Open thread for night owls: The Romney smirk

Open thread for night owls: The Romney smirk
"So yes, Mr. Romney is a political panderer, an avid devotee of attack politics, and a fantastical liar. These are all known qualities. It was the smirk, though, that turned things. The smirk before, during and after discussing an attack in which American diplomats were killed, a rancid little twitch of a smirk that flickered in and out as he talked about murders, or rather not about murders, but how they would affect him, personally, and his own ambitions. The smirk seemed to make the inner thoughts of the man quite clear: Today was going to be a good day for Mitt Romney. The murder of diplomats was not quite enough to prevent him from condemning the statements of their fellow diplomats before and during the attacks upon them; an attack on an American compound overseas was not in and of itself seen as reason to at least delay verbal abuse of those diplomats for even a scant day, if there was opportunity to be had in not doing so."

EXCLUSIVE: Bush Homeland Security Secretary Disagrees With Romney’s Remarks On Libya

EXCLUSIVE: Bush Homeland Security Secretary Disagrees With Romney’s Remarks On Libya: WASHINGTON, DC — In an interview with ThinkProgress today, former Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge criticized the charge, made by Mitt Romney, that President Obama “sympathizes” with those who attacked and killed four Americans in Libya. Romney said in a press release last night that “It’s disgraceful that the Obama administration’s first response was not [...]/p

Republicans Shake Their Heads At Romney’s Libya Attack On Obama: He ‘Stepped In It’

Republicans Shake Their Heads At Romney’s Libya Attack On Obama: He ‘Stepped In It’: The Washington Post editorial board, which is usually a reliable ally for Republicans on foreign policy, today offered sharp criticism of Mitt Romney’s claim that Obama sympathized with the attacks on Americans in Egypt and Libya yesterday, which left four American foreign service officers dead and others wounded. The Post said Romney’s attack “is a [...]/p

Romney's Debacle: Smirking Attacks Make Unfitness Clear

Romney's Debacle: Smirking Attacks Make Unfitness Clear
"So he went before the press this morning and basically doubled down -- smirking, as he had the night before, all the way through. If those performances didn't convince anyone that this is not the man you want handling a difficult national crisis, nothing will."