Romney Says He Wants 'Big Stick' (100,000 more troops and $$$$$

[wakeme2008]

Source: AP

June 16, 2007
Romney Says He Wants 'Big Stick'
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 4:17 p.m. ET

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) -- Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said Saturday that if he's elected, he wants ''to carry the big stick'' by increasing the size of the nation's military.

The former Massachusetts governor said his plans include boosting the size of the military by at least 100,000 troops and increasing the military budget.

Romney recalled the words of President Theodore Roosevelt, who said the United States should ''Speak softly and carry a big stick,'' in its foreign relations

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-On-the-2008-Trail.html

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Oh Mitt, that tax increases are you suggesting to pay for your BIG STICK.

[whistle]

1. There you are 100,000 additional troops $333.0 billion more....

....and the draft!

[saigon68]

24. Another War Criminal in the making

Just like his Idol--- Gangster "5 deferments" Cheney

[customerserviceguy]

53. I just don't see Repukes

voting for a military draft. They'd either have to include their debutante daughters, or risk having the Supreme Court do that for them. I'm absolutely certain that a male-only military draft will be challenged in the courts.

[Benhurst]

2. Why does he hate America? Doesn't he know we are The World's Only Superpower

and already spend more than the rest of the world combined on our military and weapons of mass destruction?

No wonder we are the only industrial nation in the world without national health.

Romney's America, goose-stepping into the future.

[kurth]

3. Send the Mormons

[CountAllVotes]

4. give it up Mitt

You are not Theodore Roosevelt ok dude? You should speak softly and carry NO stick idiotic war monger!!! :dunce: :grr:

:kick:

[Tanuki]

5. I suspect that none of Mitt's 5 kids will be among those 100,000 troops. eom

[wtmusic]

16. OK, 99,995 more troops

we know Mitt's sons are headed for the front lines.

[Betty]

6. another chicken hawk who never served himself

but wants to play "commander" to hundreds of thousands more than bushie gets.

[arewenotdemo]

11. Hey, life's gotta be hard being a Chickenhawk, always knowing that you're

not a real man, and the only way of even appearing to be is by playing "Commander-in-Chief" or "War-time pResident", where they can be brave with the fodder's lives.

[customerserviceguy]

54. Hey, cut him a break...

he did his Mormon mission in France, which I believe the Rethugs consider to be behind enemy lines...

[entanglement]

7. Way to make up for the small, shriveled natural one he has n/t

[melody]

29. Mitty set himself up for that one, didn't he? n/t

[ewoden]

8. Always slays me when these modern republicans begin quoting

Teddy.
I guess by extension Mitt will also be progressive trust buster, an advocate for the FDA, a friend of unions, and proponent of conservation, a supporter of public works. oh and unlike Mitt, Teddy actually did serve in the military with distinction and was an avid sportsman not some draft dodging rat shooter.

I doubt if Mitt will win the Nobel Peace Prize like Teddy did when he was instrumental in negotiating the end of the Russo-Japanese War.


Here's some good quotes from Teddy that I expect Mitt to take to heart, though I doubt he ever will.....

"This country will not be a permanently good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a reasonably good place for all of us to live in."

"To destroy this invisible Government, to dissolve the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day."

"This country belongs to the people. Its resources, its business, its laws, its institutions, should be utilized, maintained, or altered in whatever manner will best promote the general interest."

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts about reality.”

"Let the watchwords of all our people be the old familiar watchwords of honesty, decency, fair-dealing, and commonsense."

"The welfare of each of us is dependent fundamentally upon the welfare of all of us."

"Viewed purely in the abstract, I think there can be no question that women should have equal rights with men."

"Women should have free access to every field of labor which they care to enter, and when their work is as valuable as that of a man it should be paid as highly."

"Optimism is a good characteristic, but if carried to an excess, it becomes foolishness. We are prone to speak of the resources of this country as inexhaustible; this is not so."

"So any nation which in its youth lives only for the day, reaps without sowing, and consumes without husbanding, must expect the penalty of the prodigal whose labor could with difficulty find him the bare means of life."

"There can be no greater issue than that of conservation in this country."

"The movement for the conservation of wild life and the larger movement for the conservation of all our natural resources are essentially democratic in spirit, purpose, and method."

"There are two things that I want you to make up your minds to: first, that you are going to have a good time as long as you live - I have no use for the sour-faced man - and next, that you are going to do something worthwhile, that you are going to work hard and do the things you set out to do."

"The object of government is the welfare of the people."

"There should be relentless exposure of and attack upon every evil practice, whether in politics, in business, or in social life. I hail as a benefactor every writer or speaker, every man who, on the platform, or in book, magazine or newspaper, with merciless severity makes such attack, provided always that he in his turn remembers that the attack is of use only if it is absolutely truthful."

"The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad conduct, his efficiency or inefficiency in rendering loyal, able, and disinterested service to the Nation as a whole. Therefore it is absolutely necessary that there should be full liberty to tell the truth about his acts, and this means that it is exactly necessary to blame him when he does wrong as to praise him when he does right. Any other attitude in an American citizen is both base and servile. To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else."

[Vidar]

20. Great quotations.

[calimary]

28. That last one is a knockout!

Thanks for these! Into my Favorite Quotes file they go!

:toast:

[Faygo Kid]

30. Thanks for these quotes from TR - I'm saving them.

I look forward to breaking them out and using them when Mitt Chickenhawk starts spouting about TR.

Bully!

[triguy46]

50. KNR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Auntie Bush]

9. I'll give Romney a big stick

right across the face, head and butt! I could have said something something else...but I'm a lady...most the time.

[Demeter]

10. I Want a Crack at Him, Too!

And I make no pretensions to ladyhood (goddesses are exempt)

[baldguy]

12. To properly occupy Iraq, he'd need 250k more troops.

He's not suggesting a big stick - just one which is a little less small.

[Faygo Kid]

13. He can start by sending his five sons. Another warmonger, but somebody else's kids.

None of his five sons ever enlisted, of course, but ol' Mitt and the boys are just pleased as punch to be warmongers. I am so sick of these clowns, and yet they continue to get their way. STFU, Mitt, you are one scary a-hole.

[arewenotdemo]

27. Oh, but they do FEEL SOMEWHAT BAD about it

You want more than that?????

MIKE WALLACE: While all of them have served their church doing missionary work around the world... has any one of you ever decided that you're going to put on a uniform and go to war?

JOSH ROMNEY: I feel guilty having not done it.

BEN ROMNEY: I've seen a lot and read a lot that has made me say, "my goodness, I hope I never have to do that."

WALLACE: Not one agreed or thought about serving in the military.

MATT ROMNEY: There are other sacrifices to make as well, and I hope to be able to make a sacrifice of that, you know, of that caliber at some point in my life.

WALLACE: Did you ever serve in the armed forces?

FORMER MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR MITT ROMNEY: I did not.

WALLACE: Why not?

ROMNEY: I was at college. Then I went off and served my church for two and a half years.

WALLACE: In a mission.

ROMNEY: In a mission.

WALLACE: And because of his high lottery number, he was never drafted to serve in Vietnam, something he says he regrets to this day.

http://newsbusters.org/node/12753

PS: Never trust any "man" that prefaces a statement with "my goodness" (see Rumsfeld, Herr).

[Massachusetts]

14. Mittens has left our building!

Unfortunately the country has to deal with him now.

[IndianaGreen]

15. Are they having a testosterone contest on the GOP side?

My dick is bigger than yours! No, my dick is bigger than yours!

[0007]

21. I heard that Fred Thomson has a steel hard dick and ain't

afraid of Mitt's big stick.

[DrFunkenstein]

17. Is This Some Sort of Gay Porn Joke?

Here I thought he was trying to distance himself from his gay associations to appeal to the conservative base, and now the guy's telling the national press that he wants a "big stick."

This seems less like the NYTimes and more like Time Out New York.

Seriously, though, this should be a really embarassing moment for him. He comes off as a doofus.

"If you look across the world you can recognize that there is terror going on."

Boy, does he sound ready for the big time. As in, "big time weenie." Which is apparently what he wants...

[ckramer]

18. He is a fool

Stick a fork in America if he was president.

It's already half-cooked under *

[depakid]

19. That'll require a draft n/t

[Deja Q]

22. Well, part of the war on terror is to ensure the safety of countries we offshore to...

So why not have the Indians and Chinese sign up as well? It's supposed to be a global fight on terrorism, right?

[JI7]

23. send your sons you fucking piece of shit

[Skittles]

25. in which branch of the military did he and his sons serve?

inquiring minds want to know

[ohio2007]

26. no more troops for you

you have to go with tactical nuke threats or nothing at all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji6xXqTuJow&mode=related&search=


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekw3XVq1uHs

[salin]

31. aka: Hey Look at me! I'm the bigger, badder bush-heir apparent!

So bush is great on all these things according to Mitt - and he (Mitt) would do all the same things- just in a BIGGER way! Great. :eyes:

[brentspeak]

32. What a presumptuous buffoon. Hey, Romney, you phony: you are NOT Teddy Roosevelt.

I picture Mitt Romney accidentally hitting himself in the kneecap or on his own head while trying to wield a "big stick" in front of the cameras.

[bunkerbuster1]

46. Would that be a "varmint" huntin' stick?

Oh, Lord, I don't ask for much, but PLEASE give me der Mittster as the Gooper Presidential nominee!

[maxsolomon]

33. the specter of fascism 8 months before a primary.

who's going to be your cannon fodder, mitt? not my kids.

we need the military cut in HALF. its the DEFENSE department, remember?

trillions for war, a pittance for culture.

[bagrman]

34. Great let's bring back the draft, and see how long the war lasts then.

[triguy46]

49. It would be just too sweet to have the repug nominee make this ...

their campaign pledge.

[Up2Late]

35. I have a question. Do Mormons serve in the military?

Just curious, because any religion that bans the use of Caffeine and is as strict about swearing as I've heard Mormons to be, it seems like they might also take the Conscientious Objector road too. Anyone know?:shrug:

[TankLV]

36. I can tell him what to do with his big stick - even if he's president or not.l...

We have a too fucking big military NOW!

If we REDUCED the military to what is only necessary to DEFEND ourselves, we wouldn't be able to launch aggress pre-emptive ILLEGAL WARS BASED ON LIES any more - THAT's what I'd like to see...

We have nukes for the "mad man" defense - we don't NEED a "large" military. Period.

[youngdem]

37. There goes Mitt....So who's left for the Repukes?

I guess Rudy isn't informed enough to commit either way on Iraq.

Then Thompson hasn't committed yet.

Goddamn, this guy is a moran.

[DemBones DemBones]

38. Anyone feel a draft?

How else is he going to get 100,000 new soldiers?

'Bye, Mitt.

[TheWatcher]

39. Romney Needs a Big Stick upside his head

Perhaps it would knock some sense into him.

I doubt it though.

[otherlander]

40. Romney? Yeah, I'll bet he does.

:rofl:






















Okay. Immature. I know.

[theHandpuppet]

41. Let me guess: another pro-lifer for war

It usually follows.

[dogfacedboy]

42. Well, Mittsy, it ain't gonna happen, because you'll never be President.

Not in 2008, anyway. You're a Republican. The next President will not be a Republican.

[lovuian]

43. More Troops More give us More Money

Republicans this country isn't a bottomless pit

Americans want futures not debt

They will FAIL Romney will FAIL Republicans will FAIL

they are FAILING

THEY FAILED

get over it gang

[Orsino]

44. Blithely unaware of the Freudian implications, Romney sails on...

...into the sunset of macho Republican fantasy.

[missTheBigDog]

45. Wow, just wow

If this dickweed ever became president and ruined this country more than it already is, I'm moving to Canada. I don't think I can take it anymore.

[Joe Bacon]

47. He sounds more like Walter MITTy every day

Romney lives in his LASSEIZ FAIRYLAND® dream world.

I'd like to know where the money will come from to pay for his Rambo Wet Dream, and how MITTy is gonna get 100,000 more fools to go to VietIRAQ!

SHOW ME THE MONEY, Walter MITTy!

[triguy46]

48. He needs to keep saying this, pledging this, promising this...

and any demo can win.

No way that this is a winning strategy. You can't get 100K additional troops without a draft, and that is a deal buster. Game, set, match.

[dkofos]

51. I say 100,000 less troops and cut the DOD budget 75%

Just what we need, another repube chickenhawk warmonger!!

[BigDDem]

52. Great idea!

Let your sons take the lead and then I'm sure the other young
GOP'ers will follow suit.