As Good As It Gets!
Mitt Romney’s latest follies in the realm of presidential politics are as good as it gets! Now Romney is trying to ‘EXPLAIN AWAY’ his “let Detroit go bankrupt” statement. Mitt’s explanation is that the President facilitated the auto industry’s “bankruptcy” with the use of government funds. Last time I heard, Romney is a self-proclaimed financial whiz. So, how come Mitt DOESN”T know that digging the auto industry out of the hole with “bankruptcy” would have required PRIVATE SECTOR FUNDING when NO private sector source – including Romney AND his wealthy Super Pac posse - were willing to contribute one dime towards saving the auto industry? If Romney can’t even understand the basic fiscal principles of “bankruptcy”, how in the world can he be expected to understand the massive amount of fiscal principles required to run an entire nation?
Secondly, when Romney trashed former President Jimmy Carter with his arrogant and flippant “even Jimmy Carter would have made the call” insult, what was he thinking? President Obama has, already, proven how well he can handle the commander in chief role in more ways than one, and former President Carter exhibited more presidential guts , integrity and leadership in his pinky than Romney has in ALL of the strands of his perfectly peppered coiffure.
According to an article at www.whitehouseddiarybook.com President Jimmy Carter ‘s successes in office included “the Israel-Egypt peace treaty, the Panama Canal treaties, establishing full diplomatic relations with China and a strong advocacy of human rights – making it a continuing principle of American foreign policy. He also greatly increased the number of women and minorities in federal jobs and judgeships and won passage of the Alaska Lands Conservation Act, the largest conservation action ever. And as the FIRST president from the Deep South since the Civil War, he helped to heal the wounds of racial discrimination and division.”
Since Romney’s only, PUBLICLY, ‘proclaimed claims’ towards leadership fame are about his “cutting” days at Bain Capital and “turning around” the 2002 Olympic Games, while he 1) didn’t have the guts to push back Tea Partied fanatics who forced him to fire his gay campaign administrator, 2) didn’t have the guts to tell Tea Partied fanatics to stop booing an active duty gay soldier during a presidential primary debate, 3) was for the “right to choose” before he was against the “right to choose”, 4) was “for affordable health care” before he was against” affordable health” and so on and so forth, I guess the ONLY topics left for Romney to campaign on are trashing current and former presidents, and taking credit where NO credit is due!
Can you imagine what it would have been like if Romney was in the driver’s seat during military strategy sessions surrounding the elimination of Bin Laden? Here’s how it would have gone down:
INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL: “Mr. President, should we go with a surgical strike or a precision military bombing?”
ROMNEY: “Well, yesterday I was all for a surgical strike, but today, I’m leaning towards a bombing. Let me sleep on it. I may, very well , go back to the surgical strike idea tomorrow.
INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL: “But Mr. President, the clock is ticking, we are at the mercy of the weather situation in Pakistan, our window of opportunity is very slim. We need an answer right away.”
ROMNEY: “You know – this reminds me of the tough decisions I had to make when I saved the 2002 Olympics. Those were the days!
INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL: “I agree Mr. President, but what about dealing with Bin Laden?”
ROMNEY: “I guess we’ll go with the surgical strike, but only if we strike with shot puts and javelins.”
INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL: “Shot puts and javelins, Mr. President?”
ROMNEY: “Of course. Those were my favorite events at the 2002 Olympics, you got any better ideas?”
INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL: “With all due respect, Mr. President, I was thinking that we should use silencers and more discreet weaponry. After all, we don’t want to arouse any of Bin Laden’s Pakistani neighbors or military during the raid.”
ROMNEY: “If we arouse them, fire them. I like having to fire people!”
INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL: “If you insist, Mr. President. Before I go, how would you like us to transport the attack dog?”
ROMNEY: “Thanks for reminding me. Just give the dog a bowl of water and tie him to the tail of the helicopter!”
I’ve run out of space, you can get the connections to watch the real deal regarding the tough decisions surrounding the Bin Laden raid and to read about the tough decisions and DISTINGUISHED legacy of former President Jimmy Carter at www.spindetective.com