Posted by
Bill Crawford on Thursday, June 11, 2009 4:53:43 PM
Quick note here: after spending a week abroad apologizing for American arrogance, our President was taking press questions in Germany. He was asked about being invited to dinner with French President Sarkozy and wives, and turning them down.
Barrack laughed all of this off. "Don't read anything into it", he said. His itinerary was loaded up, and it was a declination based purely on scheduling issues.
Then, on his last day in France, he and Michelle visited a private restaurant in Paris for a cozy dinner. While it is refreshing to see him keep his marriage batteries charged, he didn't think there would be a line of paparazzi outside the window to tell the world that he told the Sarkozy's to take their invitation and stick it where there is no sunlight?
This is the man who wanted to take the world by storm with a surge of diplomacy? What purpose does a snub like that serve? Is there anybody on his staff who will tell him he is acting retarded again?
Then again, if there was, the Vice President would be walking around with a sock in his mouth. So, I guess not.