Item 4017 MARINE ONE PLAYSET $15.00 Quantity 2
yitbos
Posted on 03/04/2009 10:47:24 PM PST by bruinbirdman
It’s hard to teach an acorn a new trick
yitbos
“Last week, Desirée Rogers hosted Jarrett’s birthday party, an intimate affair that included the president-elect and Michelle Obama. “She has extraordinary flair and exquisite taste,” Jarrett said. “My party was perfect — she had my favorite food, my favorite flowers.” Well it sounds like Valeri Jarrett likes her.
Well, I hope Mrs. Hussein at least showed her guests her bare arms!
I don’t blame the Brits for being annoyed. This is just the sort of crude amateur mistake these neophytes and their entire unsophisticated entourage would make. As the article points out, this isn’t really about the children at all, but about unspoken signals between the two nations. The Brits went to a good deal of care and expense choosing gifts for the girls, while the Americans gave some cheap plastic models from the White House gift shop. Tactless and clumsy, like all of the diplomacy they have so far essayed.
Oh I know, those darn acorns don’t do much but fall close to trees or somesuch.
Bwahahaha! Hey, Prez, ya shouldn’t have kicked old Winston’s bust out of your office that way... now the British press (at least some of them) are going to have it in for you. I can’t believe this reporter is actually complaining about what gifts Mrs. Obama chose for Mrs. Brown’s children. Good grief.
yitbos
Reminds me of when the Queen visited the White House and Carter served them hot dogs on paper plates.
We thought we were getting this:
But instead, we got this:
“Well, I hope Mrs. Hussein at least showed her guests her bare arms!”
LOL, I’m surprised her arms are covered. I wonder if she “flexed” for them.
My boy would be delighted to have that, since he loves anything related to the USMC. When he was younger he would have enjoyed playing with it. But this is a fairly cheap and tacky gift for the children of the Prime Minister of our closest ally. Definitely a signal. It could mean either that the Obamas and their staff are idiots, or that they are deliberately sending a message to the Brits.
I believe it’s usual for the staff of the respective governments to do a certain amount of pre-arranging in advance. Ground rules and expectations are understood. If that traditional process went as it usually does, then the Obamas did this on purpose.
No wonder Mrs. Brown needed a drink.
Up with the people. Be happy with Item 4017.
yitbos
You're not alone with that sentiment.
Darn right..people said Bush and Laura ticked off our allies but I didn’t see that, at least not in the way they dealt with foreign leaders on a personal basis. Bush and Laura had class. You have to make time for the leader of an allied country and observe some decency and protocols. This ain’t a back yard BBQ.
But I am impressed that Britain is ballsy enough to tell the truth about the rudeness of our Magic President.
Is that a real picture of Michelle?
OH MY? That’s very disturbing.
That story scared the dickens out of me as a kid. The other two stories in the Trilogy, not so much.
The Obama’s know better. They just don’t care because the media, at least the US media, won’t call them out on their major Faux Pau.
To them, the Obama’s can do no wrong.
You're so right! That was years ago and I still remember it.
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