"I'm having a bad day."
Posted on 05/24/2011 5:00:58 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Awkward Moment During Obama Toast to Queen
May 24, 2011 5:32 PM
The president and the orchestra at Buckingham Palace this evening were a bit out of synch.
When the president toasted the Queen the orchestra misunderstood a pause and what seemed to be a cue from the president for “God Save the Queen” to begin playing.
“Ladies and gentlemen please stand with me and raise your glasses as I propose a toast,” the president said, putting down his note cards and grabbing his glass. “To her majesty the Queen.”
The president paused, the guests stood, and the orchestra prepared to play.
But the president wasn’t done speaking.
“The vitality –“ the president said before the orchestra began.
Then the familiar tune – you might know it better as “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” – started up.
The president kept going: “ -- of the special relationship between our peoples and for the words of Shakespeare to this blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England,” the president said as the awkward moment played out.
The Queen looked ahead as the UK anthem played.
“To the Queen,” the president finally said.
He lifted his glass to her, she smiled a bit uncomfortably.
But because the song was playing, no one drank from his or her glass, including the president, who put his glass down on the table.
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LOL
"I'm having a bad day."
He is such a freakin amateur
His security nickname should be “village idiot”
Well, thank goodness it wasn’t Bush. Then it would have been really embarrassing!
Wow, he is really an idiot.
Doofus in Chief.
He’s such an idiot.
Imagine if President Bush did that- it would be wall to wall for days on TV.
I hate this media...............
enebriated
These people could drown in a sea of air. Never has there been such a cluster.... in the White House.
I thought his moose-wife stood up and took a bow when he toasted “the queen”...
If he were a run of the mill muck muck, instead of a so-called leader, I would almost feel sorry for him.
Hey someone remind me how spending 2 nights at Buckingham Palace is part of his LASER LIKE FOCUS ON JOBS.
Which is why I want to raise my children rather than let the village do it:=
WTG, son!
Keep embarrassing us at every turn, you turd!
He thinks it was an error. Perhaps the Queen had an ipod’s worth of his speeches, should she need to hear his voice some other day, some other time.
Is it possible for this fool to go anywhere without note cards and/or teleprompters? If things don't go as (he) planned, he's unable to improvise.
obama is a moron......what a surprise.
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