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JACKSONVILLE, FLCriticizing the Obama administrations response to the current crisis in Libya and Egypt, Mitt Romney told reporters Wednesday that we should never, under any circumstance, apologize for the values that make this country great, such as our belief in the right to practice religion without persecution, our commitment to the freedom of assembly, or the overwhelming xenophobia that led to the relocation and internment of more than 110,000 Japanese-Americans during World War II. As Americans, we should never feel the need to question who we are or what we stand for, whether its our strong commitment to family or whether were rounding up a group of innocent people, separating them from their friends and loved ones, and putting them into what are essentially overcrowded prisons because they happen to be of Japanese descent, Romney told the assembled press corps, adding that free speech and concentration camps are American ideals that should be cherished, not second-guessed. So if you ask me, should we ever apologize for freedom, justice, honor, or how we perverted those beliefs to justify one of the most horrifying acts of prejudice in American history, the answer is no. When asked by reporters what American values are exactly, or what the phrase American values even means, Romney stared at the press, blinked several times, and walked off stage.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/romney-we-should-never-apologize-for-american-valu,29547/
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)Maybe Twit Romney would apologize for the German and Italian internment camps since most of the German and Italians were white.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)The sad thing is, that if it wasn't from the Onion, I probably would have believed he had actually said that. The last line is especially fitting, and hysterical. "When asked by reporters what American values are exactly, or what the phrase American values even means, Romney stared at the press, blinked several times, and walked off stage."
xxqqqzme
(14,887 posts)it was The Onion. I suspected but had to look. Isn't it amazing? - what a disastrous LOSER he is.
chelsea0011
(10,115 posts)liberal N proud
(60,335 posts)Zalatix
(8,994 posts)aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)Philippines that by some estimates killed one quarter of the population of the island? I don't think there's a country on Earth that doesn't have something in its past for which it could apologize.
flobee1
(870 posts)anything the man says anymore, I have to look at the link to see if its an onion headline or real!