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"Romney Shambles" is a descriptive hashtag on Twitter to describe Mitt Romney's trip abroad, which started in Great Britain yesterday. He made so many gaffes in such a short amount of time that without instant news on Twitter no one could keep up with them.
My collection of quotes on Snark Amendment
In just one day, Romney managed the following:
- He insulted the entire country, implying they weren't ready for the Olympic Games
- Seemed to forget the name of Labour Leader Milliband, calling him "Mr. Leader"
- Reversed his criticism of the Olympics after a trip to 10 Downing Street but . . .
- Made a security faux pas by blabbing about meeting the head of MI6 Intelligence
- Sounding rather rude speaking of "looking out the back side" (instead of back garden) of Downing Street
- He only took questions from British reporters, making the U.S. Press Corps angry
- Was insulted by Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, as the Olympic Torch arrived
- Was labeled "Mr. Bean" by Guardian UK
- Told CNN's Piers Morgan that he "feels like a Brit" and that Ann is "from Wales" due to their family trees while
- Ann mentioned watching Downton Abbey as a frame of reference
- Was criticized by Harry Reid but also Charles Krauthammer on Fox
- Had to slash prices on tickets to a fundraiser where he
- Insulted Obama by vowing to return the bust of Churchill to the Oval Office
Edited to Add: This video from the DNC taking full advantage of Mitt's misfortune.
By the end of the "longest day" people had dug up this gem, from Romney's book No Apologies:
England [sic] is just a small island. Its roads and houses are small. With few exceptions, it doesn't make things that people in the rest of the world want to buy. And if it hadn't been separated from the continent by water, it almost certainly would have been lost to Hitler's ambitions. Yet only two lifetimes ago, Britain ruled the largest and wealthiest empire in the history of humankind. Britain controlled a quarter of the earth's land and a quarter of the earth's population
So I guess Mitt once thought of himself as an expert on "England," someone who could explain the British Isles better than the people actually living there. I wonder if he feels that way after yesterday?
