And now I bring you this cut and paste job from my wingnuts watch.
The following piece of drivel is brought to you courtesy of your friends on the right. It seems that they have pretty much run out of things to rip the chosen one for just a little over two months into his presidency.
"Posted by Shawn MallowPublished: March 5, 2009 - 7:30 PM
Camelot it's not.
Upon heads of state meeting for the first time in official capacity, it is customary to exchange gifts as tokens of friendship between the countries involved.
Camelot it's not.
Upon heads of state meeting for the first time in official capacity, it is customary to exchange gifts as tokens of friendship between the countries involved.
Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of Great Britain seemed to get the sincerity and solemnity of the occasion.
Mr. Brown gave Obama an ornamental pen holder constructed from the timbers of the anti-slavery ship HMS Gannet, once also named HMS President.
He also gave a framed commission for the HMS Resolute. The desk in the Oval Office is itself made from the timbers of the HMS Resolute. The Resolute has symbolic history between the two countries.
Lastly, Mr. Brown gave Obama a first edition set of the seven-volume classic biography of Winston Churchill, written by Sir Martin Gilbert.
The thoughtfulness and symbolism of these tokens of friendship given by our most treasured ally cannot be understated.
Of course, President Obama would have to reciprocate with something uniquely special to underscore our uniquely special bond to Great Britain, no?
Apparently not.
President Obama's well thought out gesture was a 25 DVD set of classic American films.
Go ahead.. Read that again.
Obama gave the Prime Minister of England something which probably could be purchased from Amazon.com, or found at a flea market.
Now just imagine if George Bush had done this."
Which begs the question: what should his O ness have given the British Prime Minister as a token of good will? If I was his O ness I would have given the guy a Coltrane Box set, and an autographed first edition copy of "The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou." But that's just me. Still, I can't find anything wrong with a 25 DVD set of classic American films. What the hell were these clowns looking for? I mean are these churlish losers on the right (not to mention some of the folks across the pond) actually sweating this gift thing? I guess that's how the repubs roll. They are used to getting real expensive gifts from their foreign friends, and they don't want his O ness to mess that up.
"Now just imagine if George Bush had done this".
Trust me Shawn, we were so busy trying to keep track of all the frat boy's screw ups that we wouldn't even have noticed.
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