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cali

(114,904 posts)
Fri Jul 27, 2012, 05:21 PM Jul 2012

Not cutting his losses: Romney campaign blasts ‘eccentric, odd’ Mayor Boris Johnson of London



By Toby Harnden

PUBLISHED: 13:42 EST, 27 July 2012 | UPDATED: 14:21 EST, 27 July 2012



A Romney campaign official has blasted Boris Johnson, the London Mayor, as an ‘eccentric, odd fellow’ whose public attack on the Republican candidate was ‘unbecoming’ and an indication of his bias towards President Barack Obama.

The official said that Prime Minister David Cameron’s ‘wisecrack’ about it being harder to stage an Olympic Games in London than ‘in the middle of nowhere’ – an apparent reference to Salt Lake City, where Romney oversaw the 2002 Winter Olympics – was ‘probably appropriate, albeit awkward’ and unfortunate for Romney

‘Johnson on the other hand lived up to his reputation as an eccentric, odd fellow. It was unbecoming to attack Governor Romney in that way. There really was no need. But Johnson made it clear in 2008 that his vote would have gone to Obama.’


Addressing 60,000 Londoners on Thursday night, Johnson said: ‘I hear there's a guy called Mitt Romney who wants to know whether we're ready Are we ready? Yes we are!

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2179997/Romney-campaign-blasts-eccentric-odd-Mayor-Boris-Johnson-London.html#ixzz21rOPOawm
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dballance

(5,756 posts)
5. I believe it's still Brtish Pound Sterling
Fri Jul 27, 2012, 06:32 PM
Jul 2012

The old idiom you're referring to "in for a penny in for a pound" actually originated in Great Britain. It referred to being put in debtor's prison. The penalty for non-payment a penny was the same as the penalty for non-payment of a pound. So one may as well be in debtor's for a penny just as it were a pound.

Chorophyll

(5,179 posts)
3. Mitt and the truly brilliant people he has around him
Fri Jul 27, 2012, 06:00 PM
Jul 2012

should just keep talking. Please guys, just keep saying stuff.

 

Lizzie Poppet

(10,164 posts)
7. Hey Mittens! Ever hear that old saw about what to do when you find yourself in a hole?
Fri Jul 27, 2012, 06:33 PM
Jul 2012

STOP DIGGING!!!

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
8. Romney cracked open that can of worms - he earned everything they said about him
Fri Jul 27, 2012, 06:34 PM
Jul 2012

Hats off to Boris Johnson!

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