Gov. Romney explains

Posted at 10:43 AM on September 14, 2012 by Bob Collins (2 Comments)
Filed under: Politics

Mitt Romney has sat down for his first interview to explain why he felt the U.S. reacted "inappropriately" in issuing a statement in Egypt that criticized the makers of a film that has inflamed some in the Muslim world.

"And the idea of using something that some people consider sacred and then parading that out a negative way is simply inappropriate and wrong. And I wish people wouldn't do it," he said.

The full transcript is here.

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Comments (2)

Ah... The future... when your embassy is under attack the first thing you need to do is update your twitter status, cause lord know you've nothing better to do when there are people breaching the walls of your embassy and burning your flag...

When tragedy strikes...tweet.

Posted by jon | September 14, 2012 11:06 AM

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I think Mitt did pretty well here until the end, where he says that Ahmadinejad should be indicted for genocide.

Agreed. And Bush the lesser, Cheney, Rice and Powell should be tried in the Hague for the illegal war in Iraq.

What? The US is not party to The International Criminal Court?

And President Nice Guy Obama has strengthened the abilities of the president to ignore the Constitution?

Oh well.

Posted by Jim Shapiro | September 14, 2012 11:38 AM

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