The White House has released President Obama’s official activity schedule for today, August 26, 2009. Here’s the breakdown, hour by hour.
When people ask the President what his handicap is the honest answer would be, "A misguided philosophy and a complete lack of experience."
The White House has released President Obama’s official activity schedule for today, August 26, 2009.
8:00 am – Walk all over the beach with Malia and Sasha 8:30 am – Walk all over Constitution with Harry and Nancy 9:00 am – Get in another 18 holes of golf 1:00 pm – Get America in an even bigger financial hole 1:30 pm – Lie in the sun 2:00 pm – Lie to American people 2:30 pm – Take siesta to sympathize with plight of illegal aliens who desperately need amnesty 3:00 pm – Go fishing 4:30 pm – Intercept fishy emails 5:00 pm – Go shopping for T-shirt that says, “Marxist Vineyard” 6:00 pm – Sip on a pina colada while watching the sun go down on the American empire 8:00 pm – Sit on the porch with Michelle and talk about the good old days, AKA February.
Fashion icon in shorts vs. ignorant Nazi whore in shorts. Michelle Obama versus Sarah Palin. Our vote goes to the ignorant Nazi whore. We’re just sayin’. What do you say?
Our vote goes to the ignorant Nazi whore. We’re just sayin’.
“The truth is most Americans don’t want much,” Michelle Obama insisted during the campaign. That someone, of course, does not include Michelle nor her brood.
Michelle Obama likes pie. Especially your pie. Doesn’t matter how hard you worked to get your pie, she wants it. In fact, she thinks it would be a really good idea if everyone had a piece of your pie.
Here’s what the First Lady said on the campaign trail on April 8, 2008.
“The truth is most Americans don’t want much. Folks don’t want the whole pie. Most Americans feel blessed to thrive a little bit. But that’s out of reach for them. The truth is, in order to get things like universal healthcare and a revamped education system, then someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more.”
That someone, of course, does not include Michelle nor her brood. No, they’ll be grabbing pieces of everyone’s pies during their upcoming vacation at a plush Martha’s Vineyard estate. No one’s quite sure what this little getaway will cost the taxpayers, but similar properties in the area go for as much as $50,000 per week.
We don’t begrudge the Obamas their chance to live the lifestyle of the rich and famous.
Warning: Do not attempt to take a photograph of the First Lady eating a cheeseburger. Fellow patrons had their cellphones temporarily confiscated to prevent pictures from being taken.
Careful, MIchelle. The Surgeon General warns against those awful transfats.
Warning: Do not attempt to take a photograph of the First Lady eating a cheeseburger.
Here’s an odd Obama report from the New York Post:
Michelle Obama, like her husband, enjoys a good burger, but not as well done. The first lady brought daughters Malia and Sasha to former “Top Chef” contestant Spike Mendelsohn’s Good Stuff Eatery in DC for cheeseburgers, onion rings, fries, and milkshakes. “They got the burgers medium,” says a spy. (President Obama was mildly ridiculed after ordering a burger medium-well in January.) “Three starving Secret Service guys were literally standing over the grill as Spike made the burgers, but didn’t eat,” our source adds. Fellow patrons had their cellphones temporarily confiscated to prevent pictures from being taken.
Michelle had better remember the old adage, “A moment on the lips, forever on the hips.”
Or as we say here at IHateTheMedia.com, “No second helpings for the First Lady.”
Ooooh, fashion. Vanity Fair put together its 2009 International Best Dressed List. As you would expect, the Greatest President In History and the Most Beautiful First Lady In History both made the list.
Ooooh, fashion. Vanity Fair put together its 2009 International Best Dressed List. As you would expect, the Greatest President In History and the Most Beautiful First Lady In History both made the list.
C’mon, these two could wear T-shirts that say, “My parents went to Kenya and all I got was this lousy T-shirt” and tin foil hats and the biased liberal media would still salute them as fashnion icons.
Vanity Fair says Michelle Obama is well-dressed. Who are we to argue with Vanity Fair?
What Vanity Fair said about Michelle:
FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA Residences: Washington, D.C., and Chicago. Occupation: First Lady of the United States. Age: 45. Notable Ensembles of 2009: Inauguration wardrobe; black Moschino organza top, skirt, and silk veil worn when meeting Pope Benedict XVI. Favorite Boutique: Ikram, in Chicago. Signature Wardrobe Item: Cardigan sweaters. Jewelry: Double-strand pearls. Shoe Designers: Jimmy Choo, Puma, Lanvin. Favorite Bargain-Hunting Locale: J. Crew. Causes: Education, health, and veterans’ affairs.
What Vanity Fair didn’t say about Michelle:
Tells everyone she shops at J. Crew, but no one really believes it. Loves to accessorise with $500 athletic shoes and $6000 purses. In reality, her sense of fashion ranks somewhere below France’s First Lady and somewhere above any anonymous homeless lady.
Mom jeans = nerd chic. The only thing missing is a little bell on the handlebars.
What Vanity Fair said about President Obama:
BARACK OBAMA Residences: Washington, D.C., and Chicago. Occupation: President of the United States. Age: 48. Notable Purchases of 2009: Hart Schaffner Marx suits; inside of jacket pocket reads, “Made Exclusively for Barack Obama.” Tailor: Hart Schaffner Marx of Chicago—Gold Trumpeter Line: two-button, single-vent jacket and cuffed trousers. Workout Attire: Secret Service cap, black running pants, gray T-shirt, Asics. Shoes: Four pairs, including Cole Haan dress shoes; white Asics sneakers. Sunglasses: Ray-Ban 3217. Watch: A Jorg Gray 6500 presented to him by the Secret Service. Bargain-Hunting Locale: Secret Service employees’ store.
What Vanity Fair didn’t say about President Obama:
Paul McCartney dedicated the song “Michelle” to Michelle Obama. He picked the wrong song. Here are some more appropriate choices, including Back in the USSR.
Sir Paul McCartney was performing at FedEx Field in Washington, DC last weekend. Since he was just down the road from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the former Beatle paid tribute to Michelle Obama by dedicating his classic song “Michelle” to the first lady.
The song’s lyrics say “I love you, I love you, I love you / That’s all I want to say.” But keep in mind that this is the same aged rocker who married an alleged peg-legged former prostitute (the peg-legged part is confirmed, but the former prostitute part is only alleged).
Nevertheless, we think Paul’s LSD usage in the 60s is starting to catch up with him. He obviously dedicated the wrong song to Michelle. There were just so many others that were far more appropriate.
Sit back and click and enjoy the Beatles songs that should have been dedicated to our First Socialist Lady.
Baby, You’re A Rich Man (You make over $75,000 per year so Michelle and her husband want their share. Plus a surtax.)
Chains (The Beatles called them “Chains of Love,” but we’d call them “Chains of Socialism”)
Devil In Her Heart (Can’t help but agree with the title)
Hello, Goodbye (We don’t agree about anything)
Helter Skelter (Yes, the world is going insane and your husband in running the asylum)
Hey, Bulldog (Michelle’s one of the most beautiful people in the world? C’mon. Seriously?)
I Me Mine (The Obama administration seems to think that there is no I, me or mine. It’s all theirs)
I’m Down (C’mon, Michelle, how can you laugh when you know I’m down?)
Misery (Alphabetically just one Beatles tune away from “Michelle.” This may have been the one McCartney meant to dedicate to the First Lady)
Money, That’s What I Want (Unfortunately, Michelle, your husband also wants our money)
Piggies (The men in white starched shirts want to take everything we have)
Revolution #9 (We don’t want your husband’s socialist revolution, Michelle)
Slow Down (Why does everything have to be done NOW?)
Taxman (You’re married to the Taxman-In-Chief, Michelle)
The Fool on the Hill (Or, perhaps, the Fool On Capitol Hill)
You Can’t Do That (Cap and trade? New taxes? Socialized medicine? You can’t do that.)
You Never Gave Me Your Money (But you want to take all of ours, don’t you?)
Marian Fluet loves to make hand-sewn dolls. She’s made hundreds of them. Fluet has reached the absolute acme of her doll-making career by creating lifelike Barack and Michelle Obama dolls.
Now that Marian Fluet has created the Obama doll, can the Joe Biden doll be far behind?
Ninety-four year old Marian Fluet loves to make hand-sewn dolls. She’s made hundreds of them. But now Fluet has reached the absolute acme of her doll-making career by creating lifelike Barack and Michelle Obama dolls.
The Barack doll comes in a stylish navy blue suit with matching tie and wears a flag pin in his lapel. The Michelle doll wears a dark green dress, gold necklace and pearl bracelet. Barack stands at 32 inches tall and Michelle measures in at 28 inches.
Thank god, the Obama dolls doesn’t talk like a Chatty Cathy doll or it would immediately demand a primetime press conference on Nick at Nite where it would apologize for the actions of G.I. Joe, cut funding for Buzz Lightyear and condemn Barbie as a racist.
Michelle Obama invited a group of Washington, DC school children to plant a vegetable garden on the White House lawn, turning them into sharecroppers who could be poisoned.
White House chef cracking the whip on crew of child sharecroppers
On April 9, Michelle Obama invited a group of Washington, DC school children to plant a vegetable garden on the White House lawn.
Of course, this was done with the greatest possible hoopla, the press telling us how amazing it was that this stunning fashion icon would actually stoop to get dirt under her perfectly-manicured fingernails.
On June 21, the children were brought back to the White House to harvest lettuce, onions, tomatoes and other vegan delights.
Wikipedia says, “Sharecropping is a system of agriculture or agricultural production in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crop produced on the land (e.g., 50 percent of the crop).”
So in a strange parody of post-Civil War agronomics, small children were brought in to supply free labor to plant and harvest vegetables that the First Family will now dine on daily. We scoured the news reports of the harvest and could find no references to the children being allowed to take home any of the fruits vegetables of their labors. However, they did get to snack on some of them after the harvest was complete.
But it gets worse.
On July 2, it was reported that the soil in the White House vegetable garden may hold enough lead to poison the child gardeners who worked in it and anyone who eats what’s been grown in it.
The White House, of course, says it’s no problem. They had the soil tested and the results show lead content of 93 parts per million. That’s higher than what’s typically found in urban areas, but not high enough to be considered a health risk.
“The garden recently underwent extensive soil testing that proved it is completely safe,” said the First Lady’s press secretary.
Will the United Farmworkers Union protest the White House’s use of non-unionized farm labor?
Will child welfare advocates protest the White House’s forced child labor policy?
Will eco-wackos protest the White House’s callous disregard of food safety regulations?
Michelle Obama was spotted carrying a $5950 black alligator manila clutch made in Italy from the skin of an endangered alligator. So much for J Crew and Gap.
Michelle Obama's $5950 black alligator manila clutch
First of all, we must make a correction. It wasn’t a purse. It was a $5950 black alligator manila clutch made in Italy from the skin of an endangered alligator.
OK, we have to make another correction. We don’t actually know if alligators are endangered, but this particular alligator is definitely not basking in sunshine anymore.
Enough corrections. Let’s get to the story.
If you were strolling through the woods outside Moscow, you might carry a backpack and a compass. Not First Lady Michelle Obama. No, she showed off her expensive tastes in fashion by carrying that aforementioned $5950 black alligator manila clutch.
We’re not fluent in Italian, but as far as we can tell “manila clutch” is an Italian term that means “Crazy American with too much money.”
Exclusive IHateTheMedia.com photo of the black alligator who died so Michelle Obama could be fashionable
The First Lady has completely abandoned the pretense that she wears affordable American brands such as Gap and J.Crew. That story went up in a puff of smoke on election night and she’s rarely spotted anymore without some expensive designer bauble.
Michelle’s clutch was handmade in Italy VBH, the luxury leather goods company. And you’ll be happy to know it’s part of their Spring 2009 collection.
Michelle Obama. Today, First Lady. Tomorrow, Czarina.
Barack Obama lied to the graduating class at the New Economic School in Moscow, when he told them he meet Michelle at Hardvard Law. They met at law firm Sidney & Austin.
Barack Obama lied to the graduating class at the New Economic School in Moscow yesterday when he said:
"Pssst, Michelle. If anyone asks, remember to say we met at Harvard."
“Congratulations to the entire class of 2009. Congratulations to you. I don’t know if anybody else will meet their future wife or husband in class like I did, but I’m sure you’ll all going to have wonderful careers.”
What’s the lie?
He didn’t meet the future Mrs. Obama at Harvard Law School. In fact, they weren’t even at Harvard Law School at the same time. She graduated in 1988, but he didn’t graduated until 1991.
Where did they really meet?
A thousand miles from Harvard. In The Audacity of Hope, Obama’s best-selling memoir, he says, “I met Michelle in the summer of 1988, while we were both working at Sidley & Austin, a large corporate law firm based in Chicago. Although she is three years younger than me, Michelle was already a practicing lawyer, having attended Harvard Law straight out of college. I had just finished my first year at law school and had been hired as a summer associate.”
Why would the President lie about where they met?
Guilt by association. According to Wikipedia.com, “From 1984 to 1988, (unrepentant terrorist Bernadine) Dohrn was employed by the prestigious Chicago law firm Sidley Austin. She was hired by Howard Trienens, the head of the firm at that time, who knew Thomas G. Ayers, the father of Dohrn’s husband. “We often hire friends,” Trienens told a reporter for the Chicago Tribune. However, Dohrn had not been admitted to the New York or Illinois bar. She passed the New York bar exam but had not submitted an application to the New York Supreme Court’s Committee on Character and Fitness. She also passed the Illinois bar, but was turned down by the Illinois ethics committee because of her criminal record.”
Our theory: Obama never thought anyone would connect the dots between unrepentant terrorists Bill Ayers and his equally unrepentant wife Bernadine Dohrn. In fact, it’s likely that he never thought they’d become a campaign issue.
So even though Obama’s memoirs tell the truth about where he met his wife, he now sees a need to re-write history. His own history, that is.
Michelle Obama – cracking under the pressure of being First Lady – is drinking way more than she should, friends fear.
"So tell me, Lizzie, where can a gal get a glass of warm Guinness around here?"
If it weren’t for the National Enquirer’s outstanding work on the John Edwards “Baby Mama” story, this new story would easy to laugh off. But nobody’s laughing. Especially Barack Obama.
Michelle Obama – cracking under the pressure of being First Lady – is drinking way more than she should, friends fear.
Longtime pals have been keeping a close eye on her White House booze intake for months, sources told The ENQUIRER, and her husband President Barack Obama even stepped in when she recently consumed too much alcohol.
“When Barack saw Michelle drink more than she should at a recent dinner, he hit the roof. He told her, ‘This is NOT going to turn into a problem!'” a close source told The ENQUIRER.
“Barack is overly sensitive to the issue because of his own past drinking and substance abuse problems. But he also feels guilty because of the pictures taken of him drinking beer at an NBA game recently.”
The President also feels he may have contributed to his wife’s alcohol issues by not stopping her from overindulging during their date night in New York City on May 30.
Michelle, 45, knocked back “a glass or two of champagne” while the couple flew to the Big Apple on a private jet, according to the close source, and published reports said she downed two martinis during dinner at the Greenwich Village restaurant Blue Hill.
“It was clear that Mrs. Obama was having a VERY good time,” a restaurant employee told The ENQUIRER.
“There’s a real fear that she may be drinking more than she should as a result of the pressures that come along with being First Lady,” an insider divulged.
It looks like “Last call” are the First Lady’s least favorite words.
A reporter asks this simple question: “Can you tell us how much the President and First Lady’s ‘date night’ cost on Saturday night? And if not, why not?”
What follows is more than a minute of Press Secretary Robert Gibbs stuttering, stammering, and changing the subject.
The all-Obama, all-the-time train continues to roll down the track.
St. Martin’s Press is publishing an Obama paper doll book. This is what the fawning press release says:
The historic journey of Barack and Michelle Obama to the White House is memorialized in this fun yet fashionable paper doll book featuring the Obamas.
For the millions who can’t get enough of this remarkable first family, here’s a book containing perforated press-out dolls of Barack and Michelle and over 30 mix-and-match coordinated outfits and accessories featuring the Obamas:
· On vacation in Hawaii · Golfing at Camp David · On election night · At the extraordinary inauguration and Inaugural Ball · Traveling the world on foreign affairs trip · Rolling up their sleeves for a day of service · Plus much more!
We’re thinking of doing our own version of the Obama Paper Doll book. It will have twenty mix-and-match outfits featuring the Obamas:
bowing to the Saudi king
Hugging Hugo Chavez
Selling out Israel
Apologizing to everyone and his brother
Speaking of his brother, it will have him ignoring his brother in the Kenya slum
Bathing suit so he can swim in the debt he’s created
Conservatives often look at government spending, shake their heads and say, “They wouldn’t spend their own money like that.”
Turns out if you’re Barack Obama, you would. A new financial analysis indicates that he’s always spent far more than he made.
Here’s how The New York Daily News reports it:
In the words of Pink Floyd, "Money, money, money, money...money."
A close examination of their finances shows that the Obamas were living off lines of credit along with other income for several years until 2005, when Obama’s book royalties came through and Michelle received her 260% pay raise at the University of Chicago. This was also the year Obama started serving in the U.S. Senate…
In April 1999, they purchased a Chicago condo and obtained a mortgage for $159,250. In May 1999, they took out a line of credit for $20,750. Then, in 2002, they refinanced the condo with a $210,000 mortgage, which means they took out about $50,000 in equity. Finally, in 2004, they took out another line of credit for $100,000 on top of the mortgage.
Tax returns for 2004 reveal $14,395 in mortgage deductions. If we assume an effective interest rate of 6%, then they owed about $240,000 on a home they purchased for about $159,250.
This means they spent perhaps $80,000 beyond their income from 1999 to 2004.
We have to admit that this information frightens us. Based on his past experience, we fear the President thinks he can pay off the nation’s skyrocketing debt by writing another best selling autobiography and getting Michelle another dubious, but highly-paid job.
The graduates at the University of California Merced may have thought she was talking public service, but we’re pretty sure she’s talking about another tax increase.
There she was — the loveliest, most intelligent, most popular, most down to earth first lady who’s ever graced the White House – volunteering at a Washington, DC food bank.
Naturally, the press fawned over her fashion sense. She was wearing a J. Crew cardigan, an ordinary pair of Capri pants, and…what the hell…a pair of $540 sneakers by Lanvin.
These were no ordinary sneakers. No, siree. They were imported from France, made of suede, laced with grosgrain ribbons and featured metallic pink toe caps.
When reporters asked about the shoes, the First Lady’s spokesperson dismissively snorted, “They’re shoes.”
And that was that. End of story. Except for one thing.
During the Presidential campaign, however, it became a campaign issue when John McCain wore a pair $520 shoes. CNN devoted an entire report to McCain’s “Well-heeled campaign.” His shoes were used as evidence that he was out of touch with ordinary people.
We never bought this regular folks façade the press presses on Michelle Obama. And a pair of $540 seems to show that our cynicism was well deserved.
But what do we know? We’re wearing Nikes. They’re rubber and some sort of synthetic material. The laces are cotton. They set us back $29 down at the neighborhood discount sporting good store.
No president has ever understood the welfare system better than Barack Obama. Because somehow, our new President and his missus managed to bring home $201,913 for jobs they didn’t perform.
Lest we be accused of being inaccurate, let’s admit that President Obama did spend about 12 minutes doing the actual work of a United Sates Senator in 2008. He showed up to cast a vote or two when he was campaigning somewhere near Washington, DC. For that Herculean effort, he was paid $139,204.
But Michelle, well, that’s a different story. She took home $62,709 from the University of Chicago Hospitals. To repeat, she didn’t work a lick, but still took home $62,709. That’s not bad work if you can get it.
In fact, after she resigned her position, her job was eliminated. I’m sure Michelle would say it was eliminated because she couldn’t be replaced. But it’s much more likely that the job was eliminated because it wasn’t a real job in the first place.
So on one hand, these two got paid for work they didn’t do. And on the other hand, they see nothing wrong with increasing your taxes for the work you did do.
It all starts to make sense now.
Source: Associated Press via Sweetness And Light, Bluegrass Pundit
There are subtle differences between American English and English English. (More significant differences, apparently, than the subtle differences only President Obama has picked up between German and Austrian.)
That being said, The Times of London has reported on Michelle Obama’s “falsies.” Consider it more evidence of England’s Obama burn-out:
I know, you’re fed up with reading about Michelle Obama. But let me just tempt you towards one last, tiny detail: the First Lady’s falsies. Michelle Obama is normally so natural looking, it’s surprising to find something about her that is so unapologetically fake.
Those eyelashes weren’t even trying to look real.
No, they were full-on, all-out diva lashes, the kind you normally find on D-list celebrities or in drag-act dressing rooms. The allure of the long lash is well-documented. They define and sexualise the gaze, making the eyes appear bigger (and therefore younger). Gazing up at someone through luscious lashes is considered an act of seduction; it’s even entered the vernacular: “you batted your eyelashes at him.”
Given that Mrs Obama’s intention was to seduce Europe, she chose those lashes well, making no attempt to conceal the artifice. She did not, for example, opt for lash extensions which give the most natural finish. These are bonded to the wearer’s own lashes, a painstaking process that nevertheless yields fantastic results. You can choose various degrees of amplification, from just a few extra lashes to a full-on fan. Suzie Lung (tel 07957 771503) does a mean set, or try Vaishaly (020-7224 6088).
The Obama comic is due to hits the stands in April. It will follow her path from her childhood in South Side Chicago to her days at Princeton to her current lofty status as Mrs. Most Powerful Man in the World.
“I feel like the guy who invented the Furby,” publisher Darren Davis noted. “The reaction has been insane.”
We’ve read a lot of comics in our time and we’d like to offer Davis some free advice:
If you really want to make this thing work, give Michelle a super sidekick. Maybe his name could be Socialist Boy and his super power could be the ability to print and spend unlimited amounts of money. Michelle and Socialist Boy can join forces to battle their arch enemy, Free Market Man.
Beyonce, Michelle Obama, Wonder Woman. Separated at birth?
This started off as two completely different stories, but a third story popped up during our research that magically tied all three stories together into one mega-blockbuster piece of investigative reportage.
Story Number One: Beyonce claims that Michelle Obama approached her during an inauguration celebration just to say that the singer was a role model for her little girls.
Story Number Two: A story in the Huffington Post compares Michelle Obama to Wonder Woman.
Neither of those stories seemed strong enough to merit our attention. Goofy enough, to be sure, but not strong. But then, we ran into Story Number Three. It was kismet, fate, truth stranger than fiction.
Story Number Three: The LA Times reported on November 7, 2008 (just two days after the presidential election) that Beyonce desperately wanted to land the role of Wonder Woman in an upcoming film.
Do you see where this is going? Michelle Obama calls Beyonce a role model. Michelle Obama is like Wonder Woman. Beyonce wants to be Wonder Woman. This inextricable linkage cannot be mere coincidence. We contend that they are one and the same woman.
Just look at the evidence: All three dominate weak men. All three specialize in sleeveless costumes. And all three are black.
What’s that? You thought Wonder Woman was white? Au contraire, mon frere. Check out the junk in that trunk.
Source: The Sun, Huffington Post, Los Angeles Times
It would appear that homeless people in the nation’s capitol have come a long way thanks to the largesse of the Pelosi-Obama “stimulus” package.
First Lady Michelle Obama recently took time out from her magazine photo shoots for the covers of “O” and Vogue to pose as a food server at a homeless shelter not far from the White House. She even posed for one of homeless poseurs.
photo: MichelleMalkin.com
Obama said she hoped her selfless public service would inspire other Americans to volunteer in their own communities.
Hell, we just want to know where we can sign up for Obama’s \Free Government Cell Phone With Every Meal Program.
LA Times blogger Andrew Malcolm has the temerity to wonder how an alleged homeless man can afford a cellphone. Not to mention asking where the bills get sent.
Oprah has hands together, thanking God for guiding her to make the First Lady the first person to ever share the cover of O with her.
Oprah Winfrey, the same host who wouldn’t allow Sarah Palin on her TV show, has now put Michelle Obama’s merry mug on the cover of her monthly magazine.
This is the first time in the magazine’s nine year history that the camera hogging host has allowed anyone to share her cover. But, c’mon, this is Michelle Obama we’re talking about.
The cover, Winfrey said, makes a statement. “Say what you will about books — people do judge a magazine by its cover, which is why it’s important to me keep the cover of this one looking fresh,” she cooed. “And right now nothing — and I mean nothing — is fresher than the family that moved into the White House in January, sparking a national spirit of renewal the likes of which I’ve never seen.”
We think Oprah was misquoted. We think she actually said, “…sparking a national renewal of spending the likes of which I’ve never seen.”
This is the type of story that led to the birth of IHateTheMedia.com. It combines politics, print and television all rolled together in one pretty, prejudiced little package.
President Obama was excited when he heard he was going to meet the queen, disappointed when he found out it wasn't Elton John.
Looks like newspapers on the other side of the Atlantic didn’t get that “laudatory coverage only” memo from the White House. The President and everyone around him have been sliced and diced by The Telegraph this week.
The paper’s latest article starts off by reviewing all the president’s gaffes – his poorly thought out choice of gifts, his insulting return of the Churchill bust, his hastily-prepared joint press conference with Gordon Brown. Then things got really nasty:
“Something, suddenly, seems to have made the Obama White House perk up and start to take an interest in the Brits. The Queen has invited the President to tea when he’s here for the G20 in April. And he’s in through the front door of Buckingham Palace faster than a Harley Davidson roaring along Route 66.”
“Note how the coolness of Team Obama disappears when a bit of regal glamour is introduced into the equation. He might not like the Brits, but he can recognise a global superstar when he encounters one. He wants to be associated with her. He’s shameless.”
“If Obama, or someone in his inner circle, had spent two minutes thinking about what present to get Brown then they could easily have come up with something appropriate. He likes books. He loves American history. Get him a signed first edition of a good Robert Dallek book such as the brilliant Flawed Giant on LBJ. Come to think of it, Obama should read it too, if he hasn’t yet, as it reveals a great deal about how a Presidency can go so wrong.”
We’re surprised Obama didn’t schedule tea and crumpets with Prince Charles since they have so much in common:
They both have two kids. Both believe in global warming, yet whip around the world in private jets. And both have domineering wives who make them jump through hoops like trained chihuahuas.
President Obama made Prime Minister Brown an offer he could easily refuse.
British Prime Minister Brown wanted to make a good first impression in his first meeting with President Obama. So he gave him an ornamental penholder hand-carved from the timbers of a Victorian anti-slave ship once called the HMS President.
President Obama reciprocated by giving Brown a handful of DVDs. Seriously. President Obama gave the prime minister of our closest ally, a nation that reveres the “special relationship” between our two countries, a bunch of DVDs.
In Obama’s defense, they were all classic American films. And they came in a special boxed set. And Michelle was probably up half the night making sure the ribbon looked real pretty. Unfortunately, it turns out Brown isn’t much of a film fan.
Britain’s Daily Mail reports that Brown could have gone to the Blockbuster store down the road from 10 Downing Street and picked up the same DVDs for about $352 (plus tax).
Our vote goes to the ignorant Nazi whore. We’re just sayin’.
Michelle Obama joins People “most beautiful” list
There are subtle differences between American English and English English. (More significant differences, apparently, than the subtle differences only President Obama has picked up between German and Austrian.)
