[Focault's Pendulum]

His choice was patently disrespectful as he sullenly put down his glass instead of at the minimum, putting it to his lips like everyone else in the room.

Ya know! He probably was informed of the protocol. I watched that vid several times. He appeared to me to be dumbfounded.

I saw the several looks on his face. I really think he was too fu@#ing stupid to remember what he was briefed on.

[MinuteGal]

I agree with you that it was a gaffe that was unintentional. Somebody signalled the band to start playing and it was a royal screw up. All these events have a "director" behind the scenes in charge of the program. Someone screwed up royally.

However, what I didn't like was Obama intentionally not drinking to the Queen after his own toast....instead, he stuck out like a sore thumb when he leaned over right in front of her to put the glass down with a sullen look on his face.

Think of how he could have righted the whole comedy of errors if he had raised his glass to her and took a mighty swig with a big smile aimed right at her.

But he's too narcissistic....he was still smarting from the musical mix-up and was thinking only of how he was made to look bad.

What a petty klutz!

My cousin and his wife are Brits, living in a London suburb....and ardent Tories. I'll see what they've picked up about the whole scenario. They may not even remember it if they never saw this video on their computer.

Cheerio,

Leni