TOO LATE: Mitt Romney Condemns Anti-Muslim Film, Echoing White House Position

[jaxx]

Mitt Romney Condemns Anti-Muslim Film, Echoing White House Position
Benjy Sarlin September 14, 2012, 11:15 AM 6321

Mitt Romney strongly denounced an anti-Muslim film linked to riots against U.S. diplomatic compounds in the Mideast on Thursday, accusing its director of wrongly offending Islamic sensibilities. His comments appeared to move him in line with the White House’s own position.

<..> “You know, I think it’s dispiriting sometimes to see some of the awful things people say,” Romney said. “And the idea of using something that some people consider sacred and then parading that out a negative way is simply inappropriate and wrong. And I wish people wouldn’t do it.”

<..> “I think the whole film is a terrible idea,” he said. “I think him making it, promoting it showing it is disrespectful to people of other faiths. I don’t think that should happen. I think people should have the common courtesy and judgment —- the good judgment — not to be — not to offend other peoples’ faiths. It’s a very bad thing, I think, this guy’s doing.”

<..> An earlier statement by the U.S. embassy in Cairo released hours before the attacks also condemned the film using similar language to Romney, though it did not contain an accompanying line strongly defending free speech. Despite the State Department’s disavowal of the embassy statement, Romney said on Tuesday that it showed the Obama administration’s “first response” to violence against diplomats was to “sympathize” with their attackers.

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/0...fpnewsfeed

Willard's first response IS his response. This is trying to cover his ass and it's too late, the damage is done. There are embassies being attacked in too many countries to count....and he fanned the flames.

[jaxx]

Friday, September 14, 2012
Mitt Romney apologizes to terrorists who killed US ambassador
By John Aravosis on 9/14/2012 12:35:00 PM

<..> Mitt Romney condemned the anti-Muslim film that incited the deadly attacks in Libya and Egypt, and used language that is awfully similar to the US embassy statement that Romney, Fox News, and a slew of Republicans have been calling "an apology."

<..> Under Romney's definition, and Fox's and GOP Chair Reince Priebus, Mitt Romney just apologized to the folks who killed our ambassador.

Just wait a few hours, Romney is going to be backtracking on this entire thing.

http://www.americablog.com/2012/09/mitt-...rists.html

Infighting.

[Myra]

(09-14-2012 10:57 AM)jaxx Wrote:  Friday, September 14, 2012
Mitt Romney apologizes to terrorists who killed US ambassador

Infighting.

I agree. I have no doubt.

[jaxx]

A Foreign Service Officer’s Lament
Josh Marshall September 14, 2012, 9:33 AM

.... I don’t think I can quite state the rage we’re all feeling towards him.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/20...lament.php

Romney has burnt his bridges.

[janedrake]

(09-14-2012 11:02 AM)jaxx Wrote:  A Foreign Service Officer’s Lament
Josh Marshall September 14, 2012, 9:33 AM

.... I don’t think I can quite state the rage we’re all feeling towards him.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/20...lament.php

Romney has burnt his bridges.

Indeed - that's what happens when you stab fellow Americans in the back, instead of getting their back. And Romney's always got that look in his eye that says, "Who's next." And one more thing - Romney's silence on Reince Priebus' "sympathizer" tweet is as disgusting at the tweet itself.

[janedrake]

Did anyone doubt that Romney would flip-and-flop yet again, and throw in a dash of "It's good for me, but not for thee" for good measure?

[pappy]

He actually condemned the film retroactively so Obama was just following Romney's lead.

[pappy]

John Aravosis just said that Romney apologized to the killers of out ambassador.

The to make it legal (though it pains me) here is the link for the following quote, http://www.americablog.com/

Quote:This is beyond belief. If anything, Romney's statement is "worse" than the US embassy statement, because Romney made clear that there are moral limits to the First Amendment.

Under Romney's definition, and Fox's and GOP Chair Reince Priebus, Mitt Romney just apologized to the folks who killed our ambassador.

Just wait a few hours, Romney is going to be backtracking on this entire thing.

[jaxx]

(09-14-2012 11:34 AM)pappy Wrote:  John Aravosis just said that Romney apologized to the killers of out ambassador.

The to make it legal (though it pains me) here is the link for the following quote, http://www.americablog.com/

Quote:This is beyond belief. If anything, Romney's statement is "worse" than the US embassy statement, because Romney made clear that there are moral limits to the First Amendment.

Under Romney's definition, and Fox's and GOP Chair Reince Priebus, Mitt Romney just apologized to the folks who killed our ambassador.

Just wait a few hours, Romney is going to be backtracking on this entire thing.

You gotta go where you find them.