A Limp Wrist-ed David Cameron hits back at Mitt Romney over Olympic doubts

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July 26, 2012

Get over it, Britain. You're a second rate, semi-degenerate nation still on the way down because you went too far to the left too long ago for anyone to care about. Don't expect us to wring our hands over what you losers did. We're too busy fighting to make sure it doesn't happen here.

I really give a flip about what David Cameron thinks. yawn … just be glad we continue to allow you to think you're actually in the game on most things. Now, get out of our face and try to not screw up the Olympics more than you have already.

Mostly a bunch of feckless wankers if you ask me. Put a Gold Medal on that and aim it at the Queen's arse. How ya liking America, now, mates? LOL

The prime minister has hit back at comments from the US presidential candidate Mitt Romney querying Britain's readiness for the Olympics, urging the country to "put its best foot forward" and ensure they are remembered as "the friendly Games".

On a visit to the Olympic Park with the London 2012 organising committee chairman, Lord Coe, before Friday's opening ceremony, Cameron said the Games were an opportunity to promote Britain despite the gloomy economic backdrop.

Well, that was fun!!

Comments:
  1. Humble Conservative says:

    Whoops, now Weird Willard is walking-back the insult to his Anglo-Saxon hosts. Why is he apologizing for America? I can’t wait to see how Weird Willard is totally going to muscle China around on “DAY 1!”.

  2. Humble Conservative says:

    My favorite part of Weird Willard’s vanity tour abroad was his spilling the beans on his meeting with the head of MI6. What a dip-sh*t.

  3. Ragspierre says:

    The puuuuurrrr addled poo-smearing troll is babbling to itself…
    Pathetic.

  4. Lorella says:

    Wow, you really are an asshole!

  5. Justin says:

    This post is really deeply offensive. Since when has ignorance and small mindedness been part of the American way?

  6. OP says:

    You really are clueless, aren’t you? Why don’t you just give up this little “hobby” before you embarrass yourself any more? “Limp-wristed”? You’re like an 8 year old on the playground calling someone a fag. It’s not brave. It’s not insightful. It’s just pissy and unprofessional and frankly says A LOT more about YOU than it does about David Cameron. What a loser you are.

  7. OP says:

    PS: Nobody cares what you think. You are simply an object of mockery.

  8. Wow, Riehl! Why on Earth would you think that vomiting a bunch of juvenile, hateful insults toward one of America’s closes allies is wise or warranted?! Frankly, you seem deranged, like a lunatic in a padded room smearing feces on the walls while ranting and raving about how everyone is out to get you. You must be a barrel of embarrassment at parties, but I can’t imagine you get many invites.

  9. Egypt Steve says:

    Riehl. German name. Need we say more? Don’t talk about the war!

  10. Ama says:

    Good god! Can any one riehly be quite as stupid as their own name?

  11. Name. says:

    Yes, Egypt Steve, please say more.
    Because it sounds like you just judged someone based on their name alone. Which strikes me as pretty ignorant.
    Even Dan Riehl wouldn’t do that, and he’s superdumb!

  12. Anglophile says:

    Me thinks thou dost protest too much, Herr Riehl.

  13. Michael Green says:

    Gotta give credit where it’s due. I had thought the Hitler Youth disbanded, but apparently Dan Riehl is here to try to keep it alive. Or is he too busy at KKK meetings to be with the Bundt?

  14. Gus says:

    So, now I’m confused, Mr. Riehl. Do we want the bust of that NHS supporting socialist Churchill back in the White House or not? Was Obama “insulting” to the Queen, and if so was that actually a good thing? Enlighten us, you sorry excuse for a human being.

  15. legion says:

    Wow. People like you lambasted Obama for mishandling the US-UK relationship early in his Presidency by replacing Churchill’s bust with one of Lincoln, and giving the Queen an Ipod, but now that they’re pointing out how completely and utterly Romney has stuck his foot in his mouth (multiple times, in just one day), NOW they’re limp-wristed semi-degenerates?
    You, sir, are truly a gutless wonder and a hypocrite of mammoth proportions.

  16. The UK’s gone too far to the left, says this asshole, who apparently didn’t notice Maggie Thatcher, John Major, Tony Blair (W’s best buddy in Europe), and now David Cameron running the show over there, privatizing what they could. Apparently, he also didn’t notice that under Cameron the UK responded to a recession by doing exactly what conservatives keep clamoring for over here, austerity, and that said stupendously dumb anti-Keynesian maneuver plunged them directly into a double-dip recession. But, you know, Cameron is “limp wrist-ed”, whatever the hell you mean by that (Why not just come out and say he’s a pussy? Or is that too vulgar?), because he had the temerity to defend his country against Mitt Romney’s ignorance. Just remember: it’s only strong-willed and muscular if an American does it, and it’s weak sauce if a furriner does it. Gotcha.

  17. Wow says:

    Wow. You really make conservatives look more idiotic than most people believe.

  18. theod says:

    Mr. Riehl’s comments are crude & funny, but certainly off point. He studiously fails to explain why Mr. Romney went to GB in the first place. If it was to show his international bona fides, then he proved completely incapable of diplomacy, intelligence, or emotional savvy on the foreign stage. Of course, Mr. Romney is proving that his domestic tone-deafness is also international in scope.

  19. phantomchaos says:

    Yeah fun it’s been fun but it ain’t been Riehl fun jerkoff. Remember what Cheney told Leahy? Why don’t you go do that, scumbag.

  20. Soulsaje says:

    Britain to U.S. “Please retrieve your village idiot.”

  21. kdl says:

    Is this childish blather what passes for analysis on the right? I mean, “LOL”?

  22. Ragspierre says:

    Curious.
    What did Mittens say that was not…
    1. supportable
    2. helpful?

  23. Bunk X says:

    Congrats, Dan you’ve jumped the shark. Never read such idiocy from you, and I’ll even back @Lizardoid on this easy smackdown.

  24. Bunk X says:

    Has your site been hacked, or are you going to issue a retraction? Either way you’re screwed.

  25. Inquiring Minds says:

    Why are Conservatives upset over this rant. If he said it about Mexico, India, Brazil or France, would any of you be upset?

  26. SJ Reidhead says:

    Could you be a little more insulting as you prop up Mitt Romney? A few months ago I laughingly wrote that, in order to support Romney, his slobbering devotees would need to end up insulting the UK. I was joking. Evidently I was right. In order to prop up this train wreck, his supporters must be willing to completely reject reason, logic, provable fact, and intellect. How much longer does this go on before people are willing to say that he is the worst nominee we have ever had, and is going to literally destroy the GOP.
    SJR
    The Pink Flamingo

  27. Adrian Luca says:

    ” You may recall that on about his first day in office Obama returned a famous bust of Winston Churchill to Britain. That was seen as something of an insult to Britain by many. He gave the British Prime Minister tapes of his own hopey changey speeches, which many saw as egotistical but was also a statement of sorts, saying, you aren’t really so special, sport. Perhaps it’s the message in his speeches he actually wanted the PM to get?
    In the video below you’ll find that for Obama there was no bow to the Queen of England. His wife even broke protocol by reaching out to give her a pat at some point, as I recall…
    This is a man who, unlike most Americans, doesn’t view Western Civilization as all that.”
    –Dan Riehl, 2009

  28. Adrian Luca says:

    Sometimes Dan Riehl gobbles that British d as if it’s Chick-Fil-A, and sometimes he gags during the first thrust.

  29. A Respector of Real American Values says:

    A prime example of the degeneracy that exists within the modern GOP. As a proud Irishman living in London you force me to hate everything you stand for, you and your kind are a parochial shower of yokels who deserve to be damned to oblivion. Your rudeness is only surpassed by your monumental ignorance.
    You have to be defeated pure and simple and come November I really hope you will be.

  30. If the Romney camp is going to make a special point of accusing Obama of not taking the ‘special relationship’ seriously, of not-so-secretly slighting and resenting the UK, then Romney’s disrespectful words regarding England, past and present, deserve every bit as much scrutiny as what Obama did or didn’t do with a Winston Churchill bust.
    And, really, enough about Romney’s supposed respect for the Winnie bust, already! If even the arch-NeoConservative British writer Andrew Roberts can concede that a strong, traditional, intelligent Conservative such as Margaret Thatcher wouldn’t be seen dead alongside hysterical modern-day extremists Sarah Palin or Michele Bachmann, I think we can safely conclude that the chain-smoking, hard-drinking former soldier Winston Churchill wouldn’t have much time for the draft-dodging prettyboy Mitt.

  31. The Truth says:

    You’re a flaming asshole.

  32. Ragspierre says:

    Oliver, I think we can safely conclude you are a lying ass.

  33. mg says:

    Hey all you subjects-get the f out of our country. And take all the muzzies with you.
    Enjoyed the bitch slap, Dan. They deserve it.
    And can you get Piers Morgan the hell out of here.

  34. Oh, but Piers Morgan — a smug, stupid creep who spends his life cozying up to the rich and powerful — belongs in America every bit as much as Mitt Romney.
    Churchill defended Britain during the War and helped rein in Stalin afterwards; can someone remind me what the GOP’s current shining lights — Bachmann, Bolton, Mitt, Newt, Santorum — have done?

  35. Forgot Palin in the list above. (But then again, so has most everybody else.)
    Oh, and welcome to the UK:
    Socialised, cradle-to-grave healthcare for all
    Gay marriage
    Abortion on demand
    Stem cell research
    Hate-crime legislation
    Harry Potter
    Prefer tea to coffee
    Kept well out of Vietnam
    Racist at times yes but never Jim Crow
    Rightist at times yes buy never McCarthyist
    No guns
    No religious-right shock jocks or megachurches
    The modern American Right harps on about the importance of the ‘special relationship’ — with a country that’s bluer than the bluest Blue State.
    Hypocritical, or just dumb?

  36. Ragspierre says:

    “…someone remind me what the GOP’s current shining lights — Bachmann, Bolton, Mitt, Newt, Santorum — have done?”
    Educating yourself is your responsibility, Oliver.
    First thing, though, is to open up that epistemic closure thingy.

  37. A Respector of Real American Values says:

    Wow MG Xenophobia and Sectarianism in one post! You really are a charmer aren’t you?
    Jesus Wept!

  38. Ragspierre says:

    “Hypocritical, or just dumb?”
    In your case, Ollie, both, with an admixture of dishonest.

  39. salvage says:

    You continue to be the stupidest wingnut on the Internet Dan.

  40. Ragspierre says:

    And yet, sewage, here you are…
    posting and providing traffic.
    Heh!

  41. mg says:

    Clinging to my bible and guns.
    Reloading.

  42. Ricky says:

    If anyone ever questioned the sanity of conservatives in Amurica, they just need to read this post. So deeply offensive. So juvenile. So clearly a view into the conservative mindset. Do and say anything to defend their own. Simply appalling. And what may be even more sinister is the comments defending it. Pathetic.

  43. Bachmann, Bolton, Mitt, Newt, Palin and Santorum’s most significant achievement? Never becoming President.

  44. Ragspierre says:

    Ewww….
    “sinister” comments…
    scary…
    Dan can be a putz, and he pretty well admitted this was a putzy post.
    But you know the attacks by the Collectivists here were not leveled at Dan.
    Doncha…???

  45. ice9 says:

    Here’s a gem:
    “open up that epistemic closure thingy…”
    Right-wingers (really, we need a new term–you folks give right wingers a bad name. We should put Jonah on that.) Right wingers clumsily appropriate the term coined to describe the right-wing habit of clumsily appropriating terms used to describe one symptom of their manifold foolishness. The term ‘epistemic closure’ means something to smart people, but in using it here you simultaneously prove it in yourself, disdain any such precision or specificity (‘thingy’), prove that you don’t understand it, and model once again the proud and utter lack of self-awareness that ensures that the manifold foolishness is sustainable, even expandable, beyond anybody’s expectation into the future.
    And they clap and hoot.
    No matter how idiotic and self-refuting your argument, the base loves it. No matter that this one (and most of the rest) long ago zoomed past the epistemic horizon. By clapping and hooting whatever balderdash is offered, the base renders itself sufficiently stupid to ensure that it will clap and hoot an even more idiotic proclamation next week.
    Some of your opinion-leaders are cynical exploiters, far smarter than their own arguments, who simply ride the process for profit. Limbaugh comes to mind here, and Rove and Armey and the other folks who harness the energy and convert it to political power like some kind of fleshy wind-turbine Voldemort but less attractive. Other voices are mindless chatterers who believe it, even though this week’s belief clashes obviously with last week’s. Beck’s the archetype of this trend, and he’s joined by a thousand others who revel in their epistemic independence and take every critique as a mark of honor–the more you annoy the liberals, the righter you must be! Riehl is a minor member of this caravansery who long ago learned that the benefit of offering the most outlandish argument earliest far outweighs the cost because there is no cost; when your audience has a forty-minute memory and the logical comprehension of a chipmunk, you can make punditry on anything, just keep it coming and be ready for the big time on that day when your bon mot or slogan is chosen for general dissemination. And, of course, losing is good because it cranks up the hatred and conspiracy theories, so there’s no downside.
    Can’t be surprised when Riehl greets Romney’s foolish, needlessly damaging errors with a series of adolescent gibes aimed the UK (while making the same mistake in nomenclature Romney did), as it if were a viable foreign policy option to reject the Brits because a commonwealth of 60 million people doesn’t have a snappy comeback to being called a pussy and a faggot. It goes for tough, self-reliant, dangerous–but it argues in the very same paragraph that the Brits aren’t all of those things, yet they are as any reading of history would show.
    The essential definition of epistemic closure is not that the mind in question is closed to the real world. It means that the closure to the real world is self-perpetuating. When the lack of evidence for a certain proposition is offered as evidence for that proposition, you have arrived. Mr. Riehl’s steroidal sour grapes, above, is a lovely example.
    ice9

  46. Ragspierre says:

    “Never becoming President.”
    The same could be said of Obama.
    He was elected to that office, but has never come close to “becoming President”.
    Heh.

  47. LOL, whenever Obama shows up on TV, do you scrunch your eyes shut, put your fingers in your ears and murmur to yourself, “HesnotthePresidentHesnotthePresidentHesnotthePresident”?

  48. Arel Deeling says:

    In WWII, just 70 years ago, the UK was bombed and burned. 70,000 civilians died in Britain alone. Large swathes of its home territory were turned into military reserves. Overseas possessions were conquered, imprisoned, and stripped of value. They stood up to the Nazi air war, and forced a draw which stalled Hitler’s invasion plans and strongly influenced his decision to invade the USSR instead.
    The UK’s casualty rate was 3 times that of the United States. The rate of disruption and sacrifice was much higher still. If they are limp-wristed losers and degenerates, what does that make us?
    Romney’s performance in the UK has been abysmal. To me and many other observers this is not surprising. This petty and childish response (and the silence elsewhere) is cowardice, nothing more.
    Arel

  49. Ragspierre says:

    He was elected to that office, but has never come close to “becoming President”.
    I know you have trouble with plain English, and I try to accommodate that.
    He holds the office. He has never filled it.

  50. Ragspierre says:

    “If they are limp-wristed losers and degenerates, what does that make us?”
    WTF?
    For one thing, that generation is essentially gone, as is our own WWII generation.
    And you seem to pretend to know some history, so step up and answer as to whether the GB of WWII is anything like that of today? (Any more than we are the America of that era.)
    Why is it “abysmal” to state plain facts that are commonly known? Do you prefer the normal asshat hackery of banal lies?

  51. PWL says:

    Sir, as a half a Brit, I must take exception to your comments. I might remind you that at one point, Britain ruled a quarter of the world’s surface–can America say as much? I should also point out that ENGLISH is the lingua franca of the globe right now–and is, of course, the very language you are using to disparage Britain right now.
    I might also point out that it was Britain’s brave stand–all alone against seemingly impossible odds, I might add–in 1940 which saved human liberty and Western civilization, while America sat on the sidelines (and I should point out that a good number of those isolationists were Republicans…)
    Then, of course, there’s the cultural gifts Britain has bestowed upon the world. Yes, Britain gave us Shakespeare, while America has given us …”Jersey Shore” and “Dancing With the Stars”….
    And don’t forget–Britain gave us the Magna Carta and the democratic form of government we so admire. And the list of Britain’s contributions in every area could go on and on….
    And speaking of degenerates–I might also remind you that at one time America, and particularly the South–the Red States–was Britain’s dumping ground for its criminals, malcontents, defectives, losers, and other such social trash. So this does call into question just who the “degenerates” are, and whether making such comments is a case of a very dirty kettle calling the pot black.

  52. PWL says:

    Well, Ragespierre, you ask if the GB of today is the same as the GB of WWII. The same question could be asked about America. It’s hard to believe that the America whose effort and ingenuity helped win the Second World War (please note I say “helped” –a lot of the heavy lifting was done by Britain and Russia before the U.S. showed up), is the same country which would host…the Creation Museum, or believe that science doesn’t matter…

  53. Ragspierre says:

    “The same question could be asked about America.”
    Not only could it, it was.
    “It’s hard to believe that the America whose effort and ingenuity helped win the Second World War (please note I say “helped” –a lot of the heavy lifting was done by Britain and Russia before the U.S. showed up), is the same country which would host…the Creation Museum, or believe that science doesn’t matter…”
    It certainly IS hard to believe. It is CRAZY to state, but you did.
    Keep-a-going…you are showing how completely daffy you are.

  54. NEEDED IN THE UK: THE 2ND GLORIOUS REVOLUTION!!!!!
    http://americaphile.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/needed-in-the-uk-the-2nd-glorious-revolution/
    BRITAIN’S PARLIAMENT MUST NOW CONVENE AND SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THE FORMAL DEPOSAL OF ELIZABETH WINDSOR, FORMERLY QUEEN ELIZABETH II, FROM THE THRONE IN LIGHT OF THE ACT OF SETTLEMENT OF 1701!!!!!!!
    BUY PLACING A FLORAL OFFERING AND BOWING BEFORE THE FENIAN MOLOCH, FOLLOWED BY ADDRESSING PHOENIX PARK’S TRIBAL TIME BOMB AND HER GURU MAGGOT COHORTS IN THEIR ABOMINABLE LEPRECHAUN LANGUAGE, SHE HAS IN EFFECT APOSTASIZED AND SWAM THE TIBER, WALLOWING IN POPERY!!!!!!!
    GREAT BRITAIN MUST NOW DECIDE WHETHER SHE WANTS A NEW GLORIOUS REVOLUTION…. OR A NEW INQUISTION!!!!!
    THE SUCCESSION OF HER SON CHARLES IS ALSO OUT OF THE QUESTION, HAVING HAD INSTALLED AND WORSHIPPED GREEK IDOLS IN HIGHGROVE!!!!
    THIS MAY CLEAR THE WAY FOR THE APTLY NAMED NEW KING BILLY!!!!!!!
    WOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
    HOWEVER, DAVID CAMERON MUST ACT EXPEDITIOUSLY, AS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND INDEED THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS THREATENED HERE IN AMERICA AS WELL AS IN AMERICA’S GREATEST ALLY!!!!!!!
    SET THE CAPTIVES FREE!!!!!!!!

  55. Lolololol says:

    “This is a man who, unlike most Americans, doesn’t view Western Civilization as all that. And I believe he’s going to do everything he can to change that impression when given the chance. From giving speeches to photo ops and bows, Obama’s message is consistent. Get over yourself America, you’re no better than any other country in this world or the third world when it comes right down to it. But then, he’s a Leftist. What else should we expect?”
    Here’s what Riehl had to say about Obama’s vist. What a partisan tool. How can you even look at yourself in the mirror?

  56. Anglo-Saxon says:

    Haha, Dan Riehl in 2009:
    http://www.riehlworldview.com/carnivorous_conservative/2009/11/obama-bows-to-some-by-choice.html
    [[You may recall that on about his first day in office Obama returned a famous bust of Winston Churchill to Britain. That was seen as something of an insult to Britain by many. He gave the British Prime Minister tapes of his own hopey changey speeches, which many saw as egotistical but was also a statement of sorts, saying, you aren’t really so special, sport. Perhaps it’s the message in his speeches he actually wanted the PM to get?
    In the video below you’ll find that for Obama there was no bow to the Queen of England. His wife even broke protocol by reaching out to give her a pat at some point, as I recall…
    This is a man who, unlike most Americans, doesn’t view Western Civilization as all that.]]
    versus today.
    Hypocrisy. Stupidity. Dishonesty. Dan Riehl.

  57. Ragspierre says:

    http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/07/24/the_end_of_the_affair
    “Europeans have never cared less about what the United States thinks. Germany, traditionally among the most Atlanticist of European countries, has led the pack. Many German foreign-policy makers think it was simply a tactical error for Berlin to line up with Moscow and Beijing against Washington on Libya. But there is nothing accidental about the way Berlin has systematically refused even to engage with American concerns over German policy on the euro.”
    Yeh. Romney told the Brits a few true things.
    Wow.

  58. Susan says:

    Churchill’s bust was just moved from the Oval Office to the White House and a bust of Lincoln is in its place. It wasn’t returned to UK. They don’t want it either. But I can see how dipshits would think our greatest Republican president is disdainful and should be replaced. After all, he freed all those black people and required payment for their work.

  59. Ragspierre says:

    “After all, he freed all those black people and required payment for their work.”
    Your stupid race card is over-drawn.
    Moron.

  60. Ragspierre says:

    A bust of the former prime minister once voted the greatest Briton in history, which was loaned to George W Bush from the Government’s art collection after the September 11 attacks, has now been formally handed back.
    The bronze by Sir Jacob Epstein, worth hundreds of thousands of pounds if it were ever sold on the open market, enjoyed pride of place in the Oval Office during President Bush’s tenure.
    But when British officials offered to let Mr Obama to hang onto the bust for a further four years, the White House said: “Thanks, but no thanks.”
    Diplomats were at first reluctant to discuss the whereabouts of the Churchill bronze, after its ejection from the seat of American power. But the British Embassy in Washington has now confirmed that it sits in the palatial residence of ambassador Sir Nigel Sheinwald, just down the road from Vice President Joe Biden’s official residence. It is not clear whether the ambassador plans to keep it in Washington or send it back to London.
    ——————-
    Susan lies about…everything, apparently…

  61. Susan says:

    I’m white. Whatevs. You probably couldn’t comprehend the first part of the paragraph, so I’ll give your attempt to communicate thru the Tourette’s a pass.

  62. Ragspierre says:

    Being white does not mean you are immune from playing the race card.
    It is way the Collective “argues”.
    “Because…shut up, RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaacist….”
    As you demonstrated here.
    Thank you, BTW.

  63. Susan says:

    Dude they have meds for that tourettes prob ur experiencing, and it’s covered by Obamacare.

  64. Ragspierre says:

    A British Embassy spokesman said: “The bust of Sir Winston Churchill by Sir Jacob Epstein was uniquely lent to a foreign head of state, President George W Bush, from the Government Art Collection in the wake of 9/11 as a signal of the strong transatlantic relationship.
    “It was lent for the first term of office of President Bush. When the President was elected for his second and final term, the loan was extended until January 2009.
    “The new President has decided not to continue this loan and the bust has now been returned. It is on display at the Ambassador’s Residence.”
    So, I guess Pres. Composite sent someone sneak it back into the WH.
    TOOOOooooooo funny…!!!!

  65. Susan says:

    I know you want to look smart, using hyphenated words and all, but…
    http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/_/dict.aspx?word=limp-wristed

  66. Susan says:

    Your column title is about a man who has a limp, and non-sequitorially, has wrists.

  67. Susan says:

    Somehow I knew you would cry shenanigans. Typical.

  68. Ragspierre says:

    Update: Thanks to Tapper, Pfeiffer’s been forced to update his post:
    “Since my post on the fact that the bust of Winston Churchill has remained on display in the White House, despite assertions to the contrary, I have received a bunch of questions — so let me provide some additional info. The White House has had a bust of Winston Churchill since the 1960’s. At the start of the Bush administration Prime Minister Blair lent President Bush a bust that matched the one in the White House, which was being worked on at the time and was later returned to the residence. The version lent by Prime Minister Blair was displayed by President Bush until the end of his Presidency. On January 20, 2009 — Inauguration Day — all of the art lent specifically for President Bush’s Oval Office was removed by the curator’s office, as is common practice at the end of every presidency. The original Churchill bust remained on display in the residence. The idea put forward by Charles Krauthammer and others that President Obama returned the Churchill bust or refused to display the bust because of antipathy towards the British is completely false and an urban legend that continues to circulate to this day.”
    Finally, he settles on the stronger argument. But there’s a fudge here too: As noted in the old Telegraph piece quoted above, the British offered to extend the loan of the Oval Office bust so that O could continue to display it. He turned them down. Even if you don’t question his motives for doing so, the facts are what they are.
    –HotAir
    ———————————————
    So, NOT an urban legend at all…
    A White House artful lie.
    And Kossacks(Of Crap) got pwnd AGAIN.

  69. Dan says:

    First, in the interest of full disclosure, I’m British. Second, I have just stumbled across this site and probably won’t do again, but I did have a question for Ragspierre. Does your anger impress people in your day-to-day life? A lot of people get angry with other people they don’t know on the internet. Liberals too, of course, are just as guilty of it. Everyone spouts off crazy stuff all the time. Sometimes they make half-decent points, but it’s too shrouded in rage to be taken seriously. But your fury with other people in this comments section seems so wrapped up with your desire to be taken seriously as an intellect. You’re probably intelligent. You spell well enough(though everyone is cheating at that nowadays, so it’s less of a yard-stick than it might have been once), and you’re relatively witty(in a way that loads of people are when they have time and rage on their side). All i can guess from this is that when you pronounce this stuff in front of your friend, they lap it up and tell you you’re brilliant. But you’re not. If you were, someone would pay you for your brilliant political insight. All you’re doing, is coming on to websites like this and talking down to people in the hope that they’ll feel shitty about themselves, and you can have your moment of masturbatory glory when you think you’ve won an argument. But you haven’t. You’ve won nothing but the respect of the people here who think exactly the same way you do already. If you count that as a victory, you must be very happy. I’m not here to argue with you. I hate Romney. But then, I hate Cameron. And I’m fairly indifferent to my own country. Proud of some things, ashamed of others. I just wanted to make you aware that acting like a toddler deprived of it’s favorite toy, isn’t going to elicit open, effective political discourse from anyone. But maybe your not interested in having such a discussion. Save your anger for things that deserve it, please. It’s for your own good and then people might listen. Anyway, I await your inevitable response.

  70. Jon ParK says:

    Well you’ve made yourself look a Riehl little prick, haven’t you?

  71. Awful gibberish protecting Mitt’s gaffes.
    If Romney is your best candidate then best you cancel the election.
    Cameron has been on the ropes for months, barely has a trace of wit in him, yet he slapped down this presidential candidate.
    A pleasure to observe the US right implode.

  72. JASON says:

    As a British conservative, it is a source of great disappointment that the US conservative establishment can’t get its act together and find someone with at least half a brain to represent them.

  73. JASON says:

    Frankly, if you guys fail to win the election with the US economy in the state it’s in, you should all shoot yourselves as pathetic failures.

  74. haller says:

    HAHAHAHAHA oh WOW you hysterical pillock, I guess it’s hard to convincingly spout condescending britspeak when you’re whining about how your lillywhite sociopath of a nominee ballsed up his attempt to re-establish ‘Anglo-Saxon Relations’, especially since the Kenyan Muslim Communist managed to effortlessly schmooze his way into the nation’s heart in spite of not offering to drag us into any more wars in Mesopotamia. I delight in your PR tragedy – you’d better stick to subtly reminding your base that the other guy’s a negro, eh?

  75. KW says:

    I could remind you that Brit troops are fighting – and dying – alongside Yank troops in Afghanistan, etc.
    But I won’t.
    You seek to defend the defenceless by engaging in a tirade of tiresome drivel. Romney must be a bigger dipstick than he appears to be if it’s necessary for his flunkies to sink to these depths in order to make him appear good.
    Let’s just look at one aspect of this chap Romney – his religion…
    The fellow actually believes (not pretend believe, but act-tue-ally) …
    It’s OK for dead people to get married.
    It’s OK to baptise dead people
    Black people don’t have souls (OK, that’s been repealed, but his Dad believed it)
    … the list of stupid goes on and on and on …
    I suppose if he does become Pres, then he’ll seek solutions to problems by looking in his hat?

  76. Oliver says:

    I say, you Yank chappies!

    That quaint coloured gentleman in your White House certainly — I believe the phrase you Atlantic cousins is so fond of is — he certainly “kicked” your dear Mr. Willard’s “ass” now, didn’t he?!

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

    HEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEE!

    HOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO!

    *Chortle*

    Can’t stay, off for a round of cricket and an Earl Grey!

    Toodle-PIP!!!!!!!