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If Mitt Romney Wants to Win Tonight’s Debate, He Better Read This

Oct. 22, 2012 1:47pm

Before joining the Blaze, Buck served as an officer in the Central Intelligence Agency, assigned to the Counterterrorism Center and Office of Iraq Analysis. He […]

Before joining the Blaze, Buck served as an officer in the Central Intelligence Agency, assigned to the Counterterrorism Center and Office of Iraq Analysis. He also served as an analyst for the NYPD Intelligence Division. He has field experience in the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa. Buck has a B.A. in Political Science from Amherst College. He is a native of New York City, where he currently resides.

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Romney is positioned to have a strong performance, though a total knockout similar to the first presidential debate is unlikely. A replay of the fireworks from the second debate is much more probable. But as this is the last leg of the race, a strong enough showing for Romney could help propel him to victory on Election Day.

Here’s how Mitt comes out on top:

Mitt Romney’s task is to establish himself as a president who would fully embrace and reinvigorate the title “Leader of the Free World.” He must convince America that he would do a better job than Obama based on his character, ideology, and judgment. The debacle in Libya has cracked the veneer of national security credibility that Team Obama claimed for the last four years. Now Romney needs to shatter the remaining Obama mythology by persuading voters that Libya is indicative of Obama’s failed vision and inability to understand the threats we face as a nation.

Below is a subject specific outline for Mitt’s foreign policy case to America, broken up into the sections announced for the actual debate:

America’s Role in the World

Romney needs to attack Obama’s worldview as the latest liberal iteration of the “blame America first” mantra. Romney has correctly cited the “apology tour” at the start of the Obama administration as evidence of this proclivity. Obama supporters balk at the suggestion, but there is plenty of anecdotal evidence — apart from his failed policies — that show the President lacks a certain comfort level with a robust U.S. presence abroad and shies away from a full-throated defense of American values.

To draw a contrast with his opponent, Romney needs to show that his first priority will be to protect the life, liberty and interests of Americans. Romney should also strongly convey that any country or non-state actor that attacks Americans or vital interests will be met with the unmitigated might of our military, without compunction or precondition– even if that means “offending” people.

Our Longest War – Afghanistan and Pakistan

Obama has bungled the war in Afghanistan and let politics influence his strategy at every turn. Despite media attempts to downplay Afghanistan for Obama’s political benefit, the fundamental realities on the ground are worse than the administration wants anyone to believe.

As long as the Pakistani sanctuary exists for the Taliban and aligned groups like the Haqqani network, the best our troops on the ground can achieve right now are temporary gains while the enemy refits and regroups. Transition efforts over the next year are a political pretext for Obama to continue fighting “the good war” after ending “the bad one” in Iraq. Obama’s handling of Afghanistan has been beset with politics, such as the decision to surge troops in 2009, but less than the amount requested by generals on the ground.

Romney needs to say its time to end America’s longest war with all due haste and without regard to electoral needs. He should tell the American people that U.S. forces are coming home during his first year in office. Apart from a small contingent of U.S. advisors and support personnel, Afghanistan’s counterinsurgency should be fought by Afghans.

Pakistan

Killing Osama Bin Laden was a success, but Al Qaida lives on. Romney needs to articulate this point. He will have to give credit to Obama on the raid decision, but he should also point out that the intelligence community and U.S. military special operations truly got Bin Laden. President Obama made the right call — but it was really the only call to make.

And in the aftermath, the rush to claim credit and “spike the football” limited our ability to move on actionable intelligence. Al Qaeda’s second in command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, is still at large. If there were clues to his location at the compound in Abbottabad, they were rendered useless the moment Obama went on television to announce the raid.

Romney should also remind America that Pakistan-U.S. relations are terrible. Anti-U.S. sentiment in Pakistan is at an all-time high, terrorist groups continue to train and plot for outside attacks, and the most radical policy change this administration has considered involves scaling back our billions in foreign aid.

Red Lines – Israel and Iran

That Obama has a poisoned relationship with Israeli leadership is well established. There is no love lost between Obama and Netanyahu, despite protestations to the contrary from Vice President Biden during his debate with Paul Ryan. Furthermore, Obama has failed to recognize that peace is made more difficult when the United States pushes on Israel to make concessions before negotiations have even started. Romney must hammer Obama on this issue, throwing in the occasional reference to Obama’s ironic “Peace Prize.”

On Iran, there are apparent policy similarities between both campaigns, but Romney can make a simple, devastating point about Obama: Iran doesn’t believe his bluster about “all options on the table.” Nothing about the Ayatollahs indicates they are concerned about Obama’s efforts to stop them. Iran is closer to having the capability to build a nuclear bomb than ever before, and sanctions won’t stop them. Unless they truly believe they will get hit — and hit hard — the Mullahs will continue on their quest for a nuclear bomb.

The Changing Middle East and the New Face of Terrorism – Part I

This portends to be the most contentious part of the debate. The debacle in Benghazi will be a major strike point, but in order to make the case to the American people, Romney must tie Benghazi to broader policy failures of this administration. Events in Libya prove that the evolving reality is that huge swaths of the Middle East are in danger of falling under hardline Islamist or even Salafist domination. Obama has shown no leadership on these issues, and appears to be a backseat observer to seismic events in the region.

Libya

Benghazi was Obama’s “red phone” moment, and he failed. Now the Benghazi incident has the capacity to undermine Obama’s entire foreign policy record. But Romney needs to explain why, and he needs this case to be tight and concise, because Obama will bluster, interrupt, and stymie to avoid answering tough questions.

Romney must put Benghazi in this context: The Obama administration’s security negligence and reactionary obfuscation to the Benghazi disaster comes directly from their amateurish handling of foreign policy. Obama chose to get involved in a fight with no national security interests for the U.S. at stake except oil (and if that was Obama’s reasoning then it negates all the talk about the responsibility to protect human rights). Regardless, Obama thought that democratization of an Arab autocracy could come easily. Obama was wrong, and Benghazi was a massive blunder that resulted from this miscalculation.

Romney should explicitly say that the unacceptable security precautions for our diplomats in Benghazi resulted from Obama underestimating our jihadist enemy. We liberated Libya, and the official U.S. representative to the rebels was brutally murdered for his efforts. It’s not American policies that create jihadists, and we cannot appease them. Obama made both false assumptions in Libya.

If Romney lays all that out, he wins.

The Changing Middle East and the New Face of Terrorism – Part II

While the debate moderator could push the Arab Spring discussion in several directions, two countries are sure to come up:

Egypt:

The Muslim Brotherhood is running the show, and every official in the U.S. from the White House to Foggy Bottom appear to be bystanders while the most important country in the Arab world turns into an Islamist theocracy. Romney will undoubtedly point to Obama’s rudderless foreign policy, and how it has sapped support from the moderates America had hoped would take the reins of power.

Syria:

Any U.S. action would entail risks, which is why Obama has chosen to do nothing in Syria. Obama justified intervention in Libya on humanitarian grounds, but refuses to lift a finger in Syria, without explaining his rationale. Obama also refuses– at least openly—to throw support behind certain militants. Instead, the administration has a cynical reliance on recurring 11th hour negotiations from feckless U.N. bureaucrats with no hope of changing anything.

In the background of the chaos in Syria, press reports continue to pile up that Al Qaeda-aligned or inspired elements have become a prominent component of the Syrian insurgency. Romney needs to present the case that a jihadist-controlled Syria is a national security threat to the U.S. and an immediate concern to Israel. While boots on the ground would be advisable only as a last resort to keep chemical weapons out of the hands of terrorists, Romney can forcefully articulate the need to support the more moderate rebel factions.

Romney came out strongly in favor of arming select Syrian fighters already, and is sure to press Obama on his decision to do absolutely nothing while tens-of-thousands of civilians die.

The Rise of China

Romney should establish that his administration would stay ahead of China without confronting it directly. China’s expansionism in the South China Sea and irredentist mania over Taiwan will be easier to contain if strong allegiances with other regional powers — Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines, for example — become firmly entrenched.

Romney’s focus on China will be mostly economic, and in this realm, he can make a forceful case that President Obama has been outmaneuvered by China at every turn. Romney should also detail the kinds of actions he would be willing to take against China for economic espionage, currency manipulation, and other charges that have been leveled in recent years.

Tomorrow’s World

During his Virginia Military Institute speech earlier in the month, Romney built the foundation of a muscular U.S. foreign policy doctrine. Apart from some anchoring statements about trade and his hesitancy to intervene unnecessarily, Romney’s rhetoric echoed Ronald Reagan standing up to Soviet domination, with the forces of global jihad standing in for the red menace.

He will need to convince Americans that he plans to forge new alliances and support the forces of democracy and civil society wherever America has sway but without putting boots on the ground. He must bolster the perception that he would provide real leadership by creating a clear set of foreign policy expectations around the world for U.S. allies and foes alike.

Romney has already established himself as the better candidate on the economy, and because of his stellar first debate performance, Americans realize he is a man of high character and intellect. If Romney is able to breakdown some of the mythology around Obama’s foreign policy successes, come Nov. 6 he will be well-positioned to be the first Republican to take out an incumbent since Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter.

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leonardo44
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 4:08pm
good points well laid out in this piece. Gonna be a tough debate tonight with all the lies coming from Obama combined with the partisanship of the moderator. Wouldn’t be surprised if we get a Candy Crowley moment form lefty Schieffer.
Definitely a fight between good and evil.
God bless Romney.

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- Johnny Cocheroo
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 4:59pm
  The President may be a lot of things ….. but evil is not one of them.
  
  You should be ashamed of yourself for using that term so lightly against people you disagree with.
  
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- DOra Glasberg
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 5:09pm
  Romney made an azzz of himself over seas.
  Did y’all miss it?
  
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- JeffersonsPen
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 5:39pm
  Hey Johnny………If he is in bed with the Muslim Brotherhood…………..then adjactive FITS and STICKS!
  
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- BCanook
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 5:45pm
  Good vs Evil – part III. Romney has to stay on point and disregard the lies that will be erupting from his opponent.
  
  Afcrapistan needs to end asap. The ROE over there are setting our folks up for failure and putting them into harm’s way unnecessarily. Thanks to our administration.
  
  China and don’t forget about Russia are drooling all over themselves in the hopes that this failed presidency gets another 4 years. They see the United States getting weaker and weaker thanks to our administration.
  
  The middle east is being consumed by the muslim brotherhood as this administration sits idly by and calls it democracy. If you want to talk about something that will set civilization back 1000 years lets talk shariah law. There is a reason Obama uses the word holy when referring to the Quran. Unbelievable.
  
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- flyingscotsman
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 6:11pm
  Those that say he is not evil don’t know his intentions… Obama is evil and has ominous plans for this country.
  
  Anyone that fights to let babies who survive abortions die without medical care is evil.
  
  Anyone who takes the side of Islamic terrorist over Israel is evil.
  
  For an American to align themselves with admitted Communist as Obama has is evil.
  
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- Stone Cold Truth
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 6:23pm
  At this point it’s an opinion. You assume he’s not. That’s your opinion, too. It holds just as true.
  
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- Stone Cold Truth
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 6:30pm
  Hey, Dora, have you forgotten Obama sent back the Churchill bust back to London, gave them incompatible dvds, interrupted “God Save the Queen” with a toast, bowed to and kissed the rings of the Suadi King Abdullah, Snubbed Netanyahu, called for a return to 67 borders, promised Vladamir more flexibility after his election, wanted to help in Libya for humanitarian reasons but not in Syria, the video lie, etc, etc.? Romney could not do worse if he tried.
  
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- ckiley
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 7:57pm
  This is actually for Johnny. He IS evil. If you cannot see it you are blinded.
  
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- Joshua81
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 8:11pm
  Johny, I am fully aware of the severity of the word “evil” and exactly what it means. Obama is pure evil. No question, no doubt. Shame on you for being so naive, or just choosing to look the other way.
  
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- sWampy
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 8:30pm
  Yes, the president is an evil sub 80 iq half black man that was raised to hate white people, by his slut of a mom, communists grandparents, and known terrorists, evil is the best way to describe this sub human.
  
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- TMDesign
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 8:50pm
  Definitely good points. I know tonight’s debate is on foreign policy, but I’ve always wanted to see the point made that Romney will be inheriting a WAY bigger mess than Obama did:
  
  http://pic.writelydesigned.com/70/
  
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- marine43
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 10:32pm
  Evil he is. I totally agree.Killing the unborn? Naw thats not evil……
  
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- franny1951
  Posted on October 23, 2012 at 7:38am
  Johnny, what would you call a man who’s only goal is to destroy America and everyting the founding fathers wanted for this country? “Evil” is pudding in my book.
  
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honor007
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 4:06pm
WOW!!! This is an awesome piece. Thank you, Buck Sexton.

I, in particular, loved the “red phone” moment description regarding Libya. If Romney were to say that, it would be over. That is the KO moment!!!

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KidCharlemagne
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 3:57pm
Both of these idiots will send us into bankruptcy if they plan on getting us sucked up into another war in the Middle East:

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“Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes; and armies, and debts, and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few. In war, too, the discretionary power of the Executive is extended; its influence in dealing out offices, honors, and emoluments is multiplied; and all the means of seducing the minds, are added to those of subduing the force, of the people.”
-James Madison, Political Observations, April 20, 1795

CNN (November 01, 2004): “Bin Laden: Goal is to bankrupt U.S.”

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Michael61
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 3:52pm
Well, according to Aaron Klein investigative journalist, 770 WABC:

Lie #1. THERE WAS NO CONSULATE. Benghazi “consulate” is not an official consulate, but a secret mission by CIA operatives. That’s why there were no usual Marines security. It was guarded by a few Libyan soldiers and a private American security firm.

Lie #2. THERE WAS NO RIOT. It was not a consulate but a CIA operation center arming Libyan, Syrian, Jordanian, whatever, militants, INCLUDING AL QAEDA militants, all over Middle East. Something went wrong, and our spooks were killed by one of their partners – militias, or by one of their competitors, or by Iranians, or… who knows…

That’s why nobody sent QuickResponseTeam with helicopters to help them… which were just an hour away in Italy… sending QRT would be an admission of illegal operations…

That’s why the White House lied for weeks about some mythical spontaneous riot in Benghazi… Nonexistent riot in front of nonexistent consulate…

This is Obama’s Iran-Contra in development… Run by one of the original Iran-Contra guys, btw… Stay tuned…

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Brad Wesselmann
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 3:36pm
The mere fact that the U.N. thinks they have the authority and ability to monitor our elections is indicative of how the current administration has marginalized and diminished our place in the world. Prior to the last four years no country in the world would have had the audacity to interject themselves in our inner governance, much less boldly assume that the mere mention of the activity would relegate us to compliance.

We as a nation have conflicting interests in respect to the U.N. and the bold rhetoric recently emerging from their so called authorities backing the current administration is the most glaring example of the failure of this administration. They want our weapons, they want our resources, they want our sovereignty. We The People demand our liberty and will accept nothing but freedom from tyranny.

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alinskythis
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 3:20pm
I’ve made the assumption that pretty much everything we are “seeing” is very likely to have been closely calculated as political theater.

The Shadow Government, throughout history, uses the Trojan Horse tactic, the right hand giving us an “outlet” and manipulating us into thinking we are getting just what we want, when the left is secretly engineering an apocalypse.

So let’s ask, “What do THEY want?”

They want Agenda 21, meaning the elimination of a huge proportion of the U.S. population. And/or an Islamic caliphate. Slavery, violence, atheism, anarchy.

They never saw the Tea Party coming, or guessed Americans would be so smart, so fierce and so buoyed by faith,

They need more time and, seeing that no one is buying Hairy Scary Barry as the flavor of the month, they are offering another flavor to stall for time.

The executive orders are in place. All that needs to happen – regardless of the guy in the White House – is the right “crisis.”

If Romney doesn’t repeal those EOs AND Otramacare, we are still in big, big trouble.

Pray hard.

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- NHwinter
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 3:58pm
  I think you are right on every point. I am praying, and I hope every concerned American prays through the debate tonight. At this point, we have to count on our prayers being heard and Conservative Americans getting out to vote in enormous numbers. God bless America and help us fight the good fight.
  
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- TheLeftMadeMeRight
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 4:20pm
  Ponder this scenario;
  
  Romney wins election in a razor tight victory; the Left cries ‘STOLEN ELECTION AGAIN” fueled by the race baiters claiming the black man was robbed…etc. Riots across the country ensue.
  
  At the same time Soros announces he is pulling out his investments in the US dollar and it collapses. Bank runs, food shortages, more rioting, and the country is on fire praying for someone to make it all stop.
  
  The solution to the crisis;
  
  IN the weeks following the election crisis, and as the officials are still recounting the hanging chads or whatever trying to determine who actually won, Obama signs off to end the riots and the UN steps in to end the failed two party system, kill the republic, and begin the New World Order.
  
  I don’t know, I just got this sick feeling….
  
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- Stone Cold Truth
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 6:39pm
  Well, I guess we’ll all be “The Resistance.” If the Viet Cong and the jihadists can dig in and survive, then so can we. Keep liberty alive.
  
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Tankertony
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 3:12pm
Leftism is antithetical to Americanism, thus the discombobulated foreign policy of the little marxist man-child and his cronies. They’ve done well to diminish American power and influence without making it too obvious (to those who pay little or no attention). Hopefully, tonight Mitt will lay out the stark Truth and wake up some more people.

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DeOppressoLiber
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 3:06pm
http://www.investigativeproject.org/3777/a-red-carpet-for-radicals-at-the-white-house

one solid foreign policy

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egclark
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 2:55pm
The Obama campaign already toots Romney as being another war mongerer. How can Romney assure the public that any support given to “further democracy” does not fall into the wrong hands? It occurs to people that any nation embracing sharia law will never be a democracy, and to waste more resources and American lives is ludicrous. Americans seem to give them all a common enemy. Just GET OUT. Why help the Muslim Brotherhood gain even more ground? Build up military training at home. We’re going to need it.
I want him to assure the public that we can kiss Saudi Arabia “farewell”. That the US will stop taking over for the Brits AGAIN. Stop the imperialism. Push the energy independence. Take the US out of the equation.
Of course, it would be too much to suggest, but I want sharia law outlawed in the US (like they said in Australia). Sharia law is not in accord with our constitution, therefore they can not be citizens. Get them out. Look, we do not allow what sharia laws dictate.

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blackfeather
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 2:49pm
…”win” according to WHO??? Reuters?? msnbc??? get real.

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truthgetter
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 2:49pm
Does anyone want to wager that Bob Schiffer will certainly try to assist Obama and deter Romney?

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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 3:10pm
  Ten bucks says Bob ‘the shill’ Schiefer will do anything he can to help Barry.
  
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- Wango
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 4:26pm
  Losers always blame the ref. Brain dead desperate cowardly losers blame the ref before the game is even played. Don’t worry, you’ll get your chance to work you way back up to generic loser after Romney loses tonight.
  
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- DOra Glasberg
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 5:10pm
  Romney’s foreign policy = start a war with them.
  He’s Dubya II.
  
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- justangry
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 7:31pm
  This is an easy check mate debate for Obama. All he has to do is let loose who is advising Romney on national security and leave it at that.
  
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GaltsGultch
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 2:45pm
Here are the strategies Obama and Romney should employ during the final debate: http://www.neontommy.com/news/2012/10/third-debate-strategies-obama-romney-should-employ

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jucent
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 2:45pm
Do Americans need clowns like Romney and Bush?

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- WatchingThePuppetShow
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 3:04pm
  Actually we need dictators such as Obama! We need more entitlement programs. We need more redistribution of wealth so everyone can get their fair share of somethin’ for nothin’. We need more debt…(in the voice of Rainman; ‘Definitely, definitely more debt…definitely). We need more political regulations so we can’t manufacture anything. We need more politically motivated maneuvers in the Middle East. We need all of our freedoms stripped away so us stupid American’s don’t have to make another single decision…yeah, that’s what we need!! Where do I sign up for that!? Oh yeah, I sign up at the ballot box. The problem with your statement is well, my daddy said it best – “You can’t cure stupid!”
  
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- Johnny Cocheroo
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 4:35pm
  @watching
  
  And you think Romney will fix the problem?
  
  Don’t you ever wonder why there are no “real” issues discussed during the debates? It’s because they don’t have to. There is no real questioning about: Fast & Furious, NDAA, the Fed, Energy Independence, Secured Borders, Debt or a true balanced budget.
  
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- RedBarchetta
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 4:59pm
  Has anyone seen this guys profile and the comments he’s made ? Typical Liberal…Limited vocabulary and an extremely low Inteligence.
  
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- Johnny Cocheroo
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 5:21pm
  I’m just gonna toss this out there for those of you who might need it.
  
  http://www.spellchecker.net.
  
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gbrules
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 2:45pm
another great article from buck sexton. i only wish that romney would read this article before he goes on tonight..

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tag2018
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 2:33pm
I really wish that Romney would mention the fact that the GM President said in front of a Chinese audience that 7 out of 10 cars they produce are outside of the US. I feel like that it damning evidence against Obama especially since our tax dollars bailed them out.

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MBA
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 2:29pm
Whoa! obamy is actually stating that foreign policy is his strength. Wow! The cocain must be especially potent this week. The drugger in chief is out of his delusional mind.

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blackstone22
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 2:25pm
i’ve been all over the internet today looking for pre debate analysis and/or a recommended game plan necessary for Romney to combat the barrage of lies that will be coming from Obama tonight.
This article is by far the most thorough and intelligent. I hope Mitt reads this one.
Good job Blaze.

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bhelmet
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 2:22pm
Excellent article by Buck Sexton.

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FloraBelleza
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 2:20pm
Add your comments

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dmacfarlane
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 2:17pm
The President’s record over the past for years is trash. Yes, I understand he helped in the capture and killing of Bin Laden, but based on his own theory “He didn’t build that…he had someone else help him along the way” If he would have been humble and used the moment to unite the American people I believe that this election would be much different. But instead, Obama took all the credit for himself, credit that he doesn’t deserve. Obama’s role with the Muslim Brotherhood is enough to convince me that he should be impeached for treason. We have been deceived and taken advantage of by this administration. Mitt needs to remain strong, firm and willing to expose the failures of Obama that have led us to a weaken United States of America. We have Divine Providence on our side.

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- BlessednKy
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 3:24pm
  DMACFARLANE, My sentiments, exactly. Thank you for expressing them.
  
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- HI_Don
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 3:41pm
  Obama – Humble. Now there is an oxymoron. Like Jumbo Shrimp, those two words just don’t go together. Never going to happen. When he loses the election in November, it won’t be about Romney was the better candidate or had the better message – no Obama the humble and all of his supporters will insist it was because Obama had a bad day, didn’t get his message across and the voters just didn’t understand. See, he is smarter than all of us. If we just understood we would follow like mind numbed robots.
  This night mare will soon be over, but then the real work of cleaning up the mess begins.
  
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FloraBelleza
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 2:17pm
Do you know that the TRADE agreement with COLOMBIA, SOUTH KOREA, PANAMA and HONDURAS was seating in Obama’s desk for [ 3 ] three years covering in dust? After Republicans won the election in 2010, they pressed, and forced the President to worked with them, Obama had not intention to pass the agreement, but have no other option.

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Johnny Cocheroo
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 2:12pm
I think Romney should adopt a segment of Biden’s approach to our foreign forever wars:

Let them take care of their own problems. There is no reason to send my brother/cousin’s across seas into harm’s way for a people who will not change, nor want to.

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progressiveslayer
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 2:10pm
Romney just has to point out that the Marxist mulatto was unable to identify the attack on our embassy and the killing of our ambassador and three other Americans as an act of war. The regime first said it was a reaction to a video that few people saw,then it was an ‘act of terror’. Pointing this out to the idiots among us and exposing the Marxist POS for the failure he is should seal his fate and ensure a Romney victory in November.

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Brother Winston Smith
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 2:01pm
Blowback’s a witch, isn’t it.

The Bush/Obama/Romney “muscular U.S. foreign policy doctrine”…
A decade+.
8,500+ DEAD.
10,000s injured.
110,000+ ACTIVE DUTY TROOPS on mind-bending meds.
Amputations.
SHOCKING levels of suicides.
2 tours, 3 tours, 4 tours, 5!
Trillions (that we DON’T HAVE) wasted.
NOBODY “TRAINED” enough to fight for themselves.
Americans murdered BY THE PEOPLE THEY ARE “TRAINING.”
NOBODY “liberated” (for more than an third-world minute).
Unconstitutional police/surveillance state. TSA, DHS, NDAA, VIPR Teams, swarming drones, “Patriot” act (1770s Writs of Assistance… THAT HELPED IGNITE OUR REVOLUTION).
A completely SURRENDERED ILLEGAL ALIEN INVASION into our OWN FRONT YARDS that is killing, raping, child-molesting, home-invading and hammered-driving-hit-n-running over THOUSANDS!!!!!!!

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- Johnny Cocheroo
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 2:14pm
  All excellent points Winston.
  
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- Lion420
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 2:21pm
  I just want to make sure you understand that you are an ass, and your vote for Ron Paul will help send us over the cliff into communist hell. Grow up.
  
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- ComradeAdam
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 2:58pm
  Stop with the guilt by association! Romney is not Bush and no sane person would think he’s the same as Obama. He isn’t reponsible for their actions. Romney is our only chance for the next 4 years, so help pull him to the right. If he hasn’t done his job, work to fire him in the primary in 4 years. Working against him now is only working in the favor of Obama, someone we know will work to destroy American freedoms.
  
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- Brother Winston Smith
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 3:42pm
  ComradeAdam DISSECTED…
  
  LIE:
  “guilt by association”
  TRUTH:
  Bush, Obama and Romney struggle to conjure ANY differences between themselves. But they are ONE AND ALL interventionists, IN VIOLATION of traditional American foreign policy AND THE CONSTITUTION. They will highlight the INEVITABLE negative results of intervention… ONLY ON THE OTHER’S WATCH… as if THEIR intervention would have yielded different results. It’s an argument based on perpetual hypotheticals.
  
  CORRECT:
  “Romney is not Bush”
  TRUTH:
  Romney is pro-abortion (unless campaigning), pro-homosexual “marriage” (unless campaigning) and created the template for Obamacare. Romney is also a chickenhawk (he’s never strapped on boots). So, Romney is actually MUCH, MUCH, MUCH, MUCH WORSE than Bush.
  
  FALSE:
  “no sane person would think he’s the same as Obama.”
  TRUTH:
  I am very sane and Romney is IDENTICAL to Obama.
  
  LIE:
  “Romney is our only chance for the next 4 years”
  TRUTH:
  Our “ONLY CHANCE,” Ron Paul, was cheated into retirement in Tampa. The LEFTIST GOP reelected Obama, by CHEAT-nominating Romney.
  
  GIBBERISH:
  “so help pull him to the right.”
  TRUTH:
  The ol’ “hold their feet to the fire” IS A COMPLETE SCAM. Once they are elected, THEY WILL NEVER DO AS THEY PROMISED, REGARDLESS OF OUR “pulling.” It’s a DECEPTIVE TACTIC, implemented to TRICK PEOPLE into voting for him, based on the FALSE ability to steer him – a strategy that has NOT ONE EXAMPLE of success.
  
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brooks1977
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 2:01pm
I think Obama has nearly achieved his real goal as President of the United States. I think his real goal was to turn the office of the POTUS into an absolute joke around the world. He has made a complete mockery of the office of the POTUS. No one takes us seriously anymore because of the behavior of this clown while in office. He has turned the office of the most respected and powerful leader in the free world into something similar to a reality show. I don’t believe he will be re-elected but I am afraid the damage may already be done.

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- franny1951
  Posted on October 23, 2012 at 7:57am
  I believe that Obama really thought he would be the savior who would heal the world. Instead, he has taken the side of those who want to dominate it. I had really hoped he would be the one who would finally bury the issue of color in the U.S. once and for all. Instead, the has brought it, once again, to the surface. He has had an opportunity to go down in history in a good light, but has used the influences of his life-long associations to destroy everything the founding fathers had hope for this nation. Although I fear for the future of my grandchildren, I can only say that I am glad my days left on earth are numbered.
  
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