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The British reaction to Mitt Romney has gone from openness, to skepticism, to mocking, to concluding that Mitt Romney is worse than Sarah Palin.

Daily Mail Political Editor James Chapman has been providing the world a play by play of Romney’s British implosion via his Twitter account. Romney started things off by criticizing London’s preparedness for the Olympics. He then forgot the name of British Labour Leader Ed Miliband, and then he admitted that he had been given a secret briefing by MI6. This led the British to ask aloud if they have another George W. Bush on their hands, “Romney blunders again by revealing he’s had (supposedly) top secret briefing by John Sawers, MI6 boss. Do we have a new Dubya on our hands?”

After his visit to Whitehall, Chapman offered two of the kinder reviews of Mitt Romney, “Serious dismay in Whitehall at Romney debut. ‘Worse than Sarah Palin.’ ‘Total car crash’. Two of the kinder verdicts.” Chapman also reported another verdict from British meet and greet with Mitt, “Another verdict from one Romney meeting: ‘Apparently devoid of charm, warmth, humour or sincerity’”

Getting compared to Sarah Palin is one thing, but being called worse than Palin is an indication of the epic display of fail that Romney is putting on in London.

If you thought things couldn’t possibly get worse for Mitt Romney, you were wrong. How does one top being unfavorably compared to Sarah Palin? If you’re Mitt Romney, you get mocked in front of 60,000 people.

 

first the republican party said 'palin was a better choice than romney"... and now, the british agree.

 

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The UK MoD is fuming because over 1,200 troops just back from Afghanistan were dragooned into security to patch holes in the network,  Romney didn't say anything other security experts aren't thinking.

 

As to his briefing by MI6, big deal I doubt he was told mentioning the briefing was considered classified.  Mentioning what he was briefed on would be.  Brit press usually write in hyperbole. 

Let me get this right.  According to the media Romney is supposed to be an idiot because he says there are organizational problems at the Olympics.  Thousands of seats are empty because of organizational problems at the Olympics. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/t...-202923776--nba.html  All of the media will now just as loudly proclaim that Romney was right and they were wrong.  I won't hold my breath.

It wasn't because what he said was wrong, it was the fact that he said it. While many if not most people realized there were problems, to say to the leader of a country that 'they weren't ready" was insulting. When one is trying to show that he has diplomatic and foreign policy credentials, and the first thing he does is put his foot in his mouth, it shows that HE is not ready to take on the job!

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It wasn't because what he said was wrong, it was the fact that he said it.

This. It was supposed to be a goodwill trip for Romney to start to establish relationships that will be important if he's elected president. Instead, he flew in like a Bain consultant and told Britain what he thinks they're doing wrong.

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