53 Comments

• seanomelb | Sep 17, 2012, 07:37 PM EDT

  That's your lonely opinion.

• allentown | Sep 16, 2012, 09:15 PM EDT

  Seanomelb, I listened to Jonathan Haidt on Bill Moyers. Ooops. Don't read the book, because he doesn't have an explanation for your rants. Truly, your postings have been going downhill for some time.

• seanomelb | Sep 16, 2012, 08:04 PM EDT

  Allentown quoting Haidt!! What Allentown is not telling you that Haidt is an apologist for the teaparty. Poor old Allen is still singing from the the same old 'WASP" handbook 'We are more hardworking and honourable than anyone else' same old quasi-racist message from Allen.

• Frosty38 | Sep 15, 2012, 10:29 PM EDT

  from some of the poster on here they really should drop off here and don't VOTE for our current PRES and that ends all the nasty writing on here suite yourself. Nobody cares. Some of them must be a FOX NEwS WATCHER

• Frosty38 | Sep 15, 2012, 10:24 PM EDT

  peterson that is a lot of BULL and he mended a lot of fences and what if he does pay that person he has a good job. I remember when the Pres first came into the office and he had a date night paid for US1 to New York and what crap we heard about that. He the US PRESIDENT big deal on the dog

• Frosty38 | Sep 15, 2012, 10:17 PM EDT

  The one thing I did admire is the PES has CLASS and he has not had shoe thown at him. when he took office he went to many different countries including England and met with the queen I think he repair a lot. Also i don;t think when he was born in the USA that he mom thought i better get him a birth certificate from the USA that is asinine for anybody to think that

• Frosty38 | Sep 15, 2012, 10:11 PM EDT

  I have children living in Boston three and one grandaughter who works for the Gov and i think if Rommney can't keep his foot from going in his mouth we have no problem with who will win in Nov and for him to BIRTH the president of the United States is disgusting he has been around the nitwit TRUMP to long. If you did not here that he said in a Speech i was born IN THIS UNITED STATES SHAME ON HIM

• allentown | Sep 15, 2012, 02:47 PM EDT

  McNamara31, you attempt to balance in the 21st century the ferociousness of Muslim extremism with other religions extremists " Every religion has its extremists". Sorry Tiger, that won't fly. On another point, you speak about man's ability to reason with intellect. That is also debatable with the latest moral psychology studies of the author Jonathan Haidt: "The Righteous Mind, Why Good People are divided by politics and religion".

• No Name | Sep 15, 2012, 01:37 PM EDT

  After decades of instability, religious foment, and manipulation of citizens by leaders in Muslim nations, how could any semi-informed person actually hold Barack Obama responsible for anti-American protests and assaults on our diplomatic staff in that region of the world? Was Carter responsible for the Iran hostage crisis? Was Reagan responsible for the Iran-Iraq war or Israel's invasion of Lebanon in 1982 or the taking of American hostages in Beirut? The secret arms sales to Iran? -- Ah, wait a moment; Reagan was responsible for that one. And then the Bush influence on that part of the world....

• No Name | Sep 15, 2012, 12:55 PM EDT

  When Obama was elected it was said America would be seen in a better light, Now the middleast is in turmoil, American embassies under attack, An Ambassador assassinated. This president is either incompetent or a traitor, Thankfully we can end his destructive term through the election.

• eiriamach | Sep 15, 2012, 09:22 AM EDT

  I agree with McNamara31 except to add that there's plenty of religious extremism today, long after the Inquisition. And the Islamic positions on birth control and abortion, for example, are far less extreme than the views of Paul Ryan and others on the far Right. The Qur'an allows abortion to save the life of a woman and early abortion in cases of rape, and Muslims practice birth control by mutual agreement between spouses. If we elect much more GOP, we will quickly see American religious extremism sharply limiting our traditional freedom of conscience on such matters. On freedom of speech, Rachel Maddow's interviews with Richard Engel, MSNBC's Chief Foreign Correspondent (in Cairo and Yemen recently), have been highly informative about why Muslims think that the US government sponsors anti-Muslim media attacks like the Nakoula "Innocence of Muslims" video that was dubbed in Arabic and broadcast in Egypt last Sunday. As Maddow said recently on MSNBC, what's needed in this situation is "not defending free speech, but explaining it in a way that makes sense in the rest of the world."

• McNamara31 | Sep 14, 2012, 01:23 PM EDT

  allentown... Every religion has its extremist element (Crusades/Inquisition) however we have also been given "reason and intellect" to adjust our thinking to the times we are living in. With all the facts in, its clear Nakoula new exactly what he was inciting and McCain knows the answer is not for America to go to war (again) this time with the entire "Arab Spring" world, but rather protect our people and bring this to some reasonable end. Social media has made the world a very small place with instantaneous results for people who choose to create havoc and death. Countries, governments have to find new ways to operate within an environment that is not going away. What we don't read are people (opportunists) adding flames to the fire.

• allentown | Sep 14, 2012, 12:33 PM EDT

  McNamara31, you post that McCain has a prehistoric view of the Arab Spring. However, in both your Post 1&2 you never say that Muslim extremists have a prehistoric view of their religion that they would murder people over any negative comment about Mohammed, and because of that we all have to shut-up about saying negative things about Mohammed and the faults of the Muslim religion.

• McNamara31 | Sep 14, 2012, 09:46 AM EDT

  Part 2: Politicians like McCain, still have a prehistoric view that this spreading Arab Spring fed by social media (as Arabs see how the rest of the world lives) can be stopped by “strong rhetoric” and a big stick mentality. The spring or quest for their own democracy across the Arab world could take decades to complete and because of that, America’s energy policy should finally get its act together and become self sufficient. Now in an instant, crackpot’s and criminals can upload messages that They Know will trigger violence and death. This is beyond the values and concepts of free speech when people are murdered because of the irresponsible actions of people who should be held accountable for the very actions. What Nakoula deserves is to be helicoptered into Egypt and slowly lowered into the crowds to meet the people he so purposely incited. I’m sick of people on all fronts smearing lying and vilifying and then hiding behind free speech when these actions cause violence and death of innocent citizens.

• McNamara31 | Sep 14, 2012, 09:44 AM EDT

  Part 1:Nakoula a Coptic Christian with a criminal past produced a film that denigrated Islam and Muhammad and that he knew would incite violence across the Arab world. He then falsely blamed it on an Israeli born Jew and subsequently posted comments for all to see under the movie on YouTube in Arabic stating: "It is a 100 percent American movie, you cows." Terry Jones of Gainesville, Fla., who sparked outrage in the Arab world when he burned Qurans on the ninth anniversary of 9/11, said he spoke with the movie's director on the phone Wednesday and “prayed” for him. (I like to know who he prayed to)Then presidential candidate Romney jumps on the train to defame Obama in the middle of a spreading crisis. Then the crowd over at the “sewer of journalism” Fox, start spinning their smears and lies and inciting their base that believes all the untruth’s reported on Fox. All of the above, where what we call “Free Speech” however the world has changed; at one time dictators controlled what the people in the Middle East read and saw on TV.

• Nicomax | Sep 14, 2012, 09:36 AM EDT

  This was a major misstep since his main argument against BHO was he was woefully ill-prepared to manage the economic crises when he was elected POTUS. Mitt has now proven that he is woefully ill-prepared to manage international affairs. No surprise since money managers, one-term governors and Olympic organizers can be expected to have little knowledge of how international affairs actually work.

• olovely | Sep 14, 2012, 09:07 AM EDT

  Partisanship stops at the waters edge. That has been US political tradition for 100 years. That is why our diplomacy isn't written by 12 year olds. Romney came out too fast and too hard. Americans are dead. I find his decision to make hay with this deeply troubling - and I wonder how much he knew about all this, considering its right wing source, in the first place.

• The Waltons | Sep 14, 2012, 02:19 AM EDT

  Mitt Romney, how dare you speak about the leader that way. The leader is all knowing. The leader will provide. No one is greater than the leader. Baaaaa Baaaaa Baaaaa.

• hollabackgurl | Sep 14, 2012, 12:24 AM EDT

  I can't remember a presidential candidate EVER coming out with a position paper on a national tragedy. We have one president at a time. The correct response would have been to keep silent. Mitt Romney now looks like Richard Nixon, both his character and his policy were both revealed.

• jamthecat | Sep 14, 2012, 12:01 AM EDT

  The more I read of comments made by anti-Obama people, the more I fear four our country. Their blindness and appalling stupidity are cause enough for alarm, but their willingness to defend Romney, even in the face of his despicable and self-serving actions, is beyond understanding. I always thought even conservatives had some sense of human decency, deep down, but now I wonder if you've all been so overcome with hate for Obama that you're willing to destroy everything that is civilized about the US in order to get your own way. Are you really that far gone? The way some of you talk, you're just like the anti-US devils who worked the crowd up into a rage...and that is to Satan's joy, not God's.

• Lynchy | Sep 14, 2012, 12:00 AM EDT

  Mr. Romney has damaged his reputation to such an extent that we are waiting for the next blunder (and he lacks the 'charm' of Boris). USA

• McNamara31 | Sep 13, 2012, 08:09 PM EDT

  Here's the actual statement released by the embassy in Cairo: "The Embassy of the United States in Cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims – as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions. Today, the 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, Americans are honoring our patriots and those who serve our nation as the fitting response to the enemies of democracy. Respect for religious beliefs is a cornerstone of American democracy. We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others."

• hollabackgurl | Sep 13, 2012, 08:02 PM EDT

  Romney needs to buy a mop. He should apologize to the US for his egregious opportunism too.

• seanomelb | Sep 13, 2012, 07:10 PM EDT

  Libyan authorities have arrested four people for the murder of the US diplomats. Romney made is silly remarks before the riots. The usual Obama haters led by their chief liar Hannity are grasping at straws to demean the president, looking for an election plus for dead meat(sorry Mitt) Romney

• BrianO | Sep 13, 2012, 07:03 PM EDT

  Eiriamach the Navy Seal Glen Doherty was from my part of the world. I'm sure the murders and assassins in Lybia should not be feared all they did was murder and assassinate, in the name of Islam. Those are facts not some philosophical exercise. As to your obama he signaled the weakness of the US to fight back and lit the fire to the Muslim brotherhood's takeover of Egypt,Tunisia,Lybia, and working now on takeovers of Syria,Yemen and Turkey. The ethnic cleansing of non muslims has already begun in the name of the religion of peace.

• Tom Mo | Sep 13, 2012, 06:55 PM EDT

  Our Abbassador to Egypt was brutally beaten, raped, and murdered on American soil. There were no Marine guards. If there were guards, they did not have live ammunition, on orders from our Commander in Chief. An you Cahir, you harp on Romney, along with a few other slugs at Irish Central. This is an outrage and no pertinent questions are being asked by the Government Media. Mitt Romney is not the enemy. The Media are.

• PiperMac52 | Sep 13, 2012, 06:15 PM EDT

  Romney's aim was right on target. Obama has pandered to Islamists and he supported the Muslim Brotherhood in what has turned out to be a nightmare scenario as radical Islamists now control the Middle east and Sharia law is not far off. Al-Qaeda was the victor here. Obama's foreign policy has showed he is either clueless or he is taking care of Muslims for which he has an affinity. The results will be disastrous for Israel and the West.

• allentown | Sep 13, 2012, 04:23 PM EDT

  Mitt Romney forced President Obama to act, although it was 12-hours after the attack on our Embassy. Senator Kerry defending President Obama said that it took 12-hours, because President Obama was gathering all the facts before making a statement. Wasn't it Senator Kerry who attacked President Bush for those 7-minutes President Bush sat in the classroom after being told "America was under attack"?

• eiriamach | Sep 13, 2012, 04:20 PM EDT

  Brian0, even the most ardent Republican would be embarrassed to repeat that tired George W Bush line that Muslims "hate America because America stands for freedom." You insist on YOUR individual rights like freedom of speech, while you advocate silencing the voices of Muslims simply because you fear them. Then you come on IC and try to get others to share your fear so that you'll have allies in fear and hate. If the right-wing fanatics who've been using their God-given and government-protected free speech to demonize Obama and Muslims had spoken out AGAINST the "Innocence of Muslims" video instead, it's likely that we would not be mourning slain embassy staff today. As Public Affairs Officer at the US Embassy in Cairo, Larry Schwartz, wrote on the embassy web site (in the words that Romney called an "apology"), the US Embassy staff "firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others." So, patriotic Americans, why didn't you give a verbal lashing to the right-wing lunatic who published the obscene video that triggered attacks on our embassies? We didn't need another national tragedy to make the fanaticism of the far-right crystal clear, but we have tragedy again because right-wing American fanatics will not stop provoking right-wing Muslim fanatics!

• EphraimKibbey | Sep 13, 2012, 04:15 PM EDT

  Regarding the four State Department people killed and the destruction of our Libyan Embassy: 1. He called the Libyan President and that official explained that the search was already on for the murders, that 10 Libyans had died trying to defend our embassy and that his people were taking to the streets to protest the actions of a very small group of radicals who do not represent the sentiments of the Libyan people. 2. As a precaution he ordered our other Benghazi people to Tripoli, sent in the Marines and has sent two cruise missile destroyers to positions off the Libyan coast. The reaction in Libya can be seen in the newsreels of the population with signs in English decrying the actions of the terrorists and the fact that the Libyan authorities already have arrested four people. This is the problem with opening your mouth before you do not have the facts. Like Gilda Radnor, you have to say “Sorry, never mind” when you are shown to be a FOOL! Why anyone in the Republican party thinks Romney is Presidential timber mystifies me. Don’t they remember how Cheney/Bush worked out?

• EphraimKibbey | Sep 13, 2012, 04:05 PM EDT

  "What did [President O]bama do, he is in charge..." asks BrianO. With regard to the breech of our Egyptian embassy: 1. He quietly called the Egyptian President and told him that his millions in US aid depended on his defense of our embassy. 2. He had part of an interview with Telemundo released early in which he historically drops Egypt from ALLY status to "we'll wait and see" status. Egypt's reaction was a statement condemning the violence and their army surrounding our embassy. 3. He and the Secretary both condemned the violence in Egypt and the violence inciting film. Crying fire in a crowded theater has long been seen as the cut off point for free speech. If you SHOULD know that you’re speech will cause harm, it is against our laws and you will be held liable for the results of your negligence.

• peterson | Sep 13, 2012, 03:34 PM EDT

  How about Obama paying their Dog handler $105,000 per year ? Obama make a lot of expensive decisions such as this !! Do you think that this is OK ??

• peterson | Sep 13, 2012, 03:30 PM EDT

  Cahir--- Obama does this most of the time !!

• cillowen | Sep 13, 2012, 02:39 PM EDT

  romney is not aware

• paddyRanger | Sep 13, 2012, 02:17 PM EDT

  Celtic Queen......what do you mean "Think again, folks. Do we need an idiot in the Whitehouse? ".........we already have an idiot in the whitehouse.......and just how is Romney not backing our Ambassadors......he is looking out for them more than that moron obama

• micky74007 | Sep 13, 2012, 02:11 PM EDT

  If Romney had not shamed the president into some kind of action, obama would still be kissing muslim butt.

• BrianO | Sep 13, 2012, 01:34 PM EDT

  What did obama do, he is in charge, he'll wait a few days hem and haw, see which way the wind blows, see what words will sound correct to massage the message, fund raise a little. meanwhile it is revealed today that one of the murdered in Lybia was a navy seal, not allowed to fight back, hands tied by this administration, good work obama.

• BrianO | Sep 13, 2012, 01:28 PM EDT

  Apologist for Obamas appeasement, The Muslim brotherhood and the communists on this website hate America because America stands for freedom. I am amazed how a homosexual can not see the danger of the radical Islamist pose to him personally, as they murder homosexuals, maybe he thinks getting stoned in the middle east involves pot.

• Gracie1 | Sep 13, 2012, 01:11 PM EDT

  Romney is so busy trying to win an election and create camera/media ops that he isn't thinking about the REAL, TRUE BEST INTERESTS of America and Americans. The silly twit Mitt and his Republican minions have added potential fuel to terrorist fires with their ignorant remarks. They apparently could care less about the additional lives they put in jeopardy with their moronic rants. I am appalled and totally disgusted at the stupidity and pathetic ignorance displayed by a man who would be president and his party. God protect us from ever having a poor excuse for leader such as Mitt.

• pilib04 | Sep 13, 2012, 01:04 PM EDT

  What do we expect from someone who ran away to France to avoid the draft during the Vietnam War.

• pilib04 | Sep 13, 2012, 01:03 PM EDT

  You don't go after the Commander in Chief in times of National Crisis. Our embassies are being attacked and Robme thinks that is the appropriate time to be divisive. Would hate to have seen Robme's reaction had it been Obama who was President during 9/11.

• Tom Mo | Sep 13, 2012, 12:27 PM EDT

  It was Romney's duty to speak up. He is running for President. Obama was busy at a fund raiser in Las Vagas.

• Tom Mo | Sep 13, 2012, 12:20 PM EDT

  I guess this is another "journalist" trying to write the narrative for people to be fed, no bias here. The muslim brotherhood took obamas cue in egypt and now they spread.

• olovely | Sep 13, 2012, 12:09 PM EDT

  I imagine Paul Ryan is attempting to gnaw off his own arm, shackled to Romney as they spiral round the bowl. No wonder he's already running his own Congressional ads. This is shameful, it's about as ugly a diplomacy fail as I have ever seen.

• Proud Canadian2 | Sep 13, 2012, 11:55 AM EDT

  Isn't that what all Republicans do? That is why they are always shooting themselves in the foot. Sad

• slainte39 | Sep 13, 2012, 11:04 AM EDT

  "Which would you vote for?"....Obama

• Seanmor | Sep 13, 2012, 11:00 AM EDT

  The mainstream media always delight in painting a negative picture of Romney,as they did of McCain and Palen. Perhaps the very one-seded and obviously misleading radio, T.V. and press want to see the national debt of 16 trillion dollars to go deeper and deeper, our defence capabilities substantially decline and the slaughter of the unborn to continue unabated.

• jamthecat | Sep 13, 2012, 11:00 AM EDT

  Romney shot his mouth off and hit himself in the foot. He tried to score political points from a horrible situation, blaming Obama for the fact that an American made a film that insulted Islam and, as has happened over and over before, started up riots that were used by anti-American forces within Muslim countries. I'm not crazy about Obama, but his measured response is a hundred times better than this "shoot first, ask questions later" nonsense we keep getting from Romney and the psychotics who love him. Mitt is not the kind of "man" you want to have in control of nuclear weapons, and you typical Obama-haters know it. That's why you're so ludicrous in your defense of him. Romney blew it, again. You know it. And nothing you can do will change that fact.

• CelticQueenUSA | Sep 13, 2012, 10:58 AM EDT

  Think again, folks. Do we need an idiot in the Whitehouse? I think his lack of support of the president and the ambassadors of our country is disgraceful and he is totally inept.

• FastEddy | Sep 13, 2012, 10:47 AM EDT

  Calmly now. View the Romney speech and then view the Obama speech ... Which would you vote for? The spew from O'Doherty, et al, is just the latest "kill republicrats, at any opportunity" coming from the lame stream media. So, Romney observed, Romney thought, Romney spoke ... Granted He spoke before the White House stumbled into action ... No crime here, move along, move along ...

• ktrush512 | Sep 13, 2012, 10:38 AM EDT

  What did Romney say, that "the Cambridge police acted stupidly"? Oh wait, no he stood up for America and free speech. Buy him a beer.

• Sarge524 | Sep 13, 2012, 09:37 AM EDT

  Some one had to voice their outrage for it wasn't coming from Obama's administration. In fact Obama responded to Romney before issuing a statement over the attacks.

• tom/peggy | Sep 13, 2012, 09:36 AM EDT

  Another sorry one liner by our President.