Romney's Olympics remarks rally proud Brits
By PAUL HAVEN
Associated Press
In little more than 24 hours in London, the U.S. presidential candidate has gotten Britons to stop complaining about bumper-to-bumper traffic, cringing about cost overruns and fretting about shoddy security - and instead start taking pride in their country's long-awaited day in the sun.
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"What would he know?" asked Londoner Liudmila Troshina, wearing a Team Great Britain jersey and posing for pictures along with her husband in Piccadilly Circus. "I don't really care what people from other countries think about us because I take my information firsthand - from people who live here."
"No matter what some man said, we are prepared ... to support our country, our city and our sportsmen with everything we have," she added.
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"These are internal matters that would be well dealt with under our own democratic system," he said. "There is a feeling, and I'm sure it applies in the United States, that ... families can quarrel bitterly in private, but should anyone from the outside have a go, the family is united. In other words: 'Mind your own business.'"
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The entire country is united against Romney. 
