Posted on 03/09/2009 3:52:00 AM PDT by Libloather
British press aghast at 'cheap' Obama gift
March 07, 2009
British newspapers are upset over what they see as rude treatment given to Prime Minister Gordon Brown by U.S. President Barack Obama this week, observers say.
The London dailies criticized Obama's treatment of Brown during his state visit to Washington this week on several fronts, including alleged cheap gift-giving, the New York Daily News reported Saturday.
President Obama has been rudeness personified toward Britain, The Daily Telegraph wrote Friday. His handling of the visit of the prime minister, Gordon Brown, to Washington was appalling.
The main point of contention was an alleged gift-giving snub. Brown gave Obama a pen holder made from the timbers of the 19th century British warship HMS President, while Obama responded by awarding Brown a collection of classic American movie DVDs.
Oh, give me strength, the Daily News quoted an appalled Daily Telegraph staffer as writing. We do have television and DVD stores on this side of the Atlantic.
“Can others mix? The reason I ask is because the Republic of Panama (region 4 according to your map) has no problems playing DVDs, etc, from the U.S.”
Also, and it could be, the U.S. and Panama share a lot of “like” things as compared to other countries which would make Panama the exception in this area.
“Perhaps in the future Obama and Hillary should just give a gift certificate to foreign dignataries, and they can go buy whatever they want.”
A brilliant idea indeed. I love it!!!
The children could get gift certificates to McDonalds (is that too expensive?). And the Browns could get gift certificates for a drink at the airport as they are leaving. Oh wait. They travel by private plane...But do the Obamas know this?
Hmmm...(thinking again). How about a couple of bottles of Ripple Wine? Oh wait. That is not produced anymore...Hmmm...thinking...Oh yes!!! Thunderbird Wine should do it.
I know MP and Mrs. Brown would be overwhelmed with surprise and wonder at the thought and care given to each gift.
P.S.
I forgot about Hillary.
She too is a cheapo.
At the end of some official meal/banquet she has with the Russians, she needs to handed a bill as she is going out the door (at the table would be nice) for the meal and tips.
(I wonder if the Russian thought for a nanosecond the button he was expected to push for show was really a detonator, and she was wearing the suicide belt.)
i haven’t seen reports that he got the region wrong. That would be truly classic!
I’ll bet good money Huma got chewed out later that night.
That sounds like a pun to me.
British colonial forces accused of terror tactics in Kenya
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I tell everyone who will listen that we have a Kenyan-American in the White House, with no Eurocentric sensitivities at all. He is much more in synchrony with the rest of the non-European countries that make up the majority of the UN, who have been living in hope of knocking the USA off its superpower status for years.
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