Thursday, November 20, 2003
Paranoid, Malicious "Leader" Embarrasses U.S., Britain
The awkwardness continued after Bush's toast, when he again picked up his glass to clink with the queen, who stood motionless, waiting for her own national anthem. Bush put his glass back down and, as the orchestra played "God Save the Queen," winked at somebody in the audience.Get it? He likes Coke. He's just a "regular guy." Just an ordinary "American."
[T]he palace made certain accommodations to suit his tastes. The orchestra played "King Cotton," a Sousa march, and "My Heart Will Go On," the theme song from the movie "Titanic." And, just before the guests arrived, the palace butlers placed bottles of Coca-Cola alongside decanters of the queen's port.
[Retch. Gag. Projectile vomit.]
Frightened, suspicious, ugly little man "inspects" guard of honor with impatient sidewise glance