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Exactly, Murray
Reader comment on item: Romney Stumbles on Foreign Policy
in response to reader comment: More to the performance than meets the eye
Submitted by sara (United States), Oct 23, 2012 at 15:01
I agree with you wholeheartedly. This debate was not to rally the base and not to fall prey to O's traps where he could spout talking points. Romney has done an admirable job ducking the O campaign's attempts to paint him as a rich aloof cruel warmonger. Every appearance belies this. I also like that R can be very aggressive as well as demure and diplomatic. He is a great politician.
Perhaps he took a page from BiBi;s playbook. Whenever the two have spoken together, O is heavily outshined by the brilliant diplomacy of BiBi and he makes O look bad by outdoing him with graciousness and turning his comments back on him.
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| Not A Dime's Worth of Difference [184 words] | Dave | Nov 8, 2012 18:24 | 200430 | ||
| 1 | Train wreck= Obama's Foreign Policy [357 words] | mjazzguitar | Nov 4, 2012 14:46 | 200314 | |
| 1 | President Obama does not protect Jews or Israel. [40 words] | Phil Greend | Oct 27, 2012 23:30 | 200117 | |
| there is no apparent daylight between Romney and Obama on foreign policy [148 words] | Emanuela | Oct 27, 2012 03:28 | 200098 | ||
 Everything you say is true, but [185 words] | sara | Oct 27, 2012 19:11 | 200098 | ||
| 1 | it's the moderator, stupid [439 words] | myth | Oct 26, 2012 05:39 | 200074 | |
| 1 | I wish it was just the moderator, Myth... [291 words] | sara | Oct 27, 2012 18:21 | 200074 | |
| Republicans Screw this one up. [46 words] | Dr. Mike Hughes | Oct 25, 2012 21:08 | 200066 | ||
| The Third Debate [169 words] | Michael F. Kiely | Oct 25, 2012 14:39 | 200059 | ||
| Debate Added Nothing New - Middle East as Foreign Policy Remains Unsolved [335 words] | M. Tovey | Oct 24, 2012 13:23 | 200040 | ||
| Debates based on cliches and [358 words] | Alex | Oct 23, 2012 23:49 | 200027 | ||
| no count of most important topic words [130 words] | Stephen Borkowski | Oct 23, 2012 22:34 | 200025 | ||
| Where was Newt when you needed him? [120 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Gerald A. Honigman | Oct 23, 2012 22:07 | 200024 | ||
| Newt vs, Obama [263 words] | sara | Oct 29, 2012 18:10 | 200024 | ||
| Who are you really, Romney ? [141 words] | Lily Steiner | Oct 23, 2012 21:12 | 200020 | ||
| SADLY ROMNEY BLEW IT [237 words] | JACQUES HADIDA | Oct 23, 2012 19:47 | 200018 | ||
| Yes, I agree---BUT [213 words] | stanley b | Oct 23, 2012 18:49 | 200015 | ||
| President Obama [139 words] | Irvin Shiffman | Oct 23, 2012 18:39 | 200013 | ||
| 4 | Jews should NOT vote for OBAMA [124 words] | Canadian with opinion | Oct 23, 2012 21:57 | 200013 | |
| 2 | Agreed about Israel and Obama [63 words] | Prashant | Oct 25, 2012 01:39 | 200013 | |
| to Canadian with an opinion [201 words] | Irvin Shiffman | Oct 25, 2012 02:14 | 200013 | ||
| 1 | Bigotry Mr Schiffman? I take offense at your comments and assumptions [300 words] | sally | Oct 25, 2012 18:00 | 200013 | |
| A response to Sally [243 words] | Irvin Shiffman | Oct 26, 2012 00:37 | 200013 | ||
| Ms Shiffman, children can still be pro-Israel and Republican [652 words] | sally | Oct 26, 2012 17:49 | 200013 | ||
| Sally for Obama [126 words] | Irvin Shiffman | Oct 26, 2012 20:26 | 200013 | ||
| You mean 'Sally for Romney...' [598 words] | sally | Oct 27, 2012 18:46 | 200013 | ||
| Sally the Republican [427 words] | Irvin Shiffman | Oct 28, 2012 06:02 | 200013 | ||
| Sally's follies [665 words] | Irvin Shiffman | Oct 28, 2012 15:43 | 200013 | ||
| Jumping to the ad hominems, Irvin and by the way- you just buried yourself [1181 words] | sally | Oct 28, 2012 18:10 | 200013 | ||
| Sally get out of the kitchen [17 words] | Irvin Shiffman | Oct 28, 2012 18:38 | 200013 | ||
| Still stooping to demeaning, Irvin? [138 words] | sally | Oct 28, 2012 18:54 | 200013 | ||
| Mr. Romney's foreign policy advisors [103 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Jerry Coburn | Oct 23, 2012 18:00 | 200011 | ||
| 1 | Romney's knock-out punches were no "stumbles" [442 words] | Oscar B. | Oct 23, 2012 13:55 | 200005 | |
| 1 | potential knock-out punch [124 words] | myth | Oct 27, 2012 15:24 | 200005 | |
| Disturbing [41 words] | moshe | Oct 23, 2012 12:15 | 200004 | ||
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| Donald Rumsfeld [150 words] | szgabor | Oct 23, 2012 18:39 | 200003 | ||
| 3 | Mistake not to focus on how Obama has embraced the Muslim Brotherhood [218 words] | Wallace Edward Brand | Oct 23, 2012 11:47 | 200002 | |
| Dan you got that right [68 words] | susan doe | Oct 23, 2012 11:41 | 200001 | ||
| 1 | Of course not [83 words] | sara | Oct 23, 2012 18:52 | 200001 | |
| 2 | President Romney is going to Washington [96 words] | Michael Hanni Morcos | Oct 23, 2012 11:26 | 200000 | |
| 1 | I agree [58 words] | Sunny Olsen | Oct 23, 2012 10:53 | 199999 | |
| More to the performance than meets the eye [173 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Murray Orbuch | Oct 23, 2012 10:40 | 199998 | ||
| 1 |  Exactly, Murray [113 words] | sara | Oct 23, 2012 15:01 | 199998 | |
| Did obama destroy Romney? [50 words] | Sara Elkins | Oct 23, 2012 10:12 | 199996 | ||
| A Sense of Proportion? [187 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Ron Thompson | Oct 23, 2012 10:07 | 199995 | ||
| 1 | Last Debate Comment [118 words] | John R Peacher | Oct 23, 2012 09:41 | 199992 | |
| 1 | Romney a Trainwreck [250 words] | Edward Cline | Oct 23, 2012 06:18 | 199987 | |
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| Good rejoinder, Dr. Pipes [148 words] | Kepha Hor | Oct 23, 2012 21:40 | 199986 | ||
| 1 | There is no comparison between unrest in Congo and unrest in Islamic reason [218 words] | Prashant | Oct 24, 2012 01:55 | 199986 | |
| 1 | Followup [163 words] | MikeKu | Oct 24, 2012 05:25 | 199986 | |
| 3 | comment on Prashant [61 words] | MikeKu | Oct 24, 2012 23:18 | 199986 | |
| Not is not the time for this criticism [264 words] | Stas | Oct 23, 2012 02:45 | 199985 | ||
| Worldwide votes would elect Obama, that says it all [92 words] | sabine | Oct 22, 2012 01:17 | 199967 |
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