• Kit
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    I’ll never forget when Romney was speaking to an audience of supporters when he was running against Obama, and someone asked about Obama being a foreigner with a fake birth certificate. Romney very gently assured the woman that Obama was an American, and would make a great president even though they disagreed on policies. It’s that kind of professionalism that we need to bring back to politics today.

    Edit: It seems that I was conflating McCain and Romney. Here’s a video to make up for my blunder. https://youtu.be/dX_1B0w7Hzc?si=bUFcURfGMpTowOtT

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        That was definitely McCain doing it. However Romney did call out Russia being our greatest threat still and Obama mocked him in the debate for it. 2 years later they “annexed” Crimea and 10 years later they cause the largest war in Europe. Obama failed on international policy regarding a lot of “enemies” and either underestimating them or treating them with kid gloves in the hope of improving relations.

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          Romney was wrong then and he is wrong now.

          The greatest threat is and was China. Russia does not have the means to directly compete with the United States.

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            China isn’t desperate enough to invade half of Europe and threaten to nuke everyone, though.

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        That may be it. My memory is failing.