Posted on 05/07/2007 6:13:53 PM PDT by snugs
The President and the First lady spent the weekend in Washington.
On Saturday the President went for a bike ride and encouraged fellow Americans to exercise.
On Sunday he talked about the weekend's devastating storms after attending services at Saint John's Church with the First Lady.
Today he welcomed Queen Elizabeth II to the White House during which they inspected the troops and afterwards the Queen and President Bush went on of her customodary walkabouts and met with local school children and students outside the White House.
This evening the President held a State Dinner at the White House in the Queen's honour. As I am posting there is no photos or guest list on the White House website if this is posted shortly I will will post this on the dose.
Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island
LOL
My pleasure
snugs:
Thank you for posting this VERY special DOSE tonight . . . Our respective countries have a unique bond that will never be broken — your posting of this DOSE is a perfect illustration of this fact!!
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MUST VIEW . . .
C-SPAN WILL RE-BROADCAST THE STATE DINNER/WELCOME CEREMONY EVENTS AT 11 PM EST:
http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/schedule.csp
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MUST, MUST, MUST READ AND SAVE
The following is the best commentary vis a vis President Bush since The Anchoress posted her link/photo laden ‘rant’ several months ago!
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A THEORY OF W
By James Lewis
George W. Bush poses a brain-busting Rubik’s Cube to the liberals of the land, and it’s only right to try to soothe their upset. Why does W talk that way? Why does he say “Noo-kyoo-lrrr” when every good liberal knows it’s “Noo-kle-uhr”? Why does he openly practice monogamy, and even love his wife? Why did he name his dog Spot?
What you see is what you get with George W. Bush. He has that in common with Ronald Reagan, though W is no Reagan. He is nobody but W. This, for a conservative, is a Good Thing. It’s why I voted for the man, and don’t regret it for a second.
But leftishly speaking it makes no sense. For Democrats, the greatest politician of our lifetime is William Jefferson Clinton, the slick Arkansas con-man. His supreme talent for spur of the moment creative lying to any given audience is just supercool to the Left, which is betting that you can fool all the people all of the time.
Back to W. Let me bring you back to late 1999, when Bill Clinton was finishing his presidency by pardoning any crook who gave suitable donations, or whose wife he had shagged. The Oval Office carpet had visible stains on it - visible in the public imagination if not in physical fact. Over the nation there hung a pall of dread, because Clinton had so deeply corrupted US foreign policy - imagine Madeleine Albright dancing corpulently with Kim Jong Il, while hundreds of thousands of starving North Koreans marched by in parade — so that any sane observer simply knew we were in for some looming disaster. The Chinese were sold missile secrets that allowed them to finally get their rockets into space and have them land anywhere on earth, fifteen minutes later. They paid hundreds of thousands of dollars into the political slot machine and hit the jackpot. Clinton’s White House attracted con-artists the way horse-apples draw flies.
So what kind of man do you want as President after that unholy mess? Somebody you can trust, obviously. Now you can say anything you like about W, but he does what he says he’ll do -— barring Hell or high water, or an Act of Congress. He has a spine of steel, and a traditional sense of honor (taking after his Dad and Mom). He talks like Midland, Texas, because he personally identifies with that place. W owned a baseball team because he truly loved baseball, not just to get his poll numbers up. (He’s also a decent baseball pitcher). He had an alcoholic past, and repented fiercely.
And he served in the Texas Air Force National Guard, flying one of the trickiest fighter jets ever owned by the USAF; one with a great number of fatal crashes, even outside of combat. If you think the Air National Guard is a cop-out, just look at Guard fighting in Iraq. No, George W’s unit wasn’t called to Vietnam, so he didn’t go. But he didn’t try avoid service like all the “progressive” Boomers. He didn’t take home movies of his own heroic exploits, chasing imaginary Viet Cong through rice paddies. Just the opposite. W clears brush on his bone-dry Crawford ranch, because that’s what ranchers do. You get brushfires if you don’t do that kind of slogging labor in the Texas sun. Unlike John Kerry, W doesn’t do things just for show.
You can read the rest of this AMAZING commentary here:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/05/a_theory_of_w.html
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I really respect Giuliani’s decision to praise rather than degrade the President — based on the reaction of the audience to this praise, perhaps McCain, Gingrich, et al should rethink their trash and bash strategy:
GIULIANI PRAISES ‘GREAT PRESIDENT’
By Thomas Beaumont
Cedar Rapids, Ia. - Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani said in Iowa on Friday that President Bush’s response to terrorism will ensure his legacy is that of “a great president.”
“He will be, I believe, a president who will be viewed by history for this one decision as being a great president,” the former New York mayor told about 100 Cedar Rapids-area Republicans during a quick campaign stop in eastern Iowa. “He decided in a flash to put our country on offense against terrorism.”
. . . But the candidate’s two biggest applause lines came when he reminded the group of his association with Sept. 11, 2001, and Bush’s performance in its aftermath.
“He reversed years of being on defense,” Giuliani said of the president. “He reversed it immediately. He put us immediately on offense, and we have been safe as a result of that. And he deserves credit for that,” he said, sparking applause.
You can read the entire article here:
http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070505/NEWS09/705050352/-1/ENT05
I remember as college students we watched the Queen's coronation on black and white television for several hours. When was that, 1952 or1953? We were so thrilled to watch it in real time rather than short newsreel clips at the cinema.
Your First Lady is indeed a wonderful and gracious lady and such an event shows this even more.
Snugs, according to the Associated Press, the guest list for the dinner is as follows:
The guest list for Monday night‘s state dinner in honor of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, as released by the White House.
The Countess Of Airlie, DCVO, DCVO, lady in waiting.
Anne Armstrong, former U.S. ambassador to Great Britain, and James L. Armstrong (son).
Sid R. Bass, president, Sid R. Bass Inc., and Mercedes Bass.
Rep. John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, House minority leader, and Deborah Boehner.
Calvin Borel, jockey, winner of the 2007 Kentucky Derby, and Lisa Funk (guest).
Miss Barbara Bush and Jay Blount (guest).
Jeb Bush , former governor of Florida, and Columba Bush.
Vice President Dick Cheney and Lynne V. Cheney.
John Danilovich, CEO, Millennium Ch, , ), R-Miss., , , ), R-Ky., and Labor Secretary Elaine Chao .
Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Paul Pelosi.
A. Jerrold Perenchio, chairman and CEO, Chartwell Partners, and Margie Perenchio.
Itzhak Perlman, violinist, and Toby Lynn Perlman.
Boone Pickens, BP Capital, LLC, and Madeleine Pickens.
Colin L. Powell, former secretary of state, and Alma Powell.
Earl A. Powell III, director, National Gallery of Art, and Nancy Powell.
Nancy Reagan, former first lady.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Gene A. Washington, director of football operations, National Football League (guest).
Chief Justice John Roberts and Jane Sullivan Roberts.
Robin Roberts, ABC.
Penny Russell-Smith, LVO, press secretary to the queen.
Michael Sacco, president, Seafarers International Union, and Sophie Sacco.
Gerry Shaheen, group president, Caterpillar, and Pam Shaheen.
George P. Shultz, former secretary of state, and Charlotte Shultz.
Harold C. Simmons, chairman, Valhi Inc., and Annette Simmons.
White House press secretary Tony Snow and Jill Ellen Snow.
Education Secretary Margaret Spellings and Robert Spellings.
Surgeon Capt. David Swain, CVO RN, medical officer to the queen.
Robert Tuttle, U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom, and Maria Tuttle.
Mark Vincent, brother to Mrs. Cheney, and Linda Vincent.
Richard Wolffe, Newsweek, and Paula Cuello (wife).
P.S. Apologies for reposting that picture too soon. I thought it was safe to post it, but as soon as I pushed the button I realized that this was going to be an extra picture sort of day.
What meeting? Did I miss something?
Hi Eleanor/Snugs!
Thanks...
Neat that You get to post these pics of Q E 2’s visit to The States/Across The Pond!
I love the blue dress Laura is wearing!
Stunning gown.
I remember a program about her saying that she is determind not to fit into anything larger than a size 12 (approximately your size 10).
So I would say that is very true.
Nice dress she is wearing too.
I will check in a minute to see if there are any of Condi from tonight there were not earlier.
She cleans up nice, as they say. :o)
None on yahoo - will check again
Great stuff, Deb! Thanks for the links. I really want to watch the re-broadcast. I didn’t get to see the live version.
I’ll check back tomorrow. thanks.
It certainly it an elegant one tonight
aren’t you meeting tomorow re: dad’s situation w/hospital people?
No probs we were virtually there
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