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  1. Granny says: 1

    They remind of nothing quite so much as a pair of unruly children who do not yet know how to mind their Ps and Qs and thus are left at home with the nanny when the grownups go visiting.

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  2. Prairie says: 2

    Holy Shiat – Obama bowing WTH???? Then again he is from Chicago – did the Sandi King check to see if he still has his Rolex??

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  3. Catherine says: 3

    Gateway has the video.
    Now me being a woman I can tell you the look on the Queens face as she pulls away from bho wife was not her being to friendly.

    As for bho bowing to this arab can’t say what I think about this.

    Will the Judges do their job?

    http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2009/04/forget-queen-obama-bows-to-saudi-leader.html
    April 02, 2009
    Forget the Queen… Obama Bows to Saudi King! (Video)
    UPDATE: Here’s the video of Obama bowing to Saudi King Abdullah:
    (At 1:37 mark)

    Catherine
    Still lost in space

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  4. bill-tb says: 4

    Well since he is just the ACTING president, who cares. Now if TOTUS did this, it would be another story. Barry Soereto is just proving himself to be some stupid Fascist interloper.

    We should start a count down clock top when America can stand tall once again.

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  5. Raymond in DC says: 5

    Anyone else find it ironic that the US leader gives the British sovereign an iPod… made in China? And, yes, their ignorance of international etiquette shows that, despite their pretensions, they are not this generation’s Kennedys.

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  6. Hard Right says: 6

    Wonder if he bowed to Ayers in the same way?

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  7. luva the scissors says: 7

    jesus, even i know you don’t touch the queen, and i also know about the bowing thing. who the hell do the obama’s think they are? are they so arrogant that they think that they can do anything to anyone and it will be acceptable because they are the OBAMA’S? this is like standing up at a wedding and announcing that you screwed the groom or something. what bad manners.

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  8. albyinseattle says: 8

    Maybe it’s one of those gestures that you make towards a guest when you’re kindly ushering them to the door? The Obama’s are inexperienced in dealing with dignitaries because they’re used to being the center of attention.
    As for bowing to the Saud, maybe Mr. President went to kiss his ring…oh wait that’s what you do with the Pope, danggit can’t keep this sh– straight!

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  9. joecitizen says: 9

    ya such a bunch of elitist snobs. Why dont you go live in Europe if you love this protocol horse manure so much. Barack is one of us – yeah, a low-rent Yank.
    Suck on it.

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  10. If I was Obama, I would fire who ever is running the State Dept and “helping” him look like a good. Oh…that is Hillary. Makes you wonder if this is sabatoge or she might be just as inapt as the O-man is. She is the one who ask who painted the Our Lady of Guadalupe.

    http://franklinslocke.blogspot.com/

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  11. Catherine says: 11

    Joe just dooo not think my president should kiss the feet of some arab guess you do?

    you need to go suck it.

    Catherine

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  12. Bitter Scribe says: 12

    Maybe if she had vomited on the Queen’s lap, or tried to give her a neck massage, that would have been better?

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  13. Hard Right says: 13

    Those hardly compare to obama’s unending string so far.

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  14. ObamaIsASadJoke says: 14

    Bitter Scribe- Bush is not our president anymore, what a weak attempt at changing the subject.

    Nope, it’s preznit karaoke stomping around the planet looking like a complete dolt.

    For some reason our dummy in chief seems intent on screwing up our oldest alliance with the UK. Plastic helicopters and non-functioning cheapskate dvds to a legally blind PM were pathetic enough…now this arse hands the Queen of England a MePod jammed with pictures and speeches of himself? Sad sad sad.

    Stupid, stupid, classless buffoon. Him and his hulking, brutish, nominally female wife are shockingly awful.

    2012 can’t get here soon enough.

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  15. Bitter Scribe says: 15

    OK, Hard Right. The next time someone pukes on your lap, or grabs your neck from behind, you can turn to them and say, “Well, that hardly compares to Obama’s string.”

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  16. Bitter Scribe says: 16

    Hey, ObamaIsASadJoke, I’m impressed you even remember Bush was our president! Most of you guys seem to have Busheimer’s disease–where you can’t remember anything between 2000 and 2008.

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  17. @bill-tb: Here’s a date to look forward to:

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    @Raymond in DC: The Kennedy’s had style and class. Barack and Michelle have style and crass.

    @joecitizen: Something tells me you used to point fingers at President Bush every time he made a slip up. Sucks being you as now the shoe is on the other foot.
    @Bitter Scribe: See comment to joe nobody above.

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  18. ObamaIsASadJoke says: 18

    Oh, I remember the time between 2000 and 2008. I particularly remember when pelosi became majority leader in that time span. From that day of infamy to the end of 2008 the dow dropped about 4,000 points and unemployment nearly doubled. But we digress.

    The ad hominem try in your latest post came as quite a surprise. I mean, a liberal resorting to personal attacks when getting pummeled in an argument, that’s so……unexpected.

    But to review- Bush isn’t our president. The stuttering, economy wrecking, worldwide joke and imbecile obama is.

    In addition to working extra hard to ruin the US/UK relationship, the idiot in chief has also enraged the Czechs and Poles, been mocked by the taliban, North Korea, Iran, and Russia and done such clever things as enthuse about being in the capital of Canada- or as he said, Iowa.

    Preznit Karaoke is a stupid, stupid, buffoonish idiot with the social graces of a rabid jackal. You can try to equivocate, you can try ad hominem, you can do whatever you want- but the halfwit in chief is proving my point on a near daily basis.

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  19. @ObamaIsASadJoke: You are ON A ROLL!!!!

    Amen!!!

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  20. Bitter Scribe says: 20

    Yes, SadJoke, our standing in the world is much worse now than it was when Bush was running things!

    Remember the “coalition of the willing”? Talk about a sad joke. How many countries dropped out? Who was left, Tonga or something like that?

    Sorry if your feelings were hurt by the “ad hominem attack.” I guess it would be better to adopt the conservative style: Call someone a stupid buffoonish idiot and declare that you’ve thereby won the argument.

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  21. ObamaIsASadJoke says: 21

    Bitter Scribe- that whole reading for comprehension thing just didn’t work out for you, did it?

    Yet again- third time – Bush is no longer in any public office. The teleprompter messiah is now our president. I notice you didn’t take the time to refute any of the countries I mentioned that barky has screwed up in, but instead tried to invoke the bogus Bush comparison.

    Again.

    And failed. Again.

    Coalition of the willing- not relevant here. Another swing and a miss on the Bush misdirection try.

    Again – we are talking about the nitwit infesting our White House, and the utterly ridiculous and arrogant gift of a MePod chock full o’ barry’s greatest teleprompter readings was.

    Your weak ad hominem attack did not hurt my feelings. It was just that you so easily and so pitifully lived down to expectation- when you can’t attack the argument, attack the arguer… so boringly typical of liberals like yourself. Yawn.

    As I was saying- the reading for comprehension stuff isn’t really your thing, now is it? I called the unfortunate clown we have as president a stupid buffoonish idiot, not you. But never let the facts get in the way of what you think is a righteous and frothy retort, eh sparky?

    Perhaps you’re used to these sorts of epithets thrown your way and just naturally assumed I was speaking about you, who knows?

    Or cares.

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  22. BarbaraS says: 22

    Bitterscript

    This is conservative style? My memory is totally different from yours. I could have sworn this tactic was the left’s favorite. You know. Isolate and destroy. We put up with 8 years of trashing Bush for every little thing. It’s now Obama’s turn. Oh, you people suddenly realized what you sowed and tried to get us to “all get along”. When that didn’t work you stated trashing Bush again. At least George and Laura Bush knew protocol. The media didn’t get many faux pas on this level but now the Obamas are crashing and burning on all fronts the media with their total love for the Obamas ignores these fumbles and they just keep going and goind and going.
    Deal with it. You elected an idiot who knows nothing about much of anything except what he sees in the mirror. It’s all about him and always will be.

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  23. Holy crap, he could have given the queen a quart of mad dog 20/20 or old thunderbird……

    I had to steal the photo of these ……… there is not enough shame………..

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  24. ObamaIsASadJoke says: 24

    @19 – thank you, Mike’s America. Just trying to take out the trash.

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  25. Cary says: 25

    From EVERY report I’ve seen (saving this one), the queen reciprocated Mrs. Obama’s affection, and considered their visit a delightful one. With all due respect, Mike, seems like you’re stretching a bit.

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  26. Bitter Scribe says: 26

    Oh, SadJoke, you’ll never make it to 2012. Obama Derangment Syndrome will make your brain explode long before then. Toodle-oo.

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  27. @ObamaIsASadJoke: “Just trying to take out the trash.”

    I’d loan you my shovel but it looks like you don’t need it.

    Thanks for freeing up some of my time to concentrate on moonbats elsewhere.

    It seems this post really brought them out of the woodwork.

    Maybe it’s just a convenient diversion for them as they don’t seem as eager to strut their stuff on my thread on Obama raising taxes on the poor blacks who smoke.

    Ooops! Spoke too soon. I see King of the Kool Aid Drinkers, ole Larry is over there serving up his Obamatonic right now:

    http://www.floppingaces.net/2009/04/02/despite-campaign-pledge-obama-raises-taxes-on-poor-who-smoke/#comment-187476

    I see Aye’s on the case already!

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  28. @Cary:

    You’re missing the point. Protocol is there for a reason.

    Queen Elizabeth II is the symbolic and titular head of Great Britain and the Commonwealth.

    Just like the flag or any other symbol, there is a protocol to ensure proper respect is given to something that means more than what it actually is.

    One does not allow a flag to touch the ground, and one does not touch HRH.

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  29. @Mike’s America:

    Obviously someone hotlinked FA over at Kos, or a preschool, or something.

    Can you imagine the spittle flecked monitors and keyboards?

    The pullulating pustules are always amusing.

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  30. PB says: 30

    I keep wondering when we will finally see the lowest point of this administration. I guess I will have to keep wondering.

    Perception is everything on the word stage. Our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution are documents of rejection to scraping and bowing before a tyrant. The act our president bowing, as low as Obama did, to another head of state will be perceived by the rest of the world as our surrender to a superior state.

    Will our flag, now, fly lower than the Saudi’s? If the Saudi king visits the US will they play the Saudi national anthem and not ours? Who is next? Will he bow to the Russians? The Iranians, the North Koreans?

    I understand foreign protocol. When I greet friends or customers from overseas, I will give a slight bow or nod, depending on the situation, as a sign of respect. But, I will not bow lower than the person I am meeting. To do so signals your acknowledgement that you are less than the person you bow to.

    Everyone knows that Obama has been looking for people to say a pledge. Here is my pledge, “I will never bow, scrape, nor kneel before another human.”

    God is the only one I will kneel to.

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  31. Cary says: 31

    @Aye Chihuahua:

    Actually, the reason the protocol is in place is from ancient times when the monarch was believed to have a healing touch, and thus was to be used sparingly. If the Queen herself doesn’t seem to mind, it seems quite silly for the rest of us, especially on the other side of the pond, to be making such an issue of it. Quite a different issue from letting the flag touch the ground. So, you’re right, I’ve totally missed the point, whatever one there may be.

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  32. @Cary: Did you expect the Queen to embarrass her guests just because THEY don’t have manners? She’s too classy for that and unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to be rubbing off on Michelle’s crassness.

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  33. Reality Czech says: 33

    T”he Kennedy’s had style and class.”

    And knew something about punctuation.

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  34. Cary says: 34

    @Mike’s America:

    You have a point. If it did bother the Queen, she probably wouldn’t let on. I guess my point really should be that, with everything else going on, I myself don’t think that this such a huge deal. The protocol is rooted, not out of respect, but superstition. America’s relationship with Britain is not high on my worry list. I’d be surprised if were actually so on yours, too. =)

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  35. T”he Kennedy’s had style and class.”

    Having nothing of any value to add to the topic of the post, the moby with a punctuation error makes fun of a punctuation error.

    Heh.

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  36. Erick says: 36

    Tactless and always asking for money….sounds like cousin Eddie.

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  37. @Cary:

    On it’s own, Michelle’s faux pas isn’t that big of a deal. But it’s the compound effect of ALL the slights and missteps that the Obies have taken, especially in regard to our greatest and most stalwart ally.

    Funny how libs worried endlessly about the quality of our relationships with other nations and now pooh pooh the very idea that such things are important.

    When you ask ” America’s relationship with Britain is not high on my worry list. I’d be surprised if were actually so on yours, too. =)” you couldn’t be more wrong. As a student of history, and a particular fan of Winston Churchill (I’ve even visited his house in Kent) I am keenly aware of the importance of the “special relationship” a phrase Churchill coined, and understand how that relationship is being deliberately downgraded by Obama.

    Obama is telling our best allies, like Britain, Poland and the Czech Republic to take a back seat. Presumably to make room for some new friends like????

    You may not spend much time worrying about foreign affairs Cary, but you may regret that indifference in the future.

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  38. @Mike’s America:

    Well, as we learned here, Cary is not strong in history.

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  39. Cary says: 39

    @Mike’s America:

    I’m not indifferent at all, Mike, I just don’t agree that our relationship with Britain is in jeopardy over a poorly thought out gift. I defended Bush from some of my friends who went nuts over his faux pas, pointing out that anyone who leads their life under a constant microscope is bound to have their flaws magnified. Same goes for Obama. As God like as you may think we think he is, he’s still human. Hopefully, he’ll think out his gifts a bit better in the future!

    I hope the Queen enjoys her ipod more than the ill fitting underwear my lovely grandmother used to get me for Christmas!

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  40. Cary says: 40

    @Aye Chihuahua:

    Nice trick. Sorry Aye, I explained why I was bowing out of that one, and it had nothing to do with my lack of knowledge. So just stop, please.

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    I’m quite sure Her Majesty will immensely enjoy the opportunity to listen to the O’Bumbler’s speeches on her new iPod.

    Why in the HELL would he think that putting his speeches on there would be a good idea?

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  42. GaffaUK says: 42

    Why should a President of the US bow to any Queen? The US wanted to break away from all that crap.

    And not touching the Queen is also laughable – she’s not made of ice nor is she any different from any other human being. No wonder she is so out of touch if people treat like she is somehow special and better than the rest of us – only down to the fact she happened to be born into the royal family.

    As for an Ipod. That is a poor gift for an 82 year old. She gets tons of junk. It may be historic – but it would be better if they do away with the whole swapping of gift thing.

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  43. @Cary:

    it had nothing to do with my lack of knowledge

    Yeah, and I’m the Queen of England.

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  44. @Aye Chihuahua: Great find Aye!

    @Cary: Did you ignore what I said above?

    I hope you don’t mind if I repeat it:

    On it’s own, Michelle’s faux pas isn’t that big of a deal. But it’s the compound effect of ALL the slights and missteps that the Obies have taken, especially in regard to our greatest and most stalwart ally.

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  45. @GaffaUK:

    No one said that Obama should have bowed to the Queen.

    Quite the contrary actually.

    We all know that an American President shouldn’t bow to anyone. Apparently Obie didn’t get that memo prior to meeting the Saudi king.

    As to whether an 82 year old would enjoy an iPod, it’s common knowledge that the Queen already had her own prior to this.

    Ageism much?

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  46. Sappho says: 46

    You really should read the information you present before attempting to interpret it. What she said, and what you quoted, was:

    “For me, the iPod only works if he has some catchy reason why he gave it as a gift”

    And, guess what? He did. In fact, he had two … or three (this is turning into a Monty Python sketch!) Firstly, it was requested by the Queen; secondly, it was a companion piece to the rare songbook that the Obamas also gave and was loaded with show tunes by a composer the Queen likes (her favourite musical is Oklahoma!); thirdly, the Queen is known to like techie gadgets and bought herself an iPod a few years ago. That gives it the “catchy reason” that Ms Post required.

    In terms of the hug, the Queen initiated it and she did not “pull away” as you have suggested. It was unprecedented but suggests that the Queen is, in fact, very taken with Michelle Obama. Further, the Queen is reported to have asked Michelle to keep in touch with her now that they have met.

    Sappho

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  47. @GaffaUK: No one suggested Obie bow to the Queen. Didn’t you read what I said in the post? No previous president has EVER bowed to another foreign leader that any of us are aware of until this week.

    As for not touching the Queen. Them’s the rules. Otherwise, when she dubs newly minted knights with the sword they might be tempted to return the favor and who knows what misfortune might occur.

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  48. @Sappho: Put down the Kool Aid. You’ve had enough.

    -Liz already has an iPod. What makes you think she wanted another. Do you have a link? Did she also request Obama’s speeches?

    - Liz likes techie gadgets? News to me. I was reading Paul Burrell’s book “A Royal Duty.” Burrell was the personal footman to Her Majesty before joining Princess Diana’s household. Liz has a small radio and a television set. That and a phone. She did get a cell phone and an iPod, but I would never call her a “techie.”

    -As for the hug, Liz may have mistaken Michelle for one of her maids and just needed to make sure the Corgis got their walkies on time. No excuse for Michelle to violate protocol.

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  49. Cary says: 49

    @Aye Chihuahua:

    “Yeah, and I’m the Queen of England”

    Well, there’s a really good reason never to touch, then.

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  50. Sappho says: 50

    Hi Mike

    >>> Liz already has an iPod. What makes you think she wanted another. >>>

    She bought hers in 2005 and it is not a video model. This new one is.

    Do you have a link? <<>> Did she also request Obama’s speeches? >>>

    That I can’t tell you but she can always delete them if she doesn’t want them.

    >>> Liz likes techie gadgets? News to me. I was reading Paul Burrell’s book “A Royal Duty.” Burrell was the personal footman to Her Majesty before joining Princess Diana’s household. Liz has a small radio and a television set. That and a phone. She did get a cell phone and an iPod, but I would never call her a “techie.” >>>

    Actually, I didn’t call her a “techie”, I said that she liked techie gadgets. Not the same thing at all. Given that Paul Burrell, as you say, left the Queen’s service during Diana, Princess of Wales’ time, he may not have been aware of the Queen’s more recent interests.

    ‘The gadget-loving Queen has become HOOKED on Prince William’s new Nintendo Wii games console … In 2001 she got her first mobile phone and has regularly upgraded to one with the latest features … Her Majesty set up her own email account years ago … she [has] added a trendy BlackBerry to her technological armoury …’

    http://www.people.co.uk/news/tm_headline=make-way-for-the-q-wii-n%26method=full%26objectid=20276099%26siteid=93463-name_page.html

    >>> No excuse for Michelle to violate protocol. >>>

    It’s not a violation if the Queen initiates it, and she did.

    ‘“I don’t know what went through her head, but if it was me, I would have responded the same way,” etiquette expert Anna Post said of the reception at Buckingham Palace, where the Queen put her hand on Michelle Obama’s back and the first lady responded in kind … [Obama] didn’t make a mistake,” Post said, adding that good etiquette dictates that you absorb the mistake on the other person’s behalf when an actual gaffe is made. “It’s a great example of how manners matter.”‘
    http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/features/6356323.html

    Sappho

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  51. Sappho says: 51

    Hi Cary,

    You said ‘If it did bother the Queen, she probably wouldn’t let on.’ Oh, she surely would. Politely, of course, and without saying a word, but she can throw a frosty look which would make you want to crawl away and die. At the risk of bring down the “but Bush isn’t President any more” avalanche, I refer you to the Queen’s expression after George W Bush winked at her. “We are not amused” barely comes close.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-453199/Blundering-Bush-makes-ANOTHER-gaffe-winks-Queen.html

    Sappho

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  52. @Sappho: Still hating Bush and just cannot understand why we don’t love your new Commander in Thief?

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  53. Sappho says: 53

    Hi Mike,

    Allow me to clear up a few misconceptions.

    1) I don’t hate President George W Bush. He wouldn’t have been my choice and I think that he made some tremendous errors of judgement (no, I don’t mean the wink; that was just gauche), but I’ve always thought he seemed like a very nice guy.

    2) Neither President Bush nor President Obama are my President. You had no way of knowing this, of course, but I am an Australian.

    3) I mentioned President Bush solely because of the look Her Majesty gave him after he winked at her. It was to illustrate a point.

    Sappho

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  54. Sappho says: 54

    Hi Mike,

    I’m not sure what is going on but my post responding to post 48 is simply not showing on the board. I’ve attempted to post it twice but, both times, it has apparently gone no-where. Any ideas?

    Sappho

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  55. Really NO CLASS at all.
    What sort of half-fkked gift is that for the Queen? An ipod with his own speeches???
    Why not just give her a signed photo of himself, after all he is start bigger than anyone on earth.
    The Queen should ask her corgis to poo, then wrap up said poo and present it to Obama, cause that is what he is, poo.

    Bowing to the Saudi king??? I guess he has to bow because that where he gets his money from and that’s how he got into Harvard, thru the Sutton family which is the frontman for arabs.

    The US POTUS bowing to the dictator of a medieval kingdom????

    Next time, when he comes to china, we will make him bow down to us too. Bow to the imperial chinese who hold your debt!!!! Ni Hao!!! Ni Hao!!!! We will make him kowtow and knock his head on the ground 10 times, and say, Wan sui, Wan sui!!!!!

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  56. Catherine says: 56

    1 Sarge Charlie
    Holy crap, he could have given the queen a quart of mad dog 20/20 or old thunderbird……

    ROTFL the video of the Queen shows how the American Press LIES.
    But the prez running over to bow to the arab is the screw all America.
    This just shows why he no longer go to a Christian Church. In Spanish shows another side of his race to kiss the feet of this arab.

    I will never forgive the Democrats for what they have done to our Great Country. OR J. McCain for his not allowing this to be exposed. Remember it was him who stopped the GOP from using his middle name and allowing the American People to know the Truth. The American Press who are complicit is helping cover for this usurper a pox on their houses.

    http://michellemalkin.com/2009/04/02/video-obamas-deep-bow-to-the-saudi-king/
    Video: Obama’s deep bow to the Saudi king

    Catherine

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  57. Granny says: 57

    sigmundringeck

    Don’t laugh. The US actually did nearly come to blows with the Chinese over the demand that the US ambassador kow-tow to the Emperor.

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  58. Sappho says: 58

    I’m going to try breaking this post up into two to see if the length was the problem.

    Hi Mike

    >>> Liz already has an iPod. What makes you think she wanted another. >>>

    She bought hers in 2005 and it is not a video model. This new one is.

    Do you have a link? <<>> Did she also request Obama’s speeches? >>>

    That I can’t tell you but she can always delete them if she doesn’t want them.

    >>> Liz likes techie gadgets? News to me. I was reading Paul Burrell’s book “A Royal Duty.” Burrell was the personal footman to Her Majesty before joining Princess Diana’s household. Liz has a small radio and a television set. That and a phone. She did get a cell phone and an iPod, but I would never call her a “techie.” >>>

    Actually, I didn’t call her a “techie”, I said that she liked techie gadgets. Not the same thing at all. Given that Paul Burrell, as you say, left the Queen’s service during Diana, Princess of Wales’ time, he may not have been aware of the Queen’s more recent interests.

    ‘The gadget-loving Queen has become HOOKED on Prince William’s new Nintendo Wii games console … In 2001 she got her first mobile phone and has regularly upgraded to one with the latest features … Her Majesty set up her own email account years ago … she [has] added a trendy BlackBerry to her technological armoury …’

    http://www.people.co.uk/news/tm_headline=make-way-for-the-q-wii-n%26method=full%26objectid=20276099%26siteid=93463-name_page.html

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  59. Sappho says: 59

    (cont)

    >>> No excuse for Michelle to violate protocol. >>>

    It’s not a violation if the Queen initiates it, and she did.

    ‘“I don’t know what went through her head, but if it was me, I would have responded the same way,” etiquette expert Anna Post said of the reception at Buckingham Palace, where the Queen put her hand on Michelle Obama’s back and the first lady responded in kind … [Obama] didn’t make a mistake,” Post said, adding that good etiquette dictates that you absorb the mistake on the other person’s behalf when an actual gaffe is made. “It’s a great example of how manners matter.”‘
    http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/features/6356323.html

    Sappho

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  60. @sigmundringeck: I cropped the photo of Obama bowing. The full size is here:

    http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//090401/481/773ffd671ed94927aa537d663380c4cd/

    Isn’t that the Chinese President standing immediately to Obama’s right watching as he bows to the Saudi King? I wonder what he must be thinking?

    I do expect Obama to be kow towing to China very soon.

    @Sappho: Still no link to show that the Palace requested the iPod?

    As for the Queen of techies, frankly, I’ll take Paul Burrell’s word of what goes on inside the Queen’s private apartments before I do a press release from the P.R. staff distributed to the fawning press.

    And as for Michelle, she’s an embarrassment and this is just more proof of it. You can spin it all day long but at some point you will get dizzy and fall down.

    I understand you like the Kool Aid. Even though it is very expensive and likely to leave you drained of all will to think freely.

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  61. Sid says: 61

    Why not bow backwards and ask them to stick it in gently, because the O’s represent the new America! Touch the Queen, but don’t bow, bow to the Muslim, hmmmm. We are screwed folks, America’s make over is in fever pitch. Did he apologize for us responding to the 9/11 attacks as well?

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  62. Sappho says: 62

    Hi Mike,

    For some reason, my post to you in response to 48 is mucking up badly. There’s a second part which has not shown and I know I had included a link regarding the Queen requesting a video iPod. I’ll try again.

    http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4911728n%3fsource=search_video Video Timer: 3:27 – 3:45
    http://mediamatters.org/items/200904020002?f=h_latest

    As for Burrell’s book, he joined Diana’s household in 1987 and wrote his book in 2003. She’s reported to have bought her first mobile phone in 2001, her iPod in 2005, and started playing William’s Wii in 2008. Burrell’s book doesn’t really have an impact at that point.

    In terms of Michelle’s contact with Her Majesty, it was initiated by the Queen in an almost unheard of display of affection.

    http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5i-cwtFAYixaleD4qcNmoWBK3b5EQ

    It doesn’t appear to be me “drinking the Kool Aid” here.

    Sappho

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  63. marbleblaster says: 63

    Obama’s lowest approval rating to date!

    http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/obama_approval_index_history

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  65. Custer says: 65

    I don’t want to believe this video. I remember how the internet attacked Bush with bullshit. I want to believe he lost his balance or something. I hate this guy, but he cant be that low rent and ignorant.

    Till i hear it on fox i won’t believe it. It’s embarrassing.

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  66. Angel says: 66

    Good lord. What are the right wingers going to do when he goes to Japan?

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  67. Catherine says: 67

    Angel
    Good lord. What are the right wingers going to do when he goes to Japan?

    WELL I don’t think the same thing the left is doing in France. Or in NY.

    Let me help you in case you have not been keeping up on current events.

    http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2009Apr04/0,4670,EUNATOProtests,00.html
    April 4, 2009
    Police, protesters clash in France at NATO summit
    OH NO
    Saturday’s protest began calmly but began turning violent around noon (1000 GMT, 6 a.m. EDT). An AP reporter saw police in body armor and helmets hoisting shields as they were pelted by several hundred protesters with rocks, sticks and then Molotov cocktails.
    About 100 officers responded by lobbing flash bombs and volleys of tear gas into the crowds of demonstrators, many dressed in black and wearing masks or balaclavas.
    Members of the violence-prone “black bloc” _ named for their black clothes and hoods _ then headed toward the Europa Bridge and set fire to the customs station on the French side and sprayed graffiti on the walls of buildings.
    [OH MY]
    Protesters have been frustrated by large police presence in both cities. Some 15,000 German police and 9,000 French police are on call for the summit.
    [CAN’T BE]
    Elsewhere, a separate group of 200 French and German protesters _ including dozens dressed as clowns and a team of dancing percussionists _ occupied a central intersection in downtown Strasbourg after police launched flash bombs and tear gas at them.
    [SAY IT AINT SO]

    Better read the whole thing and of course they are lefties all.

    don’t forget to read about the hospital vist off because not safe for the wifie??

    Catherine

    PS

    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,512555,00.html
    April 4, 2009
    Taliban Chief Claims Responsibility for N.Y. Shooting Massacre
    A Pakistani Taliban militant leader has claimed responsibility for the attack on a U.S. immigration center in New York state in which 13 people were killed, Reuters reported.

    OOPS

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  68. Angel says: 68

    Um, I was referring to the bowing debacle. It is a custom in Japan for people to bow when they greet each other. That’s why I said some people are going to go insane if they see him bow when he visits Japan. It was a quip, sheesh. Bowing is also a custom in martial arts before and after a match, the bow is done to show humility and respect.

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  69. Missy says: 69

    @Angel:

    East Asians also bow as a greeting, both bowing at the same time, as equals. I’ve already explained why the custom is different on another thread. BTW, you did notice the King did not reciprocate, I wonder if he was amused.

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