Romney: Obama shouldn't use bin Laden in campaign
Romney Joins Giuliani in New York on the anniversary of
OBL's death--but that's not political.
Isa 65:5
[Romney: Obama shouldn't use bin Laden in campaign by Beth Rouhy] "New York (AP)
- Republican Mitt Romney on Tuesday accused President Barack Obama of
politicizing the death of Osama bin Laden a year ago but said it was "totally
appropriate" for him to claim credit for ordering the U.S. military raid that
ended with the terrorist leader's death in a hideout in Pakistan.
Obama's re-election campaign has used his decision to suggest that Romney would
not have made the same call. Romney, the president's all-but-certain Republican
challenger in the fall election, says he would have.
Marking the anniversary at a New York City fire house that lost 11 men on Sept.
11, 2001, Romney said he understood the president's desire to take credit for
killing one of the world's most-wanted men.
"It's totally appropriate for the president to express to the American people
the view that he has that he had an important role in taking out Osama bin
Laden," Romney said after visiting the lower Manhattan fire station with Rudy
Giuliani, who was mayor when terrorists flew planes into the World Trade
Center's twin towers and killed nearly 3,000 people.
"I think politicizing it and trying to draw a distinction between himself and
myself was an inappropriate use of the very important event that brought America
together," Romney said.
He and Giuliani had just eaten pizza with several fire fighters..." Full text:
Romney: Obama shouldn't use bin Laden in campaign
Response to comment [from an atheist]: Yes, how dare Obama take credit for something he actually did..."
What he
did?
There were plenty of others involved including individuals from the former
administration.
I'm not a Romney apologist.
As a reminder,
please do not vote for child-killing antichrists.