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“Guantanamo is a symbol of our resolve.”

– former governor Mitt Romney, who added that the Guantanamo “plays an important role in protecting our nation from violent, heinous terrorists.” (Via Steve Benen)



121 Responses to ““Guantanamo is a symbol of our resolve.””

  1. Namtillaku says:

    LOL – and Guantanamo protects us from BushCo how?



  2. veritas says:

    Mitt, Mitt, Mitt….hold on there just a second. You’d better realize that this certainly will not catapault your ratings one iota and what you say is patently false. It’s become an international symbol of how americans torture and nothing more.


  3. veritas says:

    Serious faux pas on Romney’s part. His numbers are going down so he’s making stupid mistakes now. His campaign will tank in the coming months, that’s certain.


  4. BurningBush says:

    More like a symbol of our disgrace.


  5. masculine_monica_nyc says:

    “plays an important role in protecting our nation from violent, heinous terrorists.”

    Heinous terrorists are *the worst*.


  6. veritas says:

    Unless, of course, you subscribe to the same “boogeyman” whom Bush would love everyone to fear and it sounds like you do….and you call yourself a “man of faith”….. You know what they say about the diametric opposition of Faith and Fear, don’t you, Mitt.


  7. veritas says:

    Heinous….terrorists…..isn’t that a foregone conclusion and an unnecessary repetitive? Just wondering where Old Mitt was educated? He’s beginning to sound like he went to the same school as Dumbya….his boogeymen are the “evildoers”….*lights lower, background bass strums out a sequence of blasts amid the rising rink of a creaking door hings….*** Woo Woo Careful or the Boogey man might get you, Romney.


  8. PaulB says:

    So let’s see: locking innocent people up forever with no access to an attorney, to the evidence against them, no opportunity to protest, no hope, no future — this is “a symbol of our resolve?” Our resolve for what, exactly?


  9. veritas says:

    It’s a disgusting symbol of how americans torture their captured and it’s a blackmark on this Country. As Colin Powell said – close it “yesterday”! The longer it remains open and a symbol of our level of heinousness, the more damage it does to this country and it’s inhabitants internationally.


  10. heyzeus says:

    I listened to an interview this afternoon on Democracy Now, with
    Rocky Anderson, the mayor of Salt Lake City.

    He stated he has known Mitt Romney for a long time, and is dismayed at Romney’s about face with regards to torture policy, abortion, and the Iraq war.

    Anderson repeatedly made the statement that
    Romney has “caved in to his handlers.”

    He (Rocky Anderson) seemed dismayed that anyone, in particular a presidential candidate, could espouse the views Romney is now cuddling up to.
    And also saddened that a person whom he has known for some time is willing to abandon personal conviction and pander to the neo-conservative radical militarist evangelicals.


  11. veritas says:

    When one of these eejits uses Bush’s favorite word (Resolve), you know he’s scraping the bottom of the barrel and knows that his campaign is losing ground.


  12. veritas says:

    Romney’s just another “garden variety sycophantic bootlicker” who has sold his soul to the devil for a modicum of acceptance by the rank & file GOP. That’s all this guy is. Shallow, empty, and compromisable. Something we definitely don’t need in the white house again.


  13. Get Back says:

    The blog Rising Hegemon brought this Boston Globe article to my attention.

    “As the Vietnam War raged in the 1960s, Mitt Romney received a deferment from the draft as a Mormon “minister of religion” for the duration of his missionary work in France, which lasted two and a half years.

    Before and after his missionary deferment, Romney also received nearly three years of deferments for his academic studies. When his deferments ended and he became eligible for military service in 1970, he drew a high number in the annual lottery that determined which young men were drafted. His high number ensured he was not drafted into the military…

    “By serving as a missionary and being given the deferment, Romney ensured that he would not be drafted from July 1966 until February 1969. Romney’s draft record from the time describes him as “minister of religion or divinity student.” Mayo said the church would have considered Romney a minister.

    Romney, who has said he would have served if he had been drafted, shed some light on his view of the matter in a recent interview with the Globe.

    “I really don’t recall thinking about political positions when I was knocking at the door in France” as a missionary, Romney said. “I was supportive of my country. I longed in many respects to actually be in Vietnam and be representing our country there and in some ways it was frustrating not to feel like I was there as part of the troops that were fighting in Vietnam.”


  14. Tom3 says:

    Amy Goodman had the mayor of Salt Lake City on this morning.

    He is an old friend of Mitt’s. His wife and Mitt’s wife are friends too. He worked on the Salt Lake City Olympics with Mitt.

    He says that Mitt was never for Gitmo, and this is a flip-flop for Mitt. He says Mitt is being told what to say by his handlers.

    I don’t want anybody for President who does whatever his handlers say. We already have a witless chimp in the Oval Office.


  15. had enough says:

    This statement is ridiculous…also ridiculous is the notion that people of color have the mark of Cain which is taught in his religion – the Mormon religion. Weird stuff.


  16. Tom3 says:

    oops, sorry hayseus. you said it better than i did.


  17. dixie blood says:

    Welcome to the Twilight Zone…

    Mormon or Moron, you be the judge…or maybe both…

    And we need this guy around here for what??

    Romney (the new Rummy?) should give all the money he’s raised back the morons who donated and apologize for being so ph*cking stupid…

    Repeat after me Mitt! “Duh..duh..duh..duh…”

    That’s better, now you’re sounding as smart as GW BOTCH!!!!

    We are praying for a cure for you and the rest of the morons who just wouldn’t stop drinking the Kool-Aid…it’s sad…

    Good luck there pal…NOT!!!


  18. Marie says:

    Olbermann just reported that 50 of the nation’s best and brightest high school students were at the WH for a recognition ceremony. They presented Bush with a letter from themselves and in it they beseeched him to stop torture and illegal detention of captives, because they don’t want their country to be kow for torture and violations of the Geneva convention.

    He supposedly replied, “the US does not torture.”

    I bet that took him by surprise.
    I am proud of the intelligence and courage of those 50 students.
    Olbermann applauded them as heroes of the day.


  19. Tom3 says:

    I read somewhere that 60% of Repukes will NOT vote for a Mormon.

    Is Mormon spelled with one M or two? 8^)


  20. Mr. Bush Goes To Hell says:

    Yeah, Mitt, it’s a sign of you Nazi azzhoes (NOT misspelled).

    Actually, in honor of CHICKENHAWK Mitt’s “resolve”, let’s rename it:

    MITTMO!!


  21. AngryOne says:

    Romney should know. From July 1966 to February 1969, Romney’s Vietnam deferment let him perform his mission outside of Paris, not in the rice paddies outside of Hue.

    For the details, see:
    “Man on a Mission: Romney’s Vietnam Deferment.”


  22. Tom3 says:

    Gitmo is the symbol of our national SHAME.

    And shame on you Mitt, for wanting to double it.

    The US DOES torture. We’ve all seen the documents.

    It wasn’t a few bad apples either, it went all the way to the top.


  23. LandSurveyor says:

    wow that’s why bushco is trying to empty gitmo out in the middle of the night


  24. Master Li Bruul says:

    oops, sorry hayseus. you said it better than i did.

    Comment by Tom3

    Oh, I don’t know about that, but thanks…
    I’m glad you heard it, too.
    Some of the stuff Amy Goodamn broadcasts makes Think Progress sound like day-care…


  25. heyzeus says:

  26. PatrioticLiberalChristian(PLC) says:

    Guantanamo is a symbol of our devolve


  27. Mr. Bush Goes To Hell says:

    MittMo!!

    The symbol of the Rapeublic CHICKENHAWK filip-flopper TRAITOR…


  28. ForTruth says:

    Whaddaya call a guy who likes to wrap himself around nice hard balls?

    Mitt


  29. Tom3 says:

    AMy Goodman is the only radio or TV news I trust anymore.

    When CNN dumps a Michael Moore interview for Paris Hilton, the mass media have completely whored themselves out.


  30. ForTruth says:

    I just made that up.

    Now who do these people (Mitt, et. al) think they are talking to?

    It ain’t the silent majority.


  31. heyzeus says:

  32. heyzeus says:

    It was good!, very inspirational


  33. RUCerious says:

    More like a symbol of our moral insolvency.


  34. Badmoodman says:

    Anagram fun with Mitt Romney: Memory Tint.


  35. had enough says:

    Tom3

    I canceled my cable TV months ago, as I too, was sick to death of the obvious fascist led media – republican infomercials. My life is better without TV.


  36. veritas says:

    ah, yes…another “draft dodger” espousing the merits of having resolve with the evildoers. Give me a break – this guy is pure rubbish. Missionary?? Right! I have to say that was a creative way of dodging the draft, old Mittey boy!


  37. Jeffrey Stewart says:

    Guantanamo “plays an important role in protecting our nation from violent, heinous terrorists.”

    The people of the US demand Mr. Romney explicate exactly how Guantanamo does this!


  38. RUCerious says:

  39. veritas says:

    Wonder what brand of hair dye Mitt’s using these days…just a thought that perhaps it’s one of those highly penetrable, toxic ones with the coal tar in it because his brain is certainly not working properly these days.


  40. veritas says:

    Mitt “Hee Haw” Roamey


  41. PRIMVS INTER PARES says:

    Guantanamo is a symbol of the good ol’ US of A!!!!!!!

    GITMO should grace obverse face new silver dollars!!!!!


  42. PRIMVS INTER PARES says:

    Erratum post #42) second line should read as follows -

    GITMO should grace the obverse face of new silver dollars!!!!!


  43. stopthecons says:

    guantanamo is a symbol of our downfall, our moral depravity, and an end to what the founders created.

    There’s nothing, whatsoever, in the constitution that allows such behavior by our government…

    “Should the US Military be Allowed to Use Torture?”

    http://www.populistamerica.com/should_the_u_s__military_be_allowed_to_use_torture


  44. heyzeus says:

  45. MsJoanne says:

    Apparently his resolve is to increase torture, after all, he wants to DOUBLE the size of Gitmo.

    PRIMVS INTER PARES, why do you play these silly games? You know you don’t mean that. Is there a point? Just curious.


  46. PatrioticLiberalChristian(PLC) says:

  47. Zooey says:

    I canceled my cable TV months ago, as I too, was sick to death of the obvious fascist led media – republican infomercials. My life is better without TV.
    Comment by had enough

    Absolutely. Life is better without TV.

    Have you noticed that you don’t spend as much money as you used to? Lack of exposure to ads will do that…..


  48. m12 says:

    Great man, and will be a great President.


  49. m12 says:

    #9

    What innocents? They are Islamic terrorists!


  50. MsJoanne says:

    Zooey, the great thing about Dish is that they have Free Speech TV and LINK tv, both of which have actual, real news reporting (I know, I know, unfathomable these days).

    Both are amazing stations.


  51. dixie blood says:

    Mitt Witt

    Comment by PatrioticLiberalChristian(PLC) — June 25, 2007 @ 9:11 pm

    Very funny…from now on he shall be known as the Mitt Witt….


  52. Zep Tepi says:

    GITMO should grace the obverse face of new silver dollars!!!!!

    Comment by PRIMVS INTER PARES

    You would like to see a picture of base in communist Cuba on the back of the silver dollar? Shirley U. Jest.


  53. PatrioticLiberalChristian(PLC) says:

    TP needs to quit chopping off the ends of posts. I fixed this one:

    Great man, and will be a great President…of Metrosexual Hair Products For Men, Inc.


  54. Tom3 says:

    When Chimpy and Condi say “The US does not torture”, they LIE.

    The US kidnaps and tortures people wholesale, on a regular basis.

    Okayed at the highest levels. By secret executive order.

    We’ve all seen the photos, the official reports and memos, the transcripts and testimony.

    The US does torture.


  55. PatrioticLiberalChristian(PLC) says:

    dixie blood

    Thank you. I have my moments.


  56. PatrioticLiberalChristian(PLC) says:

    Shirley U. Jest should be SHIRLEY V. IEST


  57. PRIMVS INTER PARES says:

    PRIMVS INTER PARES, why do you play these silly games? You know you don’t mean that. Is there a point? Just curious.
    Comment by MsJoanne — June 25, 2007 @ 9:10 pm

    No games. GITMO is part of our American heritage. A symbol of our great and honorable Nation.

    Hell, let’s put Bush and Cheney on the obverse and GITMO on the reverse… of ALL our COINAGE!!!


  58. PatrioticLiberalChristian(PLC) says:

    Hell, let’s put Bush and Cheney on the obverse and GITMO on the reverse.

    If the “obverse” is a ship bound for hell, count me in. And yes, let’s definitely “reverse” Gitmo.


  59. PRIMVS INTER PARES says:

    Hey, anyone got change for a Bush? This machine only takes Cheneys.


  60. Zep Tepi says:

    No games. GITMO is part of our American heritage

    Its leased from CVVA SHVRLY.


  61. PatrioticLiberalChristian(PLC) says:

    Hey, anyone got change for a Bush? This machine only takes Cheneys.
    ________________________________
    Quit griping! You don’t get to choose the prison’s vending machines.


  62. PRIMVS INTER PARES says:

    Comment by Zep Tepi — June 25, 2007 @ 9:27 pm

    It remains, nonetheless, part of our noble legacy.


  63. m12 says:

    #58

    Bush will be on coinage soon after his dead. An honor for a man of principle.


  64. PRIMVS INTER PARES says:

    Shirley U. Jest should be SHIRLEY V. IEST

    Comment by PatrioticLiberalChristian(PLC) — June 25, 2007 @ 9:20 pm

    Oh. Now I get it!

    Nope, I’m dead serious.


  65. PRIMVS INTER PARES says:

    Comment by m12 — June 25, 2007 @ 9:33 pm

    Why sould we have to wait?

    I say we give ol’ honest Abe the boot from the penny and the five-spot!!!


  66. Georgette Orwell says:

    I like it, PLC. Here in Massachusetts we call him Mitt The Twit, but Mitt Witt is, well, witty.


  67. m12 says:

    #66

    We have to wait until he dies. Even great defenders of our nation like FDR and John Kennedy were not coined until their death.


  68. JPark says:

    Yup, Primus, get rid of the only good Republican from our currency. I am all for erasing Republicanism from the world but…


  69. JPark says:

    m12, you are so right, Bush should be on the 1/4 penny. Then even the right-wingers could hate him.


  70. Wayne A. Schneider says:

    “Guantanamo is a symbol of our resolve.”

    It’s symbolic of your struggle against reality.

    (Yes, “Life of Brian”. I stole it.)


  71. PRIMVS INTER PARES says:

    Howdy, JPark!

    Yeah, m12 already told me that we will have to wait until Bush dies before we will see his grin on our money… a shame.


  72. JPark says:

    #71 Primus, well, then, I hope we put him on the 1/4 penny in the next couple of months (by the way, smirking is not grinning :) )


  73. JPark says:

    Wayne, I am sorry for being such a jerk the other night. I was crabby for other reasons and I took it out on you. I am VERY sorry!


  74. m12 says:

    #70

    Not necessary. A 50/50 split on the half dollar, with Bush and Kennedy getting half each.


  75. JPark says:

    No, m12, we have a half dollar already and Kennedy is still pretty popular…in the real world (you know, the one that doesn’t include you and Michael Savage.)


  76. shane says:

    Bush will be on coinage soon after his dead. An honor for a man of principle.

    Comment by m12

    What principle is that, exactly?


  77. heyzeus says:

    Mitt Witt

    Comment by PatrioticLiberalChristian(PLC) — June 25, 2007 @ 9:11 pm

    Very funny…from now on he shall be known as the Mitt Witt….

    I agree, PLC, you’ve done it again!
    (Deep bow)


  78. m12 says:

    #76

    I agree, which is why he gets 50% of the half-dollars.

    He would have been proud of Bush contuining his policy of lower taxes, putting Cuba to good use, and refusing to back down against America’s enemies.


  79. JPark says:

    m12, somehow I think JFK would have put his Navy boot up Georgie’s virgin (militarily) a$$.


  80. m12 says:

    #80

    Unlikely. Like Joe Lieberman, John Kennedy would have been exiled from the Democratic Party today by his own brother.


  81. JPark says:

    m12, are you joking? Are you saying Bobby Kennedy was a righty?


  82. big papa says:

    Anyone hear the one aboutthe 50 students…

    ….being honored at the White House by Bushiva?

    …their spokesperson read a letter from them (all standing in the background behind Bushiva)…

    …in essence asking Bush to restore America’s integrity,decency and reputation…

    Bushiva’s response?

    …”America doesn’t torture”…

    WOW!

    …one cannot make this kind of sh*t up…


  83. MsJoanne says:

    Answering a moron like m12 serves no purpose other than to give his little 12 year old ass attention.

    He’s our own personal 3 year old.

    MOMMY!


  84. Wayne A. Schneider says:

    Comment by JPark — June 25, 2007 @ 9:52 pm

    It’s all good, my friend. Apologies not necessary, but accepted. I’ll forget it happened if you will. Deal?


  85. Wayne A. Schneider says:

    No, m12, we have a half dollar already and Kennedy is still pretty popular…in the real world (you know, the one that doesn’t include you and Michael Savage.)

    Comment by JPark — June 25, 2007 @ 9:54 pm

    “What a wonderful world that would be.”


  86. MsJoanne says:

    Oh Wayne…is that all the lyrics we get from you? I KNOW you have so much more in you!! :)


  87. m12 says:

    #82

    Much moreso than modern Democrats, absolutely. Back then, the Democrats knew what it meant to be a defense hawk.


  88. Mr. Bush Goes To Hell says:

    What innocents? They are Islamic terrorists!

    OK, if that IS the case, PUT THEM ON TRIAL and PROVE IT.

    If they ARE terrorists, jail them forever or EXECUTE them.

    If they are NOT terrorists, let them go.

    You DO believe that there is PROOF of what you say, don’t you? If so, let it be PROVED….

    OR are you AFRAID that there is NO PROOF, but it’s OK to jail indefinitely WITHOUT PROOF???


  89. pgw says:

    romney loves gitmo as much as chris matthews loves how mitt smells


  90. Mr. Bush Goes To Hell says:

    Gitmo is now MITTMO, in honor of the CHICKENHAWK Romney and TRAITOR Bush


  91. m12 says:

    #89

    It takes time to fill the paperwork. Then we will put them on trial with the new military commissions.


  92. Mr. Bush Goes To Hell says:

    It takes time to fill the paperwork. Then we will put them on trial with the new military commissions.

    Yeah, they’ve been held for FOUR YEARS.

    If there is EVIDENCE, why not PRESENT IT?

    Come to think of it, when Hillary Clinton becomes President, she should JAIL Bush and Cheney FOREVER, and tell us the paperwork is “being worked on”….

    They are TRAITORS to the USA, and should be HANGED


  93. m12 says:

    #93

    Why? Because the courts keep putting up more paperwork!


  94. Mr. Bush Goes To Hell says:

    Why? Because the courts keep putting up more paperwork!

    EVIDENCE of your claim, or just another Rush-like LIE from another Nazi azzhole-licker of TRAITOR Bush the MURDERER coxucker PUNK???

    Yup….


  95. Mr. Bush Goes To Hell says:

    Put TRAITORS Bush and Cheney in MITTMO!! Until they die, and go to HELL…


  96. Juan C says:

    It takes time to fill the paperwork.
    Comment by m12

    Not even in the Soviet Union bureaucracy was so damn slow.


  97. Wayne A. Schneider says:

    Oh Wayne…is that all the lyrics we get from you? I KNOW you have so much more in you!! :)

    Comment by MsJoanne — June 25, 2007 @ 10:26 pm

    Thanks, MsJoanne. That gives me an idea. I think I’ll go work on it. I’ll let these guys battle it out for now while i go write. I’ll drop in later. :)


  98. barrelhse says:

    This idiot Romney is a joke, but so are the other GOP candidates. Perhaps that is what the 29%ers find so appealing, like Hee-Haw.


  99. JPark says:

    Deal, Wayne, you and your wife are great.


  100. ForTruth says:

    MittWitt – very good. A keeper.

    MittMo – Another.

    Question is, does Gitmo serve the purpose of a deterrant, or an accelerant? Are most potentioal terraists deterred by Gitmo, or inflamed?


  101. JPark says:

    “Much moreso than modern Democrats, absolutely. Back then, the Democrats knew what it meant to be a defense hawk.”

    Defense hawk? Are you joking? When was the last time the US defended itself, m12?


  102. Jane E. Schneider says:

    Hey, anyone got change for a Bush? This machine only takes Cheneys.

    Comment by PRIMVS INTER PARES — June 25, 2007 @ 9:26 pm

    LOL, “Stinky”!


  103. m12 says:

    Currently, JPark. The US was assaulted on 911.


  104. Jane E. Schneider says:

    Deal, Wayne, you and your wife are great.

    Comment by JPark — June 25, 2007 @ 11:08 pm

    Oh, pshaw! :-)


  105. Mr. Bush Goes To Hell says:

    Currently, JPark. The US was assaulted on 911.

    Yup, by Bush’s SAUDI FRIENDS, who are STILL FUNDING Al Queda…

    So, naturally, TRAITOR Bush attacked Iraq, letting Bin Laden go…

    Bush and Cheney are COXUCKER punk TRAITORS to the USA.


  106. JPark says:

    m12, assaulted by whom? Does that give us the right to invade whomever we want?


  107. JPark says:

    Again, m12, when was the last time we DEFENDED OURSELVES!!


  108. JPark says:

    I know, m12, lets attack Iraq!!!! Because they didn’t attack us on 9/11!!!!! Good f^cking idea!!!!


  109. JPark says:

    By the way, m12, that was an insult to your intelligence.


  110. Jay Randal says:

    Romney > your 5 sons need to join the military, or shut your damn hypocrite yapper.


  111. Eargy Earp says:

    It is precisely statements like these that will prevent an idiot like Romney from being elected.

    It is not a symbol to terrorists; they don’t give a shit. It is a symbol to everyone esle in the civilized world that World WAr II never happened and Nuremburg means NOTHING!!!


  112. Gregor Samsa says:

    Someone has to explain to me how keeping people who had nothing to do with 9/11 caged for years and without due process helps “protect our nation from violent, heinous terrorists”.

    If what Romney is trying to say is that he is in favor of throwing people in jail “preemptively”, well, then the US government better start building more jails. An awful lot of them.


  113. Wayne A. Schneider says:

    Oh Wayne…is that all the lyrics we get from you? I KNOW you have so much more in you!! :)

    Comment by MsJoanne — June 25, 2007 @ 10:26 pm

    Now look what you’ve done, MsJoanne. (It’s on my blog.)

    And with that, I bid you all good night.


  114. JPark says:

    ‘Someone has to explain to me how keeping people who had nothing to do with 9/11 caged for years and without due process helps “protect our nation from violent, heinous terrorists”. ‘

    They have no clue who is threatening them. They are kinda wimpy. A freaking little league team would be tougher than them.


  115. Perry Logan says:

    Is there any doubt that Republicans are the stupidest people in the world?


  116. TerrytheTurtle says:

    Symbol of resolve – the US resolves to pay people up to $5000 a head, take you from your home, tie you up and blindfold you, stick you in a cell, deny you access to a lawyer to help you receive ‘due process’ and water board you until you can think of the right answer to the ‘are you a terrorist?’ question.


  117. Clare says:

    How is this douchebag a presidential candidate? How did he get elected in Massachusetts, the land of Kerry and Kennedy?

    I don’t know why anyone would take Romney seriously when he’s a member of one of the most obsurd religions of all time. Does he actually think that Jesus lived in Missouri? And what about Black people were banned from ministry up until the 1970s?

    What a dick. At one of the debates, didn’t he say he didn’t believe in evolution? How can anyone respect that sort of ignorance?


  118. Katie says:

    Yeah Mitt, you are right. It is protecting us from all those violent heinous terrorists whom we purchased for $5,000 each. I feel ever so much safer now.


  119. Marie says:

    Every time Romney opens his mouth, he adds further evidence that he would be undesirable as president.
    hmmm – maybe he will get the nomination and doom the party.


  120. PaulB says:

    What innocents? They are Islamic terrorists!

    The majority of people held in Guantanamo were completely and totally innocent. Even today, we are holding people that we have acknowledged are completely innocent.



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