against protestors who thought that exemption because of the score you got on an aptitude test was unfair. That test was put in place because students at Stanford and other elite school were complaining that a raw percentage of deferments were given, and they did not account for the smarter student body at Stanford.

In other words he was protesting to enhance his own status as being exempt from the draft which is far worse!!! It fits in perfectly with his priviledged story ("Fortunate Son" anyone).

The protestors he was protesting were risking their own exemption status by protesting.

I wish some reporter would have the brass to ask him this question.

Also I hear he got some strings pulled to get the religious exemption.

[sarge43]

91. LDS has no objections to its members serving. Romney had a missionary deferment.

No problem with deferments or protesting against the war or even dodging. Hell, if more people had done, maybe that fucking war would have ended sooner. What is unconscionable is beating the war drum, then making a break for it and letting some poor schmuck die in your place. But apparently schmuck didn't make his laundry list.

[DallasNE]

45. Translations: Romney Doesn't Think Troops In Harms Way Are Important

Actually what Romney is also saying is that he sees foreign policy as a strong suit for Obama so there is no traction for an attack and that attacks are all Romney sees as being important. Surely a decent man could find it in his heart somehow to show some appreciation for those 80,000 troops currently fighting in Afghanistan, but not Romney.

[liberalmuse]

46. This guy is an atrocity.

Anyone who votes for him is, too.

[Scootaloo]

50. What a fucking waste of skin he is

FOX news gives him a softball pitch, and he doesn't even swing. He just sticks his face in front of the ball and hopes for a walk.

[RedStateLiberal]

54. Where is the M$M on this?

I'm amazed how much they're covering for this man. He doesn't deserve to even be considered as president and commander in chief. I swear he could punch a baby in the face and they'd ignore it.

[leftynyc]

56. Superpac need to put this in an ad IMMEDIATELY

Along with the facts that Romney went to France during Vietnam rather than serve and none of his 5 sons served. Bash him over the head with a sledgehammer.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

57. "They're Always After Me Lucky Smarms!"

"You'll Never Get Me Lucky Smarms!"

Romney is taking smarminess to ever greater heights.

[mshasta]

59. American Soldiers are less than a laundry list ?

wow! he just fuck it up again !

[MadrasT]

60. Pleeeeeeze please please let's make an attack ad from this.

Oh, PLEEEEEEEEZE.

I wanna smack that smirk right off his face.

[kpete]

63. Repukes KNOW Mitt Is A Mess

Staffer Muscles Clench

I think you can be sure Mitt Romney’s press handlers got a bad feeling in the pits of their stomach when Romney gave this answer.

Bret Bair asks if he regrets not mentioning the troops in his convention speech …

“When you give a speech you don’t 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 president’s decision to cut our military.”


http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2012/09/staffer_muscles_clench.php?ref=fpblg

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How DARE Romney even utter the words he uttered today. He has never served in our military, neither have his sons. He has never known the sacrifice or what it means to either serve or be a parent of a child who serves, and he will never know the heart ache, the worry, the tears, the pride, the part of you that is missing while your child serves hundreds or thousands of miles away.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/07/1129026/-Really-Not-important-From-a-Military-Mom-to-Romney

[silverweb]

64. Totally consistent.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]To this goon, hierarchical institutions are equivalent to or greater than human beings.

Corporations > people.

Military > troops.

Got that everyone?

"We the People" are just "you people" -- have-not, insignificant mites in the collective. The institutions commanded by the "haves" of wealth and power are supreme, and the reTHUGs are the political arm of this juggernaut for their corporate masters.

Don't underestimate their ultimate aims for a minute.

[bigtree]

65. he truly doesn't care

there's no evidence at all that he does . . . and now this.

[11 Bravo]

66. I don't just want to hang that comment around his neck, I want to nail it to his fucking forehead!

Kiss my ass, Willard, you chickenhawk piece of garbage!

[KurtNYC]

67. "I regret you repeating it.. ha..ha.ha"

the most honest thing he has said in days

[Avalux]

69. "I think they're the same thing"

I can understand Romney's confusion; he thinks corporations are people.

[mwooldri]

72. Mr. Romney, here's my reply as voiced by John McEnroe.

[Bossy Monkey]

73. DO be sure to call Mr Limbaugh and mention this to him

While it's repugnant that the Armed Forces Network carries his show, it might finally pay off.

[polmaven]

75. This reveals so much.

The men and women who are putting their lives on the line every day to protect the people of the country they love are no more than a laundry list of unimportant "issues".......AAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!

[stlsaxman]

76. Here are Romneys EXACT WORDS:

"Everywhere I go in America, there are monuments that list those who have given their lives for America. There is no mention of their race, their party affiliation, or what they did for a living. They lived and died under a single flag, fighting for a single purpose. They pledged allegiance to the UNITED States of America.

That America, that united America, can unleash an economy that will put Americans back to work, that will once again lead the world with innovation and productivity, and that will restore every father and mother's confidence that their children's future is brighter even than the past.

That America, that united America, will preserve a military that is so strong, no nation would ever dare to test it."

That's it, folks. In other words: the military is there to serve the advancement of the economy. Looking at those words again, he doesn't even mention "freedom" or "democracy" as something our military fights for.

He disgusts me.

[Plaid Adder]

77. "I didn't refer to the troops, I used the word military. I think they refer to the same thing."

That's his excuse.

OK. That is how you KNOW he thinks corporations are people. The "military" that he wants to give untold trillions of dollars to is a vast bureaucratic-industrial complex. The "troops" are the actual human beings who do the extremely dangerous work that this complex creates.

Mitt can't tell the difference. That's perfect.

The Plaid Adder

[porphyrian]

78. "Freedom is not free! Support our...uh...9/11!" n/t

[madrchsod]

81. he falls somewhere in this classification

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisocial_personality_disorder

he does`t give a flying fuck about the troops because they do`t serve his purpose

[oliverrams1]

82. Wow

This video is so so so hard to watch, I can't imagine how our military feels about being part of a laundry list. I feel like I have to say thank you at this very moment to our military.


Thank You

[sarge43]

99. Can't speak for others, but this old sarge is sadden, disgusted and enraged.

That anyone would say service men and women belong on a laundry list is beyond comprehension. Whatever else we are, we are not things to be hand waved away, no human being is.

So on behalf of all those killed in places you never heard of and the many more who had their bodies, minds and lives destroyed by steel, fire and all manner of other shit, fuck you Romney and the garbage scow you barged in on.

[Third Doctor]

84. So basically

he just said that the troops are not important so that's why he did not speak about them in length. Then he says his mentioning the military a few times fixes that. The guy has no common sense at all plus he has that upper management attitude. The institutions matter while the "little people" don't.

[zebrastripe]

85. And the Troops aren't important?

Willard, think before you speak, better yet just don't speak.

[mikeysnot]

86. This guy is soo gonna get his ass handed to him

in the debates....

Troops unimportant. Good luck with that.

[Gin]

87. Now he (Romney) is in va beach and the crowd of a few hundered

Packed into an aviation museum is loaded with veterans......the new focus will be to mention veterans...troops...sacrifice....

Its sickening but the pandering is in full force right now...

[gulliver]

88. I'm just so used to seeing him get "caught" now

He's running out of new ways to do the little salesman chuckle-and-move-on maneuver. He shouldn't overuse that now like he is. He will need it in the debates.

[VPStoltz]

89. I didn't hear anything about the magic underwear.

[Zambero]

92. Stupid (and clueless) is as stupid (and clueless) does

And Mittens done did 'em both!

[DallasNE]

93. Not A Commander In Chief Level Comment

So the troops in harms way are on his laundry list but not important enough to include in his speech. Ouch. Maybe if he or one of his five sons had served in the military his outlook would be more forgiving and appreciative of the sacrifice they are making for their country. This is not a Commander in Chief level comment. Not even close.

[flyguyjake]

94. Way to much laughing for such a serious topic

JACKASS

[tavalon]

95. How does such a stupid sociopath make it this far up?

Shit certainly does float, doesn't it?

[sarge43]

98. Laundry List

[PONTING12]

101. Spam deleted by Violet_Crumble (MIR Team)

[Confusious]

102. Enjoy your stay

I don't think you'll be here long.

[liberal N proud]

103. Revealing moments

I think he will give us several more before election day.