Last night I watched the replay of Prince Philip recoiling from Pickles' grasp

[CatWoman]

it was truly a delight to watch.

he said something to her - I don't think it was too kind.

you could see the disgust in his face when she grabbed his arm!!!

:rofl:

[MiniMe]

1. Link please?

[CatWoman]

4. sorry, don't have a link

it was on C-span late last night.

[fasttense]

2. I would love to see that. Do you have a link? n/t

[CatWoman]

18. see post 16

[Virginia Dare]

3. Remember this oldie but goody?

They simply don't have any couth or any respect for ANYONE.

[aquart]

9. The look!

Priceless. Someone needs to put up a gallery of this stuff. Including a shot of George wiping his glasses on the back of the female producer's jacket on Letterman.

[Javaman]

5. And there is the example of royalty and the wanna-be royalty.

:rofl:

[Sukie1941]

6. Who is Pickle?

Sorry, I know alot of politicians have nicknames, but this is one I can't figure out. :blush:

[malta blue]

7. Laura Bush is Pickles

Welcome to DU:hi:

[Ilsa]

10. She's pickled because

she sleeps next to the inebriated one.

Welcome to DU!!!

[Ilsa]

8. They don't understand personal boundaries. They are always

invading other peoples' space because they have no respect for them.

[malaise]

24. I disagree

They understand boundaries, but George and Pickles actually believe that they alone define these boundaries. They do not acknowledge, let alone respect anyone else's boundaries. Maybe Bush is planning to seize the crown jewels then the palaces. Heil the new monarch :puke: :puke:

[RB TexLa]

11. He probably thought her blood is not pure Anglo enough to touch him

[DefenseLawyer]

12. I understand protocol and all

but the idea that one person is "Royal" and as such based on his family tree he is superior to everyone else so it is an affront for someone to touch his arm... sorry, I'm not down with it.

[CatWoman]

14. ok, let's take the "royalty" out of it

I'm one such person who does not like to be touched by scum.

[DefenseLawyer]

15. If he didn't want to interact with them

and if he really thinks they are scum, he shouldn't have agreed to have dinner with them. That's one free meal I would have passed on. As much has I disdain the first family, I have a hard time picking sides between idiots and royals.

[CatWoman]

17. I'm quite sure that in the course of his duties, he's had to deal

with a lot of scum.

Same for the president of France, Prime minister of Canada, Japan, etc.....

And for that matter, most of our NATO allies.

I suppose in the picture in post #3 was the gentleman's fault that Bush tore his jacket, eh?

[DefenseLawyer]

20. Duties?

He's a figurehead husband of a titular head of state. What "duty" was he performing by going to the Kentucky Derby and dining with the chimp? It's hard to compare the Prince to the President of France. One is the elected head of a government, one is uh... not.

[CatWoman]

21. I'm going to let you have the last word on this

as I didn't write the prince's, nor the queen's, job descriptions.

Have a good day.

[WinkyDink]

22. If you want the basics: DON'T TOUCH ME if you don't have a relationship with me. How's that?

[DefenseLawyer]

23. Seems quite insane actually

Being touched on the arm by someone I am having dinner with would not make me yell DON'T TOUCH ME! But that's just me. Damn it, how did I end up defending Laura Bush?

[jean]

13. oh yeah, we really need that video

[CatWoman]

16. video up at CSpan

http://switchboard.real.com/player/email.html?PV=6.0.12&&title=White%20House%20State%20Dinner%20for%20Queen%20Elizabeth%20II&link=rtsp%3A%2F%2Fvideo.c%2Dspan.org%2F60days%2Fwh050707%5Fdinner.rm


you need real player - at the 7:15 mark

:)

[Rosemary2205]

19. Neither of them has any clue about respecting personal space.

They just grab and yank at anyone they please.

[Beausoleil]

25. Billionaire white trash

That's what I thought of watching the pResidential gaffes last night on the MSM evening "news" and how they used the gaffes as the centerpiece of their story, but then tried to spin it as positively as they could. It's like they spend a whole segment describing what the naked emperor is wearing.
I guess money can't buy manners, or taste, or empathy, or ...