Obviously we’re better off with Obama.
His only saving grace is that most people don’t give a damn about the Olympics or anything that happens overseas when they have to look for a job and pay the rent...................
The UK Media Whorenalists are even more overtly Obama cheerleaders than even the USA media
Ignore them
There is NOTHING he could have said or done that would have made them praise him- NOTHING
If he walked on water the headline would have been “Romney Can’t Swim”
While Willard was not my pick, at least he appears to have the right enemies.
F**k the Brits. Within 10 years it will “offend” them for Ann Romney to forget her hijab in public.
The NPR story this morning covered this. They painted a picture of gaffe after gaffe, but when I listened to the “gaffes”, I did not see them as such.
“Romney said it was “disconcerting” that the Olympics organizers had encountered difficulties over security.”
That’s it? All this brouhaha over “disconcerting”?
I figured he’d said something like “You ignorant, incompetent limeys totally bungled security like you bungle your dental care. The islamderthals are going to walk in and wipe out 100,000 people with your inept leadership.”
Oh GIVE ME A FREAKING BREAK.
Sheesh.
It’s the Guardian for Pete’s sake. “Nuff said...
Willard probably knows a few things about how to set up a city infrastructure for moving tons of people around and how to make sure the NK and SK flags are appropriately displayed.
The International Olympic Committee is the same kind of crypto-Marxist global cabal as the United Nations.
Get us out of both of them.
Several article commentators criticized the newspaper for this article.
Look at this one using Romney’s actual quote which frankly isn’t that bad:
“Here’s the actual quote:
“It’s hard to know just how well it will turn out. There are a few things that were disconcerting: the stories about the private security firm not having enough people, supposed strike of the immigration and customs officials, that obviously is not something which is encouraging.”
Considering that this paper has castigated the UK government for these exact same things, it’s hardly anything to get one’s knickers in a twist over when a former Olympic organizer also makes the same point.
Of course, since he’s the presumptive Republican candidate for US president, I suppose the Graun will easily overlook their own hypocrisy.”
Sorry Guardian, “stumbling” is a most welcome change to the bold and brazen “forward” march of the other guy we’re hoping to be rid of soon.
(1) He acknowledged, when asked about them, that London's obvious Olympic difficulties existed.
(2) He called the leader of the Labour Party "Mr. Leader" - which is how Americans refer respectfully to leading politicians ("Madame Speaker", etc.).
(3) When asked which UK government officials he met with he mentioned some of them.
The Gruniad is really, really reaching here.
Britain, Israel and Poland?
Are they going to vote in our elections? This is a total
waste of time and money. Everyone knows the only other
country that matters in our election is Mexico. He should
be there hustling the Mexican wetback vote.
What a joke, it’s not like we are overrun with British,
Jewish or Polish wetbacks.
I just finished reading The Real Romney; the book was very fair in tone, not a hit piece at all, but disturbingly revealing of Romney’s shortcomings. Quite a few examples were given of his painful social awkwardness. He has a talent for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time because he is so uncomfortable being around people.
I’m still stunned that HE is what the country has been given as an alternative to Obama. What a nightmare.
Blah. Blah. Blah. Blah!
Big whoop!
It’s just the Guardian doing its job.
I mean, it’s not like Mitt tried to speak or make a toast in the presence of the Queen, during the last few bars of ‘God Save the Queen’, is it?
Romney ran a highly successful Olympics. He knows what he is talking about.
There was one point during the Salt Lake games where there was a traffic jam heading up to the Downhill events. Romney ran out to the main intersection and began to direct traffic like a cop.
I’m no fan of Willard, but he does know how to make an organization work.