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elleng

(130,126 posts)
Sat Oct 13, 2012, 08:43 PM Oct 2012

Democrat leaders respond to Romney’s visit.

General Wesley Clark addressed the differences in the two campaigns on foreign affairs.

“What we have going on is an effort by a candidate (Romney) to re-invent himself, and to conceal what he really stands for,” Clark said. “And that’s true in foreign policy just as it is on the domestic side. His repeated attempts to re-define himself, they don’t change the fact, and I’m sorry to be a little bit negative on this, but Americans have to make a choice in this election. And we’re making a choice between a man who is a proven commander and chief, and someone who wants to be commander and chief.”

Clark attacked what he perceives as Romney’s lack of understanding of the military.

“Mr. Romney hasn’t served in the military,” Clark said. “He doesn’t have veterans experience. He didn’t grow up abroad. He doesn’t understand foreign affairs, except insofar as it is working with China to outsource American jobs.”

That drew a laugh and applause from those in attendance at the Scioto County Democratic headquarters on Chillicothe Street.

In an exclusive interview with the Daily Times, Clark was asked about the controversy surrounding early administration information following the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi last month. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed in that attack. Early response was that the attack was caused by an American film depicting the prophet Mohammed in a bad light. Later the administration said it was a concerted attack and not a mob that got out of hand.

“It’s hard to know what the original intelligence was,” Clark said. “First reports are always wrong. There was a big demonstration in Cairo (Egypt), and I think that the people that were reporting it just didn’t understand exactly what was happening, so they thought that this film had created this series of demonstrations across North Africa. But, in fact, it hadn’t. We’re sorting through those facts now. We know that in Libya there was no demonstration. We didn’t know that at the time.”

Clark said now government sources are looking at the footage from the TV cameras.

“So, day by day this is unfolding,” Clark said. “The truth behind this is that nobody has been stronger on embassy security than President Obama, Joe Biden, and Hillary Clinton.”

Clark said House Republicans “under Paul Ryan’s leadership,” had a plan to cut $300 million from embassy security. He said Obama’s foreign policy in that region is quite strong.

http://portsmouth-dailytimes.com/bookmark/20485662-Democrat-leaders-respond-to-Romney%E2%80%99s-visit

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Democrat leaders respond to Romney’s visit. (Original Post) elleng Oct 2012 OP
"Democrat" Leaders...? regnaD kciN Oct 2012 #1
??? elleng Oct 2012 #4
Why doesn't this surprise me? lunatica Oct 2012 #2
If you see the PPP Ohio poll maryellen99 Oct 2012 #3
With reports like this you can see why Mitt is not fit to be POTUS. BrainMann1 Oct 2012 #5
Great line: Romney's foreign affairs is limited to outsourcing American jobs to China Democratopia Oct 2012 #6

elleng

(130,126 posts)
4. ???
Sat Oct 13, 2012, 09:02 PM
Oct 2012

'Former Ohio Governor and Scioto County native Ted Strickland and four-star general Wesley Clark were in town Saturday morning to act as responders to the upcoming speech that day by Mitt Romney on the campus of Shawnee State University.

Strickland went after the Romney-Ryan view on domestic issues.'

Or you regard the paper's headline as a slight?

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
2. Why doesn't this surprise me?
Sat Oct 13, 2012, 08:53 PM
Oct 2012

Obama has been relentless and even downright fucking scary in his pursuit of terrorists. Why would anyone believe he didn't want the best security and safety for Americans in the Middle East? It just doesn't make sense, but then as far as the opposition goes, who gives a shit about anything making sense these days? They have their idee fixe on.

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