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http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2012/7/26/23259/3719
Romney Has Imploded
by BooMan
Thu Jul 26th, 2012 at 11:02:59 PM EST
Even though some of the Olympic competitions have already started, the opening ceremony is scheduled for 6pm local time tomorrow. Mitt Romney's itinerary says he'll be there, but he'd probably like to be anywhere else. All anyone in the U.K. is talking about is how stupid and obnoxious Mitt Romney has been since his arrival in their country. By insulting their preparations for the games, Romney received direct and harsh rebukes from both the Prime Minister and the mayor of London. He also violated Britain's security protocols by revealing the whereabouts of the head of MI6, their equivalent of the CIA. He forgot the name of the Labor Party's leader. He questioned whether the country could unite to celebrate the Olympics. And this all came after his adviser said (essentially) that Romney was a better ally of the U.K. than the current occupant of the White House because he isn't a negro.
Romney will be jeered anywhere he goes in London. This is particularly true because it's now being reported in Britain that Romney wrote the following in his idiotic 2010 book No Apology: The Case for American Greatness:
England {sic} is just a small island. Its roads and houses are small. With few exceptions, it doesn't make things that people in the rest of the world want to buy. And if it hadn't been separated from the continent by water, it almost certainly would have been lost to Hitler's ambitions. Yet only two lifetimes ago, Britain ruled the largest and wealthiest empire in the history of humankind. Britain controlled a quarter of the earth's land and a quarter of the earth's population.
The British media are also reporting that Romney has insulted their health care system and has repeatedly denigrated Europe throughout the primaries and campaign. If all these things were not bad enough, 10 Downing Street has let it be known that they found Romney to be 'apparently devoid of charm, warmth, humour or sincerity,' and 'worse than Sarah Palin.'
And all this criticism is coming from members of the Conservative Party and their preferred newspaper outlets like the U.K. Telegraph and The Daily Mail.
If Romney wanted to make the case that he'd get along with the U.K. better than Obama, he's failed spectacularly. Tomorrow, he will be the least welcome person at the opening ceremonies of the Olympics. And the Olympics were supposed to be Romney's only remaining strength, since his record as governor is indefensible and his record at Bain Capital is appalling.
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But with Citizen's United and anonymous giving he might want donations from them.
HereSince1628
Jul 2012
#11
It's summer vacation season and people are not tuned-in to the election yet.
xtraxritical
Jul 2012
#72
And since murderock is now persona non grata in the UK it's as if the right wing spin has lifted and
kimbutgar
Jul 2012
#14
I think you are right, and that he's also banking (ahem) on people forgetting about his taxes.
mahina
Jul 2012
#112
Yes, because it adds to an already bad "profile" of a stumbling, gaffe-prone, "disconnected"
whathehell
Jul 2012
#58
Once considered too cosmopolitan by some in the GOP, RMoney has firmed-up the key xenophobe vote.
leveymg
Jul 2012
#7
Ever seen a big red tailed hawk get stuck in an area populated by a lot of smaller birds?
brewens
Jul 2012
#29
Great mental image - his head imploding and sinking into his shoulders is priceless.
firenewt
Jul 2012
#38
Problem for Mitt is that he went there to show that HE is the one to "repair" relations with allies.
progressivebydesign
Jul 2012
#42
Nothing short of getting caught with a live goat or a dead baby will sink Romney
Blaukraut
Jul 2012
#44
I know. I know...but that's not really related to any "memory" problems, it it?
whathehell
Jul 2012
#98
I'M starting to think foreign relations would be worse under Romney than they were
sarcasmo
Jul 2012
#45
I propose we allow the British to vote in our presidential election this time.
Kablooie
Jul 2012
#46
Now we know the real reason why President Obama has to "apologize" to the world
Larkspur
Jul 2012
#52
He's caught-up in a 1%er fantasy about being "ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE"
bobthedrummer
Jul 2012
#56
And yet the polls will probabably continue to reflect a close race, at least on a national level.
Arugula Latte
Jul 2012
#75
I read somewhere that his 50k-75k a seat fund raiser was doing so poorly that
notadmblnd
Jul 2012
#78
You know what makes a country (and it's leader) great - how they show respect to our allies
LynneSin
Jul 2012
#92
He hasn't imploded. Britain can't vote in US elections and the teatards will try to spin this as
craigmatic
Jul 2012
#104