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[jiggyboy]

When you've just made it sound like the Queen is more than 200 years old, there may be a few ways of recovering from the gaffe....George Bush mangled his greeting to the Queen on her state visit to the U.S....Stumbling over his words, he came perilously close to suggesting that the monarch had toured the States in 1776.

Gosh I miss the good old days of journalism when they would actually say what happened, instead of ignoring it a detail that gets in the way of the "narrative". Anybody got the actual quote?

[tcostell]

Personally I think many here have it wrong in relation to HRH. If she were able to be a stronger monarch, then Britain would have too much pride to let something like that Iranian incident happen. We may not feel comfortable with the pomp, but the British Monarch has been a force for civility and with it, western civilization for as long as it's been in place. Even when they were lopping off Frenchman's head,s they were doing so in a civilized manner.

This article is the typical invented tripe that I expected from the MSM... I mean, how could they let a situation like this go by without making Bush sound like he flubbed it?

And everything I've heard about the queen is that she is in fact a very endearing woman personally, but she takes her role as regent seriously. That means that she views herself as an example for the British people, and I think we should cut her some slack for trying to do the job that we wish so many others would also do.

No doubt she's not perfect, but to me it's like saluting the rank not the man.

And given our current enemies, we can use all the civilized friends we can manage.

[TexasCajun]

All together now:

F-bomb royal etiquette!

[meandog]

This POTUS is reminding me more and more of a crass Democrat...I’m surprised he didn’t raise up his shirt and show off some surgery like LBJ did to heads of state back in the 60s.

[Barney Gumble]

How does GW manage that Texas drawl. I’ve never figured it out. His parents don’t have it and none of his siblings do. He went to bording school in Connecticut. Accents are picked up in the youth. When did he have time?

[rod1]

The Brits have little to complain about as Charles provides daily gaffes on a global basis that should cause the royal family to never want to appear in public.

[Don Corleone]

Over two hundred years ago we told your “royalty” to FO. We still do!

[aruanan]

The Queen received the wink with a frosty glare

I think the frosty glare reveals more about the Queen's character than the wink does about W's.

[NordP]

Excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse Me!

Last I checked President Bush is on American soil!

The woman still wears a tiara for goodness sake.

And just for good measure...Mickey Rooney kissing her hand WOOOOOOO...is JUST FINE as well.

[writmeister]

How do we even know what the Queen thought about President Bush's quip. We only have the press anti-Bush spin.

It is quite possible that she was giving a parody of her frosty image in response to his inside joke-type wink.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Stuffy old broad wearing a lampshade on her head!

[angcat]

I saw that and the Queen did not give him a frosty glare. This article is a big lie. The second picture is not the look she gave him. I know the press would do this to our President.

[prairiebreeze]

Gotta love Bush, bravo!

And I say that as a Texan with my feet resting on the coffee table, drinking out of a water bottle and wiff fooh im ma mouff.

[JB in Whitefish]

....so, then....this would be “news”....???

[subterfuge]

The British Crown (media), still trying to push America around.
Yo Queeny, wassup?

[ichabod1]

Pehsonally, I wondered why they sat her in the fireplace for the dinneh lahst evening.

[F.J. Mitchell]

Any fool can see she is fighting hard to maintain her regal expression, rather than ROFLHRAO, as a mere commoner would have done.

Thank God Clinton is not President at this event. Prince Phillip would likely have been honor bound to fight a duel against Bill over the Queen’s honor. ;-)

[debboo]

I recall that immediately after the “gaffe” by GW, she sort of chuckled and said, “that was a good year”, or something to that effect. Did anyone hear and see what I thought I did? lol!

[Savage Beast]

I like Queen Elizabeth very much. I admire her. She's done her job well.

However, one of the best things our ancestors did for us was to abolish all that baloney! Especially a monarchy and hereditary titles!

Americans tend to think of the British monarchy as Hollywood. Just so much fun! However, if they dealt with the reality, they wouldn't put up with it!

[Aria]

This is just total BS. They try to make news out of nothing...and apparently suceeded. It is NOTHING!