Mitt Romney Says Obama Too Cozy With Europe

[IDemo]

LONDON January 11, 2012 (AP)

Europeans awoke Wednesday to find themselves embroiled in the U.S. presidential race.

That's because Republican candidate Mitt Romney used his New Hampshire victory speech early Wednesday to trash European welfare states — and to accuse President Barack Obama of cozying up to Europe while ignoring basic American values.

Romney says Obama is determined to impose a Euro-style welfare state on the United States at the expense of free enterprise.

He says the president seeks inspiration in European capitals, not American towns and cities.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mitt-romney-obama-cozy-europe-15338309

[Bluzmann57]

1. Romney talks a lot

He never really says anything though.

[gateley]

7. Yeah, but the Conservatives glomp onto those sound bites. nt

[Proud Liberal Dem]

72. "full of sound and fury signifying nothing."

n/t

[warrior1]

2. this jerk is full of it

[unblock]

3. did shrub advise him to try that? "hey, we made like kerry was french! try it!"

[onehandle]

4. Say it in French, Mittens. nt

[Botany]

5. Mitt we do have the google and know how to use it too

Mitt Romney speaks French

[Rambis]

10. This is a minefield- Where did you learn French mittens?

on your 2 year mission trip with the Mormon church Uh-OHHH!

[Botany]

16. And Mitt just won an election in NEW HAMPSHIRE?

Hampshire, England looks kind of European to me.

The douche bag lives in a place called New England too.

[DefenseLawyer]

27. Which just happened to come with a draft deferment to keep him out of Vietnam

A war which he wholeheartedly supported, of course.

[jwirr]

50. Yeah Mitty your mission for the Mormon Church that was done under the exemption from war for

ministers?

[crazylikafox]

42. LOL!!! love that video. Bookmarked!

[elleng]

46. C'est si bon!

I can understand his brand of French, and it should give SOME pause to his assertion that PrezO is but should not 'cozy up' to Europe!!!

[UCmeNdc]

56. Mitt Biz

http://www.webcasts.com/kingofbain/

[Hissyspit]

6. He thinks it is o.k. to transport the family dog on the roof of the station wagon for 12 hours, too.

So why should any American give a crap what he thinks?

[gateley]

11. A DUer suggested that if (when?) he gets the nom, we should all strap stuffed animal dogs

to the tops of our cars and drive around with the sign "Dogs Against Romney". I think that would be so cool.

And, I don't think any Americans give a crap what he thinks, he's not Obama. That's why they'll vote for him, regardless of how big a dumb fuck he is.

[Blacksheep214]

28. I Like It!

Please repost after the convention to remind us.

That is the least expensive protest yet!

Way to go!

[yardwork]

8. Thank you for inventing Obamacare in Massachusetts, Mitt. Good job!

:wave:

[Enrique]

9. Obama should remind everyone that Israel has Europe-style social democracy

of course it's ludicrous for an American presidential candidate to demonize Europe, but it's not just Romney, I'm hearing the same exact talk on RW radio.

They never mention Israel, however. The Democrats should remind everyone that if you demonize Europe you're also demonizing Israel.

[Rozlee]

31. Israel does embryonic stem cell research too.

They've got one of the most active embryonic stem cell research facilities in the world. I don't know if any of our tax dollars are given to them in block grants toward research in science and technology, but oh, the irony if they were.

[alp227]

62. Puh-LEEZ! Stop it with the facts! You're making it too hard for them!

Snobbery can't stop someone from mindlessly cheering: "AMERICA #1! ISRAEL! JESUS!"

[barbtries]

12. WTF.

too cozy with Europe. are we allowed to be cozy with any of our allies?

it's like he just throws shit out there. it doesn't have to be true or meaningful. and then it gets reported as if there is any validity whatsoever.

gawd i despise republicans and the corporate media.

[Blacksheep214]

13. Willard you elitist Prick!

Willard and the Rethugs KNOW that Americans are too uneducated in our own style of government and could NEVER explain how it works.

By bringing up European Socialism (not a bad thing) the right is attempting to scare people again by using their lack of education and travel against us. With a little study and travel, Americans may find a better way and quit allowing political hacks to talk crap about governments older than ours.

I can't listen to any more of this Bullcrap!

[denverbill]

14. Romney's definitely anti-Europe. He's the only candidate to have killed a Frenchman. n/t

[Angry Dragon]

23. I believe it was a woman

and he was cleared in the investigation

[oldhippydude]

15. Euro-style welfare state

we should be so lucky... where do i signup?

[otohara]

17. Lying For The Lord Again Mitt?

it never ends with this guy!

Lying for the Lord
By John Aravosis on 5/05/2009 09:54:00 PM

It's a Mormon thing. It's called Lying for the Lord. And it's a tenet of the Mormon faith that, Mormons think, gives them to the right to tell you a bald-faced lie, so long as it's a lie that somehow furthers the Mormon cause.http://www.americablog.com/2009/05/lying-for-lord.html

[Enrique]

18. no, it's a Mammon thing with Romney

he wants us to be less like Europe, and more like China, where miners die by the thousands every year, and factory workers kill themselves due to unbearable working conditions.

[Marrah_G]

19. Shit- I wish Canadia and Europe would marry and adopt us

[JJW]

20. Euro friendly?

Well that does it, Willard gets my and I'm incorporating my dogs so they can have person-hood and contribute free speech (bribes, wink, wink, know what I mean) too!

[sarcasmo]

21. Is Mitt really saying that our relationship with Europe is to good right now?

He is an out of touch silver spoon with no clue.

[blm]

22. Romney's BAIN advises American businesses to find solutions in OUTSOURCING to foreign countries

http://www.bain.com/consulting-services/information-technology/it-capability-sourcing.aspx

[JaneQPublic]

49. So the only countries Willard wants to interact with are Outsourcing targets.

Amazing.

[center rising]

24. And Romney is too cozy with Bain capitol

[SoapBox]

25. I'll ditto the WTF?

...jackass.

The mouth just keeps moving, moving, moving on all these GOPBagger creeps.

Hey Mittens...hows about this?

SHUT...THE...F...UP!

[Skinner]

26. I wonder how long until they start saying Obama looks French. (nt)

[tridim]

29. Payday for Frank Luntz.

Remember the last guy who hated everyone else in the World other than the ultra pure?

[ehrnst]

30. If 'not being the butt of their jokes' means being 'too cozy'

well, then yes, I suppose so.

[JJW]

32. That would be Bush's coalition partners that Willard want to make enemies

Real smooth there, perhaps he can fire Europe.

[thelordofhell]

33. So now President Obama is a French-African-Communist-Socialist

Dorks

[tabatha]

34. Mitt Romney is too cozy with foreign countries where American jobs have been sent.

Remember, Mitt, more than one side can play games with them un-American foreigners.

[Taverner]

35. Not that the GOP has been cozy with anyone bad....

[DeathToTheOil]

36. Time for "D-Day: The Sequel"

Bringing Liberty to Socialism.

[JBoy]

37. What a shower ring.

(Translation of douche bague).

[bikebloke]

38. European welfare state?

Don't I wish.

[DFW]

39. All those horrible European values--save us!

Like trying to provide health care for as many citizens as possible, restrained police forces as to what extent they are armed or allowed to use violence, tough (in some countries, anyway) environmental regulations to protect the population against big polluters and elections campaigns that are publicly financed with jail terms for illegal contributions of dirty money.

Man, just LOOK at what a mess America has become since Obama imposed all that on the USA.

Oh, he hasn't? But he has had 3 years, and that should have been time enough for any commie soshalist to wreak his damage, shouldn't it? Gee, do you suppose Mittens might have been wrong, or even deliberately lying through his teeth?

[SOS]

40. Romney prefers coziness

with Saudi Arabia, China and Equatorial Guinea.
Brutal, repressive police states where US corporations can extract oil and cheap labor.

[usrname]

41. What the heck does that even mean?

That Obama prefers French Fries to Freedom Fries?

Given that European nations have the best in healthcare, livability and other world metrics, I don't know why anyone wouldn't want to look over there, see what they're doing and copy it. At one time, the US was the tops in healthcare, livability and other world metrics. European countries looked at the US, copied all the good portions and implemented them in their countries. They've gotten better from that. Now, we should do that.

Why not look at Stockholm and see what they're doing to make Sweden so great to live in and copy it here? Why look at Birmingham AL and copy that to other parts of the country? Like any good artist, you look at good art and copy it.

[GermanDem]

47. Yes!

This just shows again what an ignorant douche bag he is. If he would know what he is talking about, then he would know that e.g. in Germany unemployment is way down, the economy is booming, and Germans enjoy single-payer healthcare!

America is the only civilized country in the first world that doesn't have universal healthcare. But we have the biggest military on earth, bigger than any of all the other countries! Really something to be proud of!

[nxylas]

64. The backwash has a peculiar idea of American exceptionalism

Rather than wanting America to be exceptional because it's the best, they think that any area in which America is the exception is automatically the will of Supply Side Jesus. Thus, say, if the rest of the developed world has high-speed rail and America doesn't, then not having high-speed rail is The American Way, and therefore blessed. Whereas having high-speed rail is a threat to some vaguely-defined "freedom". That's just one example, there are many others.

[deacon]

43. Romney is a mormon gw bush. He's Morbush. n/t

[xxqqqzme]

44. Would that be the

OLD Europe? or the other one? Just need a little rethuglican clarity of these terms.

[Vinca]

45. Yeah, Mitt. We're really enjoying our European-style healthcare system.

American college students enjoy their European-style college debt and every American worker enjoys time off for new babies and weeks on end of vacation time. Mitt (who lived in a mansion while doing "missionary" work in France) must be hallucinating.

[CTyankee]

48. The majority of Americans have been SO worried about that!

This is the top, number one issue in America today! People are worried sick over Obama's love of everything European! Especially everything French!

What a relief to have a man of the people caring about our issues, at long last...

[Corruption Winz]

51. European welfare state. Black guy! American values.....

Sorry.. I was just practicing for my new job as a Republican speech writer.

[Bluegene]

52. Ah and this from

Mr. I speak fluent french Romney !!! He is shameless, and will say anything any day he thinks will appeal to the current audience. What a reach.....laughable.

[dembotoz]

53. maybe he only uses the french to order food at expensive restaurants the rest of us can not afford

to eat at.

[whathehell]

70. That sounds about right...He's playing to the insular, xenophic morons in his party.

[DinahMoeHum]

54. Mitt the Shit is too cozy with the S&P 500

n/t

[UCmeNdc]

55. Mitt's history

http://www.webcasts.com/kingofbain/

[ThoughtCriminal]

57. Damn those NATO allies!

Mitt should just come out and say that we should join the Warsaw Pact. Those guys really knew how to deal with unions!

[yellowcanine]

58. What the hell does that even mean. Most of Europe are our allies. They are a part of NATO. Would

Mitt get rid of NATO? Someone should ask him.

[yellowcanine]

59. He and Newt need to get on the same page. Newt says Obama has an anti-colonial Kenyan mentality;

Mitt says Obama is "too cozy with Europe." You can't have it both ways.

[LetTimmySmoke]

60. Every decade it's a new fearmonger

1980s - Russia
1990s - China
2000s - Muslim World
2010s - Europe

[DonCoquixote]

61. Euro welfare states

The EU was doing quite well until the Brits and Germans decided that, even though they liked the idea of an EU, they did not want to pay for it. Granted, france helped when they rejected the Masstrict treaty, which resulted in gerhard Schroder being toss out because while many germans tries to scarifice, the french just said "we do not need to obey our own rules." The Germans remembered that, and as a result, will gladly let the Euro hang. In short, it is because the main states of the EU are acting like Americans that they are loosing, if they kept the original espirit de corps, they might be the last outpost of civilization before Red China ruins the world.

[SemperEadem]

63. between him and spalin and their "talk all shit

because they don't know shit" tactics... put them both in a bag, whack it with a 2x4 and see who pops out first.

[primavera]

65. If only that were true - n/t

[Suji to Seoul]

66. Lord Mittens Willard of Magic Underpants Land, way to piss at American values like

inclusiveness, open-mindedness and looking outside the box for solutions to complex problems.

Lord Mittens Willard of Magic Underpants Land, how is your dog feeling now?

[JoePhilly]

67. He's going for the xenophobe vote.

[pampango]

71. They all try hard to demonize Europe in the minds of as many Americans as possible. The success of

social democracy in Europe is one of the biggest threats to America's 1%.

Their theory seems to be that if they paint Europe as some kind of failure, there is less likelihood of many people questioning why we don't have the same kind of progressive society.

[Zambero]

68. Right, Who needs allies anyway?

It's always best to be cozy with repressive countries where there's big $$$ to be made, like China and Saudi Arabia.

[whathehell]

69. Mitt's too cozy with China...as in off-shoring our jobs there. n/t

[LeftishBrit]

73. Please defeat him; I don't want a special relationship with THAT!!!!!

Uggghhhhh uggghhhhhh uggghhhhhhhh ugghhhhh and did I say UGGGHHHHH!

OK, Romney you've made yourself my enemy; there aren't many things can bring out the jingoist in me - but my country's welfare state is ONE OF THEM!

And did I tell Romney yet to go to fucking hell?!!!?????