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kpete

(72,035 posts)
Fri Jul 27, 2012, 11:47 PM Jul 2012

Mitt Romney Snubbed By UK Government As Cabinet Minister Tells HuffPost 'Our Heart Is With Obama'

Source: Huffington Post

Mitt Romney Snubbed By UK Government As Cabinet Minister Tells HuffPost 'Our Heart Is With Obama'

Mitt Romney fails to resonate with senior Conservative Party figures, most of whom have a much closer connection to Barack Obama, a Cabinet minister has disclosed to The Huffington Post on Friday. Their comments will add to the sense that the presidential hopeful's trip to London on the eve of the Olympics has been something of a PR disaster for the Republican party.

"Our head is with Romney, but our heart is with Obama," the senior Tory told us, the day after Romney caused outrage in London by suggesting the city wasn't prepared to stage the 2012 Olympics. "Romney would be a fantastic CEO president but in our hearts there's connection that we all have with Obama," claimed the cabinet minister.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/07/27/mitt-romney-snubbed-by-uk-government-cameron-romneyshambles-olympics_n_1709198.html?utm_hp_ref=politics&ir=Politics

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Mitt Romney Snubbed By UK Government As Cabinet Minister Tells HuffPost 'Our Heart Is With Obama' (Original Post) kpete Jul 2012 OP
"Romney would be a fantastic CEO president." WTF? Sorry, senior Tory, but we don't have those wordpix Jul 2012 #1
We could of told you that before he went to your country. Let's face it you wouldn't of believed it southernyankeebelle Jul 2012 #2
So much for that Anglo-Saxon relationship gambit. freshwest Jul 2012 #3
Romney is Obama's best surrogate! flamingdem Jul 2012 #4
That's the polite, diplomatic British way Jessy169 Jul 2012 #5
"Our head is with Romney..." ? trusty elf Jul 2012 #6
What an idiotic statement. (nt) enough Jul 2012 #7
K & R Scurrilous Jul 2012 #8

wordpix

(18,652 posts)
1. "Romney would be a fantastic CEO president." WTF? Sorry, senior Tory, but we don't have those
Fri Jul 27, 2012, 11:51 PM
Jul 2012

in the US.

And Rmoney wasn't even a good CEO of Bain with all the layoffs, outsourcing and offshore tax havens.

Jessy169

(602 posts)
5. That's the polite, diplomatic British way
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 12:35 AM
Jul 2012

of saying that Romney sucks and they pray to God that the walking Republican embarrassment never gets close to the Oval Office. The Cabinet Minister is merely practicing the well-honed British art of dramatic understatement.

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