Mittens In Need Of Coaching On Diplomacy...

by: Les Carpenter
Rational Nation USA
Liberty -vs- Tyranny

Mitt Romney and British Prime Minister David Cameron                                               Charles Dharapak/AP

Among Mitten's several other shortcomings it appear diplomacy is likely one of them.

The Boston Globe - The British media and Prime Minister David Cameron himself tweaked Mitt Romney Thursday, after the presumptive Republican presidential nominee suggested Great Britain right not be ready for its Olympic moment.

“It’s hard to know just how well it will turn out,” said Romney, who ran the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City. “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.”

Those comments, made Wednesday in London during an interview with NBC News, came at the outset of a European and Middle East trip aimed at burnishing Romney’s foreign affairs bona fides.

This screen grab shows the headline from the Daily Mail Online.

Instead, they prompted a rebuke from Cameron, the Conservative leader who is viewed by some as a supporter of President Obama after lavishing praise on the incumbent Democrat earlier this year.

“We are holding an Olympic Games in one of the busiest, most active, bustling cities anywhere in the world,” Cameron told reporters after visiting the venues where the 2012 Summer Olympics will begin Friday. “Of course it’s easier if you hold an Olympic Games in the middle of nowhere.”

Ouch! Mitt, you had that one coming ya know.

Local newspapers were equally tart.

The Daily Mail Online carried a headline, “Who invited him? US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney questions British public’s appetite for the Games during visit to London.”

The Telegraph wrote: “Mitt Romney questions whether Britain is ready for Olympic Games.”

London Mayor Boris Johnson also chimed in during a rally in Hyde Park, saying to the crowd of 60,000 people, “Mitt Romney wants to know whether we’re ready! Are we ready?” He was greeted with a hearty, “Yes.”

Both Romney and Cameron were more diplomatic after a face-to-face meeting at No. 10 Downing St., the prime minister’s residence. It came during a series of meeting with British officials as Romney plunged into a six-day foreign trip that will also take him to Israel and Poland. {Read More}

Having gotten it right with the Obama, "you didn't build that" quote it seems he has begun to shoot himself in the foot again with this one, and the Holmes got his weapons illegally comment.

Via: Memeorandum

Comments

  1. Will "take no prisoners" HartThu Jul 26, 11:00:00 PM EDT

    The more that this campaign moves along (and the electorate suffers), the more unacceptable that these 2 candidates become. Heaven help us all.

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    1. Les CarpenterFri Jul 27, 11:03:00 AM EDT

      Well, exactly. Which is why the opposition MUST get it right, ALL or it. With Mittens flip flop reputation, his gaffes (no matter how minor), his insulting close friends publicly and internationally, his breech with respect to M16... it is reason for his SUPPORTERS to be concerned. Perhaps he needs nrw handlers. Playing into the hands of your opposition just makes no sense.

      Helping the Obama Team (do as you say) should be a "shame on me" moment.

      One thing we in the conservative/libertarian political arena don't want to do is practice the tactics of political spin right out of the progressive play book however.

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  2. AnonymousFri Jul 27, 12:18:00 PM EDT

    Rush and FOX have higher ratings than MSNBC and have been around much longer.

    "political spin right out of the progressive play book however"

    You have that just opposite, it's the right that cornered the market on political spin and lies, long ago.

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    1. Les CarpenterFri Jul 27, 12:36:00 PM EDT

      I will merely disagree and leave it at that. I've been around long enough to have seen spin, propaganda, and lies from both.

      Delete
  3. AnonymousFri Jul 27, 12:43:00 PM EDT

    Agreed, but you didn't blame both. You made it clear one side wrote the playbook.

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