In Speech Omitting Iraq, Romney Claims ‘Reality’ Is A ‘Source Of Fear’ For ‘Liberals’
In Speech Omitting Iraq, Romney Claims ‘Reality’ Is A ‘Source Of Fear’ For ‘Liberals’
Former governor Mitt Romney is delivering a speech today at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington, D.C. whose ideas form the root of the Bush administration’s right-wing ideology.
Romney’s talk at AEI is meant to lay out his “Comprehensive Strategy For Winning The War On Terror.” Here’s an excerpt from the speech released to reporters:
I know that our liberal friends shake their head when a conservative talks of a nuclear Iran, or bio terror, or global Jihad. But for conservatives like me, facing reality is not a source of fear. It is a source of confidence. I am convinced that America — and our friends — can overwhelm any threat, but only if we acknowledge it, confront it, and respond thoughtfully and strategically.
In fact, facing the reality of the war in Iraq is a source of fear for Romney.
In the 600-word speech excerpt leaked to reporters today, there is not a single word about Iraq. Romney’s “comprehensive strategy for winning the war on terror” makes zero mention of what Romney claims is the “central front” of this war. (Time magazine reports this month that Romney “never mentions Iraq in his stump speech.)
In recent months, Romney has voiced support for the escalation, opposed efforts to withdraw U.S. forces, even claimed it’s “entirely possible” that Saddam Hussein actually had WMD. Yet like former mayor Rudy Giuliani, who failed to mention Iraq in his recent “12 Commitments” to America, Romney is making a concerted effort to downplay his support for President Bush’s Iraq strategy in public.
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Just for the record, Mitt Romney is a devastatingly handsome piece of man meat that will never end up on the “ignore list.”
June 21st, 2007 at 1:44 pmA Republican presidential candidate is the last person who should be lecturing his “liberal friends” (i.e. those in the “reality-based community”)about “reality”. Well, next to last — the current Republican president is the last.
June 21st, 2007 at 1:45 pmRomney is scary.
Lake “disappears” in Chile.
This is scarier. Up in a puff of smoke… fog… mist…
June 21st, 2007 at 1:49 pmOh Jake, lest not forget that he smells good, too. MmmMmmMmm!
(SWOON FAINT THUD)
(gag ack barf)
June 21st, 2007 at 1:51 pmLooks like Romney “doesn’t have the stomach” for actually talking about Iraq
What else is new from a blabby, theocon ChickenHawk like Romney?
June 21st, 2007 at 1:51 pmRomney isn’t scary, he’s, The Republichameleon!
June 21st, 2007 at 1:51 pmRomney is correct on all counts. The war against Islamo Fascism of which Iraq is one of many battlefields. But saying Reality Is A Source of Fear For Liberals is classic. I may have to vote for this Mormon.
LOL
June 21st, 2007 at 1:52 pmOh Jake, lest not forget that he smells good, too. MmmMmmMmm!
(SWOON FAINT THUD)
(gag ack barf)
Comment by MsJoanne
Gross….I was looking forward to lunch!
June 21st, 2007 at 1:53 pmLOL Romney lives in a fantasy world of complete stupidity!
June 21st, 2007 at 1:53 pm[snort] Yeah, here’s that idiot Romney’s idea of reality.
Reality has been bitch-slapping conservatism for years. If it weren’t for legal bribery, they’d be out of power by now. Until our government craps out a few more Republicans, we’re stuck with these losers and their policies that don’t work.
In the meantime, Romney cowers in his fantasy world. Nice.
June 21st, 2007 at 1:53 pm.
You’ve gotta give the guy credit for brazenness. It takes balls to lie knowing full well the cameras are running.
June 21st, 2007 at 1:54 pmMitt Romney has his own “reality check”: As long he doesn’t have a family member in that murdering U.S. occupation in Iraq, he can bullshit all he wants. Typical loud mouth neo-conservative: Romny provide the spittle, our troop provide the blood.
June 21st, 2007 at 1:54 pmThe war against Islamo Fascism of which Iraq is one of many battlefields.
Not a complete sentence.
Man, the bushtards are just mailing it in these days!
June 21st, 2007 at 1:55 pm.
Jake > do you want to see Romney undressed just wearing that unsexy Mormon undergarment with the back flap to go potty?
June 21st, 2007 at 1:56 pmWell, the reality is that the world is angry at, hates and fears what the American government is doing….
The US has its military in more places around the world than any country in history. The US has more nuclear weapons than anyone and spends more on weapons than the rest of the world combined.
It’s this endless aggression and militarism that makes the world less safe, and is bringing the ideals of America to an end.
Some follow up reading:
“Leaders Don’t Kill People…”
June 21st, 2007 at 1:56 pmhttp://www.populistamerica.com/leaders_dont_kill_people
I’d much rather be frightened about the reality of a full fledged war in the Middle East than be frightened that some fairy God will punish me for some odd reason and kick me out of the Mormons version of the Garden of Eden!
June 21st, 2007 at 1:57 pmThe Bush war of terror on our Civil Liberties? The Bush war of terror on our Bill of Rights? The Bush war of terror on our Constitution? These little wars of terror have been going on since December 2000, when the Bush gangsters stopping the counting of the votes in Florida, when the Bush gangsters stole our democracy with their oil-fascist coup, aided by five Supremely stupid Republicans who sat in our highest court.
Or is Governor Romney planning on continuing the Bush terrorizing of the Islamic peoples of the Middle East in an attempt to steal their oil fields?
Imperial colonial aggression has made a big comeback in the 21st century, led by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Alberto and the rest of their worthless lying traitorous gang. Does Governor Romney think that he is the rightful heir to the two Quagmires Royale in the Middle East?
June 21st, 2007 at 1:57 pmHOPEFULLY, after this brief blast of stupidity, he’ll go back and hide in a hole in Utah…Last of him..nothing to see here…..
June 21st, 2007 at 1:58 pmJay “Jihadi” Randal.
June 21st, 2007 at 1:58 pmAre you anti-Mormon?
How can a Muslim like you hate another religious minority.
Ooops I forgot Muslims just hate!
Yes Romney has several sons that are of age to be in the military, but instead they go door to door trying to convert other people into their cult.
June 21st, 2007 at 1:59 pmRumor has it that Romney smells great and his graying hair is quite “presidential” in person.
June 21st, 2007 at 1:59 pmCaption Contest:
Don’t you go thinking I’m anything but a sweet-smelling empty suit, little lady….
June 21st, 2007 at 1:59 pmWhat?!?!?!
Romney is a handsome man.
Oh, so a dude can’t say that another dude is a hunky piece of man meat without being harassed in here… oh, I see how it is.
DADT, right?!?!?!?!
(Jake, I still don’t like you)
June 21st, 2007 at 1:59 pmThe scum Romney is confused as well as sadistic. Shaking one’s head isn’t a physical manifestation of fear, it’s a physical manifestation of not believing lies one is told.
June 21st, 2007 at 2:00 pmRomney should leads the troops into battle from the front > lets see how he like that idea
June 21st, 2007 at 2:00 pmhe sure is purdy
June 21st, 2007 at 2:00 pmDamn straight, “reality is a source of fear for liberals”.
Under the current state of affairs, reality is a source of fear for anyone capable of rational thought.
Interesting, how Mitt Romney doesn’t count himself in that group. Anyone too stupid to recognize the precarious state of our nation and the planet in general doesn’t really need to be President.
June 21st, 2007 at 2:00 pmDo they wear pants in the Mormon version of the Garden of Eden?
June 21st, 2007 at 2:01 pmComment by PRIMVS INTER PARES — June 21, 2007 @ 1:59 pm
I thought you were at RNC camp. Was it just a wussy day camp?
June 21st, 2007 at 2:01 pmJoker > you are home early from High School today?!
June 21st, 2007 at 2:01 pmJay,
June 21st, 2007 at 2:01 pmI thought you Leftist/Muslims are a tolerant folk.
Instaed your a bigotted jerk!
You attack Mormons but defend Muslims.
Are you Muslim or just a paid Iranian intelligence asset?
Jay,
June 21st, 2007 at 2:02 pmNope at work chatting with Old diplatated jerks like you!
Wars are so real to him that he spent the late 1960’s in France doing his missionary work for the LDS church and of his five sons exactly ZERO have served in the military.
June 21st, 2007 at 2:03 pmScrew you, Romney.
I’ll give you some reality; where’s Osama, tough guy?
June 21st, 2007 at 2:03 pmI thought you were at RNC camp. Was it just a wussy day camp?
Comment by Zooey — June 21, 2007 @ 2:01 pm
Camp ended yesterday, but I have to take the RNC final exam tomorrow so I’ll have to check in here periodically.
Man, I can’t believe all of the priceless material on the “Right-wing Radio thread”!!!
I’ll have to write some of that stuff down!!!
June 21st, 2007 at 2:04 pmFor the record, I am not Jake.
For instance, I use “LOL” sometimes. Jake never does.
June 21st, 2007 at 2:05 pmThe Joker,
Are those your boys on the right-wing radio thread.
June 21st, 2007 at 2:06 pm‘Cause they are all cowards following their Muslim Masters.
Just like you, The “Jiahd” Joker.
14# > stopthecons
The US has more nuclear weapons than anyone and spends more on weapons than the rest of the world combined.
wrong > Russia has bigger, better and more Nukes than America
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_arms_race
June 21st, 2007 at 2:06 pm#11. Mitt has five boys, if he’s so tough he should let some of them “acknowledge it, confront it, and respond thoughtfully and strategically”.
June 21st, 2007 at 2:06 pmMan, I can’t believe all of the priceless material on the “Right-wing Radio threadâ€!!!
I’ll have to write some of that stuff down!!!
Comment by PRIMVS INTER PARES
I bet you could get that sucker up to 5000 without even trying, Mr P.
June 21st, 2007 at 2:07 pmJoker,
June 21st, 2007 at 2:07 pmHow dare you attack the great Political activist Jay Randal.
Mormons are cult that should be exterminated!
Muslims are peace loving and cause no one harm!
You evil reichwing chickenhawk
Joker > if I was your boss, and found you on the PC at work, then I would fire your worthless fascist butt. I am NOT a Muslim, so you are deranged.
June 21st, 2007 at 2:08 pmOct 31 1961
Tsar Bomba
50,000 Yeild Kt
Largest thermonuclear weapon ever tested
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_arms_race
June 21st, 2007 at 2:08 pmI bet you could get that sucker up to 5000 without even trying, Mr P.
Comment by Zooey — June 21, 2007 @ 2:07 pm
Well shucks, I wish I could but I have to study. Ahhh… the missed opportunity.
June 21st, 2007 at 2:09 pmwrong > Russia has bigger, better and more Nukes than America
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_arms_race
Comment by Blurpy
Here’s a hint, Blurpy: If you want to be taken seriously, don’t cite the Wiki for “facts.” Information only, please.
Silly me! Nevermind Blurpy, continue with your trollie ways….
June 21st, 2007 at 2:09 pmPRIMVS INTER PARES ,
June 21st, 2007 at 2:09 pmHey Iranian stooge.
I’m not a Rightwinger per say.
I’m actually very Leftwing on economic and social issues.
On Foreign policy I’m an Isolationist Rights.
Unlike you I can think outside the both.
I don’t belive everything this Iranian funded site posts.
You serve your Muslim masters well!
Oh shit, Mr. Roboto and The Joker, in the same place… at the same time!!!
(where is Flaco?)
June 21st, 2007 at 2:10 pmWell shucks, I wish I could but I have to study. Ahhh… the missed opportunity.
Comment by PRIMVS INTER PARES
Well, if you’re not up to the task…..
June 21st, 2007 at 2:11 pmMr. Roboto,
June 21st, 2007 at 2:12 pmFirst of all,
what you wanted to write was: per se
Secondly, you are a Muslim Magenta,
Just like your buddy, The Joker, unless you are him.
Jay,
“Joker > if I was your boss, and found you on the PC at work, then I would fire your worthless fascist butt.”
Ha ha!
June 21st, 2007 at 2:13 pmI’m a team lead and my boss is on the otherside of the country.
Also I work from Home so I post on my persoanl computer.
I use my work Laptop to VPN in.
I’m in IT so I can.
Hence when it’s downtime I come and expose fools like you.
Thanks for calling me a Facist.
At least Fascist love their country.
Unlike Muslims like you that belive in the Ummah.
If you’re not Muslim why do you always defend them but attack other groups like Mormons?
Well, if you’re not up to the task…..
Comment by Zooey — June 21, 2007 @ 2:11 pm
Don’t tempt me… 50% of my grade is riding on this one test.
Besides, I’m sure all the Drudge-Dread-Heads will git-r-dun!!!!!!!
June 21st, 2007 at 2:14 pmPRIMVS INTER PARES ,
June 21st, 2007 at 2:14 pmRoboto is a buddy of mine who is actually a Leftist!
He’s a patriotic Leftist that detest the Muslims controlling America.
Did you know Bush is devout Sunni Muslim?
He converted 20 years ago when him and Bin Laden did a Pilgramage to Mecca!
Joker > who the hell would hire a dunce like you? Learn to spell or use spellcheck please. You act like someone who is about 19 or 20 max.
June 21st, 2007 at 2:16 pmThe Joker,
June 21st, 2007 at 2:17 pmYou are a liar,
Mr. Roboto is an Islamo-Extremist,
Muslim-Magenta.
If you were really a Patriot,
Instead of a Fascist,
You would hate Mr. Roboto,
But instead you listen to your Muslim Masters,
You are a coward, The “iJahd” Joker.
Pandering to the AEI, how pathetic. They’re all taking their turns trying to convince the real powers (the neocons) that they’re the biggest, baddest and most bloodthirsty of the pack.
June 21st, 2007 at 2:30 pmAgain, why is this guy handsome?
June 21st, 2007 at 2:31 pmLiberals DO shake their heads when they hear of nuclear weapons in Iran. SImply because the incompetent leadership of President Bush has allowed Iran to develop those weapons without any response.
June 21st, 2007 at 2:32 pmSImply because the incompetent leadership of President Bush has allowed Iran to develop those weapons without any response.
Comment by No Pardon for Treason.
Who was shaking heads when Fermi and Oppenheimer were working in Los Alamos?
June 21st, 2007 at 2:33 pmJuan > Romney is only handsome to over the hill old GOPer ladies and fat pudgy Log Cabin Republican Gay males.
June 21st, 2007 at 2:37 pmHerpes Virus Killing Coral Reefs
By Andrea Thompson, LiveScience Staff Writer
posted: 20 June 2007 09:16 am ET
Holy O-Rings!
I see the fried and infectious onion ring Annie Outhouse has been swimming again. I wonder how she didn’t drown when that onion-ring filled with h2o. EnnyWhooo.
Jake, so how is it that N Korea created a nuke under the this ‘fear mongering’ sky is falling culture of corruption? The reality is they failed.
June 21st, 2007 at 2:38 pmAm I scared? No. I lived thru 40 years of this cold war nuclear crisis management.
Romney is only handsome to over the hill old GOPer ladies and fat pudgy Log Cabin Republican Gay males.
Comment by Jay Randal
He looks like a Ricardo Montalban wannabe. :D
June 21st, 2007 at 2:39 pmI think I fear the conservatives VERSION of reality more than anything.
You know, since they make their own…
June 21st, 2007 at 2:40 pmNo Pardon for Treason sez:
Iran has no nuclear weapons, no means of producing enough weapons-grade uranium for even one weapon, and no missile capable of delivering such a weapon to the U.S., even if it did exist.
More info here.
Don’t believe their lies…not even the lies that would make them appear incompetent.
June 21st, 2007 at 2:41 pmSince when does being handsome make for a good president Jake?
We need an ugly President with a brain not a beauty pageant winner. Plus I remember when the GOPer made fun of Edwards vanity. This guy is every bit of that. Heh. I bet he spends all day in front of the mirror looking at himself, brushing his hair. Maybe even blowing kisses.
June 21st, 2007 at 2:42 pmI know a few individuals that would be glad to put The Fear into Mutt.
June 21st, 2007 at 2:44 pm“…when a conservative talks of a nuclear Iran, or bio terror, or global Jihad.”
…he is attempting to scare you without cause, so that he can do whatever he wants while you are cowering in your boots.
If this descendant of polygamists and charlatans thinks this is reality, then I want no part of it.
June 21st, 2007 at 2:48 pmHe converted 20 years ago when him and Bin Laden did a Pilgramage to Mecca! Comment by The Joker
Where do you get you material, the worldnutdaily? I am just as concerned about my country, and its security, as you are – but do you really expect people to believe what your saying without some kind of proof?
June 21st, 2007 at 2:49 pmComment by Zep Tepi — June 21, 2007 @ 2:49 pm
I picture those like The Joker to be a republican troll – just as effective in deflecting conversations, but counter productive to progress.
June 21st, 2007 at 2:53 pmWe are ruled by Aliens from Orions belt Joker =) shapeshifting reptilians that want to suck the life out of you thru your anus, thats why Aliens go around probing peoples Onion Rings!!
June 21st, 2007 at 2:53 pm“Joker: I’m in IT so I can.”
Joker with your level of clearthink(tm) I do hope for your company that you are only servicing the printers and that the rest is run out of Bangalore.
June 21st, 2007 at 2:55 pmpicture those like The Joker to be a republican troll – just as effective in deflecting conversations, but counter productive to progress.
Comment by Namtillaku
Oh, see he is one of the little green Aliens =) that like Onion Rings and telling great big fibbs. He doesn’t want mankind to progress.
June 21st, 2007 at 2:56 pmJust for the record, Mitt Romney is a devastatingly handsome piece of man meat .Comment by Jake
So is Edwards. Whats your point exactly? =) Does a pretty man make you want to meat his meat?
June 21st, 2007 at 2:59 pmHere are the sons of Mitt Romney and patriots of our nation:
In Boston — Tagg Romney, 37, loves the Sox and has a thing for Billy Joel. Matt Romney, 35, always tunes in to “Saturday Night Live,” and Josh Romney, 31, likes to surf and water-ski. Ben Romney, 29, hesitates to call his dog, Kingsley, a half yorkie and half poodle, “a yorkie-poo.” And Craig Romney, 26, a Tom Brady look-alike, has 337 friends on MySpace and cites his dad, along with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., as his heroes—WHICH NONE OF THEM WILL LIFT A FINGER TO FIGHT FOR THEIR COUNTRY.
Mitt Romney, like any neo-conservative who punk out during the Vietnam war to make money instead of fighting for his county, would rather have someone else children died for his country instead. This is the very core of the neo-conservative yellow-bellied nature.
June 21st, 2007 at 3:07 pmYou have no ‘liberal friends’ jerko. Besides, you just alienated anyone who might have a liberal or progressive bent moron.
June 21st, 2007 at 3:13 pmDon’t tempt me… 50% of my grade is riding on this one test.
Comment by PRIMVS INTER PARES
Ahhh, so you DO give a f*ck about something….
June 21st, 2007 at 3:16 pmAgain, why is this guy handsome?
Comment by Juan C
Ugh. Anyone who thinks that hasn’t been paying attention to the idiocy coming out of his mouth.
June 21st, 2007 at 3:17 pm73# Bill Gordon:
Gordon, you’re talking about me? I’m the “moron?” I know you aren’t: THAT ‘CAUSE YOU HAVEN’T ENLIST IN THE ARMY TO GET MURDER IN IRAQ. INSTEAD YOU GOT SOMEONE ELSE TO DIE FOR YOUR COUNTRY. Now, that’s very smart Gordon.
June 21st, 2007 at 3:18 pmComment by TripMaster Monkey
TPM: it seems I will need to do some reading in this area. I am nothing if not skeptical of the Republicans’ fear tactics.
Keep on keepin’ on.
June 21st, 2007 at 3:19 pmfor consternatives, fear is a source of votes…
June 21st, 2007 at 3:20 pmAbu Musab al-Zarqawi sez:
Hey fellow muslims bros I am having sex with virgin 69 with 3 left to go.
Thanks US for making me a martyr. Tell Bubba Clinton he should convert soon.
Allah akubar and Death to America!
June 21st, 2007 at 3:31 pmHe’s wrong. I’m a Democrat and I’m very concerned about Muslim extremism.
Let’s not forget that Iraq is the benchmark for Republican incompetence in fighting terrorism.
June 21st, 2007 at 3:38 pmDamned right reality is scary, Mitt…
I’d assume that’s why guys like you do all you can to avoid the stuff.
Wow, what a set of shoulders…
June 21st, 2007 at 3:47 pmLet’s not forget that Iraq is the benchmark for Republican incompetence in fighting terrorism.
Comment by LandSurveyor
Does benchmark mean the same as screamingly low, bottom-of-the-barrel
June 21st, 2007 at 3:49 pmmark? Just asking?
Hey fellow muslims bros I am having sex with virgin 69 with 3 left to go.
Comment by Flaco
So, Flaco, are those last 3 little boys lookin’ a little nervous as you work your way down the line?
June 21st, 2007 at 3:50 pmRomney Claims ‘Reality’ Is A ‘Source Of Fear’ For ‘Liberals’
Yes!! And your point is?
June 21st, 2007 at 4:13 pmAhhh, so you DO give a f*ck about something….
Comment by Zooey — June 21, 2007 @ 3:16 pm
Yup, all m’ peeps.
June 21st, 2007 at 4:29 pm“For the record, I am not Jake.”
Nope, you’re a liberal who likes to troll other liberals and watch them foam at the mouth, and you’re on loan from the Balloon-Juice blog.
June 21st, 2007 at 4:35 pmPay no attention to Romney.
He is an empty shell in a 3,000 dollar suit.
Romney says whatever he’s told to say. Nothing more.
June 21st, 2007 at 4:53 pmJay,
Nope at work chatting with Old diplatated jerks like you!
Comment by The Joker — June 21, 2007 @ 2:02 pm
You get paid for that or are you just another shiftless lazy overindulged employee who feels the right to jack-off rather than produce while on the clock
June 21st, 2007 at 4:53 pmYup, all m’ peeps.
Comment by ULTIMAS INTER PARES — June 21, 2007 @ 4:29 pm
Your “peeps”?
We’ren’t most of them hung at Nuremburg?
June 21st, 2007 at 4:53 pmdbadass,
June 21st, 2007 at 4:55 pmI can do whatever I want at work.
You’re just a brainwashed Muslim lover!
Joker:
June 21st, 2007 at 5:14 pmSounds like an interesting job. What exactly is it you do? As to the “brainwashed Muslim lover” You did okay I quess. One out of three isn’t too too bad.
“Yup, all m’ peeps.”
There are people who still say this? Narly!
June 21st, 2007 at 5:15 pmIt’s always a good laugh when a backwards thinking, religion focused “believers” think those who prefer facts over fantasy are living in fear of “reality”.
June 21st, 2007 at 7:01 pmmy irony-o-meter went crazy when I read the headline. A Bush loyalist accusing others of fearing reality?
June 21st, 2007 at 9:11 pmFor anyone who has ever seen “Kentucky Fried Movie”:
“Whose, reality, yours or mine?!”
(Any for anyone who hasn’t, it’s worth the effort to find it and watch it–hysterical!)
June 21st, 2007 at 10:40 pmthis is a crock of bullshit.
facing a reality is not a source of fear, the man says.
then why is it that i can’t watch the news anymore without wondering how much of it is censored, biased or LIES?
us liberals are the ones seeking the truth, are the ones actively searching for REALITY.
the republicans are the ones lying through their teeth to push their corrupt agenda. they are the ones contorting reality for the sole interest of self, and not of the country.
and i bet if romney was given a dose of reality instead of some textbook placebo, he’d be the one shaking his head.
June 22nd, 2007 at 1:40 pmI heard that mormons are more like muslims than christians, that is they have polygamy and like to beat their women with sticks.
June 23rd, 2007 at 10:43 amBig brave Romney, the man who consistently got deferrments from the Vietnam War because he had to go through the suffering of a slammed door in the face rather than the possibility of a grenade in the face while a missionary for the Mormon church in France during the Vietnam War.
June 25th, 2007 at 11:58 am“I heard that mormons are more like muslims than christians, that is they have polygamy and like to beat their women with sticks.”
Comment by guns’n'bibles
Polygamy among Mormons is reserved for various fanatical sects, not the mainstream any more. As for beating their women with sticks, they have a lot in common with a lot of ‘good Christians’. I don’t remember a story in the headlines about a Mormon killing his pregnant wife or ex-wife for that matter. Christians, Jews etc have no exclusive rights and priviledges to treating a woman’s life as valuable.
June 25th, 2007 at 12:04 pm