Mitt Romney gets cold reception from UK media after Olympic gaffe

[grantcart]

Source: Guardian

In terms of winning British hearts and minds, Mitt Romney's attempt to burnish his credentials on the international stage as a potential future world leader has fallen at the first hurdle. His achilles heel was lack of diplomatic tact – a pretty crucial skill for anyone with leadership ambitions.

The reaction from the UK media to the Republican presidential hopeful's charm offensive was decidedly lukewarm on Friday morning. "'Nowhere man' Romney loses his way with gaffe about the Games," wrote the Times, while the Daily Mail quipped over a double-page spread: "Who invited party-pooper Romney?" The Independent seized on the play doing the rounds on "omnishambles" – the quip first coined on the satire The Thick Of It but cleverly appropriated by the Labour leader Ed Miliband: "Romneyshambles: Mitt begins his trip with a swipe at London." And to really put the boot in, a quote from one British diplomat in the Times described the former governor of Massachusetts's performance as "worse than Palin" – a reference to the gaffe-prone Republican former vice-presidential candidate.


Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2012/jul/27/mitt-romney-uk-media-olympic

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Also has a good video from the DNC which is a compilation of media reaction to Governor Romney's interesting Great Britain Gambit.

"Its a good thing that the British don't have a vote in American Presidential Elections".

[tawadi]

1. "worse than Palin"

[nolabear]

2. Gee, when you hear it all lined up like that

it sounds like he's having a little trouble over there.

[FailureToCommunicate]

3. Can you image these clever headlines and comments in US media?

US media seems so timid by contrast. (Well except maybe the NY Post)

Talk about being eviscerated in print!

[whathehell]

5. They were pretty damned clever on television last night and this morning!

They were hysterical on Morning Joe this morning, wondering if, when Romney

lands in Poland, he was going to tell Polish jokes!

[nichomachus]

4. These are skills he's never needed until now

His two main life experiences, besides spoiled rich kid, have been as a slash-and-burn vulture capitalist and a representative of an extreme religious cult. Both of those positions involve telling people what to do and expecting them to do it. He has never had any need for empathy, negotiation, diplomacy, you name it.

[Javaman]

6. He's done.

put a fork in him.