Mitt Romney, the fellow who is trying to convince everyone that he is the true right-wing candidate for President, made an unfathomable comment on the liberation of Iraq yesterday morning (ABC, emphasis added):
Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential candidate who sits atop the GOP pack in fundraising, appears to have grown comfortable with talk of “timetables,” in addition to talk of “milestones,” when discussing U.S. involvement in Iraq.
The former Massachusetts governor is quick to note, however, that these timetables should be private and not published.
When asked by ABC News’ Robin Roberts on “Good Morning America” if he believes there should be a timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, Romney replied, “Well, there’s no question that the president and Prime Minister al Maliki have to have a series of timetables and milestones that they speak about, but those shouldn’t be for public pronouncement.”
The naivete behind this statement is breathtaking.
Does Romney honestly believe a timetable for American withdrawal is going to remain secret? Forget the Maliki government on this one; the White House has been a sieve for months. Only a fool would think Washington could keep a secret like that out of the press. Democrats and our opponents of the President nestled in the Administration would find dropping the bombshell on MSM to be a temptation impossible to resist. This would be just as true for a hypothetical President Romney as it would be for President Bush. Yet almost no one seemed to notice Romney’s error.
Emphasis on almost.
Duncan Hunter (full disclosure – my guy in the 2008 race) did notice, and gave this ridiculous idea the smackdown it deserves (ABC – emphasis added; h/t Kilo at Spark it Up!):
“Romney is absolutely wrong in recommending a secret timetable,” Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., tells ABC News in a telephone interview while campaigning in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. “Secret timetables are bad because in the end they all become public and the enemy uses them to estimate the limit on America’s endurance.”
Bingo. Romney should know better; that he doesn’t speaks volumes about his deficiencies as Commander-in-chief.
April 4, 2007 at 8:35 am |
I suspect Romney will next say he was “brainwashed.”
April 4, 2007 at 9:28 am |
Nicely done, Chris!
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