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IcyPeas

(21,857 posts)
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 03:14 PM Jul 2012

something else Mitt said of the U.K. in his book...

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/07/romneys-no-apologies-diplomacy-in-action-as-uk-trip-turns-to-public-spat/260376/

Update, 2:25 p.m. EST: Is Mitt Romney even all that crazy about the United Kingdom? A section of his 2010 book, unearthed by Foreign Policy's Joshua Keating, describes the country in terms that seem alternatively glowing and, well, not:

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.

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something else Mitt said of the U.K. in his book... (Original Post) IcyPeas Jul 2012 OP
was that written for 3rd graders? Coexist Jul 2012 #1
its roads and houses are small nt arely staircase Jul 2012 #3
I just ..... just.... Coexist Jul 2012 #5
great fine maddezmom Jul 2012 #2
Notice how he also talks as if one country controlling 1/4 of the world's population is a good thing Cali_Democrat Jul 2012 #4

Coexist

(24,542 posts)
1. was that written for 3rd graders?
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 03:15 PM
Jul 2012

that's embarrassing to read.. and i'm not talking about the content.

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