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Obama’s State Visit To UK Photos And Gaffes: 2008 And A Musical Hiccup

by | 25th, May 2011

IT’S Day 2 of Barack Obama’s trip to the UK. Anyone watching on the BBC will know that the special relationship is now an essential relationship, The One thinks it is 2008 – he dated his signature in a guestbook at Westminster Abbey “2008” – and has his own background music – he toasted “The Queen“, thus triggering the Scots Guards to play the national anthem, and then began quoting Shakespeare.

This, says the BBC, is not a sign that Obama is as stooopid as, say, George Bush, but the victim of a “hiccup“.

It was also the soldiers’ fault:

The string orchestra of the Scots Guard mistakenly began playing the British national anthem before the president had finished his address during a banquet at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday night.

Meanwhile, Sam Cam and Michelle O made salads and the husbands did the burgers and ribs at the Downing Street barbecue. No pretzels were served. You can’t be too careful…

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US President Barack Obama inspects the guard of honour 1st battalion Scots Guards, during the ceremonial welcome by Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh in the garden of Buckingham Palace as part of the Obama's state visit to the UK and Ireland.



Posted: 25th, May 2011 | In: Politicians Comment | TrackBack | Permalink