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In the discussion thread: Mitt Romney declares himself 'a guy from Great Britain' after Olympics gaffe [View all]

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Fri Jul 27, 2012, 11:59 AM

Kablooie (8,863 posts)

39. I always wonder why Julie Andrews didn't pull him aside and have a little chat about his accent.

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81 replies	Author	Time	Post
Mitt Romney declares himself 'a guy from Great Britain' after Olympics gaffe [View all]	maddezmom	Jul 2012	OP
"I bank in the same offshore banks as many other British-type people."	Ezlivin	Jul 2012	#1
Don't be ridiculous...	brooklynite	Jul 2012	#15
So does that mean Obama is more American than Romney?	JBoy	Jul 2012	#2
Obama's mother has English ancestry	Rosa Luxemburg	Jul 2012	#49
And this is the same guy who accuses the President of being "foreign"?	MrScorpio	Jul 2012	#3
^this^	Freddie	Jul 2012	#79
Saw the thread title and thought it was satire. Can't believe he actually said that. (nt)	enough	Jul 2012	#4
Mitt, continuing to be anything and everything anybody wants him to be.	sinkingfeeling	Jul 2012	#5
Which is what the sociopath does to draw you in.	zeemike	Jul 2012	#24
I also think he doesn't do it well because of his privileged background	Tom Ripley	Jul 2012	#52
yeah, just last month he was Hispanic & now he's Anglo-Saxon	wordpix	Jul 2012	#66
What the derp?	eShirl	Jul 2012	#6
Really?	tawadi	Jul 2012	#7
The trees are all the right size, pip, pip!	bluedigger	Jul 2012	#8
He's geographically confused	mainstreetonce	Jul 2012	#9
he still hasn't figured out the nomenclature. wales is not england and great britain is the island	unblock	Jul 2012	#10
omg. This is like an Onion piece. He didn't really. What a buffoon.	GodlessBiker	Jul 2012	#11
That was my reaction. I had to look at the source.	Kalidurga	Jul 2012	#56
While I would not want to inflict this upon the English...	Tyrs WolfDaemon	Jul 2012	#12
Birther alert!!!!	Mendocino	Jul 2012	#59
All Romney is, is an American moron!!	center rising	Jul 2012	#13
I thought he was a guy from Mexico	Renew Deal	Jul 2012	#14
I'm confused.	Shadowflash	Jul 2012	#16
Romney admits he wasn't born here!	NYC Liberal	Jul 2012	#17
lol! funny he doesn't look like he's at home there! more like an alien visiting a distant planet...	BREMPRO	Jul 2012	#18
Somebody should check his underware, eew.	xtraxritical	Jul 2012	#58
The only claim Mitt can honestly make is that he is very good at pandering. nt	snappyturtle	Jul 2012	#19
Does he intend to visit every country to encourage the reality	R. Daneel Olivaw	Jul 2012	#20
This really is like having Palin at the top of the ticket	Rose Siding	Jul 2012	#21
except Mitt is no MILF.	dixiegrrrrl	Jul 2012	#50
What about Mexico?	sofa king	Jul 2012	#22
They can have him	meegbear	Jul 2012	#23
It should feel like home to him...	berni_mccoy	Jul 2012	#25
By his definition, Obama would be "a guy from Ireland"	mainer	Jul 2012	#26
Mitts Rellies came from "Dalton in Furness	Betty Jo	Jul 2012	#31
lol - I'm sure the Brits are really happy to hear that declaration. nt	TBF	Jul 2012	#27
What a fucking idiot.	Solly Mack	Jul 2012	#28
Carl Lewis says.........	Smilo	Jul 2012	#29
This is too stupid...	awoke_in_2003	Jul 2012	#30
It may be somewhat intentional	synapticwave	Jul 2012	#42
"He cannot be this stupid, can he?" Yes, he can and he is	wordpix	Jul 2012	#67
well, don't underestimate the selfish (or just plain ignorant)will of some of the american people	newspeak	Jul 2012	#80
But isn't Wales part of Great Britain?	progressivebydesign	Jul 2012	#32
Yes, you are correct.	smirkymonkey	Jul 2012	#63
Yeah, I'm sure that fixed everything.	Javaman	Jul 2012	#33
hahahaha	joost5	Jul 2012	#36
A geezer ?	dipsydoodle	Jul 2012	#34
I doubt either Romney could find Wales on a map	malthaussen	Jul 2012	#35
Can he see Scotland from his house?	tinrobot	Jul 2012	#37
Say "bloimey, guv'ner" in a Dick Van Dyke accent, Mitt	nxylas	Jul 2012	#38
I always wonder why Julie Andrews didn't pull him aside and have a little chat about his accent.	Kablooie	Jul 2012	#39
My guess is that she didn't think it was her place	nxylas	Jul 2012	#74
She was a Broadway star but this was her first movie.	Kablooie	Jul 2012	#75
Maybe Kevin Costner can school him in Britspeak	Arugula Latte	Jul 2012	#41
oh god, went to that movie with a friend who kept "shhhhh"ing me for muttering "shut up, just shut	uppityperson	Jul 2012	#48
Our household uses "Dick Van Dyke" as a verb.	eShirl	Jul 2012	#78
Then show us your birth certificate, foreigner.	Arugula Latte	Jul 2012	#40
So if I make a bunch of Polish jokes while visiting Euro 2012 in Poland,	agentS	Jul 2012	#43
why don't you stay there w/ your wife..you would be doing us a favor	april	Jul 2012	#44
Well, maybe his wife will understand this then.	geardaddy	Jul 2012	#45
He's not from "Great Britain"	waddirum	Jul 2012	#46
No. He's saying he was born in Great Britain. Yea. That's it. No. His wife was born in Wales. No.	The Wielding Truth	Jul 2012	#53
Then why are you running for pres of USA? Birth cert please.	uppityperson	Jul 2012	#47
"International statesman"?????!	greatauntoftriplets	Jul 2012	#51
Ann's father was from Wales.	xxqqqzme	Jul 2012	#54
Mitt Romney is not eligible to be President of the United States	bucolic_frolic	Jul 2012	#55
Every time	amuse bouche	Jul 2012	#57
facepalm	sakabatou	Jul 2012	#60
British-gypsy?	JDPriestly	Jul 2012	#61
Mitt, you're in a hole.	Mendocino	Jul 2012	#62
what	arely staircase	Jul 2012	#64
as a sheet	Don C. Nuttin	Jul 2012	#65
Thank you for opening my eyes...	qwlauren35	Jul 2012	#72
What?! How?	Quantess	Jul 2012	#68
Pitiful	charlyvi	Jul 2012	#69
OMG! He forgot Mexico! And don't fucking forget Poland!	lonestarnot	Jul 2012	#70
Show us the birth certificate!!! Long form only!!!	NickB79	Jul 2012	#71
I can't wait to hear what he says when he gets to Germany. "Ich bin ein Berliner auch !!"	Monk06	Jul 2012	#73
Now that he's a British citizen, does it mean he wont be running for president?	notadmblnd	Jul 2012	#76
Right Mitt is a duke from about 200 years ago since it's been the U.K. for something about that long	patrice	Jul 2012	#77
'a guy from Great Britain' - thank goodness he's NOT	LeftishBrit	Jul 2012	#81

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