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Posted by on Oct 23, 2012 in Blog, Politics | 1 comment

Mitt Romney’s “Captain Queeg” Moment

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There was a moment in last night’s debate when Mitt Romney’s aspirations of becoming the 45th President of the United States came to a shattering end.

Perhaps the worst was a rambling, waffling, embarrassing, and thoroughly revealing two-minute soliloquy towards the end of the duel when Romney was utterly exposed — not just as a pretty little deer caught in the headlights– but as what will mercifully become political road kill come November 6th.

Unable to lay a glove on the chin of a heavyweght champion with a stellar foreign policy record (thanks in large part to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s masterful stewardship), Romney increasingly found himself in agreement with many of the President’s policies, as the night wore on.

It became apparent to millions of Americans watching that the Republican nominee is so thoroughly inept when it comes to international affairs, that he would essentially outsource his entire foreign policy to the same group of neo-conservative zealots (those who make up his current crop of advisors) who slapped us with two unnessary wars costing our nation a terrible loss of lives and treasure, while enriching their buddies like Blackwater who are entrenched in the ultra-lucrative killing business.

And to think — this was the best the neo-cons could do to help prepare their candidate for the debate?

Unable to land a single punch on the incumbent President during the entire evening, at one point Romney appeared so flustered he seemed to completely give up.  His forehead did a sweat job that would have given Richard Nixon’s 1960 pasty complexion a run for its money (although Nixon, a master of foreign policy, actually managed to win that debate purely on substance).

No doubt, this debate had its memorable moments.  Perhaps most noteworthy was the President’s zinger midway through about horses and bayonettes, which may have pierced the challenger’s heart.  Sorry Mitt, it’s pretty tough to win an election when 40 million Americans are laughing out loud at you.

There were also some absolutely asinine blunders commited by Romney.  For instance, he stated categorically that Syria is Iran’s “route to the sea.”

Oh really???

Take a look at a map, Mitt.  That’s called “the Middle East.”

Please tell us.  How is the nation of Syria a “route to the sea” for Iran?  Before you become commander in chief of our armed forces, first you may want to study geography, lest you end up sending the United States Navy into a desert.  Before you trash your opponent’s foreign policy record, before you pontificate on your own suppposed international expertise, and before you presume to take command of our fighting forces, shouldn’t you at least know that SYRIA DOESN”T BORDER IRAN???

Gulp!

 

 

There’s more.  My jaw-dropping moment came very late in last night’s debate, when Romney appeared so frustrated with himself, that he desperately tried to deflect the foreign policy exchange into anything other than the intended subject matter for the night — which was supposed to be foreign affairs.  Like the child caught with his hand in the cookie jar, Romney tried repeatedly to change the subject to UTTERLY ANYTHING — even proclaiming he “loves teachers” at one point.

Well, ‘aint that grand?

I wish I had the entirety of Romney’s waning and waffling final two minutes.  But short 30-second clip here pretty much reveals Romney being terribly unfomfortable with this subject matter:

 

 

In what can only be described as his “Captain Queeg” moment, for the first time America got to really see the man who would be President exposed for the empty suit that he is.

Check out the faces of the great actors in this classic movie scene with Humphrey Bogart playing the role of Captain Queeg, who sounds a lot like Mitt Romney last night.  Those are the same faces of Americans all acrss the country watching in disbelief.  Indeed, all Romney was missing last night were the little steel balls of confusion made famous in this memorable scene.

 

 

Which now brings up my final plea.

Sorry Mitt.  Your battleship has sunk.  There will be no national mutiny come this election day.  We’re sticking with our current captain.

 

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  1. Mitt 2012!

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