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To: AmishDude

There is nothing he can do that is right in their eyes. Talking about making a mountain out of a mole hile.
I thought it was kind of funny.
Honestly, shes lucky that we even let her in the country.


19 posted on 05/08/2007 6:32:52 PM PDT by Holicheese (I love shrimp and grits.)
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To: Holicheese
The funny thing is how these stories just get repeated uncritically. I was looking for the source of the infamous "black sheep" gaffe. Well, it seems to be a part of a biography of Barbara Bush (W's mom) by someone named Pamela Kilian.

Here's what I got from a blog:
Barbara delivered that same glare when he first crossed paths with Her Majesty. That was in 1991. Poppy was hosting a state dinner at the White House, and young George -- who wore cowboy boots for the occasion -- had to be seated somewhere close to Virginia. Barbara Bush, in her memoir, said "our Texas son" was not allowed to say one word to the queen to avoid embarrassing the family with an inopportune wisecrack.

Then, to her horror, he let one slip.

According to Pamela Killian's Barbara bio, the queen asked Bush if he were the black sheep of the family and he admitted, "I guess so." To his mother's horror, Bush then asked, "Who's yours?"

Killian says that Barbara stepped in and said, "Don't answer that," while The New York Times reports the queen got in a tart, “None of your business.”

Apparently, the British press, and now others, are accepting this story uncritically even though it sounds absurd. Think about it: Barbara putting down Texas, George behaving in this way, despite the fact that by 1991, he was quite a serious guy, a father of school-aged girls. The portrayal of George is just ludicrous and parodic. But most of all, can you imagine Queen Elizabeth II even getting upset about such a thing, let alone uttering "none of your business"? "None of your business"???

It's insane, and they just throw it around as fact. You also have the story that took two pictures and tried to portray the (horrors!) wink as an assassination attempt.

These Brit lefty journalists are royalists now? Just imagine if Bill Clinton did such a thing. He probably did worse, but nobody cared.

39 posted on 05/08/2007 6:56:20 PM PDT by AmishDude (It doesn't matter whom you vote for. It matters who takes office.)
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