— all of them conspiring to make the smartest President ever! look less like a Citizen of the World (his Irish accent notwithstanding) and more like a posturing phony whose media-made magical veneer continues to crumble around him.
So dignified, our sonorous leader is.
We fought a war over 100 years ago so that we don’t have to play by Europe’s stupid rules.
What we all really want to know is, has the Queen been enjoying the iPod Obama gave her, with his greatest speeches on it? Well, his greatest speeches up until he gave it to her, anyway. I’m sure he’s given even better ones since then.
I’d like to know if he mentioned anything about how strange it was that they were playing “My Country ‘Tis Of Thee”.
Constantly being the smartest guy in any room has downsides when the entire world is usually wrong and you are always right. But he slogs on regardless. What a guy!
It was nice of them to play that song, wasn’t it?
Oh, wait…
SNL and late show writers must be having strokes by now. I mean, trying to balance their duty to venerate All Things Left with what is clearly comedy gold?
Don’t fret too much Darth, they’ll figure a way to make it a laugh at the Queen moment.
After all, they’re professionals.
Hard to believe high centering the limo is the high point of the trip in regards from a diplomacy standpoint.
The trip will end well for the Brits, though. They get to see Obama leave.
I can’t view this, can someone give a brief summary of the plot. What stupid thing did Obama do now?
That staffer that told him it is still 2008 better be updating their resume.
OI:
Obama starts toast to the Queen (using note cards). Says “To Her Majesty, the Queen”.
Orchestra starts playing, “God Save The Queen”, all stand up.
Bumblefuck keeps talking. During the anthem.
Bumblefuck realizes his foe-paw, tries to finish with a semblance of dignity intact.
Queen gives one of those compressed smiles you use when the preacher farts during the sermon to keep from busting out.
Fantastic. Thanks Darth.
Maybe it’s me, but I don’t expect anything but fuckups from this clown.
I am
not a
shnook.
May that meme live forever connected to Ezra Klein.
I don’t care. Obama is awesome.
President Goober strikes again.
And the Proggs tried to tell us W was “embarrassingly unsophisticated”.
Three years later and he still can’t handle the protocol. This adolescent thumbing of his nose is getting a little old, I think.
…but did you see the Queen checking out Obama’s ass and nearly fainting over it?
le taut,
c’est Moi.
putzy call
Unpresidented.
Antipresidented?
No…didn’t watch it. Can’t stand the fucker.
2008. Has there been a good explanation of this yet?
JD, the WH attributed it to “jet lag”.
Like I said, that new media person who gets to deal with negative stories in new media is having a shitty first week on the job.
Did you see the Queen looking around the room? Camilla and Prince Phillip were snickering. Absolutely the funniest faux paux in recorded history.
I bet teh daily mail is all over that. And teh grauniad.
Sooo, I’m at the club today and one of the ladies that I occasionally play golf with (group play) starts in on how great Obama is…’at least he brought back the respect of the world unlike that idiot who was so bad people threw shoes at him.’
Did I let that slip by.. nope. ‘Oh, yeah. That guy who was upset that we captured his Baathist ally Saddam Hussein so he threw shoes at the the guy who stopped the torture rooms in Iraq that the Baathists were running? That guy? Yeah, I’m so bummed that bad guys around the world don’t respect us, too.’
Blink. Blink. “Well, MY HUSBAND TRAVELS IN EUROPE FOR BUSINESS (nice authoritative tone attached) and he knows what is what over there and he is glad that we have the world’s respect again.”
“Yeah, I was reading the British papers on the internet this morning where they were ‘praising’ Obama for his multiple gaffes and absurdities on this visit. He has embarrassed himself so bad even the democratic socialists are making fun of him.”
Blink. Blink. “You can read the British newspapers on the internet???” Long pause… “Well they just don’t understand how much more we are respected in Europe now. My husband says so. Those papers are all run by republicans anyways.”
By now the entire group is watching the exchange with amused and pitying looks on their faces… Finally, another lady says “honey, there is no republican party in Europe.”
Blink. Blink. “There’s not?”
We finally relented, but she was none too pleased to have her world view shaken… I plan on a few more earthquakes in the near future. Ain’t I a stinker…
Her parade is swimming in a Biblical deluge, Stephanie.
“Ain’t I a stinker…”
bravo
BTW, the gift for PM Cameron – cufflinks with Obama’s signature on them. I shit you not.
O’Bama probably wears a similar set with the date engraved… no wonder he got confused when he signed the guest book.
The way the Republicans are going these days, the guy (Steyn maybe?) who started talking about the Republican party turning itself into just another European style center-right party, a la the Tories or the CDU, is going to be proven correct. And then your sometime antagonist is going to get the last blink.
Give me the FDP over the GOP any day.
“I plan on a few more earthquakes in the near future.”
Stephanie,
As our old pal the Hulkster might say DO IT SISTER!
There isn’t enough room on my face for all the facepalms that question demands.
Can anyone make out what the Queen says to our Obumbler?
Sounds like nice try sailor to me;)
Wishful thinking.
The British Police are no doubt using ‘dumbass’ rather than ‘smart alec’ to refer to the President now.
From what I’ve read on the innerwebs, the Queen’s ‘mumbling’ was “put it down.”
Ouch.