Protesters attack US diplomatic compounds in Egypt, Libya

[Likely Voter]

A lot of things are being conflated out there. The two incidents were very different. In Egypt there seems to be the proverbial angry mob of Islamists (and not a big one compared to other protests seen in Egypt), and before that mob did anything some social media guy inside the embassy sent out a somewhat lame tweet and statement. Then the mob scaled the walls and tore down the flag, which was then condemned by the embassy. And the local security forces didn't do much to stop. It was a total screwup by everyone, but in the end no one was hurt.

What happened at the Libyan consulate now looks to be an organized attack by Al Queda or some other terrorist group. They were well armed, including RPGs. Libyan security forces joined the US Marines in fighting back the attack and the Libyan goverment condemned the attack, but a US ambassador and 3 other Americans died.

Today Mitt Romney seems to be trying to tie that first panicked tweet from some guy in the surrounded Egyptian embassy to be how the Obama Admin sided with the terrorists who killed the Americans in Libya. That is just disgusting and will only backfire.

[Likely Voter]

The Obama is a Muslim sympathizer thing is something isolated to the far right. Polling has consistently shown that voters give Obama the edge in the issues of national security, dealing with terrorism and foreign policy. This has only increased since the DNC where the Dems made national security, killing Osama and the troops a centerpiece of their final night and Romney didn't even mention the war.

And in times of international crisis there is always a rallying of the flag. Just look at how popular Bush got after 9/11, less than a year after many Dems were convinced he stole an election. And many forget how Carter got a flag rallying effect at the beginning of the Iran hostage thing that only dissipated after it dragged on for a year.

To attack POTUS before they have even named all the dead is just craven and is not sitting well. Note how little support Romney is getting from Republicans outside Limbaugh, Palin and Gingrich types.

This was not a time for Romney to play to his hard core base. The middle gets turned off by that

[Likely Voter]

Romney released his remarks after the official embassy comment, but before the protest in Libya. 

Wow...really? Here is his statement...

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I had no idea that Mitt Romney could predict future events. That's it. I'm voting Romney!