The "stunningly offensive" comments on the special relation between the UK and US that Axelrod decried were never uttered by anyone in Romney's camp.
It was a put-up job, through and through, but that won't prevent the searchers for impurity of racial thought from acting as though it had been uttered. Stacy notes that, even had someone said that, it might not be screech-worthy.
What we see here is not the speech of the Romney campaign, but the speech of a cigar-puffing plutocrat from Chicago after the Great Fire of 1871, pinning the conflagration on Mrs. O'Leary and her cow and the Shanty Irish menace, whilst envisioning the reformulated Loop that would emerge through the efforts of visionary men of culture, and Anglo-Saxon heritage. That it is a hundred and forty years out of date really doesn't matter to Chicago-school socialists who tried to put those words in his campaign's mouth—and they are the only ones who see clearly the' horror' of Anglo-Saxonism, because they are the only ones who can never let go of it.
UPDATE: It has been objected that the quote appeared in The Telegraph, which is a conservative paper, as British papers go:
As the Republican presidential challenger accused Barack Obama of appeasing America's enemies in his first foreign policy speech of the US general election campaign, advisers told The Daily Telegraph that he would abandon Mr Obama’s “Left-wing” coolness towards London.
In remarks that may prompt accusations of racial insensitivity, one suggested that Mr Romney was better placed to understand the depth of ties between the two countries than Mr Obama, whose father was from Africa.
“We are part of an Anglo-Saxon heritage, and he feels that the special relationship is special,” the adviser said of Mr Romney, adding: “The White House didn’t fully appreciate the shared history we have”.
Mr Romney on Wednesday embarks on an overseas tour of Britain, Israel and Poland designed to quash claims by Mr Obama’s team that he is a “novice” in foreign affairs. It comes four years after Mr Obama’s own landmark foreign tour, which attracted thousands of supporters.
Let me ask you this: is it likely that the unnamed adviser who is quoted would actually have said "The White House didn't fully appreciate the shared history we have" (my emphasis) when he meant 'doesn't'? And were these remarks made to The Telegraph only, or to a press pool? A good start to untangling this might be to attach a name to the adviser, since it appears that he spoke on the record.
The author, Jon Swaine, seems to have as his bailiwick the gimlet-eyed inspection of Mr. Romney.
meep on July 25, 2012 at 6:38 pm said:
Thing is, I don't know why they're trying this (disclaimer: I just finished listening to a lecture series on the Ainglo-Saxons in England (aka circa 500 AD – 1066 AD and a little beyond)…there wasn't a concept of White back then, and definitely no Protestants.. the Anglo-Saxons (and the forgotten Jutes) were Germanic pagans when they came over (by invitation, or invaded, or were fleeing fellow pissed-off Germans))…what exactly is the point?
Unsourced quote. No name. No recording, audio or video
Versus a video of Obama saying "You didn't build that". Who are they trying to influence? The general public is not going to pay attention to newspapers or even TV news shows. But countless YouTube videos and parodies? Yeah, that gets a bit more attention.
Sounds to me like a reporter who is desperate for material.
Starless on July 26, 2012 at 7:22 am said:
A semi-related Carnegie tidbit: he was constantly using the phrase, "the great English-speaking race". Naturally, based entirely on his use of the word "race", modern interpreters take it as an opening to call him a racist (in the modern sense) when it's plain that what he meant was, "people with a common cultural heritage". Frankly, I have no idea why translating that into praise for the self-evident special relationship which exists between the US and the nation which had the greatest influence on it would be considered bad–that is unless somebody has an ax to grind and copy to sell.
jefferson101 on July 25, 2012 at 7:02 pm said:
Being mostly Scots-Irish and Irish myself, I could really care less about the "Anglo-Saxons. My family usually sings 'Men of Hareich" like they mean it, even if we ain't Welsh.
Flipping Saxons! Now, having taken care of that part of my family, the Saxon side (Which is also the DAR side) grins really big and notes that I'm an American now. (We will not mention my Prussian grandmother, who was the family's "anchor baby" when they arrived, now will we?)
"Anglo-Saxons"???? If that's the best they can do, they really need a new game plan. Nobody who knows what an Anglo-Saxon is cares about it much more than I do, and I do not give a rusty rat's azz. I'm American, and that Old Country stuff is for making jokes about my bog-trotting and blue painted kin. (Although I could paint myself blue and go totally nuts on someone, if I were to allow myself the liberty of being stupid for a bit.)
Or if sufficiently annoyed.
Go ahead. Make my day.
Starless on July 26, 2012 at 7:09 am said:
Mr. Romney's bias is made self-evident through his persistent use of an Indo-European language.
Meep on July 26, 2012 at 8:48 am said:
See, this is why I switched to learning Japanese when I was in college.
All those Indo-European languages offered in high school were just too easy due to similarity
Starless on July 26, 2012 at 9:39 am said:
I'm outraged that you would be so close-minded that you would limit yourself to human-centered language. For shame.
paul berry on July 26, 2012 at 8:24 am said:
Sad how white people try to have a heritage like black people, next they will be wanting a white history month! Everyday as black people are quoted in the news of sayiong whitey this or cracker that, or we hate white people, each day some politican or athlete are losing their job or chance at the olympics, or just be shamed by the media for saying something about blacks as blacks degrade and cuss whites daily! For evidence our Lord Jesus Christ comes to show all who have been a blessing unto earth and whom he loves Rev:3:9 go to the websites now mentioned below…
For evidence our Lord Jesus the God of Bush has had enough of the mandasity put forth by obama and any other trying to cause the fall of His nation our Lord Swore would be, go to the website at Adam and Eve seed gathering Ministry and on the prophecy and the signs page are the prewritten news events of this day written three years ago and more and are the likes of the Japan quake and tidal wave and the DC/Virginia Beach Virginia quake { with more now coming to DC/V.Beach } a quake our Lord brought on the same day as the unveiling of the martin luther king statue in DC! With many other signs prelisted that have come and are coming, also go to the site at Adam and Eve in Action blog wherein are undeniable sounding/waking/gathering links pages and films… much respect to All of Adam and Eve/God's seed Deuteronomy 32:8. http://www.adamandeveseedgatheringministry.com/prophecy_and_the_signs and all pages and links therein the site …
Starless on July 26, 2012 at 9:41 am said:
OMFG
paul berry on July 28, 2012 at 1:54 pm said:
Received notice of a comment being posted, yet the in code and reference writing I lose the meaning, for evidence the keys/code of God's mystery have been found Rev:10:7 & 1:17-18 go to the link now mentioned http://www.adamandeveseedgatheringministry.com/about_us also http://adamandeveinaction.blogspot.com/ Respect to the Signs of the times code writer