Commentary: if Mitt Romney doesn’t like us, we shouldn’t care
Mitt Romney is perhaps the only politician who could start a trip that was supposed to be a charm offensive by being utterly devoid of charm and mildly offensive.
3:55PM BST 26 Jul 2012
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His derisory comments questioning Britain’s preparedness for the Olympics in
an interview with NBC were a strange way to build bridges with a country
that he says should be restored as the umbilical ally of the United States,
and a strange way to demonstrate the persuasive qualities needed as leader
of the free world.
Mr Romney is the scion of Liverpudlians who sought and found fortune and the
freedom to practice the Mormon faith (eventually) across the pond. His wife
Ann has Welsh pedigree.
The Republican candidate supposedly values these connections so highly that
foreign policy advisors told the Daily Telegraph that a Romney presidency
would restore the “Anglo-Saxon” dimension of the transatlantic alliance.
But his comments to NBC, particularly his doubts about Britons’ ability to
celebrate the games, showed how poorly he understands the land of his
forefathers.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/mitt-romney/9428764/Commentary-if-Mitt-Romney-doesnt-like-us-we-shouldnt-care.html
