Obama snubs British prime minister: UK angered, US shamed!

[Pyrgusfinn]

At least not for another four years, providing you are old enough to vote by then.

very true.

random side story:
I missed being able to vote by less than a month.  I was like... dang.

[darkphantomime]

I voted Absentee. Absentee is about the only way to go if you're in college.

[Hi no Seijin]

Also, if you could vote but didn't, then you don't really have any right to complain about what the president is doing.  It's why you're not going to see me complain about Obama.  Supposing I paid close attention to politics in the first place.

[DW]

He's barely in office 2 months and you guys are already making a big fuss over the little things that don't really matter.

[/what the American media can't seem to get straight]

Americans are stupid. During the campaign everyone focused on stupid things, and we're still focusing on the stupid things.

[DarkZelda]

God bless America.
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[Gamefreak]

God bless America.
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That was a bit uncalled for, don't you think?

[alical]

Why was it uncalled for?

Gordon Brown wouldn't complain, he has got MUCH bigger things to worry about. What with the whole of Britain being in "financial meltdown" and what not. They're even privatising part of Royal Mail =(
Plus he has David Cameron waiting for him to slip up.
I hate David Cameron, or rather, I hate David Cameron's political views.

I hadn't even heard about it, I don't believe we're feeling particuarly snubbed. I'm cool with it.

[Gamefreak]

He's barely in office 2 months and you guys are already making a big fuss over the little things that don't really matter.

Not saying it makes him any more or less good as a President, but even you have to agree it wasn't the best idea.

But if you'd like to discuss stuff that does matter, I'm all up for it.

[DW]

I think it's a lot more practical than a pen holder.

I mean, yeah it's made of some rare stuff. But it's still a pen holder.

I just think the presents are really unimportant in the grand scheme of things. Hitler didn't kill Jews over a DVD box set.

[Mysterious F.]

I think it's a lot more practical than a pen holder.

I mean, yeah it's made of some rare stuff. But it's still a pen holder.

I just think the presents are really unimportant in the grand scheme of things. Hitler didn't kill Jews over a DVD box set.

The pen holder was from a ship that was the sister ship of the ship that would later be chopped up to make the desk in the Oval Office.

Obviously, they put a lot of thought into the pen holder.

But the thing most of you don't really seem to be getting is that previous president's have given gifts that have much thought in them, both historically and emotionally (like the pen holder). Obama didn't seem to think at all. (Wait, don't we have people in the gov to stop things like this from happening?)

Additionally, the prime minister was also refused a joint interview with Obama and an official state dinner, long traditions with such meetings.

[darkphantomime]

Good, God Whocares, you're trolling again. The president is extremely busy in this time of crisis, do you think he'll have the time, dedication or energy for any of these pleasantries? Do you really think he didn't give any thought to his gifts? To say that is to completely gloss over what he's doing, what's going through his mind over what needs to be done.

So what if he makes this little error? The man has been in office barely 2 months and you're taking this like he's a bad president already!

Besides, didn't they always say that when one gets a gift, to say "It's the thought that counts"?

Do you think they even care about this small gift? Either party? They've got more important things to worry about, rather than going over this simple little human error. Besides, it's not like Region 2 DVDs are commonly sold in US stores.

[Hi no Seijin]

Well, I wouldn't say Whocares is trolling, but it does seem a bit ignorant of him to not realize that Obama has bigger issues to deal with.

[Gamefreak]

Yeah, I'm not even all to serious about this story.

It was a dumb move, but I'm pretty sure the Prime Minister will forgive him if he fixes the economic crisis.

[Mysterious F.]

The thing is, when you're a world leader, so many things that don't really seem to be important do matter very much.

I'll ask this again: Aren't there people whose job is to make sure things like this don't happen? Where were they?

[Darth Wyndisis]

I don't know, but whoever they are they probably don't get paid as much as the people in government who do the things that matter more.