Dubya & Queenie

[Pawsitive Thinking]

At least HRH knows she's not the only one married to an idiot

[JenBKR]

Then I bet her and Laura Bush will have a lot to talk about

[elizabethann]

I watched C-Span last night because they were covering some of the dinner live. They showed some of the guests arriving and they showed the President, Mrs. Bush, the Queen & her hubby coming down the stairs. They also showed the official toast that both the President and the Queen make.

Now before they got to all of this, C-Span showed past presidents giving their toasts. They were all eloquent and dignified.

Then came Dubya...he was a blithering idiot. You could even hear him say "your turn" to the queen. She got up and did her toast and then Dubya went and clicked her glass, but didn't drink from it. He looked so uncomfortable & out of place next to the queen. I felt embarrassed for him.

[lizbud]

I was praying for him to get through this whole series of events without
goofing something up, but NO WAY. Should have know better.

[Pam]

She got up and did her toast and then Dubya went and clicked her glass, but didn't drink from it. .

That was most likely because the president had a problem years ago with alcohol which everyone knows. I am sure he is firmly *on the wagon* these days and not even a visit from the queen would change that. Of course I laughed at his gaff when he started to say that the queen was around in 1776 but I think he got himself out of that with a bit of humor.

The thing that amazed me with some of the pictures and videos that I have seen is the fact that the queen carries her handbag everywhere. What is that all about? It really looks strange to me. Here she is in an elegant dress complete with her hat and there is that handbag on her arm.

[Logan]

I wondered about the same thing, Pam!!!!

I think "W" did just fine. He is what he is and the Queen gave him "the look" when he blundered in his Rose Garden talk (I think that's where they were). Maybe I like "W" because he is like me, not always finding the right words at the right time.

[elizabethann]

I highly doubt there was alcohol in his glass. What insane person would put alcohol in an alcoholics glass? It could have been apple juice. That's what some people use when they don't want to serve alcohol as their toast "cocktail".

As for the handbag, I thought she had footmen or assistants to carry that around for her.

I wonder what was in it? Lipstick? Cigarettes? Her i.d.?

[wombat2u2004]

At least HRH knows she's not the only one married to an idiot

Poor Phil the Greek....nobody likes him !!!!
Wom

[Edwina's Secretary]

Poor Phil the Greek....nobody likes him !!!!
Wom

Another thing he and W have in common....