Romney's First Day in Britain: he insults Britain and London Olympics
 

Apparently, in only one day, "Anglo-Saxon heritage" Romney has managed to have Salt Lake City declare war on London Olympics :D

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012...?newsfeed=true

"Mitt Romney's Olympics blunder stuns No 10 and hands gift to Obama"
"David Cameron rebukes Romney publicly"

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-...rnational-stir

"Romney goes to Europe, causes international stir"

And when asked by Matt Lauer about his wife's horse competing (when, where, etc), he said he's not going to the event, didn't know what day it was, and knew nothing about how the medal process worked in that sport (eliminations or not, etc).

Oh, and there's also this little blurb of some importance:

"MPs tell Barclays to stop fundraising for Mitt Romney"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2...?newsfeed=true

The best of Twitter on Mitt's Terrible Day:

i would like to make a motion that all future romney bs all be put into one thread, titled 'romneys many eff ups'.

can i get a second?

It would be too long, most likely.

Second.

This is the 2nd "Anglo-Saxon" thread (or was this the first?) already, which is a stunner since no one has corroborated that anyone from Romney's campaign actually made such a remark.

LOL. You are hilarious. Talk about trying to backdoor parse oneself out of disaster - LOL!

:tro:

London Mayor mocks Romney
 

Video of London Mayor mocking Mitt Romney to 60,000 people at Olympic Torch ceremony in Hyde Park today:

Uses "Yes, we can!" chant:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19006480

:tro:

HAHA
 

For more: http://politicalhumor.about.com/libr...y-cartoons.htm

Nice to see a politician willing to speak his thoughts w/o a speech writer or teleprompter.

Anyone who saw the opening follies, coupled with a shortage of tens of thousands of security forces, empty seats filled with students and army troops etc. may see the validity of his statement.

Better than a sitting President gushing over the anti-women, anti-american arab egyptians, now free under the Muslim Brotherhood flag. Those equality programs for women, I'm sure, are right around the corner.

He doesn't have a speech writer!...I'm shocked...another first for the Mitt.:tro:

Note to Mitt...find a speech writer fast...

Lol, some good ones there....here's a few more..

:rolleyes:

Just heard 'Stand by your Man' Hillary quoted from Cairo, saying Christians are anxious regarding the new government. :zz:

Now that's speaking thru the anti-Christian, muslim loving filter known as the Obama White House.

my eye roll that you replied to-that was because you actually think that mitt romney spoke without preparation. that's hilarious. are you really that naive? after his gaffes in london, you can bet your ass he won't say a thing without all his 'off the cuff' remarks having been completely gone over with a fine-toothed comb.

as for hillary, yeah, i know a lot of egyptians are anxious about their new government.

Romney Gaffe Show: Israel edition
 

The Romney Gaffe Show in Israel continued over the weekend, as Romney attempted to prove his warmongering Neocon bonafides regarding Israel, Iran, and Palestine.

However, Romney's positions were not greeted well by anybody but Bibi. In interviews with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that aired this afternoon, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak and President Shimon Peres praised President Obama.

False start in the women's 100 freestyle last night not by the swimmer taking off (an American) but the damn buzzer. :zz:

Then the South Korean flag is shown at the introductions for the North Korean soccer team. :tro:

A gaffe? Lucky prediction? Or a man with experience running an Olympics who saw the catastrophe in the making?

God Save the Queen!

Romney concludes disastrous foreign tour
 

Seven day tour, and Romney only answered three questions from the press during the entire time.

Today (yesterday Polish time), the end of the failed Romney World Disaster Tour occurred as the press shouted questions to Romney as he left Poland's Tomb of the Unknowns, and Romney's press aid screamed back at reporters "Kiss My Ass!" and "Shove it!"

And there you have it. The 2012 Republican GOP Presidential candidate.

Oh .. today Harry Reid reveals Romney paid no taxes for 10 years.

This candidate is done.

yes.

because it's not about going oversea's and insulting an ally if he's right.

please keep posting. every human error made proves your candidate was right and not just irretreviably lost in the world of diplomacy. you'll probably save his candidacy.

the romney campaign has already pivoted and asking why the press is ignoring the economy and talking about his trip.

move on people. nothing to see here.

Yea never insult an ally. Even if they f'd up or you see a f'up coming!

Neville C. is smiling from below!

Pass the muffins darling? And tax the damn rich! Instead of making them pay for 80% let's make them pay for it all and really eliminate any bit of motivation for entrepreneurship still remaining.

And he does it all without a speech writer and teleprompters..:)

yes. that's pretty much how diplomacy works.

weird, huh?

it's hard to explain but people generally don't like their friends coming over and pissing in the punchbowl when they're about to throw a party.

it's not really a tough concept. it's kind of diplomacy 101. and arguing about whether the criticism was justified just extends the injury. so...from your lips to romney's ears. with any luck his campaign will stop running away from this and embrace it with your enthusiasm.

OMG i just read that twisted quote of yours from the village idiot and he paid no taxes for ten years?

I'll wager anything you can name a year and Romney paid more taxes than Obama. In fact I'll wager Mitt has paid more in property/corporate tax alone than Obama paid total in any year you want.

had he done well, they would want to know why there wasn't much reporting about it. there's no pleasing some.

would that be in raw dollars or percentage?


and here's this, if you care to peruse it:

http://www.thesoapboxers.com/taxes-paid-rich/


and it's a good question at the bottom....larger taxes on all money, or keep progressive taxes where the rate increases in proportion to disposable income? i'd say most would prefer the latter.

oh, and the poor, poor rich people...paying lower taxes now than any time in the last 80 years. cry me a river. maybe some day i could have that problem to deal with, being in a higher tax bracket. oh, the humanity.

and then there's this, from the wsj:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...705018156.html

The Daily Mail, conservative London Newspaper, continues to attack Mittens today - by making him an advice columnist:

http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/3d28...2b25f5921be8d0

that's an article from AP, discussing romney's trip vs obama in '08..also some points about differing viewpoints regarding russia, etc.

% means nothing, all measurements of this nature should always be in dollars. If I paid 50K last year and you paid 35K, I paid more, the % SHOULD be irrelevant to that discussion. The progressive tax rate is the right system but it needs some serious tweaking before it can work right.
The highest tax bracket is not that big of a number in a two income home near a major city.

i disagree. when you compare tax payments, if i pay a higher percentage of my income than you, than i paid more in taxes in relation to income.
if someone makes 10 times more than me, that doensn't correlate to ten times more in taxes.
dollar wise, romney may have paid more. but in relation to income, who paid more? obama surely makes nowhere near what romney makes per year.
if he made 80% less, than 'fair' would dictate 80% less in taxes. is that the case? that's what i'm asking, because i don't know. but it doubt it. but since dell asserts it's a fact, i'd like to see the numbers.

http://news.yahoo.com/romney-tax-pla...130529619.html

an article on romney's tax plan. note the percentages, and who would benefit.

The scale slides very rapidly when dealing with large incomes.
We are only using income taxes as the primary factor in the equation and that is a problem. If you make 200K a year, it is likely that the person making 10x that number is paying 10x the taxes (in $) when you factor in all tax paid vs. just income tax.

I do not really agree with Rombo's plan either. Certainly know Obamas plans won't work (proof is in the history 2008-2012 and 1976-1980). Don't care much for Congress, can't say I really like the Senate at all. Supreme Court is kind of a joke too.

yeah, i don't like this one. don't like him saying he wants the banking regulations they recently added to be removed either. rich paying less than ever, and he wants to cut it more. also don't like him saying he wants to grow the DofD. it's already huge. we need to step back, rethink our deployments. need a real retrenchment in that area-but it won't happen.
saw yesterday that ceo's are 4-1 in favor of romney-that ought to tell you something too.
house dems voted to keep the bush/obama tax cuts on everyone except the top level. house reps want it continued for everyone. i'd rather they let them expire than keep them all. guess we will see.