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shower_in_my_socks		2012-07-06 02:26:58 AM

9 votes:

You can't really blame Rmoney. He just raised $100 million, and it's a reflex for him to immediately take that money overseas.

Skarekrough		2012-07-06 03:33:32 AM

4 votes:

How are they going to attach the dog crate to the top of the plane?

bloobeary		2012-07-06 08:20:57 AM

3 votes:

I cannot wait for the debates. They're going to be pure comedy gold.

Moderator: Mister Romney, If you are elected President, what will your plans be, for handling the Iran situation?

Romney: (long pause)

Romney's Lawyer: (whispers In Romney's ear)

Romney: (Whispers in Lawyer's ear)

Romney's Lawyer: My client pleads the fifth.

beth_lida		2012-07-06 07:33:12 AM

3 votes:

It's just an excuse by Mitt to leave the U.S. to visit his money.

Sock Ruh Tease		2012-07-06 09:34:42 AM

2 votes:

"Don't forget Poland don't forget Poland don't forget Poland don't forget Poland don't forget Poland don't forget Poland don't forget Poland don't forget Poland don't forget Poland don't forget Poland don't forget Poland"

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"Forget Poland."

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"Israel, then Germany. That was a great trip. Let's go home."

Nina_Hartley's_Ass		2012-07-06 07:38:56 AM

2 votes:

No doubt the whole world will be impressed with American advances in robotics.

steerforth		2012-07-06 04:14:11 AM

2 votes:

I'm trying to imagine the reception he'll get. I simply cannot imagine that his advisors would be so stupid as to not carefully select who he meets on this Grand Tour, so rather than the drunken bunch of Tory grandees he would fit in with most in Britain (if he didn't come saddled with that odd religious/teetotal/wowser/anti-dog sentiment) he'll address some middle-class bunch of Margaret Thatcher leg-humpers, get polite applause and a fish paste sandwich and then told to toddle off to the continent where his undergarments would be more acceptable.

In Germany, Angela will welcome him coldly, demonstrate how bigger her gonads are than his and then boot him to Poland. Here, he will get a reasonable reception, being American and not-black and all, but he'll ruin it by telling everyone some of his best friends are Polacks and retrospectively baptising their dead, and then off he goes to Israel, where he'll speak to the teeming masses of ultra-orthodox Jews about bombing Iran, not aware that they will despise him for allowing his wife to sit at the front of the bus.

The rest of the world will be ignored and very much thankful for it.

hubiestubert		2012-07-06 12:59:41 AM

2 votes:

b0rg9: MaudlinMutantMollusk: I think he's just going back to the factory for a firmware update and needs to make it look good

Yes, flashing the ROM can often solve certain persistent compatibility issues.

To be fair, Starshine wore the golden armor and didn't really flash ROM...

www.comics101.com

Mrtraveler01		2012-07-06 12:40:43 AM

2 votes:

Why do I have a feeling the crowds are going to look like this?

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LordJiro		2012-07-06 12:16:25 AM

2 votes:

Curse of the Goth Kids: Mitt Romney's campaign is considering a major foreign policy offensive

Well, this should be good for a laugh. Not a hearty guffaw a la "I can see Russia from my house!" but at least a chuckle or two.

The guy described lemonade as "Lemon. Wet. Good.". Frankly, I'm not ruling ANY level of hilarity out at this point.

bdub77		2012-07-05 11:38:14 PM

2 votes:

The guy is probably very popular in China and India, where is he most definitely a job creator.

LordJiro		2012-07-06 11:44:39 AM

1 votes:

WombatControl: Boatmech: WombatControl: Well, I see the RNC talking-points machine is still working overtime. The typical torrent of juvenile slurs keeps on pouring out.

Romney does need to do more emphasis on foreign policy, .......

The Romney campaign should start doing that now
before the end of summer and the point where an
international trip is out of the question.

Oh but they have -
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How's that for foreign policy?

And this is why you should never trust soundbites instead of thinking criticaly.

For one, #4 is absolutely right. Russia is our number one geopolitical foe. Anyone who wants to argue that the one country that's being most supporting of Bashar al-Assad is a "strategic partner" is an idiot. Vladimir Putin does not have American interests in mind - he's all about consolidating his own power and extending Russian influence over the former Soviet states and beyond.

Posting campaign talking points stripped of context instead of making an informed argument makes you a shill.

Yes dear, the Russians are scary. Now go back to jerking off over Red Dawn.

NateGrey		2012-07-06 10:54:13 AM

1 votes:

WombatControl: tl;dr

Foreign. Far. Strange.

apoptotic		2012-07-06 09:40:35 AM

1 votes:

Adding a few other stops seems like a great way to get his supporters to pay for his trip to London to watch his wife's horse compete.

bdub77		2012-07-06 09:26:57 AM

1 votes:

Little. Yellow. Different.

Sock Ruh Tease		2012-07-06 08:57:24 AM

1 votes:

"Holy. Old. Good."

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"Gate. Open. Good."

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"Square. Triangular. Confusing."

i.imgur.com

"Rocks. Explodey. Bad."

grokca		2012-07-06 08:25:25 AM

1 votes:

They are uploading the Rosetta Stone programs now.

Bungles		2012-07-06 08:03:58 AM

1 votes:

I know this may upset him, but no-one outside the US has any idea who Mitt Romney is. He's just not reported on, even in the main international press.

It would be like Ed Milliband expecting a crowd to turn up for him in Nebraska.

Dwight_Yeast		2012-07-06 07:57:53 AM

1 votes:

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

So hes going to attempt to offend people in five foreign countries?

Why?

Evil Twin Skippy		2012-07-06 06:28:38 AM

1 votes:

Wow... Nothing says "safe bet" than visiting a country who owed us money for 60 years, a country we technically still occupy, and two countries that are utterly dependent on us for arms shipments.

Hail the brave conqueror!

stoli n coke		2012-07-06 02:01:54 AM

1 votes:

But what trees will be of adequate height to summon the Mittster?

Now That's What I Call a Taco!		2012-07-06 01:35:20 AM

1 votes:

I can just see it now: Mitt has his bus honk in the parking lot of an Obama speech; Obama has a Predator drone buzz a Willard speech in Kandahar. Mitt craps his pants.

/that's the Chicago way

Hobodeluxe		2012-07-06 12:41:16 AM

1 votes:

be sure to stop over in the Caymans and take a swim in the money silo Mitt.

Nuff Said McFarky		2012-07-06 12:39:36 AM

1 votes:

Next on Willard's itinerary: Switzerland, Bermuda, The Cayman Islands...

hubiestubert		2012-07-06 12:38:11 AM

1 votes:

This should be entertaining. I mean, he's so eloquent and tactful in English, I can't wait to see how his famous warmth and charm translates...

propasaurus		2012-07-06 12:34:12 AM

1 votes:

Le Bomb Suprize: Are we sure that Ann Romney doesn't just want to go shopping for ~~shoes~~ show horses in these countries?

Le Bomb Suprize		2012-07-06 12:32:51 AM

1 votes:

Are we sure that Ann Romney doesn't just want to go shopping for shoes in these countries?

A Dark Evil Omen		2012-07-06 12:29:37 AM

1 votes:

jjorsett: Hee hee.

Yeah, everyone is terrified of the Mittmentum.

The All-Powerful Atheismo		2012-07-06 12:24:53 AM

1 votes:

LordJiro:
The guy described lemonade as "Lemon. Wet. Good.". Frankly, I'm not ruling ANY level of hilarity out at this point.

"My pH sensors detect that the citric acid content of this liquid is 5.7% below optimum levels."