Romney set out on his first trip abroad as a presidential candidate, hoping to show the world his strength as a great statesman. Only one day into his trip, he has 6 major gaffes under his belt. (The Guardian has been kind enough to rate them from 1-10 for your convenience.)
As reported by CBS News, the British news media has blasted Romney all evening.
- The center-left newspaper the Guardian led their website with the headline, “Mitt Romney’s Olympics blunder stuns No 10 and hands gift to Obama.”
- The Guardian also ran a sidebar entitled, “Oh, Mitt: those Romney gaffes in full.”
- The Telegraph, a traditionalist, center-right paper, ran commentary from foreign correspondent Alex Spillius under the headline “Romney doesn’t like us? We shouldn’t care.” The subheadline of Spillius’ story read, “Mitt Romney is perhaps the only politician who could start a trip that was supposed to be a charm offensive by being utterly devoid of charm and mildly offensive.”
- The Times, a center-right publication, ran a couple harsh headlines, including “PM delivers Olympic putdown to Romney.” That article cites two unnamed “diplomatic” sources, one of whom says of Romney’s visit: “It is worse than Sarah Palin in terms of basic diplomacy.”
- The website for center-left paper The Independent led with the headline, “Mr Leader? Did Mitt Romney forget Ed Miliband’s name?“
- The Observer, a center-left paper, ran two articles on Romney’s gaffes: “David Cameron hits back at Mitt Romney over London 2012 doubts” and “Mitt Romney’s Olympics blunder stuns No 10 and hands gift to Obama“.
- We have 14 examples of headlines found this evening online from the U.K. you can check out below.
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