Point of etiquette: When invited to a party -- like, say, the Olympics -- it's best not to disparage the party's success in front of the hosts before the party has even started.
And if you try that in U.K., especially, don't expect your grievous breach of etiquette to go unnoticed by the tabloids. The Sun, legendary for its scorching headlines, summed up Mr. Romney's escapades thusly: "Mitt the twit --Wannabe US President Romney in Games insult, but David Cameron insists: We'll show you."
Ahhh, the genius of the British tabs. Sadly, the American press lacks the gleeful bile of its London counterparts, but no matter: who's up for writing some headlines -- Fleet Street tabloid style -- about the Romney visit? I'll start.
- London Galling -- Broiling Brits to Colonial Klutz: Yanks for Nothing
- Git -- What You Are, What You Should Do
- Mitt Romney’s Lying Circus -- "This is a late parrot"
Get your tab on, TRMS'ers. And we'll post the winners on Monday.
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Romney Trip Turns Out Mitt-iful
Mitt's London Bridge has fallen down.
Mitt, you're a right git!
How about these:
“Mitt Romney Meets PM, Says He Saw the “Backside of Downing Street”
“For First Time, 60 Thousand People Cheer at Mention of Mitt’s Name”
“Mitt Romney Releases 20 Years of Tax Returns to Distract from UK Gaffes
“UK Revamps Olympics Opening Ceremony to Add Public Shaming of Mitt Romney”
“Mitt Romney Issues Press Release Saying He Was Not in London in July 2012”
“Mitt Romney To Brits: ‘You’re White and Have Bad Teeth, So I Assumed You’d Support Me’”
“Romney Campaign Announces Rafalca Will be Doing all Mitt's Appearances from Here On”
“When Asked Why He Called Miliband ‘Mr.Leader’ Romney Repies “Isn’t that the Standard Greeting for Communists?’”
“Mitt Romney Gives Speech in London Promising to Repeal National Health Service if Elected President”
(Read more at http://newsericks.com/tag/RomneyShambles.)
Queen - "We Are Not Pleased, Mr. Romney."
Mitt's London, Bridge to nowhere says Cam
Coming soon to an Anglo-Saxon theater near you - "Das Mitt".
Mitt the Twit causes fit with Brits during stumbling harebrained comically slapstick adventure to the London Olympics.
Mitt Romney: The Emperor has no clothes or the clothes have no Emperor?
ROFL!!
I'm not giving the Romney campaign a full-fledged endorsement or anything but seriously, what seems to be the problem? He's an American citizen abroad and, having organized an Olympics is caught in a comparison of tactics and competence with the Mayor of London and the Olympics organizers. There ARE issues with British security. It's ok to say that security issues are disconcerting. They are disconcerting if not corrected. Find something else to pick on. There's nothing to see here. Only knee jerk responders will jump on this bandwagon.
It's not whether what he said was accurate or not, it was insensitive and politically ignorant. You do not insult your hosts... ever.
I wonder if there will be a part 2....and 3 and 4 and...and if that will be the last of the franchise.
An invisible barrier separated him from the rest of the world. He was – he had always been a marked man. - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
In 'The Summer Of His Discontent,' Mitt ponders 'All's well that ends' as best London exit plan.
"Super-callous-facile-richie-Romney-Mitt's-atrocious"
Wow ... just ... wow!
excellent
Bravo!
Londoners sour, as Mitt plays Twit, Tact No.
Mitt's off, upper cuts himself.
Mitt asserts, "That's all you Brits are going to get." On to Israel!
he's a real nowhere man
sitting in his nowhere land
making all his nowhere plans
for nobody
The Pain of Bain stays mainly in the Wane.
Romney faces airport extra baggage fee for his ego.
This Mitt will rub off on you, sort of shabby, as sweeps thru London.
In England Romney shows his French leanings; as Neopolitan Blown-Aparte, he attempts to disrupt the British Olympic Plans. Prime Minister Cameron, a.k.a Lord Wellington, dispatches Blown-Aparte with his Waterloo-like verbal assault. England prevails, Nes Par?
GOP candidate Mitt-faced in interview.
Brit to Mitt: Eat $#!t
London is foggy: Mitt is foggier
I don't know what else to write XD
Mitt founders at London Olympus, shoots own foot off.
Mitt Puts Brits In Snit: Charm Offensive Is 0% Charm & 100% Offensive
Romney: guy in magic underwear shows his arse to Brits.