Romney's Foreign Affairs Trip

[Anonymous]

What is with this trip? He says he isn't making any announcements on foreign policy. He says he's there to "learn". He's had eight years to decide his approach to foreign policy, and while I could maybe understand the Israel leg, Poland? England? Really?

Is he running from the tax thing?

Is he ducking for cover while his staff gets busy attacking Obama for not looking Anglo Saxon enough?

I see no other reasons for this trip other than to get out of the hot box for a while. If so, he's not ready for the White House and he never will be.

[Anonymous]

Mittens wants to bask in Olympic glory, reinforce the story that he "saved" the Salt Lake Olympics, and look presidentially-coifed in the VIP stands. Not sure whether he'll hang around for the dressage event.

[Anonymous]

I totally forgot about the Olympics. Well that brings up the inevitable:

If Obama shows up at the Olympics, expect the post that he's "tone deaf" for wasting valuable time while Americans are out of work.

If Obama does not show up at the Olympics, expect the post that he's unpatriotic and wants America to fail.

And if he sends Michelle, it's a huge boondoggle that is a horrendous waste of tax dollars in this time of spiraling deficits. Also, her garments will either be too extravagant or not befitting a First Lady, depending on whether they are expensive or inexpensive.

[Anonymous]

He needs to demonstrate his foreign policy acumen by going abroad - since there's no easy way for him to do so domestically. No idea why he's going to England - maybe because it's non-controversial? Or the Mrs. wants to see her horse? Poland and Israel are probably about attracting Polish/American and Jewish votes...

[Anonymous]

So much for his sumer break from controversy. In one day he managed to piss off most of England:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5idDV4wa8hCqS6NsaGDCATGfc_kdw?docId=58f4ae279f7d4a52a8ad3d4f756455f1

How on earth do you flub that???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He needs to demonstrate his foreign policy acumen by going abroad - since there's no easy way for him to do so domestically. No idea why he's going to England - maybe because it's non-controversial? Or the Mrs. wants to see her horse? Poland and Israel are probably about attracting Polish/American and Jewish votes...

There's no easy way to demonstrate foreign policy acumen in England and Poland, either, since WWII has been over for almost 70 years. Israel is the hoop every candidate must jump through.

He's just trying to look the part and stay out of trouble. And so far, he's 0 for 2.

[Anonymous]

It's starting to look like SP's big foreign policy tour.

[Anonymous]

In briefing the press on Romney's British trip, one of his advisors said that Romney, as an Anglo-Saxon, understands the importance of the British-American "special relationship" in a way that the present White House doesn't understand. Unbelievable.

Then Romney draws unfavorable comparisons in London between the 2012 summer games and the Salt Lake winter "polygames" he staged....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In briefing the press on Romney's British trip, one of his advisors said that Romney, as an Anglo-Saxon, understands the importance of the British-American "special relationship" in a way that the present White House doesn't understand. Unbelievable.

Then Romney draws unfavorable comparisons in London between the 2012 summer games and the Salt Lake winter "polygames" he staged....

Wait, were these words actually uttered or are you making this up. He actually said "as an Anglo-Saxon". Really?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In briefing the press on Romney's British trip, one of his advisors said that Romney, as an Anglo-Saxon, understands the importance of the British-American "special relationship" in a way that the present White House doesn't understand. Unbelievable.

Then Romney draws unfavorable comparisons in London between the 2012 summer games and the Salt Lake winter "polygames" he staged....

Heh heh. Just wait till he's president and the Mormon leadership comes out of the woodwork to give him his marching orders and he starts lecturing us on how as a Mormon, he understands America the way the rest of us heathens don't...

[jsteele]

Wow, the Brits are calling Romney "Worse than Sarah Palin" and a "Total car crash"

https://twitter.com/jameschappers/status/228551719171284992

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In briefing the press on Romney's British trip, one of his advisors said that Romney, as an Anglo-Saxon, understands the importance of the British-American "special relationship" in a way that the present White House doesn't understand. Unbelievable.

Then Romney draws unfavorable comparisons in London between the 2012 summer games and the Salt Lake winter "polygames" he staged....

Wait, were these words actually uttered or are you making this up. He actually said "as an Anglo-Saxon". Really?

One of his advisers said it. Much like the John Sununu thing, his campaign is using proxies to say the dirty stuff.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-07-25/news/sns-rt-us-usa-campaign-romney-tourbre86o1hm-20120725_1_romney-campaign-ann-romney-mitt-romney

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:Wow, the Brits are calling Romney "Worse than Sarah Palin" and a "Total car crash"

https://twitter.com/jameschappers/status/228551719171284992

OMG Jeff this is hilarious. Deserves its own thread, along with this:

https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23romneyshambles?q=%23romneyshambles

[Anonymous]

LOL! I'm not sure which hashtag I like more, #romneyshambles or #mitthitsthefan

Awesome!

[Anonymous]

Surprised the Uk hasn't deported him for bringing Hoof in Mouth disease into the country