Unflattering: the White House released only one photograph of Michelle Obama
and Sarah Brown together
Posted on 03/04/2009 10:47:24 PM PST by bruinbirdman
It was all going so well. The dresses, the brains, the Vogue cover shoot – everything so far about Michelle Obama has left us wide-mouthed in admiration. It seemed there was no end to her fabulousness. Then Mr and Mrs Brown came to stay.
Unflattering: the White House released only one photograph of Michelle Obama
and Sarah Brown together
Like all good guests, Sarah Brown arrived bearing gifts for the children, Malia and Sasha. And they were really nice presents. A bit of thought had clearly gone into choosing them: Top Shop dresses (with matching necklaces) and a selection of books by British authors. Lovely.
Mrs Brown may have two boys but she certainly knows the way to a little girl’s heart. These were gifts chosen in the true spirit of present-giving: to please the recipient, not the giver.
In return Mrs Obama gave the Brown children, Fraser and John, two toy models of Marine One, the Presidential helicopter. Fair enough on the helicopter part, always a popular choice with small boys; but Marine One? It’s not as though anyone needs reminding that Barack Obama is President or that he has his own helicopter. Short of giving the boys Action Man models of her own husband smiting the evil forces of neoconservatism, Mrs Obama’s gesture could not have been more solipsistic or more inherently dismissive of Mrs Brown.
Not only did she demonstrate that she spent approximately three seconds contemplating the needs of the Brown boys (having an aide pop to the White House gift shop for a piece of merchandising does not imply a great deal of thought), she appeared to show a most uncharacteristic lapse of judgment.
It might have been possible to overlook the incident were it not
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Well, are the Obamas deliberately snubbing the Brits? Or are they clueless about our true friends across the pond??
Wait a minute? You’re telling me that Michelle Obama only cares about herself? I’m shocked.
These people are truly clueless.
What a slap in the face.
Probably a bit of self-absorption on the part of the Obama’s: “what, we have to give gifts? We GET gifts, we don’t GIVE them. Oh all right, here’s your plastic souvenir.” Mayhaps some protocol chief from Chicago noticed Mrs. Brown arriving with wrapped packages and went into panic mode.
Sounds like Michelle doesn’t know the first thing about etiquette maybe a visit from Miss Manners is needed here.
Low brow trash
yitbos
The Obama clown car rolls on. Obviously they picked Rahm Emanuel’s sister to head the protocol office.
LOL- I guess Mrs. Browns children are lucky they didn’t
receive dead fish
he he
“Bring Us Together” Obama has certainly PO’d the British Press.
Trash for sure, but low brow? Have you ever seen that forehead?
dead stabbed fish lol!
We wonder why kids are spoiled brats today ...
It’s a gift and the Brown kids should thank Mrs. Obama for it.
I feel weird defending the First Lady, but the British media sound like a bunch of whiners who are instilling an ungracious entitlement attitude in our youth.
Ghetto trash. All I will say. If I get banned for it I apologize
As defined here “a person who is uninterested, uninvolved, or uneducated in intellectual activities or pursuits.”
No you don't.
Thanks for telling me how I think.
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