The first time I even knew that Queen Elizabeth was in America when I saw her face poking throught the crowd at the Kentucky Derby. Now, I learn that she visited Premier Bush, and it seemed that all hell broke loose, inside Bush's brain.
I'll quote CNN.com:
"....On the other hand, there was the president suggesting Queen Elizabeth was over 230 years old.The president's slip of the tongue during welcoming speeches was inadvertent, of course, and quickly smoothed over with humor.But it wasn't exactly the flawless effort Bush had hoped would erase memories of the "talking hat" episode during the queen's last U.S. visit.(In 1991, during Bush's father's administration, a too-short lectern left the audience able to see only the queen's hat behind microphones.)The queen, a sprightly 81, gave an embarrassed Bush a gracious nod after he suggested she had celebrated the United States' founding in 1776.He meant to say she had attended 1976 bicentennial festivities.She gave me a look that only a mother could give a child," the president quipped, earning a reserved chuckle from his guest.Later, Laura Bush made her own minor calendar mistake. She flubbed the year that she and her husband attended the state dinner hosted by President Bush in honor of the queen, saying it was in 1993.The president and the queen took markedly different approaches to their formal remarks. Bush focused on the partnership between the United States and Britain in Iraq and against terrorism.
"Your majesty, I appreciate your leadership during these times of danger and decision," he said.
By contrast, the queen said her fifth journey to the United States was an occasion to "step back from our current preoccupations."
In just four minutes, he mentioned "freedom" and "liberty" seven times."
I just wanted to give Bush his gameboy and shunn him off to the next room. Is our president so clueless, so arrogantly stupid that he doesn't even know how to act around TRUE royalty?! (granted, he considers himself royalty) This was such a "Bush" moment I don't know how to even wrap my brain around it. I mean, what more worse could Bush had done? Maybe dress up in a Red Coat uniform and speak in a horrible british accent. Or maybe he could have invited the Sons of the Revolution. Either way, I hope someone from the White House or perhaps a member of the Democratic party got a chance to pull the Queen aside, and say "Sorry, your Majesty, we kinda forgot to keep Bush locked in his playhouse before you arrived. I hope he didn't embarass you too much..."
-Matt
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