Mitt Romney’s advisers kicked off a week of parading their candidate overseas to prove his aptitude for foreign relations matters by telling a London newspaper that Barack Obama’s White House doesn’t “fully appreciate” the “Anglo-Saxon heritage” shared by the United States and Britain. The full, profoundly articulate quote from the unnamed Romney adviser, who also said that Romney “would abandon Obama’s “Left-wing†coolness toward London: “We are part of an Anglo-Saxon heritage, and he feels that the special relationship is special. The White House didn’t fully appreciate the shared history we have.”
It’s special! Don’t you get it, people!? Noting that some might construe the comment as racially insensitive, the Telegraph also writes that one Romney adviser said that the former Massachusetts Governor is “better placed to understand the depth of ties between the two countries than Obama.”
Perhaps the adviser went on to discuss Romney’s lineage, which traces to England, Scotland, and Germany. Maybe the adviser said that Romney’s family frequently dines at Medieval Times (of course they don’t). Absent greater context, the adviser seems to suggest by “better placed” that Obama, a black guy with a Kenyan father, is incapable of a Romney-level understanding of the U.S.-Britain Anglo-Saxon heritage.
To boot, the pair of advisers were unable to provide the Telegraph with “detailed examples of how policy towards Britain would differ under Romney.” Nevertheless, Romney would understand the heck out of shared problems and other Anglo-Saxon things.
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via Daily Intel http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/07/romney-advisers-anglo-saxon-heritage.html