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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: bijou on March 05, 2009, 11:49:25 AM
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It was all going so well. The dresses, the brains, the Vogue cover shoot – everything so far about Michelle Obama has left us wide-mouthed in admiration. It seemed there was no end to her fabulousness. Then Mr and Mrs Brown came to stay.
Like all good guests, Sarah Brown arrived bearing gifts for the children, Malia and Sasha. And they were really nice presents. A bit of thought had clearly gone into choosing them: Top Shop dresses (with matching necklaces) and a selection of books by British authors. Lovely.
Mrs Brown may have two boys but she certainly knows the way to a little girl’s heart. These were gifts chosen in the true spirit of present-giving: to please the recipient, not the giver.
In return Mrs Obama gave the Brown children, Fraser and John, two toy models of Marine One, the Presidential helicopter. Fair enough on the helicopter part, always a popular choice with small boys; but Marine One? It’s not as though anyone needs reminding that Barack Obama is President or that he has his own helicopter. Short of giving the boys Action Man models of her own husband smiting the evil forces of neoconservatism, Mrs Obama’s gesture could not have been more solipsistic or more inherently dismissive of Mrs Brown.
Not only did she demonstrate that she spent approximately three seconds contemplating the needs of the Brown boys (having an aide pop to the White House gift shop for a piece of merchandising does not imply a great deal of thought), she appeared to show a most uncharacteristic lapse of judgment.
It might have been possible to overlook the incident were it not for the official photograph.
The White House released one picture of the two women and it does not appear to have been selected with any kind of special relationship in mind. There is a menacing bunch of pink peonies in the foreground and the angle is most unflattering to Mrs Brown, who has the air of a woman very much in need of a stiff drink.
Whether deliberate or not, the whole thing feels like a snub.
As for Fraser and John, their parents’ trip to America will always be remembered as the time that “Mum and Dad went to see the President, and all we got was this lousy plastic helicopterâ€.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5848073.ece
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she appeared to show a most uncharacteristic lapse of judgment
Doesn't sound uncharacteristic to me
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I'm a terrible gift buyer. Indecisive, have made way off guesses. Ugh.
But, if I recall Mrs. O has quite a large staff and I bet one of them could have found something more appropriate. And, if this was the work of a staffer...
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But, if I recall Mrs. O has quite a large staff and I bet one of them could have found something more appropriate. And, if this was the work of a staffer...
True. Some of the staff are probably more intuitive and have more class. But I think I see a pattern here. My guess is that this is an intentional 'rub'. Just like when they had the bust of Winston Churchill removed. And when King Stinky gave dvd's to somebody who is legally blind (Prime Minister Brown) and even if he could watch them they were made to be viewed in America (code 1), not Europe (code 2). An isolated incident would be one thing, but this ...
Sorry, doesnt pass the smell test.
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Is this the same woman that said in the first time in her life, she was proud of America/to be an American, back only in 2008????
So,....you've only been proud of America for almost 3 years now? You piece of garbage, get out of this Country. :argh:
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She should have paid attention to how Laura Bush acted then she would know how a FLOTUS should act.
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She should have paid attention to how Laura Bush acted then she would know how a FLOTUS should act.
She could study the former first Lady for the rest of her Sasquash-stompin' days; Me-shell will never acquire grace, sophistication or an ounce of fashion sense.
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New meanings ...
It seems the first linebacker has changed FLOTUS, to mean something found ... in the toilet?
And the Comeback Kid?
In Stinkeys case that's the same as a plugged up toilet. Sometimes you have to flush again or get the plunger.
These 2 are both in the tank.