re: #70 Fabio P.Barbieri

Good morning, newbie …Your second post!

You know, this is the third UK article I’ve read today that contains the snark re WAB. I’m rubbing my hands in anticipation of the Brits getting a really good head of steam going and then proceed to skewer her in their unique and deadly (but oh-so-polite) manner. It’s already a joy to see.

/Welcome!

Not only did she demonstrate that she spent approximately three seconds contemplating the needs of the Brown boys (having an aide pop to the White House gift shop for a piece of merchandising does not imply a great deal of thought), she appeared to show a most uncharacteristic lapse of judgment.

It might have been possible to overlook the incident were it not for the official photograph.

The White House released one picture of the two women and it does not appear to have been selected with any kind of special relationship in mind. There is a menacing bunch of pink peonies in the foreground and the angle is most unflattering to Mrs Brown, who has the air of a woman very much in need of a stiff drink.

Whether deliberate or not, the whole thing feels like a snub.

As for Fraser and John, their parents’ trip to America will always be remembered as the time that “Mum and Dad went to see the President, and all we got was this lousy plastic helicopter”.