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#1142355 - 03/09/09 07:24 PM
Obama gift gaffe!
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So much for repairing our image in the world - President Obama has already hacked off everyone in the United Kingdom by sending back a famous Winston Churchill bust that was given as a gift after 9-11. Then he made matters worse by insulting Prime Minister Brown in a gift exchange. Brown gave President Obama a pen holder carved from the timbers of H.M.S. Resolute, and a first edition of a 7 volume biography of Winston Churchill - but Obama gives Brown the equivalent of a pair of socks. The phony gifts of 25 DVD’S included Raging Bull, Casablanca, Psycho, The Graduate...Wasn't he trying to repair our image in the world? How could he be so stupid?
--Snipped from this mornings Glenn Beck Show-- Thoughts anyone? 
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#1142359 - 03/09/09 07:25 PM
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He should have given each member of the Brown family 50th Anniversary Barbie dolls.
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#1142360 - 03/09/09 07:28 PM
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He was obviously intimidated by a MAN like Churchill.
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#1142362 - 03/09/09 07:29 PM
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This was covered already...I don't recall anyone saying it was an equitable exchange or one worthy of our greatest ally. I do understand that the bust of Churchill was only a "loaner" and not meant to be a permanent gift, but the DVDs we lacking in taste and decorum. What's next, the President of Somalia getting McDonald's gift certificates?
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#1142364 - 03/09/09 07:31 PM
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Yeah, the CD's were kinda hokey...
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#1142367 - 03/09/09 07:33 PM
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Nah! Chic-Fil-A coupons for the Pime Minister of India.
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#1142370 - 03/09/09 07:35 PM
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I do understand that the bust of Churchill was only a "loaner" and not meant to be a permanent gift As I understand it, Brown pleaded with Obama for him to keep it. Even asked him to put it in one of our museums!
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#1142381 - 03/09/09 07:45 PM
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He was obviously intimidated by a MAN like Churchill. I believe the president told PM Brown that he wanted to return the top so the UK could have the complete statute.
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#1142383 - 03/09/09 07:46 PM
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Now if it was a bust of Karl Marx, that would be another story, he would put it in his bedroom.
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#1142398 - 03/09/09 07:59 PM
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I wonder which busts Bill Clinton kept on view?
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#1142406 - 03/09/09 08:03 PM
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I wonder which how many busts Bill Clinton kept on view? Corrected
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#1142454 - 03/09/09 08:51 PM
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I wonder which how many busts Bill Clinton kept on view? Corrected Corrected again!
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#1142569 - 03/10/09 11:38 AM
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I was wondering too about the Obamas' gift to their daughters - the new White House swing set. As I understand the set is made of redwood and cedar. Doesn't that sort of slap the environmentalist lobby in the face? Wouldn't it have been better for him to have a set made out of some sort of composite recycled material?
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