Toby Harnden at The Telegraph:
The notion that there would ever have been a press conference scheduled in the Rose Garden at the start of March is, of course, faintly ridiculous.
Mr Brown might be forgiven for thinking that his friend, rival and predecessor Tony Blair would not have been treated the same way by his bosom buddy President George W. Bush. After all, there are 132 rooms in the White House at least some of which, presumably, are currently be free of snow.
On the other hand, President Obama is terribly busy this Tuesday. The White House schedule tells us that he is delivering remarks at the Department of Transportation to deliver remarks about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and is also speaking at the Department of Interior to mark its 160th anniversary.
There’s a conflab with Pentagon chief Bob Gates. Oh, and Mr Obama will also meet “a delegation from the Boy Scouts of America and receive their 2008 Report to the Nation”. in the Oval Office.
Mr Brown might lament that despite the so-called “special relationship” Britain is now getting the same treatment as the President of Uruguay but he need not despair. I’m told there’s a chance he might get drinks with Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday evening.
Well, one of the issues that they were slated to talk about is cap and trade. And it might be difficult to get some of the reporters to attend on a snow day. But no, there is no snow-free room in the Obama White House. Wherever he goes, there it is.
Gordo oughtta consider auditioning for Ocean’s 15: Heist of the Century. If he gets the lead, he’ll have much better luck gaining and audience with Cecil B. Obama.
They said that if Obama was elected our relationship with our allies would change, and they were right!
Disrespect the British and send a billion dollars to Hamas.
Heckuva job, Barky!
Didn’t the Prez. give DC a ration about how it closed schools for a little snow.
What’s different now?
What’s different now?
Teleprompter snafu would be my guess.
…so Obama’s dissing the second-longest ally we have. Oh, isn’t that an example of great statesmanship. You’d think The One had no, none, zilch experience at diplomacy.
Wha–???
Gordie’s in Washington to discuss the ‘New New Deal’, (hereinafter known as NuDeal 2), and ‘Save the World’, so hopefully, not much will get done.
The frightening thought is that he could end up sorting it out with Biden over drinks. It would be better if he talked to the Boy Scouts. In fact, it would be better if the Scouts captured the lot of them and took over running the world themselves.
Good thing the Oval Office is kept at a balmy 90 degrees. They can use it as a warming hut.
I’d rather that Brown meet with the Scouts, something productive might actually emerge.
All right, we got ourselves a honest diplomatic kerfuffle here:
Downing St left embarrassed after President Obama scales down first meeting with Brown
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1158395/Downing-St-left-embarrassed-President-Obama-scales-meeting-Brown.html
Good thing we don’t have that dumb cowboy in the White House anymore…..