Posted on 08/30/2012 9:16:41 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
TAMPA, Fla. — Arianna Huffington currently plans to vote for President Barack Obama in November. Huffington told The Daily Caller, however, that she has been disappointed by Obama’s first term and would consider voting for Mitt Romney if the Republican candidate advocates an end to U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan.
“My vote does not depend on a particular party, like, I’m not reflexively voting a particular party, but I will vote for Obama,” Huffington told TheDC during a sit-down interview following an event about American entrepreneurs and job creators she hosted in Tampa on Wednesday.
Huffington reflected on her disappointment with Obama for campaigning on “bold ideas”, but instead governing as a “timid” president. And despite pledging her support to the president, Huffington said she wasn’t sure he would change for the better in a second term.
“I don’t know. I think, as I said on The Huffington Post, it’s Obama versus Obama as well as Obama versus Romney,” she said. “We don’t know whether the campaigning Obama of bold ideas or the governing Obama, who’s been much more timid, is going to be the second term Obama if he wins.”
Huffington told TheDC that Romney “has not really put forward a convincing economic plan and of course we have the statements around women’s health which are disconcerting.”
When asked if it was a better bet for the country to maintain the status quo with Obama as president, Huffington responded by saying Romney has had a chance to take advantage of Obama’s weaknesses: stalled job creation and maintaining the war in Afghanistan.
“I think Mitt Romney had a great opportunity to make the case against the last four years if he had focused on job creation and on getting us out of Afghanistan,” Huffington admitted. “But he has ignored Afghanistan. So basically, his position is identical to Obama’s.”
But, Huffington offered, if Romney changed his position on Afghanistan, he might actually earn her vote.
“If, for example, he [Romney] had come out in favor of pulling the troops out of Afghanistan, I would consider voting for him because I think it’s a complete and utter disaster that’s costing us precious lives and two billion dollars a week for no justification — an immoral, unnecessary war — but he hasn’t, so he has not really taken bold positions.”
I D I O C Y !!
BWAHAHAHAHA!!!
Just keeping her options open so she can be invited to all the WH parties being the political whore, ordained minister of John-Roger “cult” the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness and former disciple of group-sex and germ-warfare guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh that she is.
there almost has never been a more pathetic person with such a need to be relevant and influential as this dope.
SeekAndFind ~ ARRIANNA HUFFINGTON “ ...would consider voting for Mitt Romney if the Republican candidate advocates an end to U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan.”
Now this is the “Kiss of death “ if ever I heard one !
Why is this woman dispensing her wisdom here in America? Wouldn’t her native Greece benefit from her astonishing insights? Arianna you really ought to go home and preach in Athens.
RE: would consider voting for Mitt Romney if the Republican candidate advocates an end to U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan.
So why not vote Obama? He already has advocated pullout from Afghanistan and in fact has set a date by which the Taliban knows they can wait us out.
That Arianna sure is a deep thinker... s/
Who gives a rat’s rump what this woman will or will not do?
She might switch if it rains that day.
Who knows what motivates this weather vain?
A politician would flip-flop themself unconscious, attempting to keep up with her ever-changing positions.
I’ve opted not to use other “position change” metaphors...
Who gives a rat’s rump what this woman will or will not do?
Surprise, surprise! Like I really care who she votes for. I don’t see her as having much on the ball.
Actually, my wife says the same thing. Who ever gets us out of Afghanistan gets her vote.
The first exectutive decision for Romney and Co.
The trap is set. Will he step into it?
Huffpo only cares about two things...Huffpo and turning men Gay.
Many will end up voting for Hillary this time around too, HillaryRomney and Extortion-Care.
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