The worldwide press has not been kind to Mitt Romney upon his return from Europe. Romney's overseas show and tell has erupted into something of a debacle for his campaign. I'm not one to thrive on schadenfreude so I don't sit back and laugh at his expense. Nor do I grin about his shortcomings while abroad because at the end of the day, he is still a face of our country. As he travels overseas he represents America, for better or for worse.
His foibles and demeanor simply further represent the fact he hasn't the heart, grace, compassion, or tact to be President. The same faults he carries Stateside were amplified overseas. I happened to be traveling out of the country while Romney was on his European tour. Many folks I met stated their interest in our upcoming election and voiced concern for not who Mitt Romney is, rather what he represents. Hubris seems to be a common theme.
My mother is active in Democrats Abroad in Germany, where she lives much of the year. Candidates often campaign in countries where there are U.S. interests or a large population of expatriate voters. It is a common campaign strategy to appeal to voters abroad while engendering confidence in foreign populates, but this strategy does not usurp activities at home. The American people come first; our jobs, education, health, and well being take priority.
I hope to see less time dedicated to overseas campaigning this year. There is so much discord at home right now that our leaders owe it to us to demonstrate how they will bridge that divide. The strife at home is getting dangerously heated. Who is going to finally step in and shift our paradigm so this election is focused on compromise and working in harmony instead of battling to win? Wow, now *that's* a foreign concept!
This post is part of a weekly conversation with our Moms Matter 2012 political bloggers. To see the original question and what the other writers have to say, see Should Mitt Romney Be Campaigning Abroad?
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The fact that the liberal media has gone so far off the deep end that 86% of the stories they ran about the trip were spun negatively does not mean that the trip was a "debacle", it proves that our media is.
The DNC is telling all of the mindless sheep of the left to bleat nasty things about the Republican candidate? Well, I am just shocked.
Someone who's mother is part of "Democrats Abroad", yes, what an objective source.
Romney's ONE "gaffe" was making a candid remark about the Olympic preparations, a subject where he has unique experience, and he was in fact quite correct, even if sometimes people don't like to hear the truth. The Israeli and Polish stops were great, even if some of the left wing news media chose to make rumps of themselves.
Ron Paul for President :)
Romney was not the first to ask if London was ready. Even London has admitted they weren't ready. And frankly it's not like the question hasn't been asked prior to the start of any Olympics. As far as the birth certificate goes, I wish people would quit relying on Faux news and CNN and do some digging of their own. That is the problem in this country.
Oh, come on, Ladies. You all know exactly these bloggers keep passing around the same piece of dirty toilet paper - they think people will be so horrified by it, they won't notice the big pile o'crap that is the BObama record.
Romney 2012!
Who's going to get our jobs back? Who's going to see to it we go back to work? Who's got a plan to fix the economy? What is that plan? What about the immigration problem? Anyone have a plan for that? Anyone got a plan for the Keystone pipeline? What about education? Any plans for that?
Or is this about who's gaffe was bigger that the other's?
Pathetic!
What about the immigration problem?
Well, BObama sorta fixed that - he cut down on the number of people slipping the border by tanking the economy so badly, it's no longer worth coming here. Now he just needs to make sure all the illegals who are already here (including his drunk-driving uncle) are able to vote in November....