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Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is expected to begin receiving regular intelligence briefings from the Obama administration in the coming days.
Senior aides report that the Romney campaign is nearing the conclusion of a required security clearance process. The former Massachusetts governor did not have to request the briefings. They are customary for major-party candidates after their nominating conventions.
With limited intelligence information, Romney struggled this week to respond in real time to a violent clash in Libya that left four Americans dead, including an ambassador. Before the deaths were confirmed, Romney mischaracterized the incident in his initial statement and accused President Barack Obama of a "disgraceful" handling of violence.
Romney has been relying on his foreign policy advisers and published news reports to inform his positions on world affairs.
http://news.yahoo.com/romney-begin-receiving-intelligence-briefings-191246781.html
I highly doubt the briefings will help. He'll still be an opportunist lying coward.
Renew Deal
(81,860 posts)And this clown can't keep his mouth shut.
Summer Hathaway
(2,770 posts)Wish we didn't have to do this.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)I wonder which side is playing fair??
Where are the tax returns Willard??????????????
Summer Hathaway
(2,770 posts)Mis-understood the thread title. I thought someone was going to start briefing Mitt on how to appear intelligent.
DreamGypsy
(2,252 posts)and clearly the briefings would be very brief...trying to squeeze coherence from a stone is not a productive use of time.
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)Somehow I don't think this is going to turn out the way he planned either. I think you're right.
elleng
(130,948 posts)ProSense
(116,464 posts)...reads like this had anything to do with Romney's disaster. He should be denied a security clearance for lying.
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)cynatnite
(31,011 posts)juajen
(8,515 posts)know what he is hiding. Blackmail!
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)all joking aside I think intelligence briefings will only
make him stupider.
Smilo
(1,944 posts)that would stop him coming out and announcing things he shouldn't just like he did at Downing Street.
DreamGypsy
(2,252 posts)...for publicly leaking classified information would be a deterrent.
Or maybe not?
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)backscatter712
(26,355 posts)Romney can't help but unethically exploit such knowledge.
left on green only
(1,484 posts)....will he wear them on top of, or underneath his magic underwear? And in either case, do they really think that they will cause him to become intelligent?
Cha
(297,275 posts)his fucking Clearance?
His advisors are out there saying Pres Obama is the reason the Ambassador was killed ..what kind of Fucking Americans are these? Besides Fucking Assholes?
Sorry, my inner Duchess St Rollins is exploding!
B Calm
(28,762 posts)them think it will help with Romney?
Journeyman
(15,035 posts)Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)Rmoney hasn't released his taxes. How do we even know if he can run for office if he committed any crimes of tax evasion. This IS bullshit. How much money will he make by knowing this info?
Rmoney hasn't proven he can handle such info. As a matter of fact, he already failed.
How does one be like that asshole trying to take Obama off the ballot. We should DEMAND Rmoney's taxes before he see's ANYTHING. We little people have to live under 9/11 rules, why does this asshole get a free pass. We as citizens should be allowed to see his fucking taxes before any info is given to this asshole.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)DJ13
(23,671 posts)But I doubt it.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)"Senior aides report that the Romney campaign is nearing the conclusion of a required security clearance process."
Sounds like Romney aides making intentionally misleading claims.
Didn't Barack Obama begin receiving briefings after he won the election, but before the transition?
I don't recall anyone receiving briefings prior to the election. McCain/Palin?
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)nanabugg
(2,198 posts)receive this informaiton.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_transition_of_Barack_Obama
The OP article is total made up bullshit from the Romney campaign now being spread by the media.