Chattering classes are saying that Romney criticizing of our embassy–criticism released while the embassy in Cairo was under attack–these folks are saying that this was stupid. Oh, how limited the critic’s vision.
It was wrong for Romney to make such criticism, but was is not stupid. Not stupid, that is, if his only goal is to get elected.
In this case, it did not work. Okay.
The downside is that people who already don’t like Romney have further reason to not like Romney. Big whoop. Others won’t notice nor care.
The upside: Romney might have landed a good blow in one of Obama’s strong areas: foreign policy. Things are not going swimmingly in foreign lands, there are some messes out there, to probe at that topic is reasonable. Sure, this was a wild punch, but if the game keeps going as it is going, Romney is going to lose. He needs some external event to change the game, and when an external event comes along, he needs to swing at it. Otherwise, he has nothing left but crossing his fingers and hoping that his minions will manage to steal a key state or five. Heck, he isn’t even campaigning very hard right now, some days just flying back and forth across the country. Traditional campaigning isn’t going to do it alone.
-kb, the Kent who tries to figure it out.
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