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Tex · 03-10-2009, 04:22 PM

So says an "unnamed" White House official, responding to criticisms that they didn't treat Britain's Prime Minister according to custom:

Quote:

There’s nothing special about Britain. You’re just the same as the other 190 countries in the world. You shouldn’t expect special treatment.

Other reasons given for the oversight:

- Obama's too tired
- Obama's overwhelmed
- Obama's surprised at the sheer volume of business he must attend
- Obama's aides are unfamiliar with the "diplomatic niceties" of America's relationship with Britain

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...don-Brown.html

MikeWaters · 03-10-2009, 04:27 PM

In over their heads. I've said it many times, will be saying it many times more.

CardiacCoug · 03-10-2009, 04:33 PM

Didn't Obama give the Prime Minister of Great Britain 25 DVDs that won't play on a British DVD player?

I'm a pretty cheap bastard when it comes to giving gifts, and I don't think I have ever given such a shitty gift.

Embarrassing.

MikeWaters · 03-10-2009, 04:37 PM

That reminds me of my mom, who before one Christmas, asked me to burn some music CDs and DVDs to give out as gifts. I asked her if she intended to get the prize for world's crappiest gift-giver.

25 DVDs, lol. That is like something that would sell for $30 at a youth fundraiser.

SeattleUte · 03-10-2009, 05:10 PM

Wow. Tex, that's a nice find. Classic.

il Padrino Ute · 03-10-2009, 05:14 PM

Before I decide what to think about this, I want to read Cali's unbiased explanation of what is obviously a partisan hack job of Obama's character.

Venkman · 03-10-2009, 05:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tex

So says an "unnamed" White House official, responding to criticisms that they didn't treat Britain's Prime Minister according to custom:

Other reasons given for the oversight:

- Obama's too tired
- Obama's overwhelmed
- Obama's surprised at the sheer volume of business he must attend
- Obama's aides are unfamiliar with the "diplomatic niceties" of America's relationship with Britain

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...don-Brown.html

Talk about Bush league.

8ballrollin · 03-10-2009, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CardiacCoug

Didn't Obama give the Prime Minister of Great Britain 25 DVDs that won't play on a British DVD player?

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Quote:

Mr Brown handed over carefully selected gifts, including a pen holder made from the wood of a warship that helped stamp out the slave trade - a sister ship of the vessel from which timbers were taken to build Mr Obama's Oval Office desk. Mr Obama's gift in return, a collection of Hollywood film DVDs that could have been bought from any high street store, looked like the kind of thing the White House might hand out to the visiting head of a minor African state.

tooblue · 03-10-2009, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tex

So says an "unnamed" White House official, responding to criticisms that they didn't treat Britain's Prime Minister according to custom:

Other reasons given for the oversight:

- Obama's too tired
- Obama's overwhelmed
- Obama's surprised at the sheer volume of business he must attend
- Obama's aides are unfamiliar with the "diplomatic niceties" of America's relationship with Britain

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...don-Brown.html

Is Pallin one of his advisors?

MikeWaters · 03-10-2009, 06:38 PM

Obama can see UK from the White House. No worries.

03-10-2009, 05:10 PM	#5
SeattleUte fairlds.org Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 10,665	Wow. Tex, that's a nice find. Classic. __________________ Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be. —Paul Auster

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il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	Before I decide what to think about this, I want to read Cali's unbiased explanation of what is obviously a partisan hack job of Obama's character. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

03-10-2009, 04:27 PM	#2
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	In over their heads. I've said it many times, will be saying it many times more.

03-10-2009, 04:33 PM	#3
CardiacCoug Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 471	Didn't Obama give the Prime Minister of Great Britain 25 DVDs that won't play on a British DVD player? I'm a pretty cheap bastard when it comes to giving gifts, and I don't think I have ever given such a shitty gift. Embarrassing.

03-10-2009, 04:37 PM	#4
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	That reminds me of my mom, who before one Christmas, asked me to burn some music CDs and DVDs to give out as gifts. I asked her if she intended to get the prize for world's crappiest gift-giver. 25 DVDs, lol. That is like something that would sell for $30 at a youth fundraiser.

03-10-2009, 06:38 PM	#10
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Obama can see UK from the White House. No worries.