Posted on 10/13/2001 5:04:47 PM PDT by Walkin Man
I can imagine some mayors would have reacted differently. They would have gone into hiding. Rudy showed real courage and real leadership when it was really needed. He had the freedom to move around and speak in a way Bush could not. I'm glad he was there.
Notwithstanding the actions of her family, HRH has more class in her pinky finger than most elected officials could ever dream of in an entire lifetime. 4 years ago during her arrival for the celebrations of the 500th anniversary of John Cabot's (or Giovanni Caboto's) discovery of Canada, she went out of her way to greet the Aboriginal delegation, which was not invited, but came to quietly remind that with the arrival of the Europeans came the extinction of the Newfoundland Beothuk and the beginning of the displacement and marginalization of Native Peoples. While the politicians awkwardly ignored them, the Queen went right to Ovide Mercredi, leader of the Assembly of First Nations, to tell him how happy she was that they came.
IMO, as long as she sits on the throne, the republican movement in Canada will not gain an inch. She is my head of state.
The Queen remembers the Blitz well. Buckingham Palace copped a few.
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