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[ErnestM]

Great piece by Delingpole...

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/...

...I would say that the man has captured the essence of the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

[Cheese Mechanic]

Its a good article.

It was interesting, if a little annoying, to see the yanks get conned by polished spin and lies, just the same way we were here, by Blair and the other control freak liars.

[Digga]

Yes, the tactic of vaccuous tts everywhere is to desperately latch onto some tenuous link to a proper identity. And the red carpets and bunting travel is the go-to distraction for any premier failling miserably with their day job.

Dellingbole is probably also right that Obama doesn't much care for the UK, but as we potentailly head towards the scene of our next default, putting the "special relationship" under a more distanced and cold scrutiny might not be such a bad idea for us. Lets face it, even when Unle Sam was our best mate, post WW2, he properly shafted us with the reparations deal.

[Zod]

I agree that this is a ridiculous stunt by Obama.

Delingpole, however, is an absurd little polemicist. He used to be a sensible commentator of the right and a good music reviewer. At about the time he mutated into a polemicist, Radiohead, the band he had hitherto showered with praise, released Kid A. He could not cope with it and it did something to his mind. Since then, both his music reviews and his political writing became plain silly.

As an example, in that article he suggests (he doesn't state it) that Obama calls himself Al-Barak Hussein Obama to reach out to the Muslim world. In fact, the only people ever to have used that bdisation of his name are the moronic "birthers" in the US.

[Balmoral Green]

It is bloody funny though, even being black is no bar to a US President claiming Irish blood

[Irish]

There's no one as Irish as Barack Obama...or so the song goes.

[Balmoral Green]

At least he downed it, unlike her Maj, but look at that pinky?

[Zod]

Irish said:

There's no one as Irish as Barack Obama...or so the song goes.

At least he's drinking his pint (unlike the Queen and Prince Philip last week).

[Irish]

Does't want to leave the bar apparently:



Diageo and the Tourist Board are LOVING this.

[Sheets Tabuer]

He can't be Irish, he's had one pint and hasn't started a fight

[bobbylondonuk]

He cant be muslim now considering how quick that pint went down!

[Digga]

bobbylondonuk said:

He cant be muslim now considering how quick that pint went down!

You've obviously never been in a Muscat hotel bar the night after the festival of Eid - the end of Ramadan.

[turbobloke]

Delingpole can't be diagnosed in such general terms.

He's not wrong over AGW and Obama.

[AstonZagato]

For a trip with so much planning, this is a monumental cock-up. Someone is going to lose their job:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKym-Zi3mOQ

Presidential limo gets stuck at the embassy

[MonkeyHanger]

Zod said:

At least he's drinking his pint (unlike the Queen and Prince Philip last week).

Ah but did he?


When Mad old Dubya came to meet Phoney Tony in Sedgefield, much was made of the Warmonger-In-Chief having a traditional pub lunch...It was actually shipped in from elsewhere, so the jungle drums said at the time.

[petemurphy]

AstonZagato said:

For a trip with so much planning, this is a monumental cock-up. Someone is going to lose their job:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKym-Zi3mOQ

Presidential limo gets stuck at the embassy

just watched that on bbcnews hilarious!!

[Mr_B]

Wonder how much its cost ireland to have the Queen and Barack in town for a few days.

[jmorgan]

What the heck is this brown noser going on about? (sky news)

[Eric Mc]

That's the Taosiseach (God help us all).

One word summed up the Queen's visit - dignity.

Two words sum up Obama's visit - cringe-making.

[Trommel]

His wife is more annoying than he is.