Keep going, Mitt! You’re doing GREAT!
The Mitt Romney International Tour of Shame and Embarrassment™ continues to provide “interesting” insight into his foreign affairs skills (or utter lackthereof.) The tabloid Daily Mail reports that a Romney campaign official called London mayor Boris Johnson “eccentric, odd”.
The official also said that Romney wasn’t well prepared for a trip of this magnitude. Apparently Mitt Romney needs to be briefed on how not to act like an embarrassing buffoon with the social graces of prep school bully when he’s abroad. His campaign staff need similar briefings, too, it appears.
A Romney campaign official has blasted Boris Johnson, the London Mayor, as an ‘eccentric, odd fellow’ whose public attack on the Republican candidate was ‘unbecoming’ and an indication of his bias towards President Barack Obama.
The official said that Prime Minister David Cameron’s ‘wisecrack’ about it being harder to stage an Olympic Games in London than ‘in the middle of nowhere’ – an apparent reference to Salt Lake City, where Romney oversaw the 2002 Winter Olympics – was ‘probably appropriate, albeit awkward’ and unfortunate for Romney
‘Johnson on the other hand lived up to his reputation as an eccentric, odd fellow. It was unbecoming to attack Governor Romney in that way. There really was no need. But Johnson made it clear in 2008 that his vote would have gone to Obama.’ {…}
The campaign official, who was not directly involved organising the London trip, that that the Romney campaign had not prepared sufficiently for ‘a visit of this magnitude’ and that the candidate had not been briefed properly on how to answer questions about the staging of the Olympics.
‘What he gave was the honest assessment of the situation based on his previous experience. Unfortunately in a diplomatic context that’s not the sort of thing that should have been coming out of the candidate’s mouth. It was bad messaging and media prep.’
Worst possible Romney gaffe? I'm just not sure Israel is ready for Jesus' return.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) July 28, 2012
You know, if you have to be prepped not to insult an entire city, particularly a city the size and importance of London, England on international television, and if you need to be prepped not to insult their government officials (both while the entire world is watching, no less), maybe it’s better if you just stay away from any sort of leadership position like, oh, you know, the U.S. presidency!
Mitt Romney: not ready for prime time and a complete embarrassment to the United States on the international stage.
