huffingtonpost.com - 4/2/2009
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Much is being made of Michelle Obama and Queen Elizabeth's embrace. As the First Lady and Queen chatted at the G-20 reception at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday night, the Queen touched her hand to Michelle Obama's back, and the gesture was then returned (though reports vary as to who started). ...
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Please Don't Squeeze the Queen: Michelle Obama's Rare Encounter
airamerica.com 4/2/2009 —
There are countless protocols and caveats when one gets an audience before the queen of England. That you cannot touch the queen is one of the most important rules. Yesterday, Michelle Obama did just that, and the result? Queen Elizabeth touched her back.
British websites today are ...
The American Super-Bower
corner.nationalreview.com 4/3/2009 — This picture is worth a thousand words.
So let me see if I understand American protocol in the age of Obama: The First Lady hugs Queen Elizabeth as if she's some granny at a seniors' center photo-op, but the President of this republic prostrates ...
CNN's Alina Cho: Obamas are the 'Royal Family of the United States'
newsbusters.org 4/2/2009 — CNN correspondent Alina Cho loaded the regal language into her report on Wednesday’s American Morning about Europe’s “apparent love affair” with Michelle Obama. Besides the obligatory Jackie Kennedy references, Cho gave a preview of the first lady’s ...
In Defense Of Michelle Obama
rhymeswithright.mu.nu 4/1/2009 — Well, on this one point, anyway. You'll note that Michelle Obama failed to curtsey when she met the Queen. Dare I say Good for you, Michelle! Or perhaps You go, girl! We are Americans. We do not have royalty, nor...
The palace says "no breach of protocol" regarding Michelle Obama
politico.com 4/2/2009 — "Inside Edition" called up the Palace to ask about this hubbub that Michelle Obama dare touch the Queen - a big royal no-no that has all blogs and cables talking.
However, it's no big deal, the Palace says.
“It’s obvious that it was a ...
Anyone Else Remember the Five Chefs?
mahablog.com 4/2/2009 — The Right has worked itself into a frenzy about the alleged outrage of the British public over the Obama visit. The Obamas gave the Queen an iPod! Michelle Obama touched Her Majesty for a couple of seconds! Oh Noez!
Avedon Carol, who actually lives in Britain, says bull . Eric Boehlert notes ...
Mr. Obama, tear down that Wall Street!
sideshow.me.uk 4/2/2009 — At Media Matters , Eric Boehlert notes that the American media seems to be in a tizzy about the supposed outrage to British sensibilities caused by Michelle Obama touching the Queen . But as commenter DEM2020 notes there, this is all a distraction ...
Michelle Obama gaffe: She touches the queen
latimesblogs.latimes.com 4/2/2009 — I guess we're just a friendly bunch.
First President George W. Bush winks at the Queen while she's at the White House after ceremonies marking the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, the first British colony, in Virginia.
Keepers of ...
Quote For The Day IV
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 4/3/2009 — "Now we've met, will you please keep in touch?" - her Majesty the Queen , to Michelle Obama. The usual suspects are crowing about an alleged breach of protocol - although as Ed Morrissey points out , th Queen was grabbing Michelle's back ...
Pod Save the Queen! —
The Sundries Shack
President Obama’s gift gaffes continue unabated.
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...
Obama Bow Wow —
Weekly Standard Blog
If you are relying on American newspapers for your news you’ll most certainly know that Michelle Obama snuggled up to the queen of England, who quite liked it, that J Crew dressed her for the occasion, that she towers over the queen and all the other G-20 first ladies, that she is the ...
U.S. Presidents and Royal Protocol —
Outside The Beltway | OTB
The Obamas are coming under criticism from around the blogosphere for their dealings with royals. First, Barack Obama gave Queen Elizabeth II a video iPod filled with some rather add materials (along with an actually thoughtful gift). Then, Michelle Obama got into trouble for getting too ...
Michelle and the Queen —
The Moderate Voice
After his first foreign trip as President, JFK said, “I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris–and I have enjoyed it!” Barack Obama may be feeling that way in London this week as the Gallup Poll shows the First Lady’s favorable ratings eclipsing his own. ...
More on the Hug —
The Democratic Daily
It’s OK to hug a queen :
Click here to view the embedded video.
You go Michelle!
Protocol… Schmotocol…
As usual the media has made much ado about nothing .
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First Lady Charms the Queen —
The Democratic Daily
Oh my! The some members of media are in a tizzy… Michelle Obama touched the Queen!
Howard Chua-Eoan reports in Time :
The rules are set in stone, and so the eagerly watching British media sputtered when the First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, briefly put her hand ...
Britons' Interest in Michelle Obama Grows After Royal Meeting —
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By Mary Jordan LONDON -- Michelle Obama, dubbed "Mighty Michelle" and the "new Jacqueline Kennedy" by British media, has dared to do what few have even considered: She put her arm around the queen. In photos blasted on front pages and television screen, Queen Elizabeth II and Obama are shown in ...
Still More Obama Diplomacy Follies —
Moonbattery
The diplomatic ineptitude from the Obamination Administration just doesn't stop. Shrieking harpy Michelle Obama has now hugged the Queen of England, committing a major faux pas that Her Majesty graciously smoothed over.
What could be more inappropriate (other than giving the Queen a second ...
Michelle Obama's Fashion Disaster: Tank Top For Tea Time —
JammieWearingFool
While most of the media gushes like Oprah of this woman, at least one fashion scribe gets it right.THE occasion was momentous and fashion hopes were high, but when Michelle Obama met the queen yesterday, she wore her office sweater. The Obamas, in London on the first stop of their European trip, ...
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