Oba-Best Buy?

Well, at least it wasn't socks from Wal-Mart. But including an Oba-speech? Tacky, at best. Geesh!

The bestowing of the Royal iPod brought a cringe from one top etiquette expert, who said it confirmed that Obama hasn’t figured out presidential gift-giving. Or that they shouldn’t all come from Best Buy — Obama already took some grief for giving British Prime Minister Gordon Brown a boxed set of DVDs when he visited the White House.

“For me, the iPod only works if he has some catchy reason why he gave it as a gift,” said Anna Post of the Emily Post Institute. “Otherwise it feels like somebody at the White House pulled the lever and an iPod is what popped up. And if it was just pulled out of the blue, you run the risk of the ‘Oh, how nice,’ reaction from people which is the polite gloss of, ‘What on earth am I going to do with this?’ ”

Comments

[PA]

Obama's crew wouldn't know classy if it walked up and smacked them in the head with a 2x4.

[jaime]

Obama gave her an autographed Richard Rogers songbook based on her love of his music. It was an expensive and thoughtful gift. It's funny how you all accidentally on-purpose leave that important piece of info out. You've read about the songbook probaby a dozen times today and STILL refuse to acknowledge it.

"wouldn't know classy"

You're right, PA, he could have just given her a backrub. Do you not remember the last 8 years? Or do you make a sport of lying to yourselves?

[Lala]

Love the British media -

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1166498/QUENTIN-LETTS-Obama-told-joke-Brown-laughed--laughed--laughed--laughed.html

"Allegedly the most charismatic politician in the world, Mr Obama was a disappointment. It sounded as though he had a blocked nose and so his lack of energy may have been a symptom of a cold. Jet lag, too. He probably wished he could have stayed in bed.

He spoke slowly, in a meandering manner. Some might say that he was thoughtful and professorial. Others might call his manner circuitous, even yarny. Am I saying that he was a bore? Oh dear. I find that I possibly am."

[john]

At the very least I can now definitively say that I have bought better gifts than the President of the United States.

[AWW]

James - yes the Rogers book was nice. But give O's earlier flubs the bar was set much higher. And all the mainstream press (and AOL/Yahoo headlines) are talking about the IPOD, not the Rogers book. Face it - he so far has no grasp of basic diplomatic niceties.

[mark l.]

should have gone with a carton of kools and the cocoa butter.

[PA]

"You're right, PA, he could have just given her a backrub."

She could use that more than an iPod.

[WhatWhen]

Keep it up, wingnuts. You can be sure that America is just dying to have Obama bow to the queen of fucking England. Got any more bright ideas to win popularity?

[cindi]

OMG, remembering my trip to England in 85. I remember makig a comment about the queen on our tour bus. My companions on the trip wanted to gag me and the tour guide just stood there in complete shock. lmao. The quees is still an asshole, and although I am not fond of Obama, the bitch does not need a thing, so why bother?

[LOL]

srsly, this is post-worthy critique of the president? Just admit that you have no life dude.

[Philip McDaniel]

"Got any more bright ideas to win popularity?"
Yeah, he could jump off the London Bridge.

[Fred Beloit]

A critique of The Jokey President? Is that what LOL wants?
(1) Completely unqualified for the job. A dreamy college kid could do the job just as well. (2) Absolutely devoid of any understanding of or appreciation for the Constitution, something on which he is supposed to be an expert. (3) His oral reading skills, the Democraticic media, and the touchy/feely but slow-thinking leftoids handed him one of the biggest management jobs in the world, and he is trying to learn management on-the-job by being philosophical. How's that for starters?

[Old Trooper]

"Keep it up, wingnuts. You can be sure that America is just dying to have Obama bow to the queen of fucking England. Got any more bright ideas to win popularity?"

Posted by: WhatWhen | Thursday, April 02, 2009 at 02:24 AM

So the Affirmative Action "Royalty" meet real Royalty as Guests of the Queen.
She is just an Old White Lady to them. You are as clueless as the Obama's.
They have all the Class of the neighbors dog that craps on my lawn and knocks
over my garbage cans.

The Department of State has a Protocol Officer but he's probably just an old White Guy
but Affirmative Action "Royalty" would not listen to him anyway. No Class and All Ass!

[Fred Beloit]

He: "Let's see Michelle, what gift could we give the Queen of England? It has to be something really special."
She: "How about a photoshopped, hand-painted-over photo of you?"
He: "Oh, honey, that's it, you know everything. And to make it really special I'll have Rahm sign my name on it."

[Fred Beloit]

He: "Michelle, I'm really worried about North Korea and Iran becoming nuclear powers. What pressure can we put on them, short of military force of course, to make them reconsider?"
She: " Military force? EEEEEUUUWWWGGGHHH! I've got it! Let's make a deal with Russia to weaken our arsenal of nuclear weapons."
He: "Oh honey, thanks. You know everything. That will really put the heat on them."

[southdakotaboy]

What makes me so angry about people on the left is their complete lack of personal honesty and integrity. For eight long years people on the left held out a standard of conduct for then President Bush and when he mis spoke or made some blunder they would trumpet it as a sign of his stupidity.
Now we have a Democratic President and they refuse to apply the same standards to him that they have been holding up as important measures to judge a President by.
It goes to show you that you can not believe a single thing that a Democrat tells you. Not one thing. People who are unwilling to be honest with themselves can not be honest with anyone. Just assume a Democrat is lying whne the are talking and you will be better off.

[jaime]

"is their complete lack of personal honesty"

Hence the "The Obama's got the Queen a stupid Ipod story", right? Personal honesty. You are knowingly lying about the gift. Because:

a) There was a second (expensive and rare) gift that right wing blogs will not mention because it blows their story and

b) the Palace SUGGESTED the Ipod.

Let me repeat that. THE PALACE SUGGESTED THE IPOD. Every single ounce of this "story" is a lie perpetuated by you ankle biting failures. It does you know good failing at being so petty.

Enjoy the wilderness, losers.

[jaime]

"a carton of kools and the cocoa butter"

Why don't you people just come out and call him a nigger? It's what you are all aching to do. It will free you so much.

Imagine it. Discarding the PC pretence. No more winking about "affirmative action" and the "thugs" in the White House. No more "I didn't know that fried chicken and watermelon were racist. I like fried chicken". You can display your Obama sock monkey with pride!

[heat]

Wow, the N word always pops out of the liberals' mouth first, project much.
Sorta like the church lady who sees sexual inuendo in every daily interaction.

[tom]

I count umpteen people, including the original poster(?) who didn't realize it's April Fools day yesterday.

But then again, given the idiocy shown by the administration thus far, I can see why so many were taken in--every time you think it's gone too far, Obama goes one further.

[jaime]

"Wow, the N word always pops out of the liberals' mouth first, project much."

Right, so the cocoa butter and kool's joke had nothing to do with Obama's race? That's some sweet Willfull Ignorace you've got there.

"every time you think it's gone too far, Obama goes one further."

When Obama shows up to an Auschwitz memorial in a parka and snowboots THEN he'll have gone too far.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43247-2005Jan27.html

Willfull ignorace and conveniently faulty short term memory. The wildnerness must be a scary place for you losers.

[SacTownMan]

The "dude" with the girls name comes through again with another troll favorite.

Racist!!!!!!!

No one here but "loserboy J-Me" has used the "N" word to describe the great Xerxes.

We have called him dumb, stupid, inept, arrogant, a socialist, a "god king", a coke head and a variety of adjectives that still don't come close to describing his complete lack of common sense or knowledge of world affairs.

Nothing but hate to add to the discussion and repeat ad nasium the daily moonbat talking points. You are a sad little troll!

You really are an asshat, but I'm sure you already get that from your shift manager at Taco Bell!

[jaime]

Hey, I didn't come up with "kools and cocoa butter". Your words are on all the internets forever. So when you make a not-so-thinly veiled racist comment about "kools and cocoa butter", you're gonna get called on it. When you say racist shit, you get called a racist, even on a right wing blog. I'm sorry there isn't anywhere safe for you to crack "kools and cocoa butter" jokes. Maybe you can go back to fried chicken and watermelon humor:
http://blogs.suntimes.com/mitchell/watermelon_white_house.jpg

YOUR president embarrased the country for the last 8 years and the idea that you consider Obama devoid of intelligence is laughable. The fact that the Tea Party fetishists have got the vapors about what gifts are given to the QUEEN is just plain sad. And the fact that America told you and you ilk to fuck off the last two elections is uplifting.

[mark l.]

"the idea that you consider Obama devoid of intelligence is laughable."

if completely devoid, his IQ would be zero.
my best guess is that he is about 90-105, average at best.

'57 states' does not inspire confidence.

You could prove me wrong...
fins some grades, entrance exams scores-you know-the things that all previous presidents provided.