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Yeah, I don’t get this. You give the Queen of England a mixtape and a MP3 player? So is he gonna have a sleepover maybe later this weekend or something?
Good lord is this guy a fucking joke.
I keep closing my eyes, hoping this is all just the world’s biggest April Fool’s joke, but it doesn’t seem to stop.
April Fools!
Right?
Maybe Hillary will stand outside Buckingham Palace with a boom box and a Peter Gabriel cassette tape.
Obama also gave the Queen the autographed Rodgers and Hammerstein songbook besides the IPod.
BTW, IPod had the pictures from Queen visit to the USA
I guess it could have been worse, wingnuts. He could have given her a backrub.
Or wink
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top advisors: rahm and bill ayers
Expecting Pres Obama to learn and understand the ways of British Royalty is a bit like expecting Muslims to know what we mean and to understand us when we us words like “the clash of civilizations”, “assimilation”, “secular”, “moderate”, “jihadi”, “freedom”, etc.
To agree with Mr Seiple, it’s asking a bit too much, no? I mean, he’s so young and innocent after all.
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http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21691374-5006003,00.html
sasha, it also featured audio tracks of his speeches and photos of his inauguration.
According to ABCNews, it came loaded with Obama speeches. I guess for when the Royal Family gets a hankering for Hope N’ Change!
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/04/what-does-one-g.html
Wow, pictures of herself……… Something the Queen of England is surely lacking.
I mean, he couldn’t throw in some signed copies of Dreams of My Father? It’d only have been 10 minutes in the Heathrow Borders Express.
Yes sashal, that was stupid, what Bush did winking at the queen, and was rightfully called out for it.
What’s your point? That means we can’t call this stupid too?
its not like she couldn’t just call the beeb if she wanted video of her visit
Well, Techie, he could have loaded up the audio version, read by Barack Obama.
Dan,
the Obamas’ gift-giving is by far the biggest “Who Gives A Shit ‘Story'” of 2009.
Which is why you are here commenting and linking on it sashal, because you just don’t give a shit?
Yman, get used to it. From now on, every criticism of Obama will be met with “well Bush did (insert whatever BDS is appropriate here)”.
Deflection, it’s the new patriotism.
no, sdferr, just trying to help you guys not to completely lose your sanity
More like Lyndon LaRouche.
[…] …I got nothing, sorry. I can’t think up anything that beats < ahref=”http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/04/what-does-one-g.html”>show tunes and Obama speeches. […]
[…] …I got nothing, sorry. I can’t think up anything that beats show tunes and Obama speeches. […]
Bush isn’t president any more, Bolshevik.
Time to get some new material.
Even I have underestimated what a fucking douche that fucking douche is.
Does it strike anyone else that these upper-class, highly-schooled, supposedly sophisticated people are acting like stereotypical trailer trash?
Hell, worse than real-world trailer trash, who would have had the sense to ask for advice. And would have tried to have gifts that are selfless rather than full of themself.
(Literally, in the case of the iPod. I mean, Christ, who thinks so highly of themselves that they’d give the freaking Queen of England recordings of themselves?!)
I do have to wonder if the recordings of his speeches include the original text, as shown on the teleprompter.
Barack Obama ain’t neva been called a cracka!
Eat me.
a little rev wright on the ipod.
What? Were snuggies on back order?
She needs some White Rev. Wright up on that ipod.
We supported socialism in the UK and France and now we are indignant! Now it is coming home to our OWN BACK YARD. America’s chickens are coming home to roost.
Oh my, we sure dodged a bullet when we didn’t elect snowbilly Palin, eh?
The Lightworker surely flies into Heathrow. Gatwick would be beneath the stature of The One.
She was “incurious”, Darleen. Or something……….
i wonder what president hoover will give to the chicoms?
Probably the red states. They’re the only ones that are actually worth any money.
But the Chicoms will have to come and get them.
Beat it, Sashal.
Am please to be singing of old song:
Chi-comgo, Chi-comgo, that toddlin’ town…
Aingland can kiss ma’ ass!
Another Lefty Meme Busted…
Go around to just about any blog where a liberal nutjob has left a comment, and you’ll inevitably…
……
Jeff, did I ever mention I admire your “Kneel Before Zod” moments?
The man just craps class, don’t he?
The man being Obama. Jeff just sweats it.
Wait. Obama gives Queen Elizabeth an iPod full of show tunes and a book autographed by Rogers and Hammerstein? Just what kind of queen did he think he was visiting?
Bush—“President and Mrs. Bush gave Her Majesty a bronze statuette “High Desert Princess†with a personal inscription on the bottom of the base. It is a replica of the original life size statue that is located in front of the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in Ft. Worth, Texas.
President and Mrs. Bush gave The Prince Philip an exclusive sterling silver eagle box by Tiffany & Co. with personal inscription on the inside lid.”
“President and Mrs. Bush gave Their Majesties a leather presentation box filled with a collection of documents from the National Archives. One of the items was a copy of an original letter from President Roosevelt to her father, King George, written in 1938. There were also photos from previous royal visits and a DVD of the footage from the Queen’s visit to the United States when she was Princess Elizabeth in 1951.”
“The White House tells us that President Bush has given the Queen some gifts. Two silver platters and a porcelain bowl. Apparently the Queen gave Mr Bush a sterling silver ruler engraved with the names of past US presidents, a book about the Crown Jewels and a jewel box.”
Obama–“In return, the Queen gave the President [Obama] a silver framed signed photograph of herself and the Duke of Edinburgh – apparently a standard present for visiting dignitaries.”
The Queen probably thought she was getting 25 Region 1 DVDs and said, “The hell with it, I’ll just give him an autographed picture of myself.”
this must be the second time cause it’s definitely a goddamned farce
An Ipod for a queen?? I think he ought to have gave her this http://www.funwithgina.com/product_details.php?cat_id=27&pd_id=31 or even this http://www.funwithgina.com/product_details.php?cat_id=26&pd_id=34
Mama, Just killed a maaaahn, put a gun against his head………………
Mama, Just killed a maaaahn, put a gun against his head………………
Scarramouche!!!!
Dirtbags. Libs are classless dirt bags. Odumbo, “His Trajesty” is a classless dirt bag. Obama is a CON MAN, and he SUCKERED more than half of America.
How many of those HALF of AMERICA, have the balls, sense or grace to admit their folly???
Bush winks and gets excoriated for being himself. You know, nice, playful, heartfelt.
I guess the lesson is don’t be yourself with the queen, eh sasha?
Oops, too late. Obama gives the queen a pocket-sized campaign commercial.
Take a lesson.
Sashal –
The problem with the MP3 player is this –
Somebody had to think – “Hey, let’s get the Queen of England and MP3 Player”
and then there was a decision-making process about what to put *on* the MP3 player.
and then there was the decision about what to have inscribed on the MP3 Player.
At any point along the way, somebody with an ounce of social awareness should have said “What the fuck are we doing? It’s for the Queen of England”
The White House put together a collection of show tunes for a woman who can order command performances and a “Best of Obama … so far” collection of speeches.
I’d be interested if the Obama’s staffed this out to an intern who bought the MP3 player online, the downloaded music and pix and then wen to a Things Remembered at Tyson Square to have “Thanks, Queen” engraved during a lunch break.
All of which was so decidedly low-brow as to be a joke.
*IF* Barack had any social grace whatsoever, he would have just given Her Majesty the book, which was nice, and pocketed the MP3 player on the basis that that, given the circumstance, handing over an MP3 player to the Queen would have seemed pretty damned silly.
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But, since we’re all about the solutions here at AoSHQ, here are some alternate things Barack could have given Her Majesty:
An original prototype of the iPod signed by Steve Jobs
The latest-greatest not-yet-released iPod.
An iPod with an original montage of the Queen’s visits to America narrated by Morgan Freeman – give the gift of an original 20 minute “England and the US” and put it *in* the iPod.
an iPod decorated by … oh … some famous American artist
or, on the other hand, Obama could have presented her with any number of Americana gifts similar to the Richard Rodgers autographed volume – Helen Hayes memorabilia, something from “Wizard of Oz”, the draft script from “Mrs. Miniver” … anything.
Or from literature:
A First Edition “Innocents Abroad”
… a first edition copy of “Democracy in America” by de Tocqueville with Obama’s favorite passages highlighted and ones he doesn’t like crossed out.
but, gawd-almighty, at some point it should become clear:
Obama is an urban hick.
crap – I just realized this isn’t AoSHQ, but PW — BAM! —
oh well, ace and jeff are twin sons from different mothers.
How about a 40 ouncer with the Queen’s face on it?
Royally Fucked Up Malt Liquor
Mad Queen Lite
The Puke of Windsor*
*favorite
Tell me Obama didn’t text the Queen a picture of his dick.
http://www.thewavemag.com/images/articles/7001-8000/7393.jpg
Would’ve been perfect, al.
He tried, but Michelle wouldn’t stand still long enough to get the picture.
techie, the say anything reference resulted in coffee shooting out my nose. thanks sir =0
Palin would have given her a mounted moosehead and two tickets to the big snowmobile race. She’s barbaric.
Also, by sashal’s standards, if a republican has done something stupid, its ok for a democratic to do something equally or more stupid. Hey, so Obama can go start a war for oil somewhere ?
Corrupt Chicago socialist rubes.
I weep for my country.
That was beautiful B Moe. Can’t believe I didn’t think of it. Of course, I haven’t drank in 10 years. Not since “the incident”.
Good Lord:
Part of me wants to call bullshit on this story, but in the interest of not attributing to malice what is rightfully attributed to stupidity, I’ll believe it. Obama — supposedly one of the most intelligent people in the WORLD if not the HISTORY OF HUMANITY — was unaware there’s a protocol office at State?
For fuck’s sake, I think the State Department should be buried under a ton of concrete and I know they have people for this kind of thing!
I do wonder, though, if it’s a result of a “if I don’t know it, it’s not worth knowing” mindset in the administration. The kind of person who “slips” and says “rule” instead of “govern” isn’t likely to give much credence to the intelligence of others.
Such elegance, I hope some Snoop Dogg was on there.
Rob: Maybe they should hire Goldie Hawn to run the office. I hear she has relevant experience.
Oh, and I have to agree with Matt about sashal’s gambit. When your only defense of the smartest, greatest, bestest, presidentiest man ever to grace Gaia’s green surface is to say that he’s no worse than the smirking cowboy chimp, well, you have a problem. A problem that is doubled when the evidence arises that the smirking cowboy chimp actually knew how to use his protocol office.
But by all means, sashal (or whatever nickname you choose when you come back): keep comparing the Chicago Jesus to the Crawford Hick. Those of us with eyes to see are enjoying the hell out of your attempts to manage expectations.
Your Majesty–and I know you read this blog–we’re sorry!
*smirking cowboy chimp*
Don’t forget “dumbest evil genius of all time”.
63
You do realize that people on the left, when they trot out the hated name of Bush to defend Obama, are basically telling you to STFU. It is not an argument or a point, it is simply a means for them to not even think about anything you say.
Also it is extremely hypocritical for a group of people who drank hatred of one man for 8 years to now use him to defend their own arguments. Ok you hate Bush so WTF are you using Bush’s actions as the starting point for grading the guy you voted for? As an example:Under Bush deficits were evil and bad, under Obama they are ok and if you question them you will be required to defend the same Bush’s deficits they spent years decrying. How the hell you can hold all those conflicting opinions in your head at the same time without it exploding is beyond me.
The Slap Chop would have been a great gift. It’s truly American and if you order now it comes with The Gratey.
Also the Slap Chop guy beats his sex partners, so he has that in common with Michelle.
*How the hell you can hold all those conflicting opinions in your head at the same time without it exploding is beyond me.*
ooo ooo I know the answer to this one. Liberals based their opinions on how they “feel” about things- ie they feel like Bush is an evil idiot chimp who is run by Neo-cons and Karl Rove and thus everything he does is evil. They also “feel” bad we elected another white man to the presidency, especially a republican white man, which is essentially evil incarnate. however, they “feel” good about electing a black man and “feel” everything the Lightbringer is doing will eventually work out, despite all evidence to the contrary. “Feeling” is important.
Dumb rethuglicans, of course, mostly look at logic, facts and ultimate results. “Feeling” doesn’t usually factor into their decision making process, which in the words of Miss McCain, makes us “mean”.
Well, at least he didn’t give her a rubber-bag-with-reservoir-tied-shut-with-a-twistie-tie. Since so many of Obama mamas seem to heading in that direction, eh?
Remember the “Office of the President-Elect”? What exactly was that for, and what did it accomplish. Answer, PR and nothing except PR.
The Democrats, always so proud of being the intelligent ones, the oh so nuanced ones, the Ivy League elite, will always reach for the “stupid” excuse when caught. Especially the “stupid staff” excuse. Just can’t get good minions out of those Ivy League schools nowadays.
Obama and company are going to test just how far this excuse will stretch. A test to destruction. Which will break first, the excuse or American freedom.
Obama to Staff: “Get Me Some Music Fit for a Queen!â€
Queen: “I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: ‘No more fucking ABBA!’ ”
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109045/quotes
Jeez, I could go downtown in my tiny hick town and buy better gifts for the Queen than a frickin’ iPod. If she wants one, can’t she just call some lackey and get one?
Why not a piece of original American art? Or even friggin’ cels from Disney? Jeeeeeeeez….
Is the RIAA going after Obama for giving someone else songs they don’t own?
I have no idea why, but the idea that they gave the Queen of England an I-Pod, to me, is so incredibly brain-jarringly horrible. I thought the plastic helicopters were sad, tacky, and classless, but this one it appears that they tried, and this is the best they could do for the fucking Queen of England? Like the QoE could not get one herself? Or she has not footage of herself? Narciss … aw, fuck it. I really do not like our half-white Prezzydent.
To sum up.
What do you give to a Head of State?
As a physical gift, something that can’t be bought, something original, creative. Included with the physical object is the real gift which is intangible, respect.
That’s the gift to give a Queen. The one thing Obama doesn’t have and can’t buy.
#60 Rob Crawford:
I saw that, too. Either Hillary was keeping that a secret, or the smarterest adminsitration evar didn’t realize that there is a whole f&$^ing department of government dedicated to this task. Or they were so arrogant they thought that whatever they deigned to do would be accepted by the adoring masses.
I am going with the latter – they were arrogant, they f&$^ed up, and they are looking for any excuse, any where, to get them off the hook. Only problem is the excuse makes them look just utterly stupid.
(a) I am too stupid to realize that the State Department knows how to run these things so I don’t call them.
(b) I am so arrogant that I thought I could just blow off the State Department’s protocol officers and just wing this on my own.
Such a choice – admit arrogance or admit he is as dumb as a fencepost. Decisions, decisions – why can’t I just eat my waffle?
Classless, tactless, disrespectful dirty little socialists, they are.
There was a very good comment here that got ate up.
To put it simply, the Obama Administration has three options:
(1) the secretary of state is sabotaging them.
(2) they are too stupid to realize that there is an entire federal department that handles diplomagtic issues.
(3) they are so f&%$ing arrogant that they blew off the State Department and decided that as the smarterest administration evar they could just wing it.
(1) makes them look stupid – and pwnd badly; (2) really makes them look stupid; (3) makes them look stupid and arrogant.
So it seems they went with (2) because it is better to look stupid than stupid+.
Oh – looks like #76 showed up despite the massive crash I got when punching the button.
That’s tech for a caveman like me.
i gots stupid staff
everytime i [try] to corral my sheep
they baa baa bad mouth me..
yeah.. i see ’em chewing grass
but they be whispering…
don’t think i know?
oh/ i know