Comments on: The Queen Is Not Touchy-Feely http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/04/02/the-queen-is-not-touchy-feely/ Politics, Sports and Pop Culture Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:08:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Waldo http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/04/02/the-queen-is-not-touchy-feely/#comment-51014 Waldo Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:10:33 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=17837#comment-51014 The Obamas, as a head of state and his spouse, are not bound by the rules of protocol for UK citizens interacting with their sovereign. Non-story, nitwits. The Obamas, as a head of state and his spouse, are not bound by the rules of protocol for UK citizens interacting with their sovereign. Non-story, nitwits.

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]]> By: Drake Levigne http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/04/02/the-queen-is-not-touchy-feely/#comment-50936 Drake Levigne Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:25:10 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=17837#comment-50936 Who cares about those uppity, snooty Brits anyway? We got us Obamination! Let's see what "gifts" Obama gives Syria's Assad. Who cares about those uppity, snooty Brits anyway? We got us Obamination! Let’s see what “gifts” Obama gives Syria’s Assad.

]]> By: calhoun fawls http://www.fitsnews.com/2009/04/02/the-queen-is-not-touchy-feely/#comment-50926 calhoun fawls Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:24:40 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=17837#comment-50926 I think the President's gift was inappropriate. Just like his gift of DVDs and a model of Marine One to Prime Minister Brown, the President seems not ready for the State Visit circuit. While you and I might like an Ipod or DVD, on the great stage of statescraft, such is seen as tacky. It does not make sense to most folks, but I know, from what seems like a previous life, that gifts that might seem great at a birthday party for our friends is just plain inappropriate as a state gift. We have to remember not every head of state shares our values on things, especially an elderly Queen. My guess is the United Kingdom's diplomatic services are quietly bemoaning how inappropriate the gift from the President was and they see the Queen as being shortchanged in the gift exchange. An Ipod was impersonal and spoke perhaps too proudly of American products. I realize that there is no common sense as we think of it in diplomatic relations. But, President Obama has pretty much insulted the British so far with his choice of gifts. Something such as a painting of American horses, since the Queen is such a horse fan, would have been more fitting. It is not the popular thing to say, but the President seems woefully over his head on formal diplomatic protocol. I think the President’s gift was inappropriate. Just like his gift of DVDs and a model of Marine One to Prime Minister Brown, the President seems not ready for the State Visit circuit. While you and I might like an Ipod or DVD, on the great stage of statescraft, such is seen as tacky. It does not make sense to most folks, but I know, from what seems like a previous life, that gifts that might seem great at a birthday party for our friends is just plain inappropriate as a state gift. We have to remember not every head of state shares our values on things, especially an elderly Queen. My guess is the United Kingdom’s diplomatic services are quietly bemoaning how inappropriate the gift from the President was and they see the Queen as being shortchanged in the gift exchange. An Ipod was impersonal and spoke perhaps too proudly of American products. I realize that there is no common sense as we think of it in diplomatic relations. But, President Obama has pretty much insulted the British so far with his choice of gifts. Something such as a painting of American horses, since the Queen is such a horse fan, would have been more fitting.

It is not the popular thing to say, but the President seems woefully over his head on formal diplomatic protocol.

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