PoliticusUSA | July 26 2012
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The British reaction to Mitt Romney has gone from openness, to skepticism, to mocking, to concluding that Mitt Romney is worse than Sarah Palin.
Daily Mail Political Editor James Chapman has been providing the world a play by play of Romney’s British implosion via his Twitter account. Romney started things off by criticizing London’s preparedness for the Olympics. He then forgot the name of British Labour Leader Ed Miliband, and then he admitted that he had been given a secret briefing by MI6. This led the British to ask aloud if they have another George W. Bush on their hands, “Romney blunders again by revealing he’s had (supposedly) top secret briefing by John Sawers, MI6 boss. Do we have a new Dubya on our hands?”
After his visit to Whitehall, Chapman offered two of the kinder reviews of Mitt Romney, “Serious dismay in Whitehall at Romney debut. ‘Worse than Sarah Palin.’ ‘Total car crash’. Two of the kinder verdicts.” Chapman also reported another verdict from British meet and greet with Mitt, “Another verdict from one Romney meeting: ‘Apparently devoid of charm, warmth, humour or sincerity’”
Getting compared to Sarah Palin is one thing, but being called worse than Palin is an indication of the epic display of fail that Romney is putting on in London.
If you thought things couldn’t possibly get worse for Mitt Romney, you were wrong. How does one top being unfavorably compared to Sarah Palin? If you’re Mitt Romney, you get mocked in front of 60,000 people.
The Telegraph is reporting that London Mayor Boris Johnson mocked Romney’s readiness comment, “Quite a moment from the Mayor of London Boris Johnson. Shortly after Rix had lit the flame he really went for it in Hyde Park. He referenced Mitt Romney’s ‘London isn’t ready’ quip and shot back in style. “Are we ready?” he called and the crowd went wild. There may even have been a hint of the Obama-friendly “Yes we can!” in there – he may have jumped into a winning scenario but I’ve not heard a politician get that reaction before.”
For their part, the White House rubbed salt in Romney’s wounds by pointing out that President Obama has full confidence in Britain’s ability to provide a secure Olympics. White House Spokesman Jay Carney said, “In keeping with our special relationship, the president also made it clear that he has the utmost confidence in our close friend and ally, the United Kingdom, as they finalize preparations to host the London Olympics.”
That special relationship is being put in jeopardy by a Republican nominee who can’t stop insulting the British people while making an ass out of himself. Instead of proving that he is Commander in Chief material, Romney is justifying John McCain’s 2008 selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate. To think, that the Romney campaign actually agreed to foreign policy being the the topic of the third presidential debate.
The British opinion of Romney has gone from he might be another Bush to oh my God, he makes Sarah Palin seem prepared.
Not since World War II has London seen a bombing as thorough as Mitt Romney’s.
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Will I am
I listened to all of Romney’s comments on the news last night. It went from bad to worse. A smart Romney would have said ‘I goofed and I apologize to Britain for my foot in mouth gaff. The olympics will be a smashing success and I congratulate the British for a job well done.’
How about we wait and see how it all goes
before making our judgements.
Will I am
Hard to “wait and see” Will, when the Romney “Bob Dole” double is being put forward by the Republicans in keeping with the Elites desire to have Criminal-In-Chief re-elected. The fix is so obviously in its putrefying. Blessings, ~G
Gillian…I am assuming you meant
Bob Dole….if not Bill Dole goes over my head. The “fix” goes both ways…its all fixed and offered as a distraction, that’s why to me, politics is a waste of time. What I was referring to was Romney s comment as to the level of preparedness of the Olympic
games. I don’t want to energize anything negative happening, there are plenty of posts about false flag occurrences at the games, I was suggesting we wait and see if the Dark has their way here or the Light keeps all safe as promised. If Mittster is ‘Fixed” he probably is aware of any nefarious plans and either slipped out a hint ,OR, he will be gone before any problems manifest, as will Michelle. Could it be their presence is a
set up to be a good excuse for them to claim total surprise and say “gee, we weren’t involved! Do you think we would have attended if we knew of the situation?”
Over and out. William
Oops!
In my rush I fused Bill Clinton and Bob Dole into “Bill Dole.” Sorry about that.
I understand your comment better now. They’ve spent too much money to ruin the Olympiad before getting all the commercial dollars paid from sponsors and the like. Also, England is probably better suited to “high magic.” So look for some high magic – like that covered Egyptian Barque floating down the Thames carrying the torch. (And what else, I wonder?)
Thanks for catching my mistake.
Yeah…I Think they call it the
Royal Barge, I believe they got it from the Bogart/Hepburn movie Queen of the Nile and renamed it Queen of the Thames:-))))))))
Luv Ya
Will I am
It’s an Egyptian BARQUE. They renamed it but it is classic Egyptian – start of the symbolism is there.