Posted on 02/09/2012 3:10:08 PM PST by Nachum
Apparently, unlike most everything else, Mitt Romney has not flip-flopped on his position on jihad and Islam. Back in July 2009, I wrote in a post entitled, "Why Romney Won't be President" that Romney would not be president because he said something so fundamentally and unabashedly wrong about America's greatest mortal threat that he was unfit to be President: "Jihadism Is not part of Islam." Yes, he said that. That is frightening coming from a Presidential candidate. Instead of spending the ensuing years studying jihad, Romney appears hardwired for delusion in his latest remarks.
The fact that Romney knows peaceful Muslims is purely anecdotal. I believe that most Muslims are secular and have no desire to strap one on. But that does not mean that Islam is not inherently violent. The ideology is the most violent and radical on the face of the earth. What history books is Romney reading......Dr. Seuss? How did Romney miss over 270 million victims in over a millennium of jihadi wars, land appropriations, cultural annihilations and enslavements? How did Romney miss the close to 18,000 Islamic attacks since 911? How did Romney miss the revolutions in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, etc.? How did Romney miss the jihad on the Jews and Christians and Hindus and Sikhs?
There are hundreds of millions of jihadis, what's Romney smokin'?
Mitt Romney: Islam is not an inherently violent faith
Cedar Rapids, Ia. – Mitt Romney responded today to a call for a tougher stance against Muslims by saying that most Muslims are peaceful people who deserve respect.
The issue came up during a question-and-answer session at a campaign stop here this morning. A man rose from the audience, claimed he had many Muslim friends, but said, “I have never heard one Muslim condemn Islamic jihad or terrorism.
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No, candidates don’t have to lie and mislead people. What Romney said is factually incorrect, based upon the koran and the history of islam.
Candidates don’t have to be blunt, but we have every right to expect them to speak truthfully. It’s ridiculous that anyone would give him a pass on this.
Sorry predictive spelling, I meant moron.
Ok, so the bottom line appears to be that you are OK with candidates lying about their core rather than defending it passionately, as each crowed maybe different. Because you appear to be a Romney supporter/defender I am actually not surprised you stated that.
It’s a weasely statement, befitting a weasely man.
You could say nearly anything is not “inherently violent”. Street gangs are not “inherently violent”, in that not every member or even every gang is necessarily violent. Even the Manson Family wasn’t “inherently violent”, since they had plenty of members who never hurt anyone and just spent most of their time singing songs, having sex, and doing drugs.
Dhimmi. Yep. He’s bought off.
He’s not just a flipper..he is a flippin’ “idiyet”.
Breathtaking ignorance.
This level of ignorance can't be accidental; it must be embraced deliberately. My favorite contemporaneous example (one of thousands) :
An All-American Muslim couple in Buffalo NY—the wife had a great idea, start a network called Bridges TV that would show the positive side of Muslims and counter-effect the image we got after 9/11.
It would be great to talk to this woman only she isn’t around anymore.
Her husband beheaded her.
I can't entertain a presidential candidate that clueless...
Ever.
“These acts of violence against innocents violate the fundamental tenets of the Islamic faith. And it’s important for my fellow Americans to understand that.”
—President George W. Bush, 17 SEPT 2001, in a speech to the Islamic Center of Washington, D.C.
No, I’m not a Romney support. If he said that he was ok with the Ground Zero Mosque, I would criticize him. No top candidate will say Islam is inherently evil. They don’t have to change what they say in front of different crowds.
Mittgotry!
Mitt-got-ry: [mitt-guh-tree]No sale.
noun, plural -ries.1. the belief that acceptance of a candidate’s commitment to a cult should be imposed on someone else's personal religious freedom of expression and practice
2. or imposed on another's personal values
3. or as a standard imposed on an individual's vote
really bad Photoshopping!
He was already governor of Massachusetts as a Mormon.
Only when I take some timeout from beating my wife.
Dear Lord this is bad please protect our nation and open believers eyes to the heresy being spread by this blasphemous heretic
In Jesus name I pray
Amen
Irrelevant to your mittgotry
Ok. You spin it anyway you want. I do NOT want a candidate who lies PERIOD
If he is saying stuff to crowds, just to appease them, screw’em.
I am sick of appeasement.
I want a passionate, truthful candidate who is not fearful.
islam is not and has never been a religion of peace - period.
Anyone who say so is an idiot, a moron, a fool.
If they do not want to say so then do not say anything at all.
Romney does not and has never beleive it to be true, for a variety of reasons, one primarily because he is a mormon.
If you are not a Romney supporter stop defending him.
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Have you watched her three part ‘Boston’ speech, the one they wouldn’t let her give at the last minute?
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