why the MSM is dying or President Hollywood lunches with the Queen

[audrey_girl]

ughh:

front page of SF Chronicle today (AP byline)


Obamas greet British queen, trade gifts

(04-01) 17:12 PDT LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) --

It's not every day the American president's driver is told to move his bulletproof car.

But Queen Elizabeth II's handlers made the request Wednesday after President Barack Obama's reinforced Cadillac limousine was found to be blocking the garden entrance driveway at Buckingham Palace.

After it was moved, Jaguars carrying Prince Charles and other members of the royal family pulled up for the queen's reception for leaders attending Thursday's G-20 summit.

Obama and his wife, Michelle — wearing a black and white dress, pearls and a black coat — were two of the first dignitaries to meet the queen, who wore a salmon-colored dress and her trademark pearls.

During their private meeting, President Obama and first lady gave the queen a personalized iPod with video footage of her 2007 visit to Washington and Virginia. She was also given a rare songbook signed by composer Richard Rodgers. In return the queen and her husband, Prince Philip, gave the Obamas a signed portrait of themselves.

[D-Mack]

Re: why the MSM is dying or President Hollywood lunches with the Queen

I wonder what people like George Washington or Abraham Lincoln are doing in their graves.

As he concluded his press conference with Prime Minister Gordon Brown after their talks in 10 Downing Street, Mr Obama said: “There’s one last thing I should mention that I love about Great Britain and that’s the Queen, so I am very much looking forward to meeting her for the first time later this evening.

“As you might imagine, Michelle has been really thinking about it too.

“I think in the imagination of people throughout America, what the Queen stands for, her decency and her civility and what she represents is very important.”

The president went on: ``The thing I love about Great Britain is its people. there's just an extraordinary affinity and kinship which we have.

“We owe so much to England that when you come here there’s that sense of familiarity as well as differences that makes it just a special place.”

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wa...1466-23286465/

[don]

Re: why the MSM is dying or President Hollywood lunches with the Queen

Obama must have been thinking of Great Britain's desire to break the United States in two during the Civil War. Too bad the Queen didn't offer him one of her historical treasures. The tee shirt with "Go South" on the front and Jeff Davis and John Bull shaking hands on the back :eek::p