Thread: Putin a better president than Obama: Romney

Putin a better president than Obama: Romney

By Aaron Short
January 25, 2014 | 3:18am

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Mitt Romney thinks Vladimir Putin is better at being president than Barack Obama.

Romney, who lost the presidential race to Obama, told NBC that the Russian leader “outperformed” the president “time and time again on the world stage.”

The former GOP nominee called the US and Russia “geopolitical adversaries,” blamed Putin for giving cover to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and said fugitive leaker Edward Snowden’s asylum in Russia was a “bit of a stick in the eye of America.”

But Romney gave Putin grudging respect as his nation prepares to host the Winter Olympics.

“I think most observers of the international political scene suggest that Russia has elevated itself in stature and America has been diminished,” Romney said.

White House press secretary Jay Carney said he “obviously disagreed” with Romney’s comments.

Romney, who managed the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, said he had no qualms about bringing his family to the Olympics in Sochi next month, despite the threat of terrorism.
“The hard sites will be safe. The athletes will be safe. Spectators when they’re in the venues will be safe,” he said.

“It’s the soft places you can’t be 100 percent certain will be ­entirely safe.”


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Romney's Comparison Of Obama And Putin Will Set Democrats' Hair On Fire

Mike Miller
On January 26, 2014
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In comments sure to draw criticism from Democrats and the liberal media, Mitt Romney told NBC this week that, in effect, Russia’s Vladimir Putin is a better president than Barack Obama.

Calling the U.S. and Russia “geopolitical adversaries,” the former GOP presidential candidate said the Russian president has “outperformed” Obama “time and time again on the world stage.”

“I think most observers of the international political scene suggest that Russia has elevated itself in stature and America has been diminished.”

While White House press secretary Jay Carney responded that he “obviously disagrees with Romney’s assessment, consider the case of Obama’s hollow red-line threats against Syrian use of chemical weapons.

While Barack Obama wavered for months after it was proved conclusively that Bashar al-Assad had indeed used chemical weapons in Syria’s civil war, it was Vladimir Putin who stepped up to plate with the suggestion of putting Syrian chemical weapons under international control that appeared to provide Obama a way out of the corner in which he had painted himself.

Make no mistake: Putin was not throwing Obama a lifeline; he was exploiting the president’s self-created crisis for the purpose of increasing Russia’s roll in the Mideast (as he also did with Egypt after Obama cut off military aid after the Muslim Brotherhood was removed from power).

Incidentally, Putin replaced Obama as the most powerful person in the world on Forbes’ Most Powerful People of 2013 list. Forbes cited the Syria debacle, Obama’s handling of the government shutdown and the NSA scandal among its reasons for bumping him from the top spot.

Ed. Note: Video is of Mitt Romney’s earlier remarks on Vladimir Putin for additional context. For video of contemporary remarks, see NBC’s video.

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Romney: Obama ‘Outmaneuvered on World Stage by President Putin’



by Fox News Insider // Jan 27 2014 // 10:29pm As seen on Hannity

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Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney was on Hannity tonight to talk about President Barack Obama’s upcoming State of the Union address and the remarks Romney made on Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Romney said Obama didn’t really have an agenda for his second term and is groping to find one. He said Obama should work with Republicans to solve problems.

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"Mitt" Filmmaker Says Election Night With the Romneys Was "Excruciating"

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Hannity asked Romney about comments he made to NBC comparing Obama to Russia’s Putin.
“The president I think has been outmaneuvered on the world stage by President Putin,” Romney said. “It breaks my heart to watch President Putin outmaneuver him on the world stage.”

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Mitt Romney Slow Jams the News With Jimmy Fallon

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Romney also discussed the new documentary “Mitt” and talked about “slow jamming the news” with Jimmy Fallon

Watch the full interview above. Video at the Page Link:

Posted in: // Mitt Romney // Vladimir Putin // President Obama // 2014 State of the Union

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