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Nope, don’t think his policy is as abhorrent as the DNC position. So yes, he was superior to Obama or Hillary. And yes, I would have cast a reluctant vote for Mitt over the DNC selections at the time. But he was always more “nuanced” on his responses on Iraq (as RiehlWorldView put it.)

An example of that nuanced statement is his May 15th debate answer

AGAINST A TIMETABLE FOR TROOP WITHDRAWAL
Says Iraq is a front in a “global war being waged by violent radical jihadists” against America. Does not believe that the United States should have a permanent military presence in Iraq. Against dividing Iraq into three regions.

Q: Can you foresee any circumstances under which you would pull out of Iraq without leaving behind a stable political and security situation?

“Well, I’m certainly not going to project failure, and those kind of circumstances that you would suggest would be projecting failure. It is critical for us to remember that Iraq has to be considered in the context of what’s happening in the Middle East and throughout the world. There is a global jihadist effort. Violent, radical jihadists want to replace all the governments of the moderate Islamic states, replace them with a caliphate. And to do that, they also want to bring down the West, in particular us.”

Note he was somewhat vague on specifics to back up his opinion that Iraq was a center for the battle against the jihad movement. He also never actually answered the direct question “do you foresee any circumstance under which you would pull out of Iraq…” I would have been content with an emphatic “NO”.

Also, while I don’t suggest we should have a permanent base in Iraq, nor do I think that should be off the table either until events and Iraq’s requests of the future are considered. They may just desire a US base there for security back up. Hard to predict.

Then there was that “consult the WH legal counsel” bit…

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I have read nothing from Mitt that indicated he would run from Iraq like Obama is calling for. Last July:

“What is your plan for winning in Iraq?” Romney was asked by Richard Miniter, the Washington Editor of Pajamas Media. “Is it different from the president’s? And if so, how?”

“Well, at this stage,” said Romney, “the right course is the troop surge, nobody has put forward a ‘plan B’ that is superior to that one that does not have additional risks that are really quite frightful. And so the troop surge is the one we’re pursuing and we can all hope that that is going to be successful.”

When asked if he is “committed to victory in Iraq,” Romney replied, “absolutely” while warning of the “potential disaster” which would come from a “full-out civil war” as well as the potential for a “regional conflict” which could draw the United States back into the conflict in order to “protect our friends and interests there.”

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Curt, you mention that Mitt was planning on continuing the Bush policy. Yet Romney’s foreign policy generally focused more on Iran than Iraq. In fact, for his “issue statements” on his campaign webstie, he declined to give a position on Iraq. I’m not as all fired sure what he would have done, and suspect he left himself wiggle room for the future.

He said he’s for alternative energy, yet he teamed up with Kennedy to block the Cape Cod wind farm for fears that fears that it would damage tourism, and devalue properties within sight of the wind farm. Then, of course, there’s the MA universal health care Mitt penned into existence.

In that vein, maybe that “Evil Knievel rocket launch across the Grand Canyon” (very funny, BTW) is really more like a stone throw across the LA river. Not such a stretch for endorsement after all. In fact, if anything else, it should make you wonder what else he knew of Romney’s actual positions that the GOP public did not via primary season.

Jus’ one girl’s opinion.

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My take is that this guy either A) hates McCain or 2) Has had a stroke, leaving him impaired.

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I just was discussing my comment with Mrs. X. She said it was more white guilt then racism. However, when you pick a candidate because of his race, isn’t that just another form of racism?
Pepperdine University…wasn’t that Ken Starr’s school?

Mrs X says that when you want someone to be president of the USA who has a long record of being against everything you stand for, and believe he will change when in office, it shows that you can be really well-educated but incredibly naive.

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I think he is hedging his bet and hoping for a job in the executive branch. If Obama wins, he can say he endorsed Obama and he might get a job. If McCain wins, he can claim that he worked with two Republican presidents. If Clinton wins, which is the most doubtful, then he probably will have to wait till the next election. My take is, he feels that Clinton will not win the presidency otherwise he would have endorsed her since she and Obama basically share the same voting record.

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My theory is that republicans who support Obama harbor guilt over their own racism. (probably not overt racism) Supporting Obama makes them feel better about themselves.

I’ve been around long enough to see how this happens. In the late 50s and early 60s I attended a private school. The school was progressive for that era, and though there were few Jewish kids in the school, the Jewish kids were voted president of the student counsel, class president etc.

Of course, today the student counsel president is black.

It’s affirmative action by proxy.

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