MILWAUKEE — Former Massachusetts Gov. and potential presidential candidate Mitt Romney visited Milwaukee Thursday.
He promoted his new book and held a fundraiser for his political action committee.
He also sat down for a one-on-one interview with WISN 12 News’ Mike Gousha for this weekend’s edition of Upfront.
Gousha: I’m sure there are people who say he’s obviously running for president again; he’s just getting an early start on it.
Romney: I’m doing what’s necessary if you will; keep options open. But the decision to actually go ahead with a presidential run, that’s not something that I would really contemplate until after the November ’10. At that point you begin thinking about what’s the right thing to do.
Romney: Clearly if President Obama happened to be doing a great job as I hoped he would do when he got elected, that would influence my thoughts. But he’s taken this country in a very dangerous direction, and that makes it far more likely that folks are going to think about getting in and removing him from office.
Romney: Look, the fact that this recession is going to end and we’re going to come out of it is something every economist in America and in the world has said is going to happen. The question is did the stimulus work as well as it could have worked, and the answer is no.
Romney doesn’t believe that the president deserves credit for the economic recovery.
He also called Obama an apologist for the U.S.
Romney said that his political action committee will use the money it raised in Milwaukee to support Republican candidates across the country, in particular a couple of key governor’s races, Wisconsin’s not included.
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I am the one that I eagerly anxious to see the upcoming “No Apolygy. The Case for America Creatness” by Mitt Romney. It seems obvious to me that this is a great book to be reading particularly on “The Fate of The Health Care Bill”
I seriously doubt that Mr. Romney called Obama “an apologist for the United States.” An apologist is one who stands up FOR something or someone, who makes the case FOR an idea or cause. Obama has been apologizing (i.e. asking forgiveness for mistakes) for the country, not standing up for it.
Virginia, you are right. Obama is not an “apologist” for America, but he may be an apologist for rogue Islamic nations such as when he defended Iran’s right to nuclear energy. Obama knows how Iran will use their Nuclear facilities.
Hmmm, well, the U.S. has never been perfect, and neither has any other country for that matter throughout their histories.
I think the US should apologize for the behavior of the thugs who occupied the White House for the previous eight years.
Arrogance will get you nowhere. It’s pure narcissism. Recognizing one’s faults is a true sign of character.
At least one retired general knows this.
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Retired General Paul Eaton, senior adviser to the National Security Network, has hit back hard at Dick Cheney a day after the former vice president criticized the Obama administration again for “dithering while America’s armed forces are in danger.” In a speech Wednesday night, Cheney said, “President Obama now seems afraid to make a decision, and unable to provide his commander on the ground with the troops he needs to complete his mission.”
In an NSN press release, Eaton empties his chamber:
The record is clear: Dick Cheney and the Bush administration were incompetent war fighters. They ignored Afghanistan for 7 years with a crude approach to counter-insurgency warfare best illustrated by: 1. Deny it. 2. Ignore it. 3. Bomb it. While our intelligence agencies called the region the greatest threat to America, the Bush White House under-resourced our military efforts, shifted attention to Iraq, and failed to bring to justice the masterminds of September 11.
The only time Cheney and his cabal of foreign policy ‘experts’ have anything to say is when they feel compelled to protect this failed legacy. While President Obama is tasked with cleaning up the considerable mess they left behind, they continue to defend torture or rewrite a legacy of indifference on Afghanistan. Simply put, Mr. Cheney sees history throughout extremely myopic and partisan eyes.