…what could the Ambassador to England have on his schedule that is more important than attending a celebration and commemoration of a US president? Isn’t this, in part, part of the job? When a foreign country goes out of its way to honor your country, doesn’t that give you a unique leverage that should be capitalized on? Doesn’t it follow that the only way to capitalize on it is to actually be there?(H/T: Instapundit)
From all reports, Susman was not sick, stricken with illness or involved in a really intense game of Farmville. He simply didn’t show up, as the representative of the United States, to an event honoring one of the greatest presidents in US history. Susman didn’t show up to honor the long standing relationship that the US and Great Britain have; one that solidified in World War II, and was made stronger through the Cold War and its eventual end…
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Barack Obama and his thanes: continuing to make Jimmy Carter look like Talleyrand
Or maybe even Metternich. U.S. Ambassador to the U.K. skips ceremony honoring Ronald Reagan.
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This administration is such an embarrassment. I am appalled at the gauche behavior of these supposedly BRILLIANT people.
Not surprised, mind you - just appalled.
Oh, well. Reagan was just a second rate, minor player traveling the world making pronouncements, pretending to be the Leader of the Free World.
No, wait. Sorry, that's Barack Obama!
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Yeah, I guess they don't want to draw too much attention to that.
Well, come on. Now that His Majesty Barack The First is in office, we don't need to bother about all those old dead white men who weren't nearly as good a president as Himself, do we?
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