I like to know why Romney is meeting with the leaders of the UK?

[LynneSin]

I mean he's not elected to any office at this time, he technically is a private citizen.

Seems all he has done is make an embarassment of himself.

I don't recall McCain or Obama meeting with with the leader of China before the Olympics in 2008. I don't think either candidate even went to the Olympics.

I realize that Romney has a reason to be in London, one of his horses is part of the Olympics. But are all the other 20,000 people who are part of the Olympics (as a athelete, coach or owner) also meeting with the leaders of Great Britian.

We had 8 years of a dimwit who made an ass of himself whenever he was overseas (Bush Jr.). I really don't think Romney should just stick to his horse competition and quit making a fool of himself!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. Yo, he's Mr. Olympic!

[LynneSin]

2. WINTER Olympics

He's never done a summer one

[Rosa Luxemburg]

10. but he makes his voters think so

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

3. The leader meetings are camouflage. In reality he's meeting with the real owners of England

to reassure them that if "that dirty little muslim" in DC even thinks of going after them for the LIBOR fraud. He'll have their backs, if his purchase of the White House is successful.

[still_one]

4. Because only he can relate to Anlo Saxons. / nt

[HappyMe]

5. Comic relief delegate.

I'm dreading his outing to Israel. That's an international incident waiting to happen.

[hughee99]

6. If I remember right, during the '08 campaign,

Obama traveled internationally and met with world leaders Karzai, al-Maliki, King Abdullah, Abbas, Olmert, Merkel, Sarkozy and Gordon Brown, though I don't remember either in China.

[maddezmom]

7. he was a Senator

Mitt is just a rich guy running for pres for the second time.

[LynneSin]

8. He was also a US Senator and it's not uncommon for US Senators (or Reps) to meet foreign leaders

Heck even Sarah Palin, back in 2008, had more justification since she was an elected governor at the time.

[hughee99]

13. Yes, of course, but it sounded (to me) like you were asking about McCain and Obama

meeting with other world leaders. I don't recall if McCain did (I didn't really follow his campaign that much) but I remember that Obama did.

[LynneSin]

14. I wouldn't have had an issue with McCain

Again - he was a US Senator. And i think somewhere I even said Sarah Palin could be justified back in 2008 since she was a governor.

[hughee99]

16. As long has he's not negotiating anything on behalf of the US,

I don't have a problem with private citizens meeting with foreign leaders. It's their country, they can meet with whoever they want to. I'm not sure why foreign leaders would want to meet with him, though.

[ailsagirl]

9. Still a bit presumptuous on Nitt's part, no?

I was wondering the same thing myself. Gads, he feels such a sense of ENTITLEMENT-- it's sickening.

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. Presidential candidates, whether they hold elected office or not,

do this. It's called burnishing foreign credentials.

He is making an ass of himself, but we have had this happen for a long time.

[deaniac21]

12. SOP for any selected candidate.

Remember Obama's world tour in 2008?

[LynneSin]

15. Obama was a US Senator

same with McCain.

Romney is only a private citizen.

[HopeHoops]

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