‘Kind of like Mr. Bean, only he's an American’

Lee-Anne Goodman
The Canadian Press


WASHINGTON—Mitt Romney’s trip abroad was meant to illustrate his command of the international stage as he aims to deny U.S. President Barack Obama a second term in November.

Instead, there was this headline Thursday adorning one of the biggest and most respected newspapers in Great Britain, the Guardian: “Mitt Romney’s Olympics blunder stuns No. 10 and hands gift to Obama.”

The Guardian even featured a live blog devoted to Romney ridicule.

“Romney in London,” read one Tweet highlighted on the blog. “Come on. We needed this. It’s a little comic relief. Kind of like Mr. Bean, only he’s an American.” .................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1232546--london-2012-mitt-romney-in-london-kind-of-like-mr-bean-only-american