Romney Rips Paul Ryan: Calls Running Mate’s Vote For Defense Cuts ‘A Big Mistake’

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Romney Rips Paul Ryan: Calls Running Mate’s Vote For Defense Cuts ‘A Big Mistake’

By Judd Legum

Mitt Romney, campaigning in Virginia today, hammered President Obama for supporting cuts in defense spending.

NBC’s David Gregory, in an interview with Romney scheduled to be aired in full tomorrow, noted that the cuts were part of the compromise to end the debt ceilling crisis and were supported by the entire GOP leadership. An excerpt:

MITT ROMNEY: Well, I want to maintain defense spending at the current level of the GDP. I don’t want to keep bringing it down as the president’s doing. This sequestration idea of the White House, which is cutting our defense, I think is an extraordinary miscalculation in the wrong direction.

DAVID GREGORY: Republican leaders agreed to that deal to the extend the debt ceiling.

MITT ROMNEY: And that’s a big mistake. I thought it was a mistake on the part of the White House to propose it. I think it was a mistake for Republicans to go along with it.

Among the GOP leaders who made “a big mistake” and voted for the cuts was his running mate, Paul Ryan. That hasn’t stopped Paul Ryan, however, from also crticizing the sequestor on the campaign trail.

http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/09/08/816571/romney-rips-paul-ryan-calls-running-mates-vote-for-defense-cuts-a-big-mistake/

Mitt the mistake was neglecting to mention the troops in your speech, but by all means, I support your throwing Republicans under a bus.

[ProSense]

1. Kick! n/t

[gollygee]

2. He's smacking down his veep choice?

By all means, go on. LOL.

[Frank Cannon]

3. This guy is a fucking idiot.

He is so confused by his own lies and his desperation to say what he thinks the audience at the time wants to hear that he never knows what he's saying, or how it compares to what he said yesterday.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. He's been possessed by the Master

Newt Gingrich!

[winstars]

10. Ditto...

[nc4bo]

4. Holy HOLY War Batman.....

Going to pass the ketchup and mustard to Mitty, perhaps a beer to help him wash down his rowdy VEEP

[ProSense]

8. LOL! n/t

[Angry Dragon]

5. Willard calls Ryan big mistake

[ProSense]

11. Romney: Ryan a big mistake

another mistake: Romney just teed up ad featuring his arm around Ryan saying "every now and then I make a mistake"
— @PeterHambyCNN via web

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021110218

[BumRushDaShow]

6. How many times must they swirl around the toilet bowel

before they are finally flushed away?

[johnlucas]

9. Come on November!!

Let's get this charade over with once & for all.
Let's get Obama's 2nd term started & begin pulling him in a Strong Progressive direction.
I'm tired of hearing about these circus clowns Romney & Ryan.
John Lucas

[indepat]

12. Rmoney must be lambasting Rayn for not having voted for all the humongous cuts

to just in social security, Medicare, and Medicare. Some swell fella as his Bain reign clearly shows.