Obama, Romney tangle on foreign policy in '60 Minutes' interviews

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Obama, Romney tangle on foreign policy in '60 Minutes' interviews
By Maeve Reston
September 23, 2012, 4:46 p.m.

President Obama and his Republican rival, Mitt Romney, tangled over their varying approaches to foreign policy in dueling “60 Minutes” interviews that aired Sunday, with the president brushing off Romney’s charge that he has been weak on national defense and charging that if Romney “is suggesting that we should start another war — he should say so.”

<..> “When it comes to our national security decisions, any pressure that I feel is simply to do what's right for the American people. And I am going to block out any noise that's out there,” Obama said. At the same time, he said he feels an obligation — “not pressure, but obligation, to make sure that we're in close consultation with the Israelis on these issues. Because it affects them deeply.”

Obama also tried to deflect criticism from Romney for his decision not to meet with Netanyahu this week at the U.N. The White House said the meeting was impossible because of scheduling conflicts. As he has on the trail, Romney said in the "60 Minutes" interview that the decision “sends a message throughout the Middle East that somehow we distance ourselves from our friends and I think the exact opposite approach is what’s necessary.”

<..> “The principles I have are the principles I've had from the beginning of my political life,” Romney said when pressed about his own evolution by Pelley. “But have I learned? Have I found that some things I thought would be effective turned out not to be effective? Absolutely. If you don't learn from experience, you don't learn from your mistakes—why you know, you ought to be fired.”

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-...1529.story

Did anyone watch this? I saw a tweet about it.......

Bobfr ‏@Our4thEstate
@DavidCornDC those whining at you 7d ago about 'context' just had #BainMitt himself provide it on @60Minutes. He despises most Americans.

[jaxx]

Hopefully more video will come up.......

Scott Pelley: That's the most expensive way to take care of people without health care

Published on Sep 23, 2012 by DemRapidResponse


Willard is full of it. As someone who had insurance and had to fight to get them to pay for heart attack procedures.....they don't just give it away for free.

[SeattleGirl]

I watched the who program, and David Corn is right: Romney despises most Americans.

[jaxx]

(09-23-2012 09:18 PM)SeattleGirl Wrote:  I watched the who program, and David Corn is right: Romney despises most Americans.

It's amazing that he doesn't try to hold back knowing how he's polling and what the repubs are saying about him. I wish I would have seen the show.

[jaxx]

[jaxx]

Is that fair to the guy who makes $50,000 and paid a higher rate than you did? Romney: "Yeah"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl...I6BJPF-KA4
Published on Sep 23, 2012 by DemRapidResponse

[SeattleGirl]

(09-23-2012 10:18 PM)jaxx Wrote:  Is that fair to the guy who makes $50,000 and paid a higher rate than you did? Romney: "Yeah"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl...I6BJPF-KA4
Published on Sep 23, 2012 by DemRapidResponse

The more I see and hear from Romney, the more I despise him. And his little wife too!

[janedrake]

If we ever wanted to really know how the dark side of wealth thinks, Romney is its poster child.

[jaxx]

Found the whole show for those who missed it....like me.

[jaxx]

I'm listening/watching the show and Willard is destroying himself with his tax cuts for the rich and businesses. He's an idiot if he thinks the American people will vote for him.

[pappy]

(09-23-2012 10:38 PM)jaxx Wrote:  I'm listening/watching the show and Willard is destroying himself with his tax cuts for the rich and businesses. He's an idiot if he thinks the American people will vote for him.

The idiots are the American people that do vote for him. The fact that he is polling at between 45 and 50 percent says a great deal about the intelligence of Americans.

[NJMaverick]

is interfering in current US policy and that is not good for our nation. On top of that I am not thrilled with Net trying to install an Israeli puppet government in the US via Romney.

[jaxx]

(09-24-2012 06:57 AM)NJMaverick Wrote:  is interfering in current US policy and that is not good for our nation. On top of that I am not thrilled with Net trying to install an Israeli puppet government in the US via Romney.

I agree.

[Brewman_Jax]

Long on talk, no specifics. Just trust me, I'll help everyone, says Rmoney.

I don't think so.

Also, the obvious digs at PBO and the democrats shouldn't be overlooked.

[Treestar]

So the President is to change his schedule for Bibi? Funny how the Republicans are usually so sensitive to "bowing" to foreign leaders.