An iPod (UPDATE)
So this is what the brain trust came up with to give Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II of England: an iPod. Maybe when he meets Sarkozy he'll give him a box of frozen Eggo French Toast...
UPDATE: So what did Obama load on Her Majesty's iPod? From Jake Tapper:
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.
Uploaded onto the iPod:
* Photos from the Queen's 2007 White House State Visit
* Photos from the Queen's 2007 Jamestown, Va., Visit
* Photos from the Queen's 2007 Richmond, Va., Visit
* Video from the Queen's 1957 Jamestown Visit
* Video from the Queen's 2007 Jamestown Visit
* Video from the Queen's 2007 Richmond Visit
* Photos from President Obama's Inauguration
* Audio of then-state senator Obama's speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, and
* Audio of President Obama 2009 Inauguration AddressBritain's Press Association reports that the Royal couple gave the Obamas "a silver-framed, signed photograph of themselves."
Oy vey!
George!!!
You almost ALMOST made me spit red wine all over my Mac. Thank God I had not yet taken the sip!
Oy dumb!
The White House Office of Protocol chooses fitting gifts for VIP's. All a president needs to do, if at all, is tell them who's visiting. They do the rest.
But the know it all in chief knows better than the Office of Protocol. He who will not be disagreed with chose this inane gift just as chose DVD's - which won't play on UK players - for Gordon Brown. One may recall Brown wasn't even given a two-bit hooker's sendoff, i.e., "finish your baked potato and get the hxxx out" - he and his entourage were denied lunch, not even a bag of Chee-tohs and sent packing.
But Brown apparently likes being mistreated by minorities. According to the UK Daily Mail today, the UK PM publicly gushed and swooned over the one the way Frank Booth mooned over 'Ben', played inspiringly by Dean Stockwell, in David Lynch's 1986 film, "Blue Velvet".
What was on those DVD's? "Scream, Blackula, Scream!"? "Superfly"?
Nah, probably some 50s 'classic' scripted by commie blacklist Clifford Odets.
This country seems to be in the hands of Frank Booth and his gang, out for a joyride.
Paul Vincent Zecchino
Manasota Key, Florida
02 April, 2009
Oy, pero que tacky! Narcissists looking at and listening to themselves.
"plus a rare musical songbook signed by Richard Rodgers."
great job Jake Tapper for downplaying the central part of the gift. And Drudge Report for hyping up an already boring, pointless story.
Eddy,
I'm sure if George W. Bush was the one behind the story it would not have been a boring, pointless story to you.
This is what it gets to me, Bush foibles where magnified and exploited to no end by the MSM while Obama's are swept under the carpet.
The "Messiah" can do no wrong, he's the untouchable that walks on water.
What a load of bullshit if you ask me.