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Home › Politics

Mitt Romney Supports Obama | 04/02/2009 7:25 am

Romney Praises Obama at GOP Dinner, But Warns of Govt 'Supremacy'

By The Staff at wowOwow.com
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Mitt Romney broke from some of his Republican Party peers yesterday when he urged supporters to support President Barack Obama.

Rather than rooting for his failure, said Romney, Americans of all political leanings should stand strong behind their commander in chief: “[I] think it’s important for us to nod to the president when he’s right … He will not always be wrong."

Speaking at a National Republican Senatorial Committee dinner, Romney went on to praise Mr. Obama’s handling of the war in Iraq and the president’s tough tone in handling the ailing auto industry, according to CNN: "I hope he continues to be tough and shows some backbone because that industry is not going to make it unless we have real backbone."

Still, Romney wasn’t all sunshine and delight. When he ran last year in the Republican primary, Romney said that the president needs to realize the nation is still split and should not take his victory last November as a mandate to do things entirely his own way. The rest of Democrats must also reach that realization, insisted the former Massachusetts governor: "The Democrats are trying to use this crisis as a way to advance their philosophy of the supremacy of government, and I don’t think [voters are] being fooled."

It’s possible that Romney truly believes in Barack Obama’s tactics, but it’s also possible that he’s trying to strike a conciliatory tone (way) ahead of the 2012 presidential election, in which some believe he’ll be a front-runner for his party’s nomination. Regardless of Mr. Romney’s motives, it’s nice to see some soothing words come from the right, rather than the vitriol that some have thrown in the president’s direction.

Read more about: 2012, Auto Industry, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Iraq, Mitt Romney, News, Politics, Republican Party, U.S.

38 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

Rudi G.
Of course, we didn’t hear Romney complaining when Bush and Cheney cravenly capitalized on a crisis to invade Iraq based on a package of lies, which led to the unnecessary deaths and maiming of tens of thousands of brave American soldiiers (and hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi children, women and men) and the wasting of billions of taxpayer dollars — or when they used the same crisis to advance their oligarchic domestic agenda and systematically turn the country’s wealth over to their corporate buddies/masters, which led us into the worst economic downturn in most of our lifetimes.
By Rudi G. on 04/02/2009 7:47 am
M J

Rudi,

I have been reading your comments for the past few days. I am so glad you’re here on WOW! You help keep the balance this site needs. Oh and btw, I agree with you.

By M J on 04/02/2009 11:00 am
Mel Berg
Amen to that!
By Mel Berg on 04/02/2009 1:00 pm
C Hardy
I think its nice that Mitt didnt bash the President like so many others have done.  If he is doing it for his own agenda, so be it, aren’t all Politicians out for one thing, themselves?  We elect them and then we are forgotten…
By C Hardy on 04/02/2009 8:12 am
deber B

Spoken like a true politician!   I agree with Romney that we should give a "nod" when the president is right.   I’m still waiting to be able to to that and feel confident about the outcome.  

Rudy, always remember when you are on an Iraq tirade that Saddam Hussein gased the Curds.   His son ran a torture chamber.   Saddam and his sons routinely killed political opponents.  One son was also known to torture and execute Iraqi soccer players when they lost matches.   And, please, remember, that Barack Obama told the world that the Iraq war was a success!   I gave Obama a "nod" on that one!

By deber B on 04/02/2009 8:17 am
S.J. Morgan
I’m with you deber  "I’m still waiting to be able to to that and feel confident about the outcome."…too!  
By S.J. Morgan on 04/02/2009 8:47 am
Rudi G.
I don’t know. It appears there’s a very deep emotional investment in hating Obama.
By Rudi G. on 04/02/2009 12:58 pm
Green Tears

Deber, you have summed it all up nicely today. Thank you very much!

I am so sure that there are literally thousands of Iraqis walking around today who would not be here if Saddam was still in power. If asked, I am sure they would say they are much better off than they were before. It isn’t perfect in Iraq, but it has improved.

By Green Tears on 04/02/2009 11:08 am
deber B
Green Tears, it’s the American way to answer other countries when they want to achieve democracy and when they are in harm’s way.    I love the United States and what "she" stands for!
By deber B on 04/02/2009 11:39 am
Rudi G.
There are literally hundreds of thousands of Iraqi babies, mothers, fathers and grandparents who are dead now because our bombs killed them for no reason. If that had happened in this country, we’d be furious. Our young people would be up in arms, joining militias and fighting back.
By Rudi G. on 04/02/2009 12:57 pm
Green Tears
Our young people have responded to injustice and taken up arms in our military to fight for well over 200 years - our revolution was started by a poor militia of farmers. The cause those farmers fought for? FREEDOM, and the struggle continues around the world today!
By Green Tears on 04/02/2009 1:27 pm
Rudi G.

Pol Pot killed millions but we didn’t invade Cambodia. Look what’s happening in Africa today. Bush lied about the reasons for taking the country to war. There were no WMD, and he knew it. Bush, Cheney and Rice also scared Americans into believing Saddam had nuclear weapons.

These were lies, and if a Democratic president had done what Bush did, your side would have had him shot for treason, but now Republicans tap dance around it. "So hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqis were killed for no reason by our bombs… so what?"

By Rudi G. on 04/02/2009 12:54 pm
Green Tears

OK Rudi, how many US presidents, of any political affiliation, have been ‘shot for treason’?!? An impressive flair for the dramatic you have there, but not exactly based in reality.

More innocent Iraqis were slaughtered by Saddam Hussein than have been killed by our bombs - and the number of Iraqi citizens voting in free elections has increased by 100%! Civilian deaths are a tragedy of war, but fights for freedom benefit the citizens of Iraq.

By Green Tears on 04/02/2009 1:35 pm
deber B
We are going to have to agree to disagree, Rudi, because I believed the war was necessary.  
By deber B on 04/02/2009 1:37 pm
Mel Berg
deber, I don’t think you need to remind any of us about what Saddam Hussein did or didn’t do. We still did not have the right to invade Iraq, period!!! I also do not agree with Pres. Obama that Iraq is a success, way to early to say that!
By Mel Berg on 04/02/2009 1:05 pm
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