Saturday, October 8, 2011

Romney vs Norquist

In speech, Romney vows vast military growth - Boston Globe http://b.globe.com/nZVku9

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney uncorked a withering broadside against what he called President Obama’s “feckless’’ foreign policy yesterday and detailed his own plans, which position the GOP presidential contender as a champion of a muscular military policy and an aggressive global reach.

“I will not surrender America’s role in the world. This is very simple: If you do not want America to be the strongest nation on earth, I’m not your president. You have that president today,’’ the former Massachusetts governor said in what his campaign called a major foreign policy address at The Citadel in South Carolina.

In addition to the criticism aimed at the president, as well as barely concealed jabs at his fellow GOP candidates, Romney laid out an eight-point foreign policy platform that he pledged to undertake in his first 100 days as president.

Some of the elements centered on building America’s military might, including accelerating the construction of Navy vessels and reinvigorating the nation’s missile defense program. On Thursday, Romney had also called for boosting troop levels by 100,000

The man wants to raise taxes, especially on the wealthy. I await the Norquist response, how much do the wealthy want to pay for 'the strongest nation on earth' ???

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Are Mitts' sons signing up for the military? Is Mitt putting up the money for 100,000 more troops? Is he also footing the bill for new ships, et cetera? What planet is Mitt living on, anyway?