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For Queen and First Lady, Bush Will Try White Tie ( "A towel-snapping Texan" )
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| May 5, 2007
| SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and JIM RUTENBERG
Posted on 05/05/2007 11:20:47 AM PDT by Red Steel
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To: advertising guy
I remember reading somewhere that FDR served hot dogs to visiting English royalty?
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posted on
05/05/2007 12:51:35 PM PDT
by
fzx12345
(ACLU DELENDA EST)
To: Red Steel
I'll take a towel snapping Texan anyday before this:
To: Red Steel
This is the first visit by the queen since 1991, when Mr. Bush’s father was president I guess she too didn't care for the actions of the former White House occupants.
Speaks pretty well of "W" and Laura to have the Queen and her date show up to visit.
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posted on
05/05/2007 1:18:44 PM PDT
by
ThreePuttinDude
() On 9-11 Muslim missionaries came a callin' ()
To: Red Steel
Is this “writer” for the NYT calling the President a towel-snappy head of homeland?
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posted on
05/05/2007 1:22:17 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
("All the News that Fits our Views")
To: undeniable logic
Why does Bush need to prepare to meet the Queen? Why does the Queen not need to prepare to meet the President of the United States? I agree.
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posted on
05/05/2007 1:54:40 PM PDT
by
Krodg
To: cripplecreek
Maybe it’s time for the queen to learn to drink from the bottle or talk with her mouth full.Not that I spend much time following the Royal Family, but more than once I've read that the Queen personally doesn't get nearly as hung up about all this "protocol" stuff as her staff (and much of the rest of her family) does. And even if she did, she'd keep it to herself.
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posted on
05/05/2007 1:57:33 PM PDT
by
Dont Mention the War
(My voting record: Rudy '89, Rudy '93, Rudy '97, Rudy '08. (Why not piss off BOTH sides?))
To: undeniable logic
The President of the United States is far and away the most powerful person on the planet.Power is not everything. Tradition and what comes with it, which includes royalty, trumps power. Her nation has been around for close to 1000 years and may it be so for another 1000 years.
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posted on
05/05/2007 2:00:16 PM PDT
by
billbears
(Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. --Santayana)
To: Red Steel
This is the first time I’ve ever heard of the term “white tie.”
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posted on
05/05/2007 2:00:34 PM PDT
by
Vision
("Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him." Jeremiah 17:7)
To: Red Steel
She’s NOT “The Queen” over here. She’s just an important visiting dignitary of a usually-allied nation. No American should curtsy or bow to her.
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posted on
05/05/2007 2:03:53 PM PDT
by
bannie
To: LaineyDee
bring it on, we cook a zillion chicken fried steaks at a line. In Texas a “Big John” is two chicken fries on the plate.
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posted on
05/05/2007 2:06:05 PM PDT
by
advertising guy
(If computer skills named us, I'd be back-space delete.)
To: SoftballMominVA
gotta have hush puppies and yellow onion slices.
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posted on
05/05/2007 2:06:51 PM PDT
by
advertising guy
(If computer skills named us, I'd be back-space delete.)
To: fzx12345
just for the record. Corn dogs came from the Texas Fair way back in the day
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posted on
05/05/2007 2:08:13 PM PDT
by
advertising guy
(If computer skills named us, I'd be back-space delete.)
To: Red Steel
Someone sounds mad they didn’t get invited?
The Dinosaur sneers disdainfully as he slips beneath the surface of the tar...
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posted on
05/05/2007 2:09:01 PM PDT
by
bray
(The Surge is Working against both Enemies of America)
To: undeniable logic
Why does Bush need to prepare to meet the Queen? Why does the Queen not need to prepare to meet the President of the United States? Isn't it obvious? Those sexists over at the NY Times are clinging to some chivalrous notion that a man should show deference to an older woman. When will those antifeminists realize that women are equal in every way and should be treated accordingly?
To: SoftballMominVA
“Senator Reid isn’t much of a white-tail-at-dinner kind of a guy,” his spokesman, Jim Manley, said.”
There a-havin’ venison!
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posted on
05/05/2007 2:30:03 PM PDT
by
2nd Bn, 11th Mar
(The "P" in Democrat stands for patriotism.)
To: Red Steel
This is the first visit by the queen since 1991, when Mr. Bush’s father was president.Huh....hmmm.....guess she decided to skip the klinton years, eh?
FMCDH(BITS)
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posted on
05/05/2007 2:35:23 PM PDT
by
nothingnew
(I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
To: Red Steel
How does George W. Bush, a towel-snapping Texan who puts his feet on the coffee table, drinks water straight from the bottle and was once caught on tape talking with food in his mouth prepare for a state dinner with the queen? Oh my! Because we surely do believe here in America that queens are closer to G-d than thee!
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posted on
05/05/2007 2:37:55 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
To: Carl LaFong
Drinks water from a bottle!!?? Does this man’s perfidy know no bounds?! We should have the taxpayers support a Presidential Crystal Carrier who will follow Bush around and pour his water from the bottle into a goblet as he bikes or jogs. Mon Dieu.
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posted on
05/05/2007 2:39:28 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
To: KingSnorky
ROFL. My nominee for post of the day!
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posted on
05/05/2007 2:41:34 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
To: Larry Lucido
I loved that movie. And how they presented the Queen with a Revolutionary War Musket. ROFL!
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posted on
05/05/2007 2:43:08 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
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