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Obama's Toast to the Queen Triggers Awkward Orchestral Moment (see video)
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| 5-25-11
| Scott Baker
Posted on 05/25/2011 6:55:13 AM PDT by doug from upland
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Obama’s Toast to the Queen Triggers Awkward Orchestral Moment Posted on May 25, 2011 at 3:01am by Scott Baker ABC News:
The president and the orchestra at Buckingham Palace this evening were a bit out of synch.
When the president toasted the Queen the orchestra misunderstood a pause and what seemed to be a cue from the president for “God Save the Queen” to begin playing.
“Ladies and gentlemen please stand with me and raise your glasses as I propose a toast,” the president said, putting down his note cards and grabbing his glass. “To her majesty the Queen.”
The president paused, the guests stood, and the orchestra prepared to play.
But the president wasn’t done speaking.
“The vitality –“ the president said before the orchestra began.
Then the familiar tune – you might know it better as “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” – started up.
The president kept going: “ — of the special relationship between our peoples and for the words of Shakespeare to this blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England,” the president said as the awkward moment played out.
The Queen looked ahead as the UK anthem played.
“To the Queen,” the president finally said.
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KEYWORDS: assclown; england; obama; queen
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What a class act by our community organizer in chief.
To: doug from upland
I actually think they were trying to get the imbecile to shut up he gets a microphone and he keeps on and on..
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posted on
05/25/2011 6:57:55 AM PDT
by
PLD
To: doug from upland
It’s all about him don’t you know? Even when it’s about someone else, it’s all about him.
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posted on
05/25/2011 6:58:08 AM PDT
by
P8riot
(I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.....Eagle Scout since Sep 9, 1970)
To: PLD
I agree. The guy doesn’t know when to shut up. I think he just likes to hear himself talk.
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posted on
05/25/2011 6:59:39 AM PDT
by
RC2
To: doug from upland
Soon after, Michelle gave Her Majesty a “fist bump.”
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posted on
05/25/2011 7:01:55 AM PDT
by
Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears
(Dear Lord, Please judge Barack Hussein Obama for betraying Israel, and not the whole nation. Amen.)
To: doug from upland
I think it was a combination of his unsuitability to represent our country and of his continuing desire to make known his disdain for Great Britain.
To: doug from upland
The president paused, the guests stood, and the orchestra prepared to play. Actually, the orchestra BEGAN to play. He thought it was just background music.
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posted on
05/25/2011 7:06:13 AM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears
Why wasn’t Queen Moochelle wearing her tiara?
To: doug from upland
Why didn’t the Tzar of Protocol give Barry a lesson in
British etiquette?
Does someone in the WH want him to look even more foolish
than he always does?
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posted on
05/25/2011 7:12:35 AM PDT
by
COUNTrecount
(Barry...above his poi grade.)
To: doug from upland
I watched the video - the reason the orchestra started playing is that dumbarse Bambi paused to start fumbling with his notecards. He can’t even do a 2-sentence toast without TOTUS. Unbelievable.
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posted on
05/25/2011 7:20:39 AM PDT
by
GnuHere
To: doug from upland
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posted on
05/25/2011 7:22:50 AM PDT
by
onedoug
(If)
To: doug from upland
Does Toastmasters have remedial classes for dolts like him?
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posted on
05/25/2011 7:26:14 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: doug from upland
“Ladies and gentlemen please stand with me and raise your glasses as I propose a toast,” the president said, putting down his note cards and grabbing his glass. “To her majesty the Queen.” Well, there's the problem right there.
He was using note cards instead of his trusty TelePrompTer.
I guess somebody forgot to pack the electrical converter thing.
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posted on
05/25/2011 7:26:18 AM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Beaten Valve
The Queen did not drink the toast, she set the glass down. I wonder if there is in any significance in that?
She has to despise the man.
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posted on
05/25/2011 7:28:52 AM PDT
by
Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears
(Dear Lord, Please judge Barack Hussein Obama for betraying Israel, and not the whole nation. Amen.)
To: doug from upland
0bama chose Idiot Joe Biden as VP because he was the only person stupider than him.
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posted on
05/25/2011 7:35:25 AM PDT
by
The Sons of Liberty
(Psalm 109:8 Let his days be few and let another take his office. - Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
To: doug from upland
This Obama fellow appears to be an incompetent, affirmative-action oaf masquerading as a head of state. Didn't the bumbling 4th-graders responsible for handling him clue him in on the protocol here?
To her credit, Her Majesty seemed to handle to situation about as well as could be expected under the circumstances.
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posted on
05/25/2011 7:35:48 AM PDT
by
Milton Miteybad
(I am Jim Thompson. {Really.})
To: doug from upland
Looks like he didn’t have a clue about the protocol. I actually felt sorry for him.
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posted on
05/25/2011 7:40:55 AM PDT
by
MsLady
(Be the kind of woman that when you get up in the morning, the devil says, "Oh crap, she's UP !!")
To: All
He apparently thought it was nice background music for his toast. This man is both dangerous and foolish. What has this country done?
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posted on
05/25/2011 8:29:58 AM PDT
by
doug from upland
(website reserved just in case: TheBitchIsBack2012.com)
To: doug from upland
I watched this earlier, and the looks on the Brit’s faces tell it all. We have a clueless 0’blunder in the white hut.
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posted on
05/25/2011 8:38:44 AM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(zero hates Texas and we hate him back.)
To: All
Someone apparently made the right call not inviting him to the royal wedding. What would he have done there?
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posted on
05/25/2011 9:02:12 AM PDT
by
doug from upland
(website reserved just in case: TheBitchIsBack2012.com)
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