The more I hear and read about Mitt Romney, the more I really dislike the guy. This little gaffe, though, really put the nail in the coffin for me. Either he's subliminally working on the minds of voters and really pushing the envelope on our terrorist fears or someone sneaked in a typo into his teleprompter:
GREENWOOD, S.C. — Mitt Romney might have still been a bit bleary-eyed this morning when he twice confused Senator Barack Obama with Osama bin Laden when referring to the latter’s new recorded message.Mr. Romney was talking about global trade this morning, rolling out a spiffy new PowerPoint presentation before the Chamber of Commerce here in which he called for the United States to initiate global free trade zone agreements with other countries that he called the “Reagan Zone of Economic Freedom.”
But he paused to talk about the threat of radical Islam, taking John Edwards, one of his Democratic opponents, to task for comments he made several months ago that criticized the “global war on terror” as a bumper sticker for President Bush.
“I think that is a position which is not consistent with the fact,” Mr. Romney said. “Actually, just look at what Osam — uh — Barack Obama, said just yesterday. Barack Obama calling on radicals, jihadists of all different types, to come together in Iraq. That is the battlefield. That is the central place, he said. Come join us under one banner.”
The comment set off some confusion among the press corps. Glen Johnson of the Associated Press was momentarily frantically searching for comments made by Mr. Obama, another Democratic presidential contender, about jihadism and Iraq.
It turns out, of course, Mr. Romney was talking about the new audiotape from bin Laden calling on insurgents in Iraq to unite.
Oops.
Kevin Madden, a Romney spokesman, said afterward: “Governor Romney simply misspoke. He was referring to the recently released audiotape of Osama bin Laden and misspoke when referencing his name. It was just a brief mix-up.”
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It could just be that he sees democrats as terrorists. I don't know much about Rommney; is he the Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter type?
Nah, he's way too polished for that. He's kind of the epitome of the cool, collected, slick and scripted politician, like something you'd see as a caricature on The Simpsons. And clearly, he's a bit out of touch with the common folk. At some point in his campaign, he made some reference to the sacrifice his sons have gone through for his presidential run and likened it to the sacrifice of the soldiers in Iraq. His sons' sacrifice being having to give up a sizable amount of their hefty inheritance because he's using much of his fortune to supplement his campaign finances. Really, I heard him say this on the radio. Maybe I'm taking this out of context, but it rubs me the wrong way regardless.
Eh, lose some of your inheritance: lose your legs and one of your arms to a roadside bomb, and life-long PTSD.
Yeah, they're about the same.
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