Whatta we got in the local clip ‘n’ save today? “Mitt Romney’s campaign is considering a major foreign policy offensive at the end of the month that would take him to five countries over three continents…” HMMMMM. You have to wait until you *win* the presidential election to launch world war, dingus. And then it’s perfectly acceptable. But maybe the rules are different for Republicans. What nations shall Mitt Romney delight with his arsenal of good humor, competitive sport, and decline?
The tour starts in the rogue state of England, where Mitt Romney will challenge the war-torn autocracy to begin the long march towards democratic reform. (And perhaps secure a handsie from the queen? He’ll settle for Prince Charles, if necessary.)
The presumptive GOP nominee then is slated to travel to London for the start of the Olympics and to give a speech in Great Britain on U.S. foreign policy.
Next he would meet with our other Greatest Ally of All Time, Israel, and maybe even throw in a handshake with the leader of Israel’s own Mexican-y Others.
Romney next would fly to Israel for a series of meetings and appearances with key Israeli and Palestinian officials.
Then a quick stop in the heart of Nazi Germany and hey, don’t forget about Poland:
Then, under the plan being considered, he would return to Europe for a stop in Germany and a public address in Poland, a steadfast American ally during the Bush years and a country that shares Romney’s wariness toward Russia.
Stay away from those bullets, though:
Romney officials had considered a stop in Afghanistan on the journey, but that’s now unlikely.
Your Wonkette hopes he goes through with this. A Mitt Romney Global Tour would be comedy gold! “Hello, little Arab boy, have a Werther’s candy — but don’t tell your mother” etc etc.
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If Mitt did stop in Afghanistan, it would be the closest any Romney male has been to combat.
Hell, that would be the case if he visited Fort Hood.
Or Fort Collins.
Or the south side of Chicago.
In the baddest part of town.
Now, now. His Mexican relatives probably did fortify the compound at a couple of points of time to avoid unrest among the local population.
Most of the time, Mormans have directed their "massacring" towards Christians, not Muslims.
Not true. Romneys were at the forefront of all the following major battles:
1. the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
2. several skirmishes in the Utah War.
3. the fight to save Joseph Smith from castration following the time JS was caught with a really young chick of a local family in Illinois.
4. the Lafferty insurrection against liberalized women (See Krakauer, Jon, Under the Banner of Heaven).
5. Ruby Ridge (oops) Different western separatist wackos.
6. Black Monday 1987 (Mitt even has a scar on his forearm from that one)
That trip to England will Romney's first opportunity to introduce his inbred- dumbass sons to the Prince's inbred, dumbass sons.
There are still a bunch of in bred ass Romneys running around in eastern England today. Even have their own town.
I thought the tea partiers were rather anti-England.
Yeah, he's just going to rub it in that we kicked their asses. And by we I mean other people.
No, that's the other guys, the real ones who dressed up like "Indians."
That's if they knew any history or geography. I believe for modern 'baggers "England" refers to the New one (newer's always better, right 'Murkans?), just like South America means Florida and the Middle East what us Wonkers would refer to as "DC Metro" (It IS in the middle of the Eastern seaboard, kinda, no?)
Ann Romney will get along great with Camilla. They are both stay-at-home moms.
Ann might take a turn in the saddle as well.
ISWYDT! "Ride her hard and put'er up wet!"
"The presumptive GOP nominee then is slated to travel to London for the start of the Olympics and to give a speech in Great Britain on U.S. foreign policy."
Ah, fuck it. Let's just have two Presidents and end all this electioning and shit.
So, whatever happened to the idea of politics ending at the border?
Presidential candidates do give speeches abroad. I doubt that Romney will receive anything close to the ecstatic reception that Obama got
<a http="www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/24/uselections2008.barackobama" > in Germany but Obama did do the tour too.
Holey Moroni! I hope they check to see if there are any solar flares predicted during his trip. We wouldn't want WillardBot to crash overseas, away from the factory.
Hamas may try to take him out with an EMP.
Robotic politicians do NOT stop at the water's edge.
The England trip is just cover so he can see his wife’s horse compete in the Olympics. Every other stop on his agenda is an apology tour, Germany for being on the wrong side in WII, Israel for not Nuking Iran yet and Poland cause you know….
And you don't think he is going to make a side trip to visit his Swiss money?
He can do his Uncle Scrooge Money Swim.
Poland cause you know…
Polish jokes 1910-1984? (After that we knew they weren't jokes.)
Trying to win in Chicago!
Forgive me, I don't think I am a cynical man. However, isn't this going to cost gazzillonbity bucks in Secret Service protection. Yes, that's it. Gazzillonbity buck. I read it on the internet.
Maybe the Secret Service detail can line up some hot Polish pussy back at the hotel while they are there.
Since it's a Republican's trip, I'm guessing hot Polish sausage, AMIRITE???
The correct figure, according to my source in Minnesota, is $200 million per day.
Your move, Phileas Fogg.
You know who else gave a campaign speech in Germany?
Merkel?
Eric Von Weinerschneitzel?
Eric Von Zipper?
"Eric Von Zipper adores you. And when Eric Von Zipper adores somebody, they stay adored. "
"Show 'em the finger, babe."
Ronald Reagan?
The Von Trapp family?
Reagan, at the Bitburg SS cemetery?
in fairness, all the graves had crosses, so how the hell was reagan supposed to know they weren't jews!!!/!??!111!??
A donut?
I believe that was a Hamburger.
Would have been, but the Hamburglar got to it first.
Barry? and a lot of people showed up for it. I wonder if Mittens has the balls to attempt it. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/24/usele…
The difference will be as stark as Barry crooning some Al Green while MomJeans Mittens half-stroked out to an off-key rendition of America the Beautiful.
The USAAF Eighth Air Force?
All of them, Katie.
Kaiser Wilhelm II?
He really should spend some time in Somalia and get some ideas for getting the government out of the way of the job creators.
Revised itinerary:
Caymans: visit loved ones
Switzerland: ditto
Monaco: say farewell to loved ones
BeloRus: visit the White Russians
Spain: visit the birthplace of mayonnaise
You know who else came from Germany and gave a public address in Poland?
Tokio Hotel?
Two "You know who else's" in a single Post! WOOHOO!!
Krampus?
Scorpions?
Burgermeister Meisterburger?
He should take Lindsey Graham along since he knows so much about war. And seamen.
Is he going to knocking on doors and handing out literature?
Pssst! Europe!
Pretend like you're not home!
Can't stop giggling.
I just hope they don't let him drive.
He's murderous behind the wheel.
Will he be visiting Planet Kolob?
Come back later, I'm watching my program/just got out of the shower (won't work for France or Italy)/I'd love to talk but I'm waiting for an important phone call.
Of course once, when I was on a stay at home vacation they came to my door. I was bored so I invited them in for some lemon aid. When they came in and sat down I shut the door and latched the dead bolt then looked over my shoulder and sneered at them. They couldn't leave my house quick enough.
Mitt Romney's foreign policy will only recognize white countries as legitimate.
"American FuckStick Visits Foreign FuckSticks!" FIXED!
I hope that SkyMall's fully stocked.
Do they have those on Air Force None?
Yeah, but they're really hard to order from because the pages are usually all stuck together.
It's entirely possible that the only thing Mitt Romney doesn't own yet is the SkyMall faux-ceramic statue of Bat Boy crawling out of his garden.
His backyard looks like a day care center run by Medusa.
I've been racking my brain for a "Tag" to this like:
Mitt Tour 2012: Morman the way you want it
or
Romney around the World: Dogs on Roof '12
But I just can't flush it out.
"Mitt Tour 2012: Of course you have suffered enough, but I'm here to talk about me"?
And Mitt, please don't embarrass us like W did whenever he went overseas.
So many backs to rub. So little time.
So many forced haircuts to give, so little time.
Yeah but won't Fox News make fun of him like they did to Obama when he did the exact same thing in 2008?
Absolutely!!!
Nope.
I wonder if he'll tell the Israelis that his Jesus is better than their Jesus.
Of course his Jesus is better. His Jesus was American.
He helped build the president's estate.
If he is going to England, he should take Scott Brown so he can hobnob with all the Kings and Queens.
I heard Scotty can really hob a knob.
Is Marcus Bachmann going along too?
FauxNews has called the election. Romoney is now the Faux Commander in Chief.
There's a small glitch with that plan… Non US Amercians can't vote for Mittens.
No, but they can sure find a way to contribute millions to the superpacs.
Shhhh, don't tell his campaign that. Bro.
English are people too my friend.
Thanks, Baconz.
SPEAK LOUDER
Will he have to offer customary greetings in any of these locations? Oh please, please get some vids of him bowing to foreign leaders.
NO APOLOBluurrppuuuke!*
*Hoping to see Mitt go on an Apology Tour culminating in his puking on the Japanese Prime Minister's dinner table
bowing, holding hands, and kissing : the trifecta!
Can't wait to see the negative campaign ads the superpacs air with the money this trip will generate.
Life is going to be good for broadcasters over the next four months. With that much money getting spent on finite air-time we're going to see networks charging Super Bowl rates for ads running during third rate sit-coms.
Well, at least he has a passport, unlike, well, you know.
There is precedent for this. We send automated Drones overseas all the time, now.
You know, a shared feeling of uneasiness about a Mormon head of state in the US might be the thing that finally brings the Israelis and Palestinians together. Khaled and Shimon might hate each other, but they both agree that basing your faith on what some dude says he saw at the bottom of a top hat is craaaazy blasphemy.
"Dude, let's sign this peace agreement or that fucker is going to come back and tell us about the magic underpants again."
Wait until Obama gets back from France! He will be really mad about this!
Mitt isn't personally going to bomb China on his tour? RINO!!!!
“Hello, little Arab boy, grab my ass for hilarious comic effect — but don’t tell your mother”
Just go to fucking Israel five times and call it a success.
So, is he just going to stroll across the sea floor or do they pack him up in nice Halliburton style crates? All rounded corners and polished stainless steel?
He's going to fly, of course! Haven't you seen Iron Man?
He will cancel this tour just as soon as he realizes that the people in these countries can't vote in the American election.
Of course, he won't realize this until November 7th.
I can see Mittens rising to new heights of awkwardness and smugness on this trip, it ought to be fun.
"big deal, so your a prince. I'm a robber baron"
"Is that a hat you're wearing, or my dressage horse's feedbag?"
The woof, the woof, the woof is on fire…
When does he play Budokan? I'd get tickets to that.
I'll wait for the bootleg.
This has "Embarrassing Gaffe of the Day" written all over it.
Mitt thinks that he has quite the sense of humor. I am hoping that he will ask Prince Phillip if he ever farts in bed and holds Elizabeth's head under the sheets. Yeah, they'll like that.
Ha! Good one. You know he'll say something stupid, like "Hey, you guys are really Germans, right? How'd you get this ruling England gig?"
This nice thing is that they're a few hours ahead of us so we'll be waking up to hilarious stories.
Excellent. I like a little schadenfreude with my coffee in the morning.
From a bumper sticker I read in South Austin yesterday:
I do not support the next war.
"Mitt Romney’s campaign is considering a major foreign policy offensive"
Everything Mittens does is offensive.
Romney's 'Show Me The Money' World Tour will follow right after, stopping in: Cayman Islands, Zurich, London, Monaco, Luxemborg, Bermuda.
"Show me MY money" /fixed
How about stopping in Italy to pick-up some souvenir Maseratis, Lamborghinis, and Ferraris? The garage in the La Jolla castle could use some new decorations.
Each of these countries are SOCIALIST
The family dog went into hiding on the news.
"Rutt Ro"
Romney officials had considered a stop in Afghanistan on the journey, but that’s now unlikely.
Doesn't want to be seen colluding with fanatical polygamist crazy mountain people.
Maybe he will finally learn something about how to adopt a successful health care plan by visiting countries which have adopted single payer government plans.
Ich bin nicht optimistisch.
Maybe Mitts kids can get together with Harry and William and the young Princes can explain what military service and devotion to country is all about. Mitt didn't have the time or experience.
Excellent point! At least their inbreds have some understanding of service to country or, at least, a sense of shame that prevents them from not serving.
Well, Harry and William have it easy: Mitt's kids are making the Supreme Sacrifice of helping get their father elected, which is a superior form of service. Since Liz II is a hereditary monarch, Harry and William didn't need to do all that. So they could take the easy option.
Romney heading to Germany? Well it's about time! Angela Merkel's neck has been mighty sore for the last three years.
'do not want' has to be right up there on my list of fav snark pictures.
though to be fair, she'd probably welcome barry's massage.
Obama killed Osama bin Laden and paralyzed one of the biggest terrorist organizations on Earth. I think that kind of trumps Mitt giving a speech in Britain on economics. Not sure what he's going to get out of this tour.
Duty-free on a Lamborghini and checking on their homes in the old country?
haha..yeah, now that makes sense.
Major foreign policy offensive: ding dong!
Let's see go to Israel and try to convert them, next go to Saudi Arabia and try to convert them, next go to Vatican and try to convert them.
World tour in a nut-shell.
Nah, it's easier to just wait until they're dead.
[Which, with Mitt and his gaggle of Bush-retread neocons itching for war with Iran, may happen sooner than would otherwise be expected.]
I didn't know you could expense a review of your outsourcing sites as campaign financing.
I have always thought a practiced faux meltdown about anything (murdering a hooker) might work. Overwhelm them with woe that keeps them up that night.
Well, I just made a pilgrimage to Choom Gang HQ in Hawaii this morning to pay my respects to the real Commander in Chief.
Meanwhile, Hopey is having the CIA update the Most Wanted Terrorist list and planning the drone attacks to make sure his foreign policy accomplishments upstage any visits Romney makes to fudge factories in Great Britain or Germany
Willard has to trash Europe over there so he doesn't have to trash Europe here.
Really, Europe is among his favorite examples of awfulness, so how welcome does he expect he's gonna be? Oh, hell, he'll just brazenly trash us to them to show them the evil of their ways.
Yes, I have overheard my Mor(m)on in-laws discussing how someone with "Hispanic outreach" should know about so and so. (They're particularly vulturey at highly emotional times – divorces, deaths, etc.
I have once managed to strip and pour water on me to open the door in the all together claiming I was showering. They promised to return at a more convenient time even when I open the door wide and effusively invited them in.
Prince Charles won't give Mitt a handsie, he has staff for that, but he might mistake Ann's dressage horse for Camilla…
or Princess Anne.
This will be the funniest thing to happen to Europe since Germany conquered it.
You're forgetting when the Griswolds went.
Will he wear the customary white shirt, black tie and backpack while riding his bicycle through nanny state Europe?
Rmoney '12: Hey, AMERCIA, who needs nanny-state-ism when we have the church to tell us what to do?
seriously? who the fuck would want to listen to mittens if you didn't have to?
Call me pedantic, but I counted just 4 countries and 2 continents.
Also, saying "Romney officials had considered a stop in Afghanistan on the journey, but that’s now unlikely" is sort of like saying he's considering Michele Bachmann for the veep spot. The base loves to hear it, but everybody knows it was never true.
Really? They still call it the Soviet Union over there, too?
You know who else launched a "major foreign policy offensive", in Poland?
Sweden?
WTF, that photo looks like it's out of Manos: The Hands of Fate.
Does somebody make a universal European power adapter to keep him charged?
there is a massive mormon temple just off the 5 @ in la jolla. it's all starting to make sense.
"Romney officials had considered a stop in Afghanistan on the journey, but that’s now unlikely."
Too bad. I was hoping to see a picture of Mittens in a helmet uncomfortably posed on a tank.
The dingus ate my baby!!!!
If he did that he'd look like a jigsaw puzzle with a couple of pieces gone.
It's to be expected when you insist on messing around with Slim.
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