If the snub of British PM Gordon Brown at the hands of President Obama and his wife weren’t enough, now British Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O’Donnell is saying that Downing Street is finding it “unbelievably difficult” to get hold of officials from Obama’s administration. British officials can’t seem to ever get past the administration’s answer machines as they call here to try and coordinate plans for the coming G20 summit.
In frustration O’Donnell said that that when he tries to get in touch with key members of Obama’s Treasury Department “there is nobody there.” The phones ring and nobody answers or they get messages and that is all. “You cannot believe how difficult it is,” O’Donnell told participants at a civil service conference.
While the Obama Administration ducks the Brit’s phone calls, the U.S. media also seems to be ignoring this story as they’ve widely ignored several of the stories that detail the new administration’s offhanded treatment of our closest ally.
Attempting to re-spin O’Donnell’s pique, Downing Street replied by reiterating that the relationship between Britain and the Obama administration is perfectly fine. Officials also claimed that O’Donnell was critiquing the American system of replacing key officials with each new administration.
The Old Media in this country, though, seems uninterested in this story. This isn’t surprising because they’ve been systematically ignoring many of the stories coming from England detailing the deteriorating relations between the Obama administration and British representatives.
First Obama dissed the Brits by summarily returning her generous loan of a bust of Churchill to adorn the Oval Office. Along with the gift gaffes that Michelle and Barack perpetrated when the Brown’s visited and the Obama official that told British authorities that they weren’t “special” to the U.S., this story is all over the European media but is not making much of a splash on this side of the Atlantic.
One has to wonder why the Old Media in the U.S. is not too interested in these stories of how Obama is dissing the Brits? Could it be that President Obama is not living up to the campaign promise that he’d “fix” our international relations and that truth does not appeal to the delicate sensibilities of the U.S. media?
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Who's surprised?
spinoneone Thursday, March 12th at 5:27AM EST (link)Recall the Obamamessiah is “tired” and “overworked.” Youngest president since Kennedy, and it shows. His staff is a bunch of incompetent morons [I repeat myself] with absolutely no experience in handling anything larger than a five person community organizer’s office. I doubt they even bothered to ask the State Department about past events and what the usual protocol was. Oh well, O is much more interested in getting along with the Arab dictators and Islamic terrorists than he is with any of the European crowd.
What?
Warner Todd Huston (Diary) Thursday, March 12th at 5:50AM EST (link)Incompetent morons? Ohhhh, you mean Democrats.
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6eorge Jetson (Diary) Thursday, March 12th at 7:41AM EST (link)Maybe the Brits need to deploy their warships
Greg (Diary) Thursday, March 12th at 5:56AM EST (link)to circle a US carrier group… The Brits would then get a direct phone call from Secretary of Stated….
Geitner's the only one working at treasury and he doesn't
Brian Hibbert (Diary) Thursday, March 12th at 5:56AM EST (link)have time to answer the phone. This snub is entirely unintentional and meerly due to the lack of staff and the treasury secretary working 25 hours a day trying to fix our economic crisis.
Did I mention there’s a crisis right now? So much of a crisis that even Obam,a can’t take time out from his busy schedule of basketball crisis management to help find more people to work at treasury.
Just saying it’s not intentional.
It’s incompetence.
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you expect Libs in the Govt to work?
JLenardDetroit (Diary) Thursday, March 12th at 6:35AM EST (link)They no longer have to make their Mortgage payments (and the like) anymore now that Obama was elected… nor do they have to even PRETEND to work at their Govt job anymore… they just stay on the payroll and collect the Paycheck… amazing any Govt office functions (and shame they do)!
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There I go again, letting my conservative values show.
Brian Hibbert (Diary) Thursday, March 12th at 7:17AM EST (link)Yes I expect them to work. Silly me. I should know better than to project my own value system onto the libs.
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But do you expect them to pay their taxes?
ss396 Thursday, March 12th at 10:22AM EST (link)(n/t)
If you pay someone to sit on his butt, you can’t be surprised when he does.
Lights may be on but nobody home
daves_not_here (Diary) Thursday, March 12th at 8:30AM EST (link)14 key positions unfilled. If I remember correctly, they would basically be Geithner’s direct reports. If the answering machines on the empty desks are picking up (so said the Brits), does that mean that no one has been designated to handle the responsibilities of those key reports on an interim basis? The answering machines are still responding, so someone may be listening to the messages (or at least deleting them periodically), but evidently no one has enough interim authority to take the calls.
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14 key positions unfilled?
GCBWI (Diary) Thursday, March 12th at 5:42PM EST (link)Can’t The One find any more tax-avoiders to whom he owes political favors?
Positions unfilled... Good, eliminate some of the positions PERMANENTLY
JLenardDetroit (Diary) Thursday, March 12th at 6:33PM EST (link)I know many Republicans find it handy to use the “unfilled positions” argument to bust ObamaBinBiden upside the head over (which any shot at them isn’t a bad thing) but…. Frankly, I think we should be using these issues to address the Permanent structure. Obviously, there are people that work there on a permanent basis – What the Heck are the responsibilities? Not withstanding my comment about Libs no longer feeling the need to bother to show up and work above, Departments go through this EVERY Administration change and we don’t seem to have had this big a problem!!! There is (as many are speculation and/or pointing out) something much more going on here. But as for all these under-Secretary, under-Director, underwear
, etc… posts – Some of them should be eliminated!!
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I sooooo missed an opportunity there...
JLenardDetroit (Diary) Thursday, March 12th at 6:39PM EST (link)I made the underwear pun (above) and then didn’t take it to the ultimate punchline… better late then never, so….. Clinton admin made underwear optional, for the female interns anyway….
yep, not as funny this way
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“Romney [No, not my first choice] does NOT have a MORMON problem. He has a, far too many Americans; these days; are MORONS problem!”
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I even put that basketball underneath my pillow
6eorge Jetson (Diary) Thursday, March 12th at 8:48AM EST (link)Maybe that’s why I can’t sleep at night
Basketball Jones
on the eve of March Madness you give us Obama Basketball Jones. I love it. nt
pilgrim (Diary) Thursday, March 12th at 8:55AM EST (link).
As Dennis Miller Said on the Treasury Department
Swamp_Yankee (Diary) Thursday, March 12th at 9:02AM EST (link)…. the Treasury Department organizational flow chart looks a lot like the unabomber’s organizational flow chart. Ba Da Bing.
Leave Geithner alone
Common_Cents (Diary) Thursday, March 12th at 1:10PM EST (link)He’s busy doing his taxes.
Obama=Golfer in Chief, Leading from,
behind, the Back Nine.Leaders don’t create movements. Movements create leaders. Get involved. Your future depends on it.
Govt “invests” YOUR tax money for POLITICAL return rather than economic return.
When do Brits realize that Obama doesn't like them very much?
Rod_Patrick (Diary) Thursday, March 12th at 6:08AM EST (link)CNN and the rest of the MSM drumbeated the idea that Gordon Brown, like Tony Blair, is also Bush’s Best Friend Forever (BFF). The Democrats, through MSM, really hated Bush for saying this piece in a WH newser with Brown:
Brown should realize that since his successful BFF meeting with Bush, he has been one of the targets of “Hate Bush Movement”. I don’t think he’s naive enough NOT to know how Barack Obama got elected as President:
The One had the most convincing “Hate Bush” soundbite that the Dems and libs love so much.
Not to discount the hate bush
redneck_hippie (Diary) Thursday, March 12th at 7:43PM EST (link)factor, but my takeaway on this diplomatic faux pas is that The One has a completely different list of winners and losers than most previous US presidents.
The spread of freedom around the world is counterproductive to the goal of government being the lifeblood of all human activity. The One believes The State is the arbitor of all good versus evil. What The State says is good is what matters. The individual isn’t expected to have any say in the matter. Were this not so school vouchers would be freely available, and so on and so on, etc ad nauseum.
55555! -nt
Rod_Patrick (Diary) Thursday, March 12th at 9:28PM EST (link)Joke of the day.
Sharp_Right_Turn Thursday, March 12th at 6:30AM EST (link)What’s the difference between Jesus and Obama?
Jesus could put a cabinet together.
Send the Brits a "Thank You" card and apology note....
JLenardDetroit (Diary) Thursday, March 12th at 7:20AM EST (link)British Embassy
3100 Massachusetts Ave.
Washington DC 20006
Send them a Thank You card with a note (or a Letter if you want to have a longer detail) to let them know WE APPRECIATE OUR SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM and that we apologize for the MORON that LIED his way to the Presidency of the United States’ behavior!
You may also wish to let the UK Telegraph (covering this well) your sentiments:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk
email comments/letters: dtletters@telegraph.co.uk
Glenn Beck will be covering this again…. he wants the Cards/Letters to pile up!
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“Conservative by choice, Republican by necessity”
“You can lead a Liberal to the Truth/Facts, but you cannot make them THINK!”
“Romney [No, not my first choice] does NOT have a MORMON problem. He has a, far too many Americans; these days; are MORONS problem!”
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We can also
Wayne (Diary) Thursday, March 12th at 6:58PM EST (link)send any unwanted DVD coupons from Netflix, Blockbuster, Bogo, Walmart or Target to DC.
Send them to:
Secretary of State Clinton
c/o the 0
1600 Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, D.C. 20012
It should be addressed to Hil, as she is supposed to deal with our allies/adversaries, and it’ll let the Obamunist know how we feel.
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and the Post Office needs the business (nt)
JLenardDetroit (Diary) Thursday, March 12th at 7:22PM EST (link)Regards from NoMoTown (the MOTORlessCITY)
“Liberals, looking to do for? America what they’ve done for? Detroit! which is DESTROY IT!”
“I think, therefore I am Conservative”
“Conservative by choice, Republican by necessity”
“You can lead a Liberal to the Truth/Facts, but you cannot make them THINK!”
“Romney [No, not my first choice] does NOT have a MORMON problem. He has a, far too many Americans; these days; are MORONS problem!”
Follow @JLenardDetroit
(RS:Help) (JLD) (Hollyweird) (Brain-deads) (SPIN-cycle) (Obamaocare) (Party of kNOw) (Conservatism) (TEApeats) (respectful) (message) (Warning: Children Will Die!!)
Heil “O” Hell No Obamao is NOT MY PRESIDENT! “No U won’t”
I want “O” to FAIL (here, here, & whole Diary (Ofail) here, is why)
“The first Liberal was Satan” – a Rush caller (other Quotes)
Not to worry. I found him. Obama can be contacted at
6eorge Jetson (Diary) Thursday, March 12th at 7:37AM EST (link)Logic Barry???
angryred Thursday, March 12th at 9:36AM EST (link)Why is Barry bending over backward to make friends with our enemies, and working just as hard to make enemies out of our friends?
1-20-13 Hope for Change
Is that a pre-approved Question? Haha!. nt
barry915barry (Diary) Thursday, March 12th at 9:41AM EST (link)ha ha
angryred Thursday, March 12th at 10:31AM EST (link)I thought someone would comment on my use of the phrase “bending over”
1-20-13 Hope for Change
The Obama administration in a nutshell...
harlan Thursday, March 12th at 10:14AM EST (link)Brits: “…there is nobody there.”
Me: There is no “there” there.
Keep the "Change."
Sharp_Right_Turn Thursday, March 12th at 1:00PM EST (link)So let me get this straight. We just sent $900 million to Hamas but we sent 25 DVDs (retail list value est. $400) to the our strongest and longest standing allies, Great Britain?
It’s going to be a long 4 years.
This is what happens...
navychick1993 Thursday, March 12th at 3:10PM EST (link)when you aren’t ready for prime time. How embarassing!
Ignorance comes in all shapes, sizes and colors.