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

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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.

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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

Response to kpete (Original post)

Fri Jul 27, 2012, 11:51 PM

wordpix (12,502 posts)

1. "Romney would be a fantastic CEO president." WTF? Sorry, senior Tory, but we don't have those

in the US.

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

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Fri Jul 27, 2012, 11:51 PM

southernyankeebelle (10,920 posts)

2. We could of told you that before he went to your country. Let's face it you wouldn't of believed it

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Sat Jul 28, 2012, 12:12 AM

freshwest (32,410 posts)

3. So much for that Anglo-Saxon relationship gambit.

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Sat Jul 28, 2012, 12:12 AM

flamingdem (23,277 posts)

4. Romney is Obama's best surrogate!

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Sat Jul 28, 2012, 12:35 AM

Jessy169 (423 posts)

5. That's the polite, diplomatic British way

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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Sat Jul 28, 2012, 04:53 AM

trusty elf (2,914 posts)