In any case it has always been a moron.
Posted on 06/02/2010 9:32:19 PM PDT by kristinn
President Obama may be hitting new lows in the polls these days, but he’s hitting high notes with British music royalty — in the form of Sir Paul McCartney, who sang Obama’s praises tonight and slammed George Bush.
“After the last eight years, it’s great to have a president who knows what a library is,” McCartney quipped at the end of a star-studded ceremony in the White House East Room where he picked up the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song — a lifetime achievement award given by the Library of Congress.
“Getting this prize would just be good enough, but getting it from THIS president …” Sir Paul gushed, to big cheers.
And he assured the mostly American crowd that even though there are “lots of really difficult issues” in the United States, “You have billions of us who are rooting for you and we know you’re going to come through.”
The President got some local props as well from D.C. native and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, who declared “Paul: You’re definitely my hero. And Mister President, you’re definitely my other hero.”
For his part, Obama professed that McCartney helped write the soundtrack for a generation.
The former Mop Top did tread into some mock dangerous territory by regaling the First Lady with a tune he said he’d been “itching to do at the White House.”
“I hope the President will forgive me,” McCartney said, then launched into the Beatles hit “Michelle.”
Pool reporter Christina Bellantoni couldn’t see the President’s face, but as she was escorted out heard McCartney joke he’d be “the first guy ever to be punched out by a president.”
Her full pool report is after the jump.
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
Speaking of Dave Grohl, here’s the Foo Fighters’ idiot guitarist:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPMp2uX40Yo
In any case it has always been a moron.
Facts don’t mean nothing during a good ole “Bush is stupid” joke by a Liberal idiot. And to think that I used to boast about Paul’s birthday being next to mine.
LOL, bidding for SCOTUS, or DHS.
I never liked him & I thought Wings really sucked.
Saw Gene Simmons at the opening of the NAMM Show in Anaheim last year. He was talking to the Retailers and said, hell I can't even read music and I'm a Millionaire! He cracked up the crowd.
Sir Paul, so gracious. Get your ass back across the pond and don't bother returning.
We always thought the music you wrote on your own reflected a giant intellect
We suggest you permanently dedicate “Fool on a Hill” to your man-love Barry
Better yet “Shut up and don’t sing”
“Sir” Paul, you aren’t even close to Gershwin.
he can screw himself...he supports the slime in chief and that finishes him with me.
If you were from that era, you don’t seem to know much.....everyone knew what was said, who said it, how it was misquoted etc....
From that era, I have to wonder about that statement.
Not surprising...an American presidency was awarded to someone who's not an American... (not a natural born one anyway)
Apparently that ex-wife did not get enough of his money. She should have left him penniless and homeless and quiet. Jackass...
As a long time Beatle fan (since 1976) and as a fan who heard the music everyday until about 2000, Paul I just want to say this to you: F. U.
You are a PØS and you can take that PØS in the WH back to England with you.
Well, yeah, Paul, Barry knows what a library is. I’m not sure what good that does when the only thing he reads is his own stuff.
AFter all, everyone does it.
Remember those WH galas during the Reagan/Bush years when the entertainment ruthlessly mocked Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton?
No, I don't either.
This entire story sickens me.
Can anyone, ANYONE cite another time where foreign citizens were invited into the White House and stood there insulting Americans while the President of the United States stood there and said NOTHING?
I realize that Bush bashing has become quite the sport with many, but there is nothing good in this country right now. Foreigners are attacking former presidents while in our white house.
What an absolute disgrace.
I certainly agree with that!
(although I DO like several Beatles songs-but-by no means-ALL!)
After this event with McCartney - I don't know if I'll EVER listen to the great ‘Beatles’ again!
June K
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