Fri Jul 27, 2012, 08:50 AM

maddezmom (135,060 posts)

Mitt Romney declares himself 'a guy from Great Britain' after Olympics gaffe

Source: The Telegraph

Mitt Romney has emphasised his English ancestry after a gaffe-filled day in London, declaring himself to be “a guy from Great Britain” who is “married to a girl from Wales”.

Wearing a brave face after causing a diplomatic spat by questioning London's readiness to host the Olympics, the Republican presidential candidate joked that Britain felt like “home”.

The former Massachusetts governor and his wife, Ann, were interviewed together after a day from which he was meant to emerge looking like an international statesman descended into farce.

He told CNN's Piers Morgan on Thursday evening that the Olympics would be “terrific”, blessed with “great weather” and full of “enthusiasm on the part of the people here in London”.

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Asked whether he felt “partly English” as a result, a chuckling Mr Romney replied: “Well, I’m married to a girl from Wales, and I’m a guy from Great Britain. So I feel like this is home too, I guess.”

Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-politics/9431144/Mitt-Romney-declares-himself-a-guy-from-Great-Britain-after-Olympics-gaffe.html

81 replies	Author	Time	Post
Mitt Romney declares himself 'a guy from Great Britain' after Olympics gaffe (Original post)	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

Mitt Romney declares himself 'a guy from Great Britain' after Olympics gaffe

1. "I bank in the same offshore banks as many other British-type people."

15. Don't be ridiculous...

2. So does that mean Obama is more American than Romney?

49. Obama's mother has English ancestry

3. And this is the same guy who accuses the President of being "foreign"?

79. ^this^

4. Saw the thread title and thought it was satire. Can't believe he actually said that. (nt)

5. Mitt, continuing to be anything and everything anybody wants him to be.

24. Which is what the sociopath does to draw you in.

52. I also think he doesn't do it well because of his privileged background

66. yeah, just last month he was Hispanic & now he's Anglo-Saxon

6. What the derp?

7. Really?

8. The trees are all the right size, pip, pip!

9. He's geographically confused

10. he still hasn't figured out the nomenclature. wales is not england and great britain is the island

11. omg. This is like an Onion piece. He didn't really. What a buffoon.

56. That was my reaction. I had to look at the source.

12. While I would not want to inflict this upon the English...

59. Birther alert!!!!

13. All Romney is, is an American moron!!

14. I thought he was a guy from Mexico

16. I'm confused.

17. Romney admits he wasn't born here!

18. lol! funny he doesn't look like he's at home there! more like an alien visiting a distant planet...

58. Somebody should check his underware, eew.

19. The only claim Mitt can honestly make is that he is very good at pandering. nt

20. Does he intend to visit every country to encourage the reality

21. This really is like having Palin at the top of the ticket

50. except Mitt is no MILF.

22. What about Mexico?

23. They can have him

25. It *should* feel like home to him...

26. By his definition, Obama would be "a guy from Ireland"

31. Mitts Rellies came from "Dalton in Furness

27. lol - I'm sure the Brits are really happy to hear that declaration. nt

28. What a fucking idiot.

29. Carl Lewis says.........

30. This is too stupid...

42. It may be somewhat intentional

67. "He cannot be this stupid, can he?" Yes, he can and he is

80. well, don't underestimate the selfish (or just plain ignorant)will of some of the american people

32. But isn't Wales part of Great Britain?

63. Yes, you are correct.

33. Yeah, I'm sure that fixed everything.

36. hahahaha

34. A geezer ?

35. I doubt either Romney could find Wales on a map

37. Can he see Scotland from his house?

38. Say "bloimey, guv'ner" in a Dick Van Dyke accent, Mitt

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

74. My guess is that she didn't think it was her place

75. She was a Broadway star but this was her first movie.

41. Maybe Kevin Costner can school him in Britspeak

48. oh god, went to that movie with a friend who kept "shhhhh"ing me for muttering "shut up, just shut

78. Our household uses "Dick Van Dyke" as a verb.

40. Then show us your birth certificate, foreigner.

43. So if I make a bunch of Polish jokes while visiting Euro 2012 in Poland,

44. why don't you stay there w/ your wife..you would be doing us a favor

45. Well, maybe his wife will understand this then.

46. He's not from "Great Britain"

53. No. He's saying he was born in Great Britain. Yea. That's it. No. His wife was born in Wales. No.

47. Then why are you running for pres of USA? Birth cert please.

51. "International statesman"?????!

54. Ann's father was from Wales.

55. Mitt Romney is not eligible to be President of the United States

57. Every time

60. *facepalm*

61. British-gypsy?

62. Mitt, you're in a hole.

64. what

65. as a sheet

72. Thank you for opening my eyes...

68. What?! How?

69. Pitiful

70. OMG! He forgot Mexico! And don't fucking forget Poland!

71. Show us the birth certificate!!! Long form only!!!

73. I can't wait to hear what he says when he gets to Germany. "Ich bin ein Berliner auch !!"

76. Now that he's a British citizen, does it mean he wont be running for president?

25. It should feel like home to him...

60. facepalm