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First you guys make Palin out to be a foreign policy soothsayer, now Romney.
If they knew so much about what's going on a million miles away from here, why weren't they smart enough to come up with a better election strategy?
Why couldn't he predict that saying 47% blah, blah, blah was going to get him in hot water?
Russia... "a million miles away from here" ?
I've always said that smart people don't necessarily possess common sense. In this case, Obama was woefully wrong, which is nothing new to his M.O.
Obama is a smooth lawyer who knows how to campaign (non-stop) and win elections. He's never held a real job, or had to come up with a payroll. He has little, if any, business experience.
Romney isn't smooth, and is uncomfortable on the campaign trail. He tends to speak his mind, the truth, even if it means his own demise. He is well established as a businessman, and has never missed a payroll. He has created far more jobs than lost, regardless of what the left imply.
Even though I'm not an R or a D, I would much rather have had a strong businessman who knows how companies and countries run, than an ideologist who relies on lies and wishful thinking.
It's a shame that Obama didn't learn from Bush's lessons esp. relating to Afghanistan. The country that no one including the US could pacify.
Nope. He learned nothing.
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Originally Posted by Ed from California
obambo has been on the wrong side of absolutely everything he's touched.
Putin knows what sort of little boy obambo is and has made obambo his beeyatch. Sadly, the world suffers for it.
Even Cankles couldn't have screwed up as badly as obambo.
So what should he do? What's your suggestion?
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Originally Posted by EdwardA
You picked a loser make peace with it and move on.
Really? Romney won?
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Putin has Obama in handcuffs because of his waffling in Syria. Presumably Romney wouldn't waffle on such matters and a decisive course of action would have taken place in Syria that wold not have required Russian help.
Also don't underestimate the value of words. For better or worse Bush's words were backed by action. Obama's not so much and best believe folks around the globe take note of that. He abandoned Mubarek now look at Egypt. The Saudis are so besides themselves over Obama they are turning to Israel, Israel of all countries.
Bush's words were backed by action? Really?
Did he stop the Iranians from their nuclear ambitions despite all of his huffing and puffing.
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There are more courses of actions beside military action. These things are complex and are not given to simple what if answers. Every geopolitical action is met with multiple counter actions. The world is a giant complex exercise in game theory.
Obama's reflexive dismissal of Romney during the debate revealed to me he has failed. He's not a deep thinker about these issues just talks in soaring rhetoric.
While it is certainly possible to disagree with the contention that Russia is our biggest geopolitical foe anyone who has studied it wouldn't be so dismissive. They may come back and argue China or some collection of Middle Eastern countries are our biggest foe but they would never have dismissed Russia.
In other words, you have no idea what Obama could or should do.
I knew that already of course.
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Originally Posted by malamute
Palin knew a lot more than Obama did obviously.
Obama keeps getting caught with his pants down. He had zero clue on the problems of the world.
Palin didn't know enough to help McCain, did she?
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Originally Posted by Teddy52
Never send a " community organizer" to run a country.
I've always said that smart people don't necessarily possess common sense. In this case, Obama was woefully wrong, which is nothing new to his M.O.
Obama is a smooth lawyer who knows how to campaign (non-stop) and win elections. He's never held a real job, or had to come up with a payroll. He has little, if any, business experience.
Romney isn't smooth, and is uncomfortable on the campaign trail. He tends to speak his mind, the truth, even if it means his own demise. He is well established as a businessman, and has never missed a payroll. He has created far more jobs than lost, regardless of what the left imply.
Even though I'm not an R or a D, I would much rather have had a strong businessman who knows how companies and countries run, than an ideologist who relies on lies and wishful thinking.
What proof do you have that he knows how to run a country?
You guys (yeah...you're an R) said that Bush knew how to run a country too.
I've always said that smart people don't necessarily possess common sense. In this case, Obama was woefully wrong, which is nothing new to his M.O.
Obama is a smooth lawyer who knows how to campaign (non-stop) and win elections. He's never held a real job, or had to come up with a payroll. He has little, if any, business experience.
Romney isn't smooth, and is uncomfortable on the campaign trail. He tends to speak his mind, the truth, even if it means his own demise. He is well established as a businessman, and has never missed a payroll. He has created far more jobs than lost, regardless of what the left imply.
Even though I'm not an R or a D, I would much rather have had a strong businessman who knows how companies and countries run, than an ideologist who relies on lies and wishful thinking.
Romney's FP team was shaping up to be GWB II- not the smart ones (Hadley and Rice), but the dumb ones, Bolton and Pfieff.
What proof do you have that he knows how to run a country?
You guys (yeah...you're an R) said that Bush knew how to run a country too.
I can see you base your opinions on assumptions. Bush paid for Clintons mismanagement (Glass-Steagall) and 911 (Clinton had Bin Laden 6 times). BUsh actually did a good job of running the country, but a lousy job at defending it and the Constitution. You must be proud of how Obama has codified EVERYTHING GWB did.
If he (Romney) could save the Olympics and create a multi-billion corporation, then it follows he could manage a country. This is the logical assumption.
Please explain your rationale for believing Obama could manage this country. This is an irrational assumption.
At this point I'd rather see Kucinich in office than any Dem or Republican, and I hate Kucinich.
Rand Paul 2016
No, I'm NOT a Republican
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) said that Bush knew how to run a country too.
