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Romney campaign blasts ‘eccentric, odd’ Mayor Boris Johnson of London
UK Daily Mail ^ | July 27, 2012 | Toby Harden

Posted on 07/27/2012 12:20:06 PM PDT by C19fan

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Popcorn moments. What is the rule about digging holes? Knowing Mayor Johnson he would take it as a compliant being called "an eccentric, odd fellow".
1 posted on 07/27/2012 12:20:15 PM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

So . . . why are the Brits trying to help Obama, exactly?


2 posted on 07/27/2012 12:23:50 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Ki-hagoy vehamamlakhah 'asher lo'-ya`avdukh yove'du; vehagoyim charov yecheravu!)
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To: C19fan

Although I agree that the Brits, including Bore-us Johnson, overreacted mightily to Romney’s comment about being “concerned” about what he’d read re: private security for the Olympics,

Romney and his team need to STFU about domestic British concerns. Just stick to happy crappy talk about the importance of UK- USA relations, smile and wave.


3 posted on 07/27/2012 12:24:37 PM PDT by pogo101
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To: C19fan

Honestly, glad he didnt apologize. Everyone freakin apologizes for freakin everything now.


4 posted on 07/27/2012 12:24:37 PM PDT by GoCards (I am a Hobbit)
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To: C19fan

Well he IS an eccentric odd fellow. Most of Britain knows it.


5 posted on 07/27/2012 12:25:35 PM PDT by Vanders9
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To: C19fan

Ok, this has officially entered “The Silly Zone.”


6 posted on 07/27/2012 12:28:01 PM PDT by dfwgator (FUJR (not you, Jim))
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To: Zionist Conspirator

Theyre not. They are going at Romney because he is making comments about the London Olympics.


7 posted on 07/27/2012 12:28:01 PM PDT by Vanders9
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for the record- the Brits ragged on Johnson for the way he showed up at the flag handover ceremony at the close of the 2008 games:

“Britons proud of their athletes’ achievements have vented their frustrations at being left “the laughing stock of the world” by the show, which featured rocker Jimmy Page, X-Factor winner Leona Lewis and footballer David Beckham.
British dancers perform as a double-decker bus arrives during the closing ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

British dancers perform as a double-decker bus arrives during the closing ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

The routine, which also included a performance by urban dance troupe ZooNation and the use of a red London bus, was meant to showcase the capital as the new host city of the Games.

But many have objected to its informality - and the scruffy state of Mayor Boris Johnson waving the flag - compared to the neat choreography of the Chinese display.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/2631439/London-Olympics-Tacky-2012-handover-show-attacked-by-British-bloggers.html


8 posted on 07/27/2012 12:28:29 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5million pay no federal income tax then vote demoKrat)
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So . . . why are the Brits trying to help Obama, exactly?

Because they, like 47% of Americans, like being crapped on.

9 posted on 07/27/2012 12:30:01 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Buying Drain-O requires photo I.D... yet voting doesn't???)
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To: C19fan

No matter what continent the future Emperor is on,
he must be defended.
By his staff.
By women.
By his sons.

The issues of the day NEVER matter, it is the insult
to the Inevitable Emperor that must be addressed.

So now, Mr. RomneyCARE in a dumb moment
smears England, and INSTEAD of apologizing,
Mr. RomneyCARE (of DeathPANEL fame)
DOUBLES DOWN.

Shameless. Or was that Seamus.


10 posted on 07/27/2012 12:31:29 PM PDT by Diogenesis ("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. " Pres. Ronald Reagan)
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To: C19fan

Isn’t Boris Johnson the Commy Symp Mayor who was on the take from Saddam Hussein when the UN was trying to curtail his WMD? I should think that any criticism from him would raise Romney’s stock!


11 posted on 07/27/2012 12:33:11 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic (ABO)
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he didn’t say he was concerned- why asked about instances of recent f-ups before the games even began Romney called them “disconcerting” and he was right...

fact is i am from NY and i was at the SLC games in 2002- they took place less then 6 months after the 9-11 attacks, so this “games in the middle of nowhere” BS is exactly that...the degree of security, which has always been paramount at the Olympics, was stepped up ten fold in just a few months....people forget that...


12 posted on 07/27/2012 12:33:11 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5million pay no federal income tax then vote demoKrat)
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To: pogo101

Security in the middle of White Mormonland will probably BE easier than London with its Moose troubles.


13 posted on 07/27/2012 12:34:21 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (let me ABOs run loose, lew (or is that lou?))
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To: Diogenesis

Smears or tells the truth about what anyone with the sense that God gave everyone, but Diogensis, the ability to see?


14 posted on 07/27/2012 12:36:47 PM PDT by Starstruck (Only the wealthy and the poor can afford socialism)
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To: Diogenesis

You do know that you’re a joke, right?


15 posted on 07/27/2012 12:36:59 PM PDT by MissouriConservative (Voting Anyone but Obama in 2012.)
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btw: from the USA Today live blog of the opening ceremonies, happening now;

“”MAYBE MITT WAS ON TO SOMETHING” (8:06 p.m. London/3:06 p.m. ET): At London’s historic Trafalgar Square, crowds gathered more than an hour before opening ceremonies only to be told that there would be no big screen to view the show as previously advertised, reports USA TODAY’s Kevin Johnson. Money quote, from fan Leela Marshall:”

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/story/2012-07-27/london-2012-olympics-opening-ceremonies-live-blog/56537222/1


16 posted on 07/27/2012 12:40:24 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5million pay no federal income tax then vote demoKrat)
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To: C19fan

If I recall correctly I believe Johnson is a communist. If so that explains the support for Obama...


17 posted on 07/27/2012 12:40:34 PM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (Where can I sign up for the New American Revolution and the Crusades 2012?)
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To: C19fan

Why exactly is Mittens even prolonging this meaningless tussle? Are the British going to elect him?


18 posted on 07/27/2012 12:40:49 PM PDT by RaisingCain
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To: Zionist Conspirator

Maybe food stamps, or was it a path the citizenship??

/SS


19 posted on 07/27/2012 12:41:36 PM PDT by biff (WAS)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

No, he isn’t.


20 posted on 07/27/2012 12:42:00 PM PDT by GrootheWanderer
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