Obama must have it out for England.
Update: I blame the French and Obama for this. The Queen should be there. I am not French, so I can’t do much but remember how continually arrogant they nearly always are. I am American, and I place this latest snafu at our President’s feet.
I’m stunned at the arrogance/ignorance/whatever that our White House continues to show our greatest and closest ally in the world. Wasn’t this guy supposed to make the world love us again and heal the planet?
Didn’t he just give a speech on American arrogance toward Europe? Hint: He did!
So the Queen wasn’t invited to D-Day demonstrations. She effing served on D-Day in uniform. I am losing my ability to believe that even blind liberal zealots aren’t getting a twinge of “oh, what the hell” invading their twisted sensibilities.
I’m speechless. Ubercool rockstar President is looking like a bumbling fool on matters of centuries-old alliances these days. Like I’ve previously said, he better watch out. His cult of personality is based on him being ultracool, and not his policies. If he keeps at it, soon the façade will be shattered, and only his rank liberalism that is scaring my people so badly will be left.
Chris said,
May 28, 2009 at 5:09 pm
And… why does Obama get the blame? France sent invites to Obama and Brown. They neglected the Queen, not our President.
In fact, France did not specifically invite Brown, but only a representative of Britain:
This sounds like a mix of British tabloids claiming an annoyed Queen (as they are so fond of doing), and you looking for stuff to blame on Obama.
regulusred said,
May 29, 2009 at 12:19 pm
I expect our President to demand the Queen be in attendance. I expect our President to think through the implications of everything, and be the wise arbiter of our nation. In a country with so many great men, the President should be the wisest, most thoughtful man available.
I did already say that France is a bunch of jerks, in so many words. I also know that Obama could invite who he wanted, as France declared it, “An Anglo-American affiair”.
Its a tough balance between what I expect of Obama, which is nothing, and what I expect of a normal American President, which is a ton. So on one hand I’m bitterly disappointed, and on the other, resigned. My big thing is that one of the selling points on Obama was making the world happy again. Swing and a miss so far.
Chris said,
May 29, 2009 at 4:15 pm
“I expect our President to demand the Queen be in attendance. I expect our President to think through the implications of everything, and be the wise arbiter of our nation.”
France handles the invitations, as it is held in their country. Certainly, you wouldn’t expect Gordon Brown to invite Sarkozy to the White House, would you? Obama deserves no fault whatsoever in this; the entire idea that he would is simply absurd.