The Queen gives the cold shoulder to President Obama for breaking protocol, offering a toast to her while “God Save The Queen” was being played.
NRO chimes in, asking why a protocol officer couldn’t have prepped Da Prez. Jake Tapper shares his take.
Watch for the Media Party to call Queen Elizabeth a racist by sundown Wednesday!
Update:
Michelle said .. “I’ve never been ashamed of England until today.”
@ INP – If Obama had been clapped in irons and hauled before Queen Elizabeth, then he could be forgiven for not following that “old-age fruity royal protocol”. However, he volunteered for this visit which means that he also volunteered to follow that protocol.
At best, the man’s an uncultured buffoon.
Maybe he thinks he’s the King of Scotland? O,thats been done.
The unelected leader of an inconsequential country, which was tossed out of the US, after a bloody war, which was won by the country of which Obama is the commander in chief. Let them fuss and fume all they want.
I’m certainly more concerned over Obama’s adherence to muslim protocol. He seems to be a little too concerned with pleasing a bunch of guys wearing dresses. Then again, they have oil that he needs.
Obama is throwing up a snoozer of a speech to the British houses right now. This is a great communicator?
coach, it’s simply common courtesy to the country who is hosting your visit, and their leader. It’s what people with class do.
As somebody said somewhere, there are two Obamas, the mediocre man and the irresistible (to some) legend. To bad we didn’t get the great Obama that the mediocre Obama promised us.
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Latest comment when I just now visited the website at the “Jake Tapper” link:
“Let us learn by example. Guiness and wine do not mix well. You can forget such things as what the date is, and how the toast to the Queen should be done! Now let’s all hard work to put this behind us… come November 2012!”
wingwalker 2:10 AM,
beautiful! LOL
I believe that the words the Queen spoke were “Set it down” which Obama did hastily until the end of the anthem. He looks either mortified or petulant to me, I’m not quite sure which, but his downturned mouth says it all.
When Hail to the Chief is played, Obama is so used to all the orchestrated chest bumps; high fives; hoots and hollering when he enters a room that he’s forgotten what proper decorum is.
The unelected leader of an inconsequential country… ~ coach
Try to understand that the method of choosing a monarch is under control of “the people”. If they wanted to elect a person to represent sovereignty they could.
In fact the only ones who have no say in the matter are the Royals.
The village has a new idiot, I wish he’d stay across the pond and spend the rest of his term hob knobbing with his royal friends.
The guy’s a Harvard grad.
Let’s see the certificate.
The guy’s a Harvard grad.
Every “accomplishment” in Barry’s life was an token affirmative action advancement because of the colour of his skin, not on merit.
He didn’t get all of his school grades sealed from public view for no reason.
Barack Hussein Obama is a no-class clown, and it shows.
patricia- could you provide some evidence that the commenters on this blog are: ‘subliterate’ and ’embrace ignorance’ and ’embrace racism’.
Thanks in advance.
Oh, and evidence that being a Harvard graduate means that you cannot, yourself, be ignorant, subliterate and even racist. I’d like to see the negative correlation between these attributes. Could you provide us with that evidence as well?
Again, thanks in advance.
Imagine if Bush did this. Letterman and Leno would lead with it for about a year.
What a complete ASS that man is.
And why does his wife attend a state dinner dressed like she’s attending her high-school prom?
By the way, remember that Obama is an ‘elitist’. That means that he operates, totally, within the realm of words. Words unconnected to reality.
So, Obama makes great speeches. Filled with great words and phrases. But it is important, even when overwhelmed by the emotion of these stirring words, that they remain..Words. Just words. Unconnected to reality. Unconnected to action.
And Obama’s speeches are given for only one reason: to manipulate an audience. Period.
Remember his Tuscon speech of ‘we must stop berating and insulting each other’? Heh. A few weeks later, Obama was busily insulted and berating Ryan. Obama was the initiator of the ‘greedy doctors who cut off your limbs’; of ‘police who arrest you as you eat your icecream’.
Now, he’s telling the UK that the US is its greatest friend. Sure – that includes insulting the PM Brown when he came over, giving the Queen an ipod with his speeches on it (how’s that for class?)..telling the UK it should ‘return the Falkland’..and so on.
Remember. Obama is unconnected to reality. He operates solely within words. And his words have one agenda only: to manipulate you into his control.
It is obvious……there were no strings attached.
“”I believe that the words the Queen spoke were “Set it down””
I distinctly heard the word “boy” in there is how the Dem’s will sell this.
Raising a glass for a monarchy which your forefathers fought to overthrow is ludicrous. Boo to all monarchists on this blog. Faux conservatives.
Aaron, would it surprise you to know that Canada was largely founded by the people who lost the American revolution and fought on the side of the Crown?
Would it surprise you also to know that being Conservative means preserving the traditions of the past, to conserve them?
And finally, the issue here is about one Head of State not following the protocol of another Head of State and disrespecting the traditions of the people of the host nation.
Monarchy is not the issue.
If Barack Obama has a problem with the British Monarchy he should have either stayed home or swallowed his pride and represented his country with dignity and honour.
I’m of the mind that Obama was briefed on proper protocol but that he didn’t pay attention because he was too stupid to understand that it mattered, just like you Aaron.
Michelle looked bored and confused with all this European pomp and traditional ceremony. Bet she can’t wait to get back to the “ghetto” house so she can invite more rappers praising cop killers ounce again toasting her husband.
I’m sure that Obama was briefed; however, he doesn’t listen to what anyone else says.
Just as he ignored the advice of the Deficit Commission – and other commissions. Meanwhile, he is now giving a speech to the British – all about the close ties between the UK and the US. Heh – remember, with Obama, it’s all ‘in the words’. And Obama is unconnected to reality.
Oh- speaking of connections to reality, Patricia – are you going to reply to my question to you? Hmm?
The thing that bothered me the most is, that he did not drink the toast to the Queen. He just went through the motions and put glass down. I guess “that is the American way.” His advisors should be fired.
His advisors should be fired.
Obama’s protocol advisors would have been supplied by the State Department, of which Hillary Clinton is Secretary.
I would love it if Obama fired Hillary.
LOL
If Bush had done this, how many nights would it have been fodder for the late-night talk shows?
Watch tape again. Closely. He does NOT drink to the Queen’s health. You are focusing on his “gaffe” when he in effect delivered a public “F” you to the Queen of England.
Watch tape again.
Tape?
What century do you live in?
I don’t think Obama planned any of it, including the failing to drink his own toast part.
He failed to pay attention to his protocol lessons and he failed to pay attention to what the others in the room were doing.
Obama went over to the UK to look good.
He is in election mode right now and is campaigning.
He failed to look like a Statesman.
We are not amused.
I’m not surprised O’bama didn’t actually drink his toast, Room temperature, neat gin isn’t big in Chicago.,
Laura Ingraham interviewing Harry Alford President and CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce, wherein Harry Alford admits he only voted for Obama “because he’s [Obama] black,” a move he[Harry Alford] now regrets.
http://tinyurl.com/3fpjtno
Now I remember clearly all the PR following Obama’s election win and it was all about how Obama was the first Black President.
Black this, Black that, Black the next thing, let the New Black Panthers off for voter intimidation in Pennsylvania, puleeze don’t pretend there is no internet to provide proof for it all.
ET and I are not ‘buddies’ and see eye-to-eye on very few things.
We don’t even agree on what species of twisted dirtbag Obama actually is.
I say it’s because Obama is a communist and ET says he has no ideological position because Obama is a malignant narcissist and his mental condition precludes holding an ideology.
Prove, Patricia, that Obama isn’t an affirmative action pres. We can’t see his educational documents, because he’s spent million$ making sure they can’t be opened for another 25 years. Why would he do this?
We haven’t actually seen his birth certificate.
What gives you the cred to call posters here, who are asking for proof of Barry Soetoro’s bona fides, subliterate, ignorant, and racist?
Show us that you’re right and everyone else is wrong.
Which would be considered the worst gaffe for a president?
The president who touched her where no one has touched her before outside of Philip?
Or,
The president who kissed a part of her face untouched except by Philip and close family members?
The Queen was gracious both times, so this makes a third for her – none for US presidents.
It is my opinion that B.O. really messed up the protocol. I don’t think he did it on purpose, it wasn’t a political statement. The Queen discreetly told him what to do, he was mortified and forgot to drink the toast because he was rattled. I don’t like the the guy because he’s arrogant and one day he’ll get his come-up-ance, but I do have pity on him for this one. (Not sure why.)
but I do have pity on him for this one. (Not sure why.)
~Netty
Why?
Because you’re a normal human being with empathy and you can put yourself in his shoes, that’s why.
If ET is right and Obama is a malignant narcissist then he sure wouldn’t feel the same if it happened to you or anyone else.
It isn’t as if what happened to Obama in the video had anything to do with more bad policy.(in which case you probably wouldn’t feel any pity)
I know I won’t pity Obama when he goes down in flames as a one-term President and his ObamaCare legacy is repealed.
Oz, I think the debate on “the species of dirtbag” is way more germaine to what we all really should care about. I’ve read the description of narcissism, and he is that, bigtime. I understand socialism, and I think he’s that too. I just hope he and his cronies don’t do too much irrevocable damage to the USA and Western Civilization before he is bounced out. On the positive side he’ll make an interesting university course in the future…Dirtbag Studies 101 (I’ll bet there’s a funnier course name but wittiness is not my forte)
She sternly told him to set it down. The toast occurs after the anthem. Her voice said ‘You may be the president but I am the Queen’. Then she had the grace to offer him the save once the last note ended. First Bibi and now this. While it is fun to watch this twit being outmatched by the grown ups of the world, it is a little disturbing too. Another puff of air out of the Obama balloon.
Patricia writes, “Next!”
OK, Patricia, here goes:
About Oz (whom I’ve never considered racist) she also writes: “. . . He can’t make an [sic] cogent argument about the man’s failings – he just smears him for being black, proclaiming as fact that his skin colour got him where he is – without any substantiating evidence.
“That in itself is subliterate [sic] and ignorant. your [sic] buddy [,] Oz [,] is himself a trifecta of subliteracy [sic], ignorance and racism.”
Wow, Patricia, re your maiden voyage here (I think), I certainly don’t find you particularly literate, knowledgeable, or open-minded: people who live in glass houses should be very careful about throwing stones.
Re Obama: NO. CLASS. AT. ALL. Not smart either. As Bugs would say, “What a maroon and ignoranimus.”
Patricia – I’m sure you want to be accountable for your comments, so, I’ll ask you again. You said that a ‘bunch of subliterate dopes who embrace ignorance and racism’.
Now, when I asked you to provide evidence of this comment (which has four descriptive attributes), all you came up with was one person, Oz, who can defend himself and his statement.
So, I’ll ask you again:
1) Who are the ‘bunch’ of commenters who are
2) subliterate (and please define the term. I don’t know what it means); and
3) show how they ’embrace ignorance’; and
4) show how they ’embrace racism’.
You’ve failed to provide evidence for all of the above four points – and yet, you were the one who made them all.
As for ‘racism’, I’ll argue with you that claiming that Obama got into Harvard etc via ‘affirmative action’ – and you know that such a policy exists – is not a racist claim.
After all, if it were, then, the very existence of affirmative action as a legal policy and the actual use of affirmative action by a university and a student would be a racist action!
Are you suggesting that IF a university uses affirmative action, then, it should hide the fact, or be accused of behaving in a racist manner?
I await your clarification. Oh – and Oz and I are not ‘buddies’. We’ve never met and frequently disagree. I’m sure you want to be accurate in the opinions that you express here.
Queens to the left of me.
Chokers to the right.
Here I am stuck in the middle with you
Im so scared in case I fall off of my chair.
Reminds me of when you go to a hockey game, and some drunken rube up in the nosebleed seats always wants to shout “WOOO WOOO” or something equally insightful right in the middle of the national anthem.
Mr. Obama made a mistake, but with or without prep, instincts should have told him to wait.
Obama had no other qualifications than the colour of his skin.
The man was a cipher, a stealth candidate.
To this day we haven’t seen any of his college transcripts, papers, or grade point averages.(we still haven’t seen a real copy of his Long form Birth Certificate, just a reworked copy of a Certificate of Live Birth-COLB- which is an obvious forgery)
His record as an Illinois Senator is a blank slate, he had no position on any issue.
As a U.S. Senator he voted ‘Present” not yeah or neah.
The people who voted for him knew nothing about him except that he had graduated Harvard.
He had no record to run on, but he does now…
What did I know about Senator Obama?
-That he won his first election by having all the other candidates, including the incumbent, thrown off the ballot on technicallities.(you know, like not proving you’re a natural born U.S. citizen to be POTUS)
-That he was a community organizer/lawyer who coerced the CitiGroup of Banks to issue subprime mortgages under threat of being publically labeled racists.(you know those subprime mortgages that led to the Economic Crash of 2008)
-That Obama was married and had his 2 children baptised in Reverend Jeremiah Wright’s Trinity United Church of Communism & Hating Whitey where he sat every Sunday for 20 years and never heard a single sermon.
-That Obama was good buddies with Bill Ayers, an unregenerate U.S. domestic terrorist with the Weather Underground.(and probably the author of the 2 books Obama purportedly wrote)
-That Obama’s father and mother were communists who met at the University of Hawaii in 1960 in the Russian Language study course at the height of the Cold War.
Most Obama voters knew none of this.
They voted for him because they were Democrats and the Independents voted for him because he was Black and they voted against the Republicans because the American Left pounded on Bush and his *policies for 8 long years.
(*policies, I might add, that Obama himself has largely adopted lock, stock, and barrel without a peep from the Left)
Well, those Independents have buyers remorse now and the only way Obama could possibly win another term is if he could get his Dream Act passed or hope that enough illegals can vote illegally for him to win.
I wouldn’t hold my breath if I was Democrat, because driving gas prices up IS one of Obama’s policies and rising gas prices are about to cause a double dip recession and massive inflation along with it.
Just for you Patricia, since you missed it earlier:
Laura Ingraham interviewing Harry Alford, President and CEO of the National BLACK Chamber of Commerce, wherein Harry Alford admits he only voted for Obama “because he’s [Obama] black,” a move he[Harry Alford] now regrets.
http://tinyurl.com/3fpjtno
-by the way Patricia, did you know that your name comes from the Patricians, the original aristocratic ruling class of the Roman Empire?
Bourgeoisie the lot of them, and slave owners too.
TTFN
I’ve been following the antics of “O” on the internet for about three years now and I don’t understand this race thing that enters these blog sites. Everytime the ‘One’ screws up the Liberals and Democrats jump to his defence and yell “racist” to anyone that points out that they think he is unfit for office. The racist smear is a moot point the ‘O’ is neither African (Black) nor Caucasian (White), he is mulatto, so lets put an end to this racist garbage, he even admitted himself to being a bit of a ‘mongrel’.
Now, let’s see about your answers, Patricia.
First, with regard to ‘racism’ – the only post referring to race, is by Abe Froman. One post. That does not allow you to conclude that there are a ‘bunch of dopes who..embrace racism’. Therefore, why did you make this claim?
Second – You then wrote: “But surely you are aware that you share an ideology with racists such as these. The threads here have a fair amount of them everyday. Surely you’re not going to continue to play dumb on this!”
No, your above comment lacks both evidence and reasoning. What ideology do I share with ‘racists’ (sic) such as these? Please explain. Please explain how you can accuse me of ‘playing dumb’. Remember – you’ve made the accusation. Be accountable for what you say.
Third, the term ‘subliterate’ does indeed mean ‘less than literate’. But what you fail to explain is WHY you chose to call some of us ‘subliterate dopes’. What is ‘less than literate’ about the comments here? How does literacy enter the analysis? Please explain. You used the term!
And, no, you have’t proven your case by calling me subliterate. Again, the problem with your use of the term is that you haven’t shown that there is any reason for your using it! What is ‘subliterate’ about criticizing Obama?
As for ignorance=racism – whew – that’s both empirically and logically false. Racism is an emotional bias; nothing to do with ignorance. It is not the case that ‘if only X person were educated Then, they would not be racist or opposed to Y people because of their ‘race’.
So – you haven’t shown any empirical or logical grounds to support your accusation that we are a ‘bunch of subliterate dopes who embrace ignorance and racism’. It’s easy to insult; it’s harder to critique in a sound and grounded manner. I’d suggest that you lower the ratio of your insults and increase your evidence and analysis.
And now, you’ve moved on to more accusations. I’ll ask you to explain them.
You suggest that I ‘educate my ideological brethren’. What ideological brethren? What ideologies are you suggesting that I have?
Racism hurts ‘our cause’? What ’cause’ is that?
Again, I await your accountability for your remarks.
Patricia at May 25, 2011 7:07 PM
There are Irish ghettos, Jewish ghettos, Black ghettos and so on. Are you trying to imply that the word ghetto only applies to blacks Paticia? Who’s the racist Patricia?
Racist Black Panther group stands outside with clubs threatening white voters outside polling station. Let go by racist attorney general protecting “his people” not the American people as a whole which should be his job is it not Paticia? I could go on but I’m sure I will bore you with facts.
You said
The guy’s a Harvard grad. Coming from a bunch of sub-literate dopes who embrace ignorance and racism…well, it’s too funny. Thanks for the morning laugh!
Hows the world economy Patricia? All advisors to Obama and other presedents in the past who hold degrees from Presdigous universaties have really made a mess of things hav’nt they patricia?
Like Gerald Celente says “Ivy league, Harvard, Princton, Yale, bullets, bombs and banks.
Is there such a thing as a sub-troll?