Romney says Americans Angry With Iraq War

[jefferson_dem]

File this one in the "no shit, sherlock" file --

Romney: Americans Angry With Iraq War
By AMY LORENTZEN, Associated Press Writer
Friday, July 27, 2007

(07-27) 10:12 PDT Adel, Iowa (AP) --

Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said Friday that the country is angry over the lack of progress in the Iraq war, a stinging assessment of the Bush administration's handling of the conflict from a Republican candidate.

Campaigning in Iowa, the former Massachusetts governor also argued that despite the nation's frustration over the war, voters aren't ready to replace President Bush with a Democrat.

"I know the Democrats are getting all ready, they are measuring the drapes and getting the carpet all ready for how they are going to take over the White House, and I think they are going to get a big surprise," Romney told a crowd gathered at a golf course. "America is not happy with how the war in Iraq is going, and is angry. But America is not about to take a sharp left turn and put somebody in the White House who would turn America into a European-type state."

While Romney supported the March 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq and backs Bush's current troop increase, he has repeatedly said the post-invasion period was "mismanaged" with a lack of preparation for the insurgency and adequate planning for a government handover.

Before various New Hampshire audiences on Wednesday, Romney said he would wait until a mid-September report from U.S. generals in Iraq before deciding the next course of action that he would support. He said if the surge succeeds, he believes it will allow U.S. troop withdrawals. He had refused to detail alternate scenarios should insurgent violence continue unabated.

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/07/27/politics/p081921D66.DTL&type=politics

[Tom Joad]

1. yeah, i think he's got that part right. still a shithead though

[Colobo]

2. Romney has never been in Europe, obviously. Shithead.

[C_U_L8R]

3. oh geez there's that "measuring the drapes" crap again

Is everything second-hand with these clowns??
Do they have even an ounce of originality?????

[pstans]

4. I guess Romney must have gotten the poll numbers that show Iowa Republicans are against the war

There was a poll released yesterday that showed the majority of Iowa Republicans are against the war.