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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
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