Romney's Olympic Gaffes

• LONDON (Reuters) - Presidential candidate Mitt Romney tried to pick up the pieces on Friday after one British tabloid declared him an Olympics party pooper and even some of his supporters gave him the thumbs down for criticizing his host country.
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• Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D-Pa.
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• and united the country in celebration of his gaffes. By comparison, Romney has made our politicians look good: and there should be Olympic medals for that. Like The Daily Beast on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for updates all day long.
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• In damage-control mode, Romney slipped again on Friday, as he tried to praise London's management of the Olympics in an interview with and has written a book about political gaffes.
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• US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney made some undiplomatic criticism of Londons preparations for the Olympic Games on July 25 back and take a whiff of the bullshit.
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• Fox News co-host Brian Kilmeade is telling the British people to "back off" GOP hopeful Mitt Romney after a series of gaffes by the candidate outraged that London might not be ready for the Olympic games.
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• So the Obama campaign, lacking the usual preparations with friendly Stateside journalists, has gone into overdrive to get the word out about Romneys gaffes.
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• Watching Mitt Romney's blundering performance through Britain led me to suspect out some sharp elbows if he wants to get the media to forget about that Olympic dressage horse of his that he won't be bothering to visit.
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• Via TPM, its Karl Rove on Fox News today. "You have to shake your head. Gov. Romney went to the London Olympics at the invitation of the International Olympic Committee. It was a great opportunity for him to talk about his experiences.
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• host a successful olympics, host George Alagiah a href=http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/07/romney-london-olympics-gaffes.php target=_hplinksaid/a, adding If (Romneys) here to make friends, hes got a funny way of showing it.
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