Mitt Romney 'embarrassed' United States on Olympics: Barack Obama aide
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's criticism of the London Olympics was a national embarrassment for the United States, a top aide to President Barack Obama said on Sunday.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's criticism of the London Olympics was a national embarrassment for the United States, a top aide to President Barack Obama said on Sunday.
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"I'm happy (British Prime Minister) David Cameron had the last word, because I thought it was embarrassing for our country," Robert Gibbs, a senior advisor on Obama's re-election campaign team told ABC News's "This Week" program.
"It's clear that voters in this country wonder aloud whether Mitt Romney is ready for the world, and I think the world is not yet ready for Mitt Romney," Gibbs, a former White House press secretary, said.
Within hours of landing in London, NBC television broadcast an interview in which Romney said it was "hard to know just how well" the Olympics would turn out and said there were "a few things that were disconcerting."
He even questioned the British Olympic spirit, adding: "Do they come together and celebrate the Olympic moment? That's something which we only find out once the Games actually begin."