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In reply to the discussion: IS ROMNEY ACTUALLY GIVING A POLITICAL SPEECH ON 9/11 ??????? [View all]Ian David
(69,059 posts)On this eleventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C., both presidential campaigns promised to hold their fire and not engage in partisan politics while Americans observed a day of remembrance. But it didnt take long for Mitt Romney to break that promise.
Romney delivered a speech before the National Guard Association Conference that was mostly bland platitudes and predictable, but vacant, praise. But at one point he veered away from his pandering to say this:
With less than two months to go before Election Day, I would normally speak to a gathering like this about the differences between my and my opponents plans for our military and for our national security. There is a time and a place for that, but this day is not it.
If you are not going to talk about politics, you dont do it by talking about how you are not going to talk about it. Romney inserted that segment into his speech to deliberately and covertly convey a message about the differences between his plans for the military and those of President Obama. Why else bring it up at an event that was supposed to be free of politics? He might just as well have said
With less than two months to go before Election Day, I would normally speak to a gathering like this about what a douchebag my opponent is and how his plans for our military are tantamount to surrendering to the enemy. There is a time and a place for that, but this day is not it. So just pretend I didnt mention it.
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