Cheapskate In Chief's Toy Helicopter Gift ($4.11) [Photo and Link]

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[Doctor Raoul]

The British press has identified the Marine One toy the Cheapskate In Chief gave the British Prime Minister's children and noted that it was available on Amazon for $15.00. Turns out it's only $4.11 on Amazon.

Click here for Amazon webpage and price.

[Doctor Raoul]

Yes, but perhaps Barack Mugabe himself autographed it, thus making the gift invaluable and a historic treasure.....

In that case, I hope Brown knows he can't take a national treasure out of the country.

[GOPJ]

This is embarrassing.

You're right - downright shameful...

[Doctor Raoul]

He’s supposed to have an office of protocol to do this stuff for him.

This is so Blago!

[dirtboy]

The British press has identified the Marine One toy the Cheapskate In Chief gave the British Prime Minister's children and noted that it was available on Amazon for $15.00. Turns out it's only $4.11 on Amazon.

Yep, the Obamas serve Wagyu steak to the other Washington Mandarins.

But give DVDs and cheap toys to a visiting head of state from probably our most close and vital ally.

I imagine Sarah Palin knows how to entertain dignitaries far better than this.

[Doomonyou]

No Doubt paid for with your tax dollars.

[SIDENET]

In this case, Obama managed to be even more of a lame-ass than Jimmy Carter.

[JimRed]

you think this election was on on the issues?

Only those The One couldn't duck, and he still managed to BS 53% of the populace...

[GOPJ]

This isn't "little stuff". Giving the finger to our oldest and best friend - is NOT little.

Think for a moment how the MSM - especially the haters at ABC would have responded if President Bush had given a four dollar toy to some African Chieftain..

Or God Forbid, it Palin had given 25 DVD's to a head of State. Charlie Gibsom would have spent a year looking down his nose at her.

Obama was tacky. And it reflects on all of us.

And the silence in the MSM reflects on them...

[Jeff Chandler]

Let’s be fair now, Doctor. Michelle got hers at the one of a kind, exclusive White House Gift Shop. The only one on the whole planet...

To be completely honest, she probably handed a lackey a twenty and said, "Go buy something for the honky brats."

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

The Obamas don’t give their own children birthday or Christmas gifts. Fifteen dollars was generous for them.

[1_Rain_Drop]

"Perhaps the gifts will be more lavish when Obama meets the Queen. "

Ya think Cracker Jack will start adding toys again any time soon?

[Toddsterpatriot]

He got Barack rolled.

[Jeff Chandler]

Could have been worse:

Interstore.com

[MitchellC]

The British press has identified the Marine One toy the Cheapskate In Chief gave

Link?

[griswold3]

This is a joke, right?

[Diogenesis]

"Bust of Churchill Returned by Obama
"After the September 11th attacks our British allies loaned President George Bush
a bust of one of the greatest Britons the world has ever known, Sir Winston Churchill.
It was a gesture to show their support for the United States in one of its darkest hours.
The bust sat prominently in the Oval Office for the balance of President Bush’s tenure there,
and once President Obama took office, the British offered him the opportunity to keep it for the length of his term.
His response was cold and most likely sent tremors through the British diplomatic community."
....
"Diplomatically this is a faux pax that only an unseasoned politician could make.
The British have stood by our side as strong allies for decades and we need to maintain that relationship,
especially in a world that is becoming increasingly dangerous (See Is Nuclear Weakness on the Horizon)
If he did not want to look at it in the oval office he could have displayed it elsewhere in the White House
and not slapped the British in the face in such a blatant disregard of political etiquette."

[mojitojoe]

Spends lavishly on himself and then goes to our country’s closest ally and gives some cheap $4 toys to the PM’s kids.
What a thoughtless, inconsiderate and childish moron.
__________
it’s all about them. As they steal our money, you can bet your a** they are socking away billions for themselves in pay to play in offshore accounts.. probably hiding it under the name of Soros.
DIRTBAGS!

[RinaseaofDs]

I agree, but its worse than that - its sort of grubby revolutionary maladroit. You wouldn’t expect a refined sense of diplomatic protocal from a band of guerillas occupying the White House, is my point.

Maybe the Europeans don’t either. Had W or Ms. Rice committed any of these . . . whatever you want to call them, it would have been breaking news/YouTube/Leno/Stewart/Letterman material.

[going hot]

especially when tastefully stuffed and mounted, say in the clutches of a spotted owl, also stuffed and mounted.

[The Worthless Miracle]

She is just a classless person. No taste, no elegance. I don’t care what the idiotic media wants us to think.