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Smart power: Obama gets the queen … an iPod
Smart power: Obama gets the queen … an iPod
Because, after all, nothing says “special relationship” like a gadget you can buy in every mall in the western world. [...] Read the rest »
Barack Obama's gift for the Queen: an iPod, your Majesty :: Toby Harnden
blogs.telegraph.co.uk — 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 visit to the United States. In return, the Queen gave the President a silver framed photograph of herself - ... (more) Barack Obama's gift for the Queen: an iPod, your Majesty ...
What Does One Get a Queen?
What Does One Get a Queen?
blogs.abcnews.com — President and First Lady Obama gave Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II a video iPod with inscription,... songs uploaded and accessories. Plus a rare musical songbook signed by Richard Rodgers. -- jpt (more) What Does One Get a Queen?
Confirmed: Queen’s iPod includes Obama’s speeches
Confirmed: Queen’s iPod includes Obama’s speeches
hotair.com — Hey, you never know when Hopenchange fee-vah might strike. [...] Read the rest »... (more) Confirmed: Queen’s iPod includes Obama’s speeches
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Another Cheap Obama Gift
Rhymes With Right — ... the queen gave the Obamas a silver framed signed photograph — a gift she gives to all visiting dignitaries. Well, perhaps a bit better than the faux pas with the Browns, especially the Richard Rodgers songbook – but I’m sure that the BBC can readily supply Her Majesty with all the video of that 2007 visit that she could ever want – and we know that she probably has an iPod. Would someone get him to beef up his protocol staff so as to avoid any future such embarrassments? H/T HotAir

God Save The Queen!
Jules Crittenden — ... : Made in China, on slave wages! Hot Air : Because nothing says special relationship like cheap gadgetry. What’d he get Phil? An Xbox? Jake Tapper has the ...

4/2: You Can't Be Serious!
Blogometer — Conservative bloggers ( Malkin , Allahpundit , Johnson , Emanuel ) are criticizing Obama for giving Britain's Queen Elizabeth II "a video iPod with inscription, songs uploaded and accessories, plus a rare musical songbook signed by Richard Rodgers ." Conservative bloggers ( Morrissey , Klein , Lopez ) are buzzing about a new Quinnipiac poll showing ex-Rep. Rob Simmons (R-CT) leading Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) by 16 pts in a hypothetical 2010 Senate race. Liberal bloggers ( Yglesias , Benen , ...

Everyone Has a Man-Crush on King Abdullah
Politics Daily — ... I mean what is it with this King Abdullah guy? Apparently everyone loses all sense of not only protocol, but what dudes should and should not do. I think it's fair to declare that our relationship with Saudi Arabia is not going to "change". Going back to Obama's deep bow, note that the ruling monarch of a country with which we share a language, culture, and history gets a quick head nod. Queen Elizabeth is left wondering, what does he got? Oil? ...

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