Posted on 10/18/2007 8:36:01 AM PDT by Spiff
Romney Calls Global Body a 'Failure'
By JIM DAVENPORT
Associated Press
18 October 2007
PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney called the United Nations a failure on Thursday and said he would support a new coalition of the free nations of the world.
The former Massachusetts governor said the U.N. Human Rights Council has repeatedly condemned Israel while taking no action against nations with repressive regimes.
"The United Nations has been an extraordinary failure of late," Romney said in response to a question at a pancake house along the coast of early voting South Carolina. "We should withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council."
Actually, the United States doesn't have a seat on the human rights council, which it has been boycotting.
Romney also said he would support a new "coalition of the free nations of the world and bring those nations together so that we can act together."
"We should develop some of our own — if you will — forums and alliances or groups that have the ability to actually watch out for the world and do what's right," Romney said.
Romney was sharing the political attention in this state with GOP rival John McCain, who is on his second consecutive day of campaigning here.
McCain, in an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday, accused both Russia and China of causing gridlock in the U.N. Security Council and hindering the world body's ability to sanction Iran or address pressing matters in Darfur, Burma and other trouble spots.
If elected, McCain said he would form a league of democracies to circumvent the Security Council and enact tough sanction against Iran and other problem countries.
Romney, who has been criticized for his changing view on abortion, was also asked where he stood on the issue that is important to voters in this conservative state.
"I am pro life and I am proud to be pro life," Romney said.
The former governor also said he would oppose using federal dollars for abortions and would appoint Supreme Court justices opposed to abortions.
He said he opposes using cloning or practices that create human cells for stem cell research.
It is. We refuse to join because it 'lacks credibility' according to Bush and others. All it does is slam Israel.
I meant if what AP is reporting Romney said, is true.
Sorry about that. :)
Oh no worries. Isn’t is sad that we have to disclaimer everything our media says about republicans and pretty much everything else they say too, in the first place...
GO MITT!!
Uh huh. Now if we had any reason to believe him over yet another appeal to conservatives served up later in the game.
Liberals and the UN do so much damage to humanity. This is a good move for Mitt. Good stuff. Keep it up.
Very sad.
Every word that oozes out of Slick Willard’s mouth is meaningless.
This is awesome. Once the rest of the world realizes that we are the rulers of the world, we may allow them to approach us for help. Any country that accepts funding from the United States should bow to us until it is paid back with interest.
One thing you have to say for Romney, he sure knows how
to pander to the base!
Ann Coulter understands the difference:
"I do want to point out one thing that has been driving me crazy with the media -- how they keep describing Mitt Romney's position as being pro-gays, and that's going to upset the right wingers. Well, you know, screw you! I'm not anti-gay. We're against gay marriage. I don't want gays to be discriminated against."
"I don't know why all gays aren't Republican. I think we have the pro-gay positions, which is anti-crime and for tax cuts. Gays make a lot of money and they're victims of crime. No, they are! They should be with us." ~~ Ann Coulter
“Supporting equal rights for all is not the same thing as supporting gay marriage or promoting a homosexual agenda.”
True, but I bet the pridefest participants don’t believe that.
I would want my constitutional lawyers to weigh in before I took an action that could be unconstitutional. They all do it. Hardly a good reason to knock a candidate.
Another good statement by Mitt!
I don’t know if anyone else noticed but the headline on this post is a flat out lie.
Mitt didn’t say he wants to withdraw from the UN.
Just the HRC, something we don’t even belong to.
And he would want to replace the current UN with something else.
This is typical Mittspeak. Smoke, mirrors and nothing else.
And his band of Mittwitts are experts and fudging facts.
This blatant lie pisses me off.
I’m alerting you to the BS that is this post’s title.
I missed that little detail.
It’s pandering anyways. We would first have to break the treaty.
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