If Mitt Romney’s visit to London goes badly will it be called a #romneyshambles ?
— Alan Greenwood (@agreenwoodesq) July 26, 2012
Though he is only the presumptive GOP nominee for president, Mitt Romney set an world record for gaffes in his first day in London — including questioning if the country was ready to host the Olympic Games. Conservatives have lambasted President Obama for not nurturing the “special relationship” the United States maintains with the United Kingdom. The last thing they wanted was seeing their standard-bearer quickly becoming a punch line in England. But at least 60,000 booing Londoners agreed that Romney’s condescending attitude toward our closest ally was not appreciated.
On both sides of the proverbial pond, Twitter users mocked Mitt using a singular hashtag: #RomneyShambles, adapted from the term “omnishambles,” which hails from the BBC sitcom The Thick of It. This show, as you might have guessed, focuses on the blunders of pompous politicians. So the Brits are quite familiar with the art of the gaffe — but even they were impressed by shambles of our Mr. Romney.
#romneyshambles Mitt for President? Peter Sellers and Being There come to mind. — JackDromeyMP (@JackDromeyMP) July 26, 2012
Romney has funny way of making friends and influencing people. Slagging off Britain not sure fire way to success #Romneyshambles — Andrew Neil(@afneil) July 26, 2012
If I were American, I’d vote Republican, but Mitt – #fail #RomneyShambles — Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) July 26, 2012
RT @professor_dave: Romney achieves what no amount of BBC propaganda could – uniting the Brits behind London Olympics! #romneyshambles h … — Tony Martin (@tonym1988) July 27, 2012
Serious dismay in Whitehall at Romney debut. ‘Worse than Sarah Palin.’ ‘Total car crash’. Two of the kinder verdicts #romneyshambles — James Chapman (Mail) (@jameschappers) July 26, 2012
Mitt Romney makes George Bush look like Aristotle. #RomneyShambles — Cameron Addicott (@CameronAddicott) July 26, 2012
Mitt Romney retroactively cancels visit to London. #RomneyShambles
— Danielle Blake (@DCPlod) July 26, 2012
This is how conservatives are reacting to Romney’s British gaffathon? riehlworldview.com/carnivorous_co… Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
— Markos Moulitsas (@markos) July 27, 2012
Unless Romney brings bacon-wrapped shrimp to the Wailing Wall, I guess this’ll be the worst day of the trip.
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) July 26, 2012
Will Mitt Romney carry the Olympic torch? “Certainly not after today”, according to Olympics Minister Hugh Robertson on #newsnight
— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) July 26, 2012
