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Beware Romulans Klingons Bearing Gifts!
Ace of Spades HQ —
Beware Romulans Klingons Bearing Gifts! If you are a sophisticated connoisseur of the motion pictures arts, you will have no idea where the above, slightly altered quote comes from. If, however, you are a lowbrow Mongoloid conservative* like myself, you will be instantly aware that in "Star Trek II, The Wrath of Khan" that sage advice is given to Admiral James Kirk by Doctor Leonard McCoy. Why do I bring up a passage from a 27 year old movie? Because it's the first thing I thought of when I read this account of the classless way in which our current First Lady/Bird of Prey ...
Her slip is showing [Darleen Click]
protein wisdom —
... ) job didn’t clue her in on the finer points of gracious hosting . Like all good guests, Sarah Brown arrived bearing gifts for the children, Malia and Sasha. And they were really nice presents. A bit of thought had clearly gone into choosing them: Top Shop dresses (with matching necklaces) and a selection of books by British authors. Lovely. Mrs Brown may have two boys but she certainly knows the way to a little girl’s heart. These were gifts chosen in the true spirit of present-giving: to please the recipient, not the giver. In return Mrs Obama gave the Brown children, ...
‘Perfect acquaintances:’ readjusting the Special Relationship.
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... to snub our closest ally (get used to having to hearing variants of “he didn’t mean X” for the next four years, by the way); it’s just that he doesn’t personally care about keeping the British sweet. So his administration defaulted to their usual modus operandi… and his administration hasn’t learned how to fake sincerity. Or how to actually charm people who aren’t enthusiastically ready to be charmed. Or, apparently, how to think ahead. ...
The Obamas are narcissistic? You don't say!
Wizbang —
... were presumably 132 snow-free rooms inside the White House that could have been used. If he can't even be prepared for an expected visit from one of our closest allies, what will happen if he gets that 3am phone call everyone obsessed about during the campaign? And don't think it was just the President who showed poor class. The First Lady wasn't a model of graciousness and charm, either. While Sarah Brown came to the White House armed with thoughtful gifts for the Obama children, Michelle Obama couldn't be bothered to do more than send an aide down to the White House gift ...
The Obamas are narcissistic? You don’t say!
Stop The ACLU —
... were presumably 132 snow-free rooms inside the White House that could have been used. If he can’t even be prepared for an expected visit from one of our closest allies, what will happen if he gets that 3am phone call everyone obsessed about during the campaign? And don’t think it was just the President who showed poor class. The First Lady wasn’t a model of graciousness and charm, either. While Sarah Brown came to the White House armed with thoughtful gifts for the Obama children, Michelle Obama couldn’t be bothered to do more than send an aide down to the White House gift ...
Well, It Wasn't A Pair Of Socks, Or Gloves
Riehl World View —
... Can't wait to see how liberals twist this to demonstrate how the Obama's have their feet on the ground during tough economic times. Their entertainment fetish doesn't support that case. Rude, self-centered and with poor judgment, kind of sums up Michelle O for me despite all the glowing press coverage. ...
I Would Never Want to Be First Lady (Because I Shop Here)
The Corner on National Review Online —
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Pathetic, Insecure Brit Watch
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
The [London] Times' Sarah Vine is all upset because of the presents the Obamas gave the Brown boys: Mrs Obama gave the Brown children, Fraser and John, two toy models
of Marine One, the Presidential helicopter. Fair enough on the
helicopter part, always a popular choice with small boys; but Marine One? It’s not as though anyone needs reminding that Barack Obama is President or
that he has his own helicopter. Short of giving the boys Action Man models
of her own husband smiting the evil forces of ...
Times of London
Sister Toldjah —
First Lady shows even she has a gift for the gaffe
Friday Instahoglets
Newshoggers.com —
... of government surpluses and a strong economy. And so to start off, a nice little column explaining how stupid the whole, "war on the rich", claim is.
It was pretty clearly Rush Limbaugh's week, and one of the best takes on the Republican's self-inflicted wounding I've read is from Al Giordano.
Of course, we're told this is all a distraction, and the Republicans would really like you to focus on the important matters, like whether Obama and his wife snubbed the British, how dependent Obama is on his teleprompter, and of course, ...
If only she were First Lady
Cold Fury —
... that this is more than unfair; it is dangerous. For once, I agree that this administration supports transparency: it’s crystal clear that these people will do anything to achieve their socialist utopia, the America of our Founding Fathers be damned. This must not happen, and Rush, we are with you. America, you missed your chance. Think the estimable Mrs. Fred Thompson would have alienated and insulted the leader of our closest ally and his family by cluelessly offering them cheap dime-store trinkets as “gifts” on their first White House visit (maybe we could call this ...
WAR/POLITICS: Harder Than It Looks
Baseball Crank —
McQ looks at the latest sample of the scathing UK press coverage of Obama's unreadiness for the business of meeting a foreign head of state. Details of how Obama managed to botch nearly every aspect of what ought to have been a routine goodwill visit with Gordon Brown, resulting in Brown's humiliation and a surge of bad British press, here, here, and here. Plus, his State Department can't read Russian.
On the upside, maybe I didn't read the news enough today, but it's almost midnight and I haven't seen an Obama appointee withdraw ...
Top Ten Barack Obama/Joe Biden Gaffes
Politics Daily —
... was actually the second choice for Secretary of State, however. Promising an appointment to a federal office by a candidate in exchange for support is a crime.
#3: British Press Turn Noses Up at President Obama's DVD Gift Pack
By Tommy Christopher Nov 7th 2008 8:02PM
Update: The British press are having at this like it's a leg of mutton, and Caleb Howe has a "funny" picture up over at ...
Taking Friends for Granted
Neptunus Lex —
... , White House bric-a-brac – and the more serious snubs (Brown tried, and failed, to receive a private meeting with Obama – ...
