Mitt Romney on the Islamic Jihad

I caught Mitt Romney on John Gibson on FOX today on a "comical, delusionist" Chavez. He segued into the war on Islam in discussing Ahmadinejad.

His frankness and ease in talking about the jihad took me aback. I rarely hear a politician particularly those with political aspirations speak with such ease and knowledge about our war against the Islamic Jihad.

He is one of the few who get Islam and the jihad and is not afraid to say it. Remarkable.
The man sounds very presidential to me. Listen to him.

 

Comments

[Rick Richman]

The following appeared today in Jay Nordlinger's "Impromptus" at National Review Online:

"An interesting, even touching, letter about the father of the governor of Massachusetts, the late governor of my home state:

"Dear Jay,

"You mentioned Mitt Romney’s dad, the late Gov. George Romney of Michigan. I wanted to mention something you may find interesting. My late mother was, for most of her adult life, both a resident of the great state of Michigan and a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat, but she thought George Romney was the greatest. To the best of my knowledge, he was the only Republican she ever voted for, and she often expressed regret that he had never become president.

"My mother was not only a Democrat by political inclination; she belonged to nearly every demographic identified with the Democrats, being (a) Jewish, (b) Irish, (c) an immigrant, (d) a graduate of Boston University, and (e) (after my dad died) a single parent with two small children.

"And yet she swore by George Romney, a Republican.

"If Governor Mitt has inherited even some of his father’s cross-party political appeal, he should be a formidable candidate for president in 2008."

"Isn’t that a beautiful letter? (It came from Jerusalem, incidentally.)"

[pastorius]

Mitt Romney does get it, and he is the kind of politician it seems America can trust. He is straightforward and unafraid to express his own ideas. In that way he is a bit like Reagan. Does he have the big ideas of a Reagan? Let's hope so. Let's hope he has a huge set of balls too.

[Janjan]

Go MITT! This guy will make a great president.

[duncan]

Mitt Romney has been a failed governor. MA has experinced significant job and population loss on his watch. During his campaign, he described himself as personnaly opposed to abortion but commited to maintainig legal abortion in the state. Once in office, he threw his suport behind anti-choice groups. He said what he needed to say to get elected.
Mitt Romney is governor of a state that is home to some of the most prestigious research institutions in the world. Institutions that are on the cutting edge of stem cell and genetics reasearch that hold hope for cures and prevention of many diseases. And yet Mitt Romney has used the power of his office to block this research from proceeding. I'm afraid Mitt allows his conservative Christian religious beliefs (he is a Mormon) to inform public policy.
The voters of MA, no matter their religious affiliation, are not enamored of Mitt Romney.
There are many issues that one should take into account when assessing a candidate for the presidency. We cannot afford to be single issue voters.

[Sharku]

Durtan,

I could care less about the MA voters, who keep sending the traitor and swimmer to Washington.

[duncan]

Then care about yourself. Mitt Romney wants to do to the entire country what he has done and has attempted to do to the people of MA.
If Mitt Romeny had his way, genetic research would be seriously curtailed and that will direcly impact Jews. How? Consider Jewish children who suffer from Tay Sachs disease. Consider the women of Ashkenazi Jewish decent and think of the following:

What do we know about hereditary breast cancer in Ashkenazi Jews?
In 1995 and 1996, studies of DNA samples revealed that Ashkenazi (Eastern European) Jews are 10 times more likely to have mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA 2 genes than the general population. Approximately 2.65 percent of the Ashkenazi Jewish population has a mutation in these genes, while only 0.2 percent of the general population carries these mutations.
Further research showed that three specific mutations in these genes accounted for 90 percent of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 variants within this ethnic group. This contrasts with hundreds of unique mutations of these two genes within the general population.

Do you have a mother, daughter or sister in your life? Care about them.

[justamomof4]

Duncan - I do have family that I care enough for to vote for Mitt Romney in complete confidence.

Too bad you can't see the forest for the trees.