It’s hard to imagine a more imcompetent White House.
As if returning the bust of Winston Churchill or giving crappy gifts to British PM Gordon Brown and his family weren’t bad enough, today President Obama presented Queen Elizabeth with an iPod. Too bad she already has one!
Barack Obama met the Queen at Buckingham Palace today and gave her a gift of an iPod loaded with video footage and photographs of her 2007 United States visit to Richmond, Jamestown and Williamsburg in Virginia. In return, the Queen gave the President a silver framed signed photograph of herself and the Duke of Edinburgh – apparently a standard present for visiting dignitaries.
It is believed the Queen already has an iPod, a 6GB silver Mini version she is said to have bought in 2005 at the suggestion of Prince Andrew.
Oops!
I’m actually thankful for the other blunder.
The normally savvy media mavens on Team Obama blundered badly on the opening day of his European trip, scheduling his only open event for 5:15 a.m. EDT, which forced the mainstream and cable morning news programs to fill endless hours showing live protests in London and discussing first lady Michelle Obama’s “green pencil skirt.”
Unlike President Bush’s White House communications team, which usually timed press conferences abroad to coincide with the U.S. morning programs, the Obama operation kicked off the president’s first day in Britain while most Americans were still asleep. What’s more, the president banned most reporters from nearly every event he held on a day busy with bilateral talks with foreign leaders, and even held cameras at bay for his visit to Buckingham Palace to meet the queen.
No Obama on the tube first thing in the morning! No endless coverage of Obama during the day! Phew! We really lucked out this time!
Update: It just keeps getting better! Don’t they have people who should know these things?
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.
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Unlike President Bush’s White House communications team, which usually timed press conferences abroad to coincide with the U.S. morning programs, the Obama operation kicked off the president’s first day in Britain while most Americans were still asleep. What’s more, the president banned most reporters from nearly every event he held on a day busy with bilateral talks with foreign leaders, and even held cameras at bay for his visit to Buckingham Palace to meet the queen.
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i’m just glad Mrs. Obama didn’t show up in a sleeveless outfit.
They both need charm school…or Manners101 …or “How to act when you’re not in Chicago” or something.
And giving the Queen an iPod? There just are no words, people…just no words
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Thank you for posting the part about Obama’s car having to move so Prince Charles could be dropped off. That was funny and I hadn’t heard that anywhere else.
About the iPod: tacky just isn’t the word for it. Worst part is it was pre-loaded with some Michelle Obama music choices. There are songs on there by 2Live Crew and Weird Al Yankovic. That is so inappropriate.
(Have to try to be funny. The truth is so depressing and embarassing for us all.)
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