U.K. insulted by Mitt Romney

[DMX7]

David Cameron, UK Prime Minister, wasted no time in slapping down Romney hours after his remarks were broadcast. On a visit to the Olympic Park, the prime minister said: "We are holding an Olympic Games in one of the busiest, most active, bustling cities in the world. Of course it's easier if you hold an Olympic Games in the middle of nowhere [Salt Lake City, Utah]."

:lmao

Boris Johnson, London Mayor: The Geiger counter of Olympo-mania is going to go zoink! off the scale! People are coming from around the world, and they're seeing us, and they're seeing the greatest country on Earth, aren't they? There are some people who are coming from around the world who don't yet know about all the preparations we've done to get London ready in the last seven years. I hear there's a guy called Mitt Romney who wants to know whether we're ready. Are we ready? [Crowd goes Wild]

:lol

[Yonivore]

David Cameron, UK Prime Minister, wasted no time in slapping down Romney hours after his remarks were broadcast. On a visit to the Olympic Park, the prime minister said: "We are holding an Olympic Games in one of the busiest, most active, bustling cities in the world.
Which, if you ask me, was a stupid idea.


Of course it's easier if you hold an Olympic Games in the middle of nowhere [Salt Lake City, Utah]."
So, he insults Utah in return? Nice.


:lmao

Boris Johnson, London Mayor: The Geiger counter of Olympo-mania is going to go zoink! off the scale! People are coming from around the world, and they're seeing us, and they're seeing the greatest country on Earth, aren't they? There are some people who are coming from around the world who don't yet know about all the preparations we've done to get London ready in the last seven years. I hear there's a guy called Mitt Romney who wants to know whether we're ready. Are we ready? [Crowd goes Wild]

:lol
Hey, it's not like Romney threw Winston Churchill out of the White House or gave Her Majesty the Queen an iPod full of his speeches.

:lmao

Maybe Obama will pick up some of the London vote and, perhaps he should add England to his fund-raising itinerary.

Busy Month for Obama Campaign with Fundraisers in Switzerland, Sweden, Paris and Communist China (http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/07/busy-month-for-obama-campaign-with-fundraisers-in-switzerland-sweden-paris-and-communist-china/)

[ElNono]

but it's one of our strongest allies!

:lmao

[DMX7]

He met the head of MI-6! Oops!

[DMX7]

"Mitt Romney is perhaps the only politician who could start a trip that was supposed to be a charm offensive by being utterly devoid of charm and mildly offensive."

http://radio.foxnews.com/2012/07/26/telegraphs-spillius-mitt-romney-is-perhaps-the-only-politician-who-could-starta-charm-offensive-by-lacking-charm-and-being-mildly-offensive/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FoxNewsRadiocom+(FOX+News+Rad io.com)

[coyotes_geek]

Wow. Olympic smack between politicians. Great stuff.

[scott]

Much ado over a non-story. This is the equivalent of a liberal Yonivore thread.

[boutons_deux]

bullshit. Gecko is a successful predator and asset stripper of companies, but he sucks as a politician. He's way, way out of his depth.

[jack sommerset]

Mitts not the only one England is making fun of.......God bless



Londoner selling bags making fun of a ‘fat American family’ at Olympics.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/londoner-selling-bags-making-fun-fat-american-family-190748693--oly.html

[Winehole23]

Romney continues to fail to impress, but his opponent and the economic recovery are notably underwhelming. Should be a very close one in November.

[boutons_deux]

Mitts not the only one England is making fun of.......God bless

Londoner selling bags making fun of a ‘fat American family’ at Olympics.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/londoner-selling-bags-making-fun-fat-american-family-190748693--oly.html

USA is seen, has been for years, by furriners as fatasses.

UK has gotten a lot fatter in the past couple decades, but USA is by far and away World Champion Greasebags.

[coyotes_geek]

Mitts not the only one England is making fun of.......God bless



Londoner selling bags making fun of a ‘fat American family’ at Olympics.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/londoner-selling-bags-making-fun-fat-american-family-190748693--oly.html

Can't really argue with that though. We are a nation of fat fucks.

[xrayzebra]

bullshit. Gecko is a successful predator and asset stripper of companies, but he sucks as a politician. He's way, way out of his depth.

Yeah, you damn right, what we need is four more years of a street
organizer, who smokes dope and snorts coke.

Yeah that is what we need.

The world as our resident Communist sees it......:downspin:


You didn't build that.............:wow

[Winehole23]

Can't really argue with that though. We are a nation of fat fucks.lost 40 pounds in the last year. no longer a fat fuck, just slightly overweight now. feels amazing. another 15 pounds will get me back to what I weighed as a freshman at UT.

[boutons_deux]

Romney continues to fail to impress, but his opponent and the economic recovery are notably underwhelming. Should be a very close one in November.

So Obama is, Superman-ly, singlehandedly, like a unchallenged "dictator", and in spite of automatic, full-court obstructionism by Repugs, clean up the pile of shit he inherited from 8 years of Repug "governance" and the Banksters?

While Repugs in 2010 hit Dems for "where are the Jobs", once elected, the Repugs have done absolutely nothing about stimulating jobs, but have 20+ amendments and bills with anti-abortion clauses.

[Winehole23]

yep, Obama failed to clean up the mess, even created more of his own. taking on health care before financial reform was a huge mistake.

face it, Obama has neither the guts nor the ganas to take on the Banksters, and his policies -- excepting health care -- dovetail nicely with those of his predecessor, on the whole.

[boutons_deux]

http://www.alternet.org/files/styles/story_image/public/images/managed/storyimages_1334338832_annromneywikimedia.jpg

5 Most Ridiculously Offensive Quotes From Ann Romney

1. What, Me Rich?

“We can be poor in spirit, and I don’t even consider myself wealthy, which is an interesting thing,” said Ann Romney to Fox News . "It can be here today and gone tomorrow."

Hmm. Interesting indeed, considering that her husband is worth about $200 million. If elected, he would be among the richest presidents ever to occupy the White House, topping both the Roosevelts and the Bushes , who were no slouches. In fact, he’s wealthier than the last eight presidents combined.

2. It’s Great That Some Women Don’t Have a Choice

“I love the fact that there are women out there who don’t have a choice and they must go to work and they still have to raise the kids. Thank goodness that we value those people too. And sometimes life isn’t easy for any of us.”

If you’re one those people, you can wrap yourself in Ann Romney love while you ponder why her horse gets a $77,000 tax credit when your kid gets $1,000.

3. College, Wall Street-Style

When newlyweds Ann and Mitt Romney were living together while attending Brigham Young, things were pretty swell. "We were happy, studying hard,” Romney said in an infamous Boston Globe interview back in 1994 , when Mittens was running for the senate. “Neither one of us had a job, because Mitt had enough of an investment from stock that we could sell off a little at a time,” she explained.

How awesome is that?!? The stock came courtesy of Mitt's papa, who had invested Mitt’s “birthday money” every year. Ann looks back fondly on this time as a period when she and Mitt were really roughing it

4. Unzip Mitt

Ann Romney pressed the audience to believe that despite her husband’s stiff demeanor and penchant for human and canine bullying, Mitt was really full of chuckles. She opined that “we better unzip him and let the real Mitt Romney out.”

5. Enough of You People

You people. You’re always asking annoying questions and daring to insinuate that there’s something wrong with all those Romney tax havens and offshore accounts.

, Mrs. Romney got huffy when asked why American voters would not be vouchsafed a look at Mitt’s latest tax returns.

“We’ve given all you people need to know,” she sniffed.

http://www.alternet.org/election-2012/5-most-ridiculously-offensive-quotes-ann-romney?akid=9126.187590.pt8pRs&rd=1&src=newsletter681725&t=8&paging=off

Queen Anne is even more adept at manicured foot in mouth than Gecko "unzipped". :lol

[Winehole23]

what's Ann Romney running for and why should we care?

[coyotes_geek]

lost 40 pounds in the last year. no longer a fat fuck, just slightly overweight now. feels amazing. another 15 pounds will get me back to what I weighed as a freshman at UT.

Well done! :tu

I'm carrying about 10-15 pounds that I probably shouldn't be, but no way I'd want to go back down to what I weighed my freshman year. I was damn near a stick figure.

[TeyshaBlue]

lol Ann Romney smack. failbot

[Winehole23]

The U.S.-U.K. relationship was remarkably poor and adversarial for at least the first sixty years following our independence in spite of the significant cultural ties that existed between our countries. Anglophobia remained strong for many more decades after that. Acknowledgment and respect for America’s British cultural inheritance in no way require anyone to indulge in the more recently-minted enthusiasm of Anglophilia in U.S. foreign policy. The silly controversy this week concerns whether one candidate should be viewed as more of an emotional Anglophile than another, since there are no meaningful or practical policy differences between the candidates that touch on the U.S.-U.K. relationship.


My response to the contest over who makes a better emotional Anglophile is: “who cares?” Why should it matter who has the stronger personal or emotional attachment to another country? That doesn’t mean that the person will be more capable of maintaining a better relationship with that country’s government. It’s possible that the emotional attachment will get in the way of relating to the other government and understanding the country as it exists in the present. Insofar as American Anglophilia depends on an understanding of Britain that is decades out of date, it will lead to more misunderstandings rather than fewer. At its worst, Anglophilia just becomes an excuse for imposing American priorities on Britain.


That is what occurred to me as I was reading Aaron David Miller’s article (http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/07/25/warning_turbulence_ahead?page=full) on Obama and Israel. Miller writes:

Unlike Clinton and George W. Bush, Obama isn’t in love with the idea of Israel. As a result, he has a harder time making allowances for Israeli behavior he doesn’t like. Obama relates to the Jewish state not on a values continuum but through a national security and interest filter [bold mine-DL].
If Miller’s interpretation is correct, I fail to see why this is a bad thing. The U.S.-British relationship would benefit from a similar approach. Indeed, during the last British general election and for several years before that the leaders of the coalition’s two parties had made a point of distancing themselves from an understanding of the “special relationship” in which Britain acted as the reliable deputy without ever receiving anything in return for its support. They were calling for a relationship that was still constructive and friendly, but not one-sided or blinded by sentiment. Similarly, Americans can cultivate good relations with Britain without feeling obliged to indulge in all of the rituals of Anglophilia.
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/anglo-saxons-and-anglophilia/

[Winehole23]

The U.S.-U.K. relationship was remarkably poor and adversarial for at least the first sixty years following our independence in spite of the significant cultural ties that existed between our countries. Anglophobia remained strong for many more decades after that. Acknowledgment and respect for America’s British cultural inheritance in no way require anyone to indulge in the more recently-minted enthusiasm of Anglophilia in U.S. foreign policy. The silly controversy this week concerns whether one candidate should be viewed as more of an emotional Anglophile than another, since there are no meaningful or practical policy differences between the candidates that touch on the U.S.-U.K. relationship.


My response to the contest over who makes a better emotional Anglophile is: “who cares?” Why should it matter who has the stronger personal or emotional attachment to another country? That doesn’t mean that the person will be more capable of maintaining a better relationship with that country’s government. It’s possible that the emotional attachment will get in the way of relating to the other government and understanding the country as it exists in the present. Insofar as American Anglophilia depends on an understanding of Britain that is decades out of date, it will lead to more misunderstandings rather than fewer. At its worst, Anglophilia just becomes an excuse for imposing American priorities on Britain.


That is what occurred to me as I was reading Aaron David Miller’s article (http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/07/25/warning_turbulence_ahead?page=full) on Obama and Israel. Miller writes:

Unlike Clinton and George W. Bush, Obama isn’t in love with the idea of Israel. As a result, he has a harder time making allowances for Israeli behavior he doesn’t like. Obama relates to the Jewish state not on a values continuum but through a national security and interest filter [bold mine-DL].
If Miller’s interpretation is correct, I fail to see why this is a bad thing. The U.S.-British relationship would benefit from a similar approach. Indeed, during the last British general election and for several years before that the leaders of the coalition’s two parties had made a point of distancing themselves from an understanding of the “special relationship” in which Britain acted as the reliable deputy without ever receiving anything in return for its support. They were calling for a relationship that was still constructive and friendly, but not one-sided or blinded by sentiment. Similarly, Americans can cultivate good relations with Britain without feeling obliged to indulge in all of the rituals of Anglophilia.
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/anglo-saxons-and-anglophilia/

[vy65]

Unlike Clinton and George W. Bush, Obama isn’t in love with the idea of Israel. As a result, he has a harder time making allowances for Israeli behavior he doesn’t like. Obama relates to the Jewish state not on a values continuum but through a national security and interest filter

But but but he won't tell us what's Israel's capital!!!

[Winehole23]

The Torygraph on the MI6 angle:



Mr Romney also noted outside No 10 that he had spoken to “the head of MI6” about the situation in war-torn Syria, raising suggestions that he had broken with convention by disclosing a secret briefing. It is also extremely rare for Sir John to share details about British intelligence with any politician who is not a head of state.


Patrick Mercer, a Conservative MP, said: “It is very unusual. The head of MI6’s time is extremely precious – I wonder if this does not set a strange precedent where other leaders of other oppositions will also want similar briefings which can’t help Britain’s security.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/mitt-romney/9431064/Mitt-Romneys-Olympics-gaffe-overshadows-visit-to-London.html

[Winehole23]

But but but he won't tell us what's Israel's capital!!!lost on Yoni apparently that the question "what is the capitol of Israel?" is a political sticky wicket requiring a bit of tact from foreign diplomats and heads of state.

[boutons_deux]

what's Ann Romney running for and why should we care?

Her 0.001% values and attitudes towards the 99% are obviously a reflection of, if not identical to, Gecko's.

She's campaigning for Gecko, so she's fair game, just like Gecko's wiping out/secreting all records of his governorship and Olympic work, his Bain predations, and his tax avoidance/evasions are all game.

[Winehole23]

Her 0.001% values and attitudes towards the 99% are obviously a reflection of, if not identical to, Gecko's. don't care. that's neither elucidating nor relevant.


She's campaigning for Gecko, so she's fair game...understood that's what the media does, I guess you endorse it when you dislike the target. BTW, do you similarly endorse hysterical denunciations of Michelle Obama in the media?

[TeyshaBlue]

Her 0.001% values and attitudes towards the 99% are obviously a reflection of, if not identical to, Gecko's.

She's campaigning for Gecko, so she's fair game, just like Gecko's wiping out/secreting all records of his governorship and Olympic work, his Bain predations, and his tax avoidance/evasions are all game.

Cool story, bro.

Keep that other eye tightly closed.

[TeyshaBlue]

lol @ ankle biting bot

[mercos]

Not a good way for Romney to start is foreign tour. Foreign policy is considered a major weakness of his. Luckily for him, this election is going to be about the economy so this won't hurt him to much politically. If the election were on foreign policy, he wouldn't stand a chance anyway.

[boutons_deux]

don't care. that's neither elucidating nor relevant.

understood that's what the media does, I guess you endorse it when you dislike the target. BTW, do you similarly endorse hysterical denunciations of Michelle Obama in the media?

All the "hysterical denunciations of Michelle Obama" come from Fox Repug propaganda network and other right-wing hate media.

[TeyshaBlue]

All the "hysterical denunciations of Michelle Obama" come from Fox Repug propaganda network and other right-wing hate media.

lol alternet.borg

[ChumpDumper]

Minor stuff, but I guess it's noteworthy that he screwed up such a cakewalk.

[TeyshaBlue]

Minor stuff, but I guess it's noteworthy that he screwed up such a cakewalk.

Fell facedown in it.

[ChumpDumper]

What a bad candidate. Obama might actually win this thing.

Willard should have just kept repeating "special relationship" and kissed that turd-looking Churchill bust in exile.

[Yonivore]

Not a good way for Romney to start is foreign tour. Foreign policy is considered a major weakness of his. Luckily for him, this election is going to be about the economy so this won't hurt him to much politically. If the election were on foreign policy, he wouldn't stand a chance anyway.
I agree with all but the last point but, why argue, the race is going to be about our economy.

As far as the gaffe, Romney was only echoing crap Brits have been bitching about for weeks but, true, it's their country to bitch about and he should not have given voice to those concerns in public.

How does it compare with Obama telling several million small business owners they didn't do anything particularly special to become successful?

I know, Democrats will flog it for all it's worth because, well, they're flogging everything that distracts from Obama's miserable job as President. But, it'll blow over. Hell, Piers Morgan said he was spot on.

[George Gervin's Afro]

I agree with all but the last point but, why argue, the race is going to be about our economy.

As far as the gaffe, Romney was only echoing crap Brits have been bitching about for weeks but, true, it's their country to bitch about and he should not have given voice to those concerns in public.

How does it compare with Obama telling several million small business owners they didn't do anything particularly special to become successful?

I know, Democrats will flog it for all it's worth because, well, they're flogging everything that distracts from Obama's miserable job as President. But, it'll blow over. Hell, Piers Morgan said he was spot on.

sp romeny makes a gaffe.. it's the brits fault... Obama makes a gaffe..yoni tells us what he really mean't... logic isn't his friend

[ChumpDumper]

Seriously, how does this not look like an actual piece of shit?

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kkF0_b_BUOM/UBHSLXEFBGI/AAAAAAAAL0g/Oiydw0oudBI/s320/churchill.jpg

The only thing missing is the :sequ

[Yonivore]

sp romeny makes a gaffe.. it's the brits fault... Obama makes a gaffe..yoni tells us what he really mean't... logic isn't his friend
I blame Romney, he should have kept it to himself. It was his gaffe. He should own it. But, in the end it won't matter much, either way.

[boutons_deux]

Mitt Romney’s Olympic Trouble Continues


—Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s gaffe marathon at the 2012 Olympics in London continued unabated today.

Mr. Romney’s day got off to a bad start when he told a reporter for the Sunday Times, “I don’t mind that the British keep calling me a banker, but why do they pronounce it with a ‘W’?”

Any hope that the former Massachusetts governor would recover from such missteps was shattered after the Olympics’ Opening Ceremony, when he blasted former Beatle Paul McCartney for not being prepared to sing “Hey Jude.”

“He did not seem ready to sing that song, which was certainly disconcerting,” Romney said. “Maybe he should have gone with a song that he had done before.”

The Republican candidate’s visit did little to win over the British people, as a poll showed that a majority of Britons wanted the Opening Ceremony to conclude with the Olympic torch lighting Mr. Romney’s head ablaze.

Alfie Langlan, owner of the popular Earl’s Boot pub, in Central London, summed up Mr. Romney’s performance this way: “Mitt Romney is coming across as an out-of-touch rich person in a country that still has a Queen.

Read more http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2012/07/mitt-romneys-olympic-trouble-continue.html#ixzz21uofZJkt

[Wild Cobra]

Is this the best you lefties have against Romney?

The joke I think is on you guys.

[boutons_deux]

Gecko screwed up so bad he's been pandering to, flattering UK and the Olympics in apololgy.

He knows he screwed up badly. Has nothing to do with lefties.

[Capt Bringdown]

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/7/27/1343405819171/Mitt-Romney-in-London-008.jpg
Mitt Romney is eyed by pedestrians as he was forced by gridlock traffic to walk from his hotel to the Irish embassy. (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/27/mitt-romney-gaffe-strewn-london) Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters

[Clipper Nation]

:lol Willard