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spanone

(135,792 posts)
Wed May 6, 2015, 12:12 PM May 2015

Scott Walker blames Obama, Clinton for world violence

right scotty, bu$h & cheney did so much to promote peace throughout the world....yep .....
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Novi, Michigan (CNN)Gov. Scott Walker on Monday sought to use President Barack Obama's slipping popularity on foreign policy issues as a punching bag and sought to bolster his own credentials ahead of a likely presidential bid.

Speaking in Novi, Michigan, the Wisconsin Republican rallied around the plight of a Michigan man who has been held hostage in Iran since 2011 and blasted Obama for failing to do enough on the missing man's behalf -- as well as failing to ward off attacks by Islamic terrorists around the world.

Speaking at an Oakland County Republican Dinner, Walker listed terrorist acts committed by individuals affiliated with ISIS and others who sympathize with the group.

"That's something that worries you not just about places elsewhere around the world; you suddenly start to realize it's happened in France, in Belgium, in Canada. Lord knows what happened in the last day or so down in Texas and elsewhere around the country," he added. "You start to realize this isn't something we can just leave to page seven in the newspaper."

http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/04/politics/scott-walker-2016-election-foreign-policy/index.html

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DCBob

(24,689 posts)
1. I am certain the Rethugs will try to make this election about foreign policy..
Wed May 6, 2015, 12:18 PM
May 2015

and point to the world in chaos and blame that on Obama, Clinton and Democrats in general. We do need a candidate that can speak to these issues intelligently and confidently.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
2. Scotty is wrong. But he should keep bringing up this subject. Everytime he does we all think
Wed May 6, 2015, 12:20 PM
May 2015

bush/cheney.

gordianot

(15,233 posts)
4. It seems you have to fabricate a crime for others when you could lose it all yourself.
Wed May 6, 2015, 12:25 PM
May 2015

I guess that is all you have when you are on the cusp of a Federal indictment and your political career is tainted. No attack implied but how many Republican candidates have a similar problem?

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