Mitt Romney: Showing gold medal tone deafness in London
Rule number one when visiting a foreign country: Don’t insult it.
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Did Romney hope to woo a segment of the American voters who prefers a president without cozy ties to Europe? The tea party contingent, which sees all of Europe as elitist socialists, is one that Romney needs to win in November. A headline on The Drudge Report, which has tight Romney campaign connections, said, “Romney Questions If Brits Are Ready.” Could it all be part of a master campaign plan?
Does Romney like to think of himself as a know-it-all about the Olympics? He led the Salt Lake City games in 2002, after all, and is often applauded for saving those games after a bribery scandal nearly derailed them.
Then again, maybe Romney is just tone-deaf. Again.
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The British media was having none of Romney’s two-faced rhetoric. Guardian reporter Nicholas Watt tweeted, “Mitt Romney rowing back like mad on Oympics (sic): now says outside No. 10 games to be a great success.”
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The GOP candidate seemed to forget Labour Leader Ed Miliband's first name, simply calling him “Mr. Leader.” And in a big British no-no, Romney announced at 10 Downing Street that he had met the chief of M16. It's custom for visiting dignitaries not to announce such things, as M16 is highly clandestine. (Any James Bond fan knows this.) Romney's next foreign stops include Israel and Poland. Hopefully, he brushes up on his etiquette — and restrains the tone deafness — before the plane lands. There's a vast difference between diplomatic toughness and plain rudeness. Romney showed the latter in London.
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