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   In article <2855ec6c-4f4f-411c-bff3-dda146fad2a8   
   @j4g2000yqj.googlegroups.com>, perryneheum@hotmail.com says...   
   >    
   > "Seeing his spoiled wife's dressage horse compete in the Olympics is   
   > bad enough for a guy trying to engage with average Americans.   
   >    
   > But his "We are part of an Anglo-Saxon heritage" remarks is "veiled   
   > prejudice against our president's heritage," as well as those of our   
   > other growing minority groups.   
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   >    
   >    
   > "One of the worst mistakes of Romney?s campaign"   
   >    
   > Op-Ed   
   > By Carter Eskew   
   > July 26, 2012   
   >    
   > In the first 24 hours of Mitt Romney's trip abroad, he has already   
   > committed one of the worst mistakes of his campaign. In Great Britain,   
   > on the start of his abbreviated world tour and to see his wife's   
   > dressage horse compete in the Olympics, a Romney adviser, breaking the   
   > rule set in advance not to criticize the president, did just that. But   
   > what he said is the real news:   
   >    
   > "We are part of an Anglo-Saxon heritage, and he feels the special   
   > relationship (with Britain) is special," the adviser said.  "The White   
   > House didn?t fully appreciate the shared history we have." My oh my.   
   > Like a photograph in developing solution, Romney is slowly revealing   
   > himself.  He is white bread made with bleached flour. Once again ?   
   > this time through his adviser's statement ? he has shown himself   
   > ignorant of the changed ethnicity and politics of America. I don't   
   > have the census figures handy, but millions and millions of Americans   
   > ain't Anglo or Saxon.   
      
    Neither are the British; so much for his supposed "appreciation of    
   history".   
      
    The four countries of Britain have a strong Celtic and Norman heritage;    
   not to mention the huge population influx from our previous world    
   Empire.   
      
      
     Janet UK   
      
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