2012年10月22日星期一

Has Romney gotten too soft for the far right? Republican's agreement with president on on several issues leads Glenn Beck to ask 'Why vote?'

Mitt Romney spent most of Monday night fighting with President Barack Obama on foreign policy, but he agreed with the Democratic rival on several key points.
The two men agreed that the U.S. shouldn't send troops to Syria, agreed that China's trade abuses should be brought under control, agreed that U.S. forces should be out of Afghanistan by 2014 and agreed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarack should have been removed from power.
Mitt's agreeableness, though, drew criticism from the far right of the Republican party -- prompting Tea Party leader Glenn Beck to ask 'Why vote?'
Too agreeable: Some conservatives were frustrated by how much Mitt Romney agreed with President Barack Obama on Monday night
Too agreeable: Some conservatives were frustrated by how much Mitt Romney agreed with President Barack Obama on Monday night

Angry: Glenn Beck made this sarcastic remark about how close Romney seemed to be to Obama on key issues
Several angry conservatives believe Romney has gotten too soft and that he deferred to the president far too many times on foreign policy issues.
'I am glad to know that mitt agrees with Obama so much. No, really. Why vote?' Beck, a former Fox News anchor, tweeted sarcastically during the debate.
 

Conservative blogger Michelle Malkin wrote: 'Why hasn't Romney gone after Obama for Gitmo jihadist coddling, delaying justice for American victims' families?'
And David Frum, a conservative journalist who worked as a speechwriter for George W Bush, tweeted: 'Real bottom line: when debating in front of a big national audience, Romney will offer no substantial criticism of Obama foreign policy.'
Glenn Beck is a conservative radio show host
David Frum was a speechwriter for President George W Bush
Why so agreeable? Beck, a former Fox News host, and David Frum, a former speechwriter for President George W Bush, lamented the fact that Romney didn't do more to distinguish himself
Take down: Frum had a litany of complaints and said the debate revealed the election might be the 'least important' in a lifetime
Take down: Frum had a litany of complaints and said the debate revealed the election might be the 'least important' in a lifetime
He later added: 'Listening to these 2 guys agree, I'm beginning to think this may be the *least* important election of our lifetimes...'
Even liberal comedian Bill Maher tweeted: 'I've seen wider ideological differences between Jehovah's Witnesses.'
The Washington Post published an editorial shortly after the debate titled: 'In third debate, candidates agree on more than you’d think.'
On many key issues the pair were on the same page.
They both agreed on the use of drone strikes around the world.
Romney also didn't fault the Obama for the deterioration of relations with Pakistan after the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

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