Mitt Romney flies to UK, immediately starts insulting the country

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This guy makes Ted Kaczynski look slick.

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http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/07/26/bonus_quote_of_the_day.html

"There are some people coming from around the world who don't yet know if we are ready. There's a guy called Mitt Romney who wants to know whether we are ready. Are we ready?"

-- London Mayor Boris Johnson, quoted by the Daily Telegraph, mocking Mitt Romney in front of a crowd of 60,000 at Hyde Park.

Here's a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BRgh2mOce7Q


Ouch! Just imagine what could happen if Mitens wasn't aware of the common Anglo-Saxon heritage.

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Oooh, maybe he'll meet with Lech Walesa and accidentally start attacking unions.

Maybe when he goes to Israel he'll ask Netanyahu to tear down the Western Wall.

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OK so it was a silly comment but this so called gaffe is not mentioned on CNN, Yahoo, or MSNBC front pages. You can barely find it on thier politics page. MSNBC actually gives pro-Romney coverage of the issue. This is non-issue, does not fit into a campaign narrative, and will be over tomorrow. Serious non issue. He told the truth but probably should not have. The British papers love it but no one gives a care on this side of the atlantic.

I am glad this is trending in the UK among at the guardian, while "you didn't build that" is still tending EVERY DAY in the US for the last two weeks.

If nobody cares about Romney's overseas trip then why the heck did he do it?

The thing is, Romney is spewing these unapologetic opinions in a pretty temperate tone. Americans seem to like guys who'll go all out--Obama falls short on this credential too.

If Romney's going to go over there and spout American exceptionalism, he might as well do it in a Huckabee sort of way. He just seems so mechanical with this "conviction politician" stuff.

So, insulting your allies=embracing American exceptionalism.

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Is this guy White Rain's sock or what?

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Beyond that the article is right when it points out that the Tories and the GOP have been moving away from each other at lightening speed this past decade on both foreign policy and on social issues. 

I guess that's part of the strategy to improve the "special relationship" that is so tarnished after four years of that anti-colonial Kenyan socialist Obama.

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Does anyone remember how poorly Bush was treated overseas?

Old Europe or New Europe?

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Romney fans accusing someone else as being an out of touch elitist is like Charlie Sheen calling someone else "pothead".

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I've actually been thinking that the only way for Romney to rectify his England faux pas in the eyes of Americans would be to come back strong against the spin of the Brits. It won't win him any points, but it could neutralize the negatives of what has so far been a disappointing trip.

If he comes back home, defends his remarks, and calls out the way he was treated, Americans might just appreciate Romney for his "straight talk." We'll see.

Maybe he'll promise to declare war on Britain. If that doesn't improve his numbers among tea partiers then nothing will.