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DUBLIN, OH – Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said her impression after attending a recent Mitt Romney speech is that "there's just nothing going on" with the Republican presidential nominee. She said his understanding of foreign policy not only lacks depth but diminishes U.S. standing abroad.
Fmr. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright joins Morning Joe to discuss the lingering war in Afghanistan, Romney's criticism of President Obama's foreign policy record, the latest in Syria and why Romney didn't mention Afghanistan in his RNC speech.
"He is so two-dimensional. I mean, up close and personal, there's just nothing going on," she said.
Speaking at a Women for Obama rally here just outside of Columbus, OH on Sunday, Albright told the crowd that she had recently been on hand when Romney delivered his address at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York.
"It's the sense that I've had throughout the campaign that it's unclear what [Romney] really believes in," Albright told reporters after the event. "I think when you contrast him with President Obama, who also gave a speech later there, and President Clinton, who spoke several times there, there is not, kind of, a sense of depth."
Albright also mentioned the video of Romney suggesting that 47 percent of Americans view themselves as victims, arguing that the comments "diminish us in many different ways" and that the former Massachusetts governor's rhetoric sounds like he wants to start another war.
Albright, who in 1996 was appointed by President Bill Clinton to become the first female secretary of state, has been an active surrogate for President Barack Obama's re-election campaign. She has traveled to swing states across the country, often reaching out to women voters. Sunday's event came just two days before Ohio begins early voting -- and while she did mention women's issues -- most of her speech was aimed at discrediting Romney's foreign policy views.
While speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative, GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney offered his take on why current US foreign aid practices are generally ineffective, saying that building a strong nation through free enterprise is the best assistance America can provide to developing and impoverished nations.
The former top diplomat also defended the Obama administration’s handling of the recent attack on a U.S. Consulate in Libya, telling reporters, "I think they said what they knew, when they knew it."
The attack, which U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice originally said was spontaneous, has since been deemed by the administration as a coordinated and planned effort. The Romney campaign pounced on what they described as mixed messages.
White House senior adviser David Plouffe said on NBC's "Meet The Press" that it was not initially clear if the attack in Benghazi was an act of terror, while Obama campaign senior adviser David Axelrod said on CNN's "State of the Union" that, "The president called it an act of terror the day after it happened."
“The Obama White House and the Obama campaign can’t seem to get their stories straight on the attack on our consulate in Libya,” Romney spokesperson Ryan Williams said in press release.
“These inconsistencies raise even more questions about the confusion and mixed messages that have marked the White House’s response from the very beginning.”
Albright accused Republicans of politicizing the death of four Americans.
"It takes a while to know what all the facts are. So I believe that the administration is telling us what they know and they are being very careful not to get ahead of the whole investigative process," she said. "We also support the president's re-election because we want a chief executive who actually understands foreign policy."
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Christie says Romney will win the first debate. Romney says he will win Pennsylvania.
This reminds me of the strategy of propaganda: "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it." ~ Dr. Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's minister of propaganda
And Obama's hope and change to cut the deficit in half during his first term. People bought it and he was elected and where is his hope and change today?
One member of congressman who should go is Allen West from Fl...He along with the Hooter's Fox Network are a national disgrace.Especially, the three Ditto Heads on Fox & Friends....I forgot to mention Hannity..
You must hate black military retirees.
You are a whole lot of dumb.
Precisely.
That has been the method behind much of GOP/conservative's non-stop propaganda machine since day one of Obama's presidency.
Honestly, Limbaugh has been blaming him for our downfall since the first month he was in office. I remember thinking,..."How is that even possible". It's not.
They put cocky, loudmouth pundits all over the radio to tell you half truths and force their opinions down your throat over, and over and over again. It's like brainwashing. The conservative pundits are entertainers paid and put in place to reinforce the GOP rhetoric and force it into the publics minds.
I do believe that people have become wise to this.
The trickle down hasn't worked,...it doesn't work,...and it won't work.
Elect Obama/Biden 2012.
serf, I guess you like trickle up? That has been going on since FDR. Total failure. Get a job moocho and stop worrying about what others have made.
...and you'd be guessing wrong.
In fact, I'd bet I make a fair amount more than you,...own my house,...lots of nice extras in my home.
I am just not a "one way" 1%. Like MANY, MANY, MANY other responsible hard working people, I dislike the VERY anti-American direction that the new far right want to take us.
Obama will win. 1% will pay their fair share. We WILL NOT abandon our old, retired and sick just because it is not convenient.
The new right is uniquely un-American.
I will gladly take that bet. But, you cannot pay me in food stamps.
Dork,..
Ahhhh, the name calling thingy. Thanks. Call me anything you wish, just please do not call me a democrat!
Serfdom.....what do you consider "fair share?" The top 2% pay 40% of the income tax in this country. If the rich are taxed more, that's less money to invest. If they invest less, the stock market goes down, businesses have less capital to invest in new equipment, new facilities and new employees. Which means less jobs, less growth and more welfare. So, how much more are we talking? 5%? 10%? 25%? How much more do you think from the rich will turn the economy around?
Do you honestly think that 5% more will create jobs for the 23 million Americans out of work? 10%? Maybe....but I believe that will actually create more unemployment.
What was illuminating was not so much who was on the list but what they collectively told us about the state of the richest of the rich. Thirty years ago, when Forbes published its first Forbes 400, a net worth of $75 million would get you on the list. Today it takes $1.1 billion. In the last year alone, the cumulative net worth of the wealthiest 400 people, by Forbes's calculation, rose by $200 billion. That compares with a 4 percent drop in median household income last year, according to the Census Bureau. One would be hard pressed to find a clearer example of how powerfully income inequality has taken root.
Like Romney, Forbes magazine is a little defensive about this — and, like Romney, Forbes has adopted a self-justifying narrative. Luisa Kroll, one of the magazine's "wealth editors," nods toward "concerns" about income inequality in her introduction to the list, but she goes on to write that "a deeper analysis instills confidence that the American dream is still very much alive." In fact, it does nothing of the sort.
In my opinion , a vote for Romney , is a vote to KILL the American dream !!!
the vine, if you worked instead of mooching, you too might be wealthy.
So, we go after the wealthy while maintaining our zero-rate policy for GE, IBM, Apple,on and on and on. Tree, meet Forrest.
Albright is wrong. There's all kinds of stuff going on with Romney. Lying, misleading, being an arrogant pampered rich kid turned rich job destroyer, being the phoniest fake in the country. I could go on but there's not enough time.
Oh, but he does tell the truth on occasion, like when he's behind closed doors with his pampered rich friends and doesn't think the lowly 47% riff raff can hear him.
Yawn, you is dumb.
One thing you can most definitely say about Hussein's foreign policy is he hates our allies, but loves our enemies. Putin in Russia and now Chavez in Venezuela have both endorsed Barack Hussein Obama for a 2nd term. Guess it has to do with his flexibility.
Obama can bring out any left wing liberal he wants to. It doesn't change the facts that Obama has failed domestically and internationally. He keeps on asking for 4 more years for what? He cannot run on his record of failure. Obama is a FRAUD. He's running like he not the incumbent but even he cannot face his record. His commercials are a giant group of lies. If you are believing this fraud, you need to turn off ABC,CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC and do some research on your own.
So we get Obama and no attempt to curtail the budget, just print until when? What dollar will be the last straw and what will happen then? Many cities have already filed BK, many more just weeks away. How will we avoid another Weimar? Our unfunded liabilities alone are now more than 120 TRILLION dollars, sans the government mortgage bonds that may shadow another 15 TRILLION. No society has ever survived the destruction and devaluation of its currency. Romney, Obama, Biden, Ryan, Palin, Pelosi, Reid; all people we rant about on this site, and they can only affect, at most 3% of our budget. Meanwhile, our Fed, a private institution held by banks owned by oligarchs, control the other 97%! Created money, actually issuing debt, is being forced into the stock and bond markets creating the super-bubble of all time.
Republicans seem to think war is free.
Democrat-Communists must think their very existence is free.
LOL
Maddy NoSoBright was a epic failure when she was in office. Apparently, nothing has changed.
these bozos need a week to get ready for a debate? how is it they have such short memories. look at paulie boys voting record and get the inside news. check out Mitt's inability to say anything refreshingly new, spout on about Peace through Strength defend massive military spending and cutting services that are so needed. theirs is the Karl rove approach - as Jeff so eloquently stated, lie, more lies, defend the lie with another lie and blame the POTUS for everything or call him a Muslim. Karl Rove, the schizophrenic behind their entire campaign and financed by the Koch boys and good old insincere and arrogant Grover.
these men are boys and remain so.
Say something coherent and constructive, if you can. Try attacking policies, not the individual.
Tell us about the Koch Brothers. Then tell us about George Soros. I am waiting slug!
While the left shrivels at the thought of the Koch brother’s donations to universities, their beloved Soros gave more than 50 times as much. Central European University and Bard College received the most from Soros. One professor at CEU praised the Occupy movement combining environmentalism, feminism, the labor movement, and social justice. Grants to Bard College for “community service and social action” included a Palestinian youth group and an initiative to educate prisoners across the country. To top it off, all of the Ivy League universities, along with a variety of state schools, private institutions, and even religiously-affiliated institutions, were also funded by Soros.
Soros funded programs and classes at universities around the world promote his radical ideology. Soros’s Open Society Foundations granted $407,790,344 in gifts and commitments to higher education since the year 2000. The Koch brothers were vilified by the American political left for donating almost $7 million to universities while their beloved Soros gave more than 50 times that amount to the same type of groups. Alternet, funded by Soros complained about a “shady deal” that helped the Kochs fund Florida State University. Colorlines, also funded by Soros, said of the same donation: “FSU Trades Academic Freedom for Billionaire Charles Koch’s Money.”
That Mitt has nothing going on is obvious to everyone, that is why his campaign is fading.
Read that Mitt is memorizing zingers to use during the debate...that just shows how shallow he and his campaign are...no facts, no logic, no specifics....just zingers. Does he honestly think that is what viewers want???
bishop polygamist spouts all these lies , because he thinks 47% are all a bunch of morons. If he had any respect for the voter, he'd limit the content of his speeches to the truth. Do you really want this liar a step away from the office of the President of the United States of America ? !!! I'd rather elect the pizza guy.
There you go again with more lies!
Q22
They never would have found OBL without the work of the Bush administration and the waterboarding of KSM. It's like giving Nixon credit for the moon landing since he was in the white house at the time.
And- speaking of words not followed by deeds. Why is Guantanamo still there. Why didn't KSM get a jury trial in Manhattan? Why were the Bush tax cuts extended? Why was the Patriot act extended?
Guantanimo is still open because the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES has to approve funding for the closure. They obstructed! Rupublicans also filibustered the bill to fund the security requested for the trial. ZBush Tax cuts were extended in a deal to pay US bills due (which has been done since US Gv began until Repub's decided to obstruct everything), Provisions of the Patriot Act were extended, not the complete law... So 3 years in you give credit to Bush for laying groundwork and killing of Bin Laden BUT three years in leading the worst financial collapse in recent history by given away money or lauching Two Wars, Tax cuts, Prescription Bill, unfunded education policy that actually exploded the deficit... When you do not pay for two wars and blame the next guy becuase he put your mess in the budget... YEAH right!!! Blame it all on the next guy... Sure I drove the car in the ditch but you gotta dig it out and we blame you because it damaged!!
Anyone who voted for Bush twice should do the country a favor and sit out at least 2 elections.
Joe, get a job. You would be a happier person.
Joe T ... I'm a very happy person ... Obama is kicking Mitt's butt.
Then get a job!
All you Ayn Rand fans, step and and be counted. Medicaid recipients are obviously fully able bodied and looting the system. (US 2009 census which is most recent I spoted)
ALLOW ME TO SAY WHY ROMNEY WONT WIN i believe that no one trust Romney he is shady when it comes to his tax returns, his off shore bank accounts, his business of off jobbing to other countries, his cult religion, his lack of support to our troops, he has no class in the eyes of the American people with the 47% dependent on government comment, we earned the ss checks, we earned the medicare, we earned all of this yet we are accused of not paying taxes, we all pay taxes, so Mr.Romney shut down your no win camp for President you will not win,
Oh Diana, your ignorance is bliss.
Mitt will be lucky to get 200 EC votes.
diana, You grab for what you want to hear. Around 48% of americans pay no federal income tax. Those working still pay social security and medicare taxes. What has happened to the welfare rolls and food stamp program? People need jobs and Obama is just not cutting it. Look at the recessions in the last 50 years and Obama has the worst recover rate of any president. Around 125,000 new jobs a month are needed to cover those entering the job force and he is way short on meeting that number. Time to try someone else.
LOL....she thinks Romney has "nothing going on".
That's too funny.
Buttwheat has plenty "going on"...unfortunately it's all aimed at destroying America....AND KEEPING HIS JOB IN THE SPOTLIGHT AT ANY COST!
Put her in the home now...it's time.
Calling the President of the United States "Buttwheat"--now that's not racist.
Your blatent lies are wearing thin. Intelligent people may disagree with some of Obama's policies, but accusing him of being "aimed at destroying America" labels you as NOT one of the intelligent people.
There's quite a negative propaganda campaign going on here. I wonder if we will ever find out who is behind your lies.
Ah, but he is doing just that little by little. Please don't be so stupid as voting his into office for another agonizing four years.
Alan1234
Yes! I'm probably as "racist" as buttwheat.
He's actually got me beat though. He and his Holiday Inn maid hate white people....AND AMERICA!
Blonde Coyote, you are am Embarrassment to America, and you're welcome to leave anytime.
We all can see Mitt has nothing going on that is why he is fading in the polls.
As for the debate....he is preparing "zingers".....because he doesn't have facts, logic or specifics.
So "hope and change" are facts, logic and specifics! Cutting the deficit in half during first term is a factual statement and where did it get him? Keeping unemployment under 8% and where did it get him? Meets with economic team once in six months and where did it get him? Did not take his daily security briefing for several days when the embassy problem hit and where did it get him?
Nine of 17 top economists surveyed by CNNMoney picked Romney when asked who's election would help the economy grow more. Only three picked Obama. and 5 would not chose either candidate. As far as Obama foreign flubs like his visit to the Queen was a LOL moment
vik: You really believe the economists...ya, like they've been so accurate over the last several decades...LOL!
Majority of Americans think President Obama will help the econony more.
Coming from a camp that has denied polls, reality, and integrity...
Obama will help the economy more? How is that 8+% unemployment working out? Still blaming Bush for that?
Racist black child comments are not only completely rude, but also inaccurate. Obama's father was Arabic, Barack is an Arabic name. His grandfather was 100% Arabic, his grandmother, mostly Arabic, married a black African. Obama is about 4% African black.
It is unfortunate that the tea party hijacked the primary process and left us with no candidate that could be a viable alternative to Obama. The tea party can rally a very small number of very active people, but can never win a general election. I may not like McCain, but I can respect him, and Powell, Huntsman, Condoleezza Rice, Olympia Snowe and a number of other statesmen I would be happy to vote for. Instead we are left with the insane clown posse of Newt, Santorum, Perry, Cain and Mitt. Comedians will be howling for generations.
Romney's strongest belief: I want to be president. That's about it.
Nine of 17 top economists surveyed by CNNMoney picked Romney when asked who's election would help the economy grow more. Only three picked Obama. and 5 would not chose either candidate.
vik: As I posted before....economists haven't been right about anything for decades! Majority of American think President Obama will help more with the economy as we has seen what he has accompished even with the totally obstructionists GOP.
All academic when the GOP candidate has been damaging himself more than his opponent.
Until Madeline Albright hear something other than skewed Democrat charges, she cannot be believed. She does nothing but spew the Democrat line.
And we can say the same about Chrissy Waffles.
While I hate to write in generalities, I do feel Obama was set up for a kill when the Republicans realized the election was lost. Albeit, the ammo for the kill came from decades of devaluation, easy mortgage credit, excess spending, etc. Obama did an admirable job of convincing Benny to print to save the economy. Where Obama lost is not presiding over where the money was sent, hundreds of banks and corporations that received bail-outs. We did not need to save the banking system, plenty of local banks and credit unions would have (in fact, still are) doing just fine. The problem we have in the continuation of Obama as president? The free flowing money is not being checked, he leaves Timmy and Benny to their own devise. We, Americans, are the losers.
Does anybody have what she said about Obama in 2008 with him having no foreign policy experience?
Hilarious. We're supposed to ignore Romney's earlier statements in favor of what he's saying at the moment, and you're asking for old dirt on people who oppose him.
Another GOP Hypocrite!
Just trying to see if Albright is consistent.
Wouldn't you like to know if she is?
That's because Mitten's I.Q. is sub-100. He's always had "people" to run matters for him. Hence the 2 dimensional, flip-flopping, blue-blood.
Oh, by-the-way, he is good at international affairs....... such as hiding money offshore! Let's give credit where credit is due folks!
Don't forget offending the British without much effort.
And:
"I'm not sure about these cookies." Pure, vindictive Evil.
Andy from the Steeler Nation
You are a liar. How could a man with a dual degree - an MBA and a jD- from Harvard have a sub 100 IQ. I would suspect you are the one with a sub 100 IQ
And Sttler fans are dumber than Bears fans which is pretty freakin' dumb.
Madeleine Albright , i understand her upcoming role in the "HOBBIT" is wonderful.
I'm really looking forward to the Munsters Remake with MittBot as Herman, CramponBoy as Eddie.
Tit for tat, I guess. It's gonna be a LONG 36 days.
Romney's foreign policy...War.
How did that Obama adventure in Libya turn out?