Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me!

[teddywolf]

drwex said, of Mitt Romney, "I wonder what he'll do to piss off the Polish."

My response:

Let's ask our panel. Paula Poundstone?
He'll go to a pierogie festival and tell them how the ravioli he had last week was so much better.
Tom Bodette?
He'll talk on and on about his favorite floor polish before he's told that Polish is pronounced with an "oh" sound.
Mo Rocca?
Uhm, he's going to talk about how he loves to eat Polish sausages, the bigger the better.

And if he does any of that, panel, we'll cover that on another edition of Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me!
Thank you Carl.

Comments

[pickledginger.livejournal.com]

He does seem to be hitting most of the "ugly American" buttons. So far, no Hawaiian shirt at formal.event.

[teddywolf.livejournal.com]

I trust him to stay a stuffed shirt unless his handlers screw up.

I still have difficulty believing that Twit met with a spymaster, one who keeps all such appointments private, and then nattered on about it. That's not just international incident, that's potentially deadly (for somebody who isn't Twit, but still).

[pickledginger.livejournal.com]

Yes, that was pretty impressive. The Brits, at least, had the good sense to be horrified.

But they'll not be voting in this election.

Wonder how much Romney's trip has improved Obama's reputation abroad?

[pickledginger.livejournal.com]

And I do actually have this faint fear that someone on his team will pick the wrong time to make him look like a populist. :-/ And all of us like idiots.