Hypocritical much, Mr. Prez? You're a recovering alcoholic and used to smoke some of the happy grass, and you dare to snub a couple for having been divorced at least once before?3 more years of this shit... ugh.
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| Posted by: nivek Feb 20 2005, 08:56 PM |
| http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=15209578&method=full&siteid=106694&headline=camilla-banned-from-white-house-name_page.html CAMILLA BANNED FROM WHITE HOUSE Feb 20 2005 Dubya bars Camilla from White House ..because she is a divorcee By Paul Gilfeather Political Editor GEORGE Bush has banned Camilla Parker Bowles from the White House - because she is a divorcee. The unprecedented snub has effectively sabotaged Charles's plan to take his bride on a Royal tour of America later this year. The trip would have been the pair's first official tour as a married couple. But the US President - a notoriously right-wing Christian and reformed alcoholic - told aides it was "inappropriate" for him to be playing host to the newly-weds, who are both divorcees. The decision was made even though the late President Ronald Reagan was divorced. A Government insider said: "It was relayed to us from Washington that Mrs Parker Bowles would not be welcome at the White House. "The Americans are aware that the visit will be subject to a lot of media attent ion and did not want the President drawn into what they view to be a public relations exercise. "It's now uncertain if the visit will even go ahead." Insiders point out that hosting a lavish Royal dinner for Charles and Camilla would be bad PR for President Bush because while Princess Diana is still much loved by many Americans, her ex-husband is seen and dull and aloof - and bothhe and Camilla are widely blamed for the break-up of his marriage. The trip, which has been planned for three years, was being portrayed as a "trade mission" and Charles and Camilla were expected to dine with Mr Bush and his wife Laura at the White House. Mr Bush's shock decision is the latest in a sting of crises to hit the couple. Charles was forced to abandon plans for a Windsor Castle wedding on April 8 after he discovered the Royal Family would have to let other couples get married there too. The blunder saw the couple hastily switch the venue to the register office at Windsor Guildhall, sending the Queen into a rage. She summoned Charles to Buckingham Palace and torpedoed his plans for a swanky reception at Windsor Castle. Charles's trip to the US would have been his first State visit to America since Princess Diana's death seven years ago. The prince wants to win acceptance for Camilla and believed the US public might have taken her to their hearts if the visit was planned properly. The source said: "The potential fall-out from this decision could be massive." |
| Posted by: EternalDarkness Feb 20 2005, 09:03 PM |
| Hypocritical much, Mr. Prez? You're a recovering alcoholic and used to smoke some of the happy grass, and you dare to snub a couple for having been divorced at least once before? 3 more years of this shit... ugh. |
| Posted by: spidermonkey Feb 20 2005, 09:06 PM |
As if people from other countries don't have enough reason to hate America    |
| Posted by: Raineshower Feb 20 2005, 09:10 PM |
What????  That's ridiculous!  And I'm a Bush supporter (don't pile on me now). That paper is a rag. |
| Posted by: General Chang Feb 20 2005, 09:38 PM | ||
PIG PILE ON RAINSHOWER!!! |
| Posted by: spidermonkey Feb 21 2005, 09:47 AM | ||||
YEAH!  I'm terrible, what can I say.... |
| Posted by: TexasFreethinker Feb 21 2005, 03:29 PM |
| Some Republicans who should be (or should have been) excluded from the White House under that argument: • Ronald Reagan - divorced the mother of two of his children to marry Nancy Reagan, who bore him a daughter only 7 months after the marriage. • Bob Dole - divorced the mother of his child, who had nursed him through the long recovery from his war wounds. • Newt Gingrich - divorced his wife who was dying of cancer. • Dick Armey - House Majority Leader - divorced • Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas - divorced • Gov. John Engler of Michigan - divorced • Gov. Pete Wilson of California - divorced • George Will - divorced • Sen. Lauch Faircloth - divorced • Rush Limbaugh - Rush and his current wife Marta have six marriages and four divorces between them. • Rep. Bob Barr of Georgia - Barr, not yet 50 years old, has been married three times. Barr had the audacity to author and push the "Defense of Marriage Act." The current joke making the rounds on Capitol Hill is "Bob Barr...WHICH marriage are you defending?!? • Sen. Alfonse D'Amato of New York - divorced • Sen. John Warner of Virginia - divorced (once married to Liz Taylor.) • Gov. George Allen of Virginia - divorced • Henry Kissinger - divorced • Rep. Helen Chenoweth of Idaho - divorced • Sen. John McCain of Arizonia - divorced • Rep. John Kasich of Ohio - divorced • Rep. Susan Molinari of New York - Republican National Convention Keynote Speaker - divorced |
| Posted by: Biggles7268 Feb 22 2005, 04:10 AM | ||
We've found a witch. May we burn her?  |
| Posted by: Reach Feb 22 2005, 07:24 AM |
| Regarding the planned visit, did Bush say that it "was 'inappropriate' for [him] to be playing host to the newly-weds" or did he say it "was 'inappropriate' for [him] to be playing host to the newly-weds" because they were divorced? Big difference. There was outrage, on both continents, over the past behavior of both Charles and Dianna and their assorted lovers over the years, relationships they entertained while they were, in fact, married to each other. I highly doubt that the divorce and remarriage had anything to do with Bush's decision. I'm not a Bush supporter, whatsoever, but I don't believe the decision to not host the new couple was based on something so simplistic and whether one likes him or not, Bush is not that stupid. Paul Gilfeather, as a Political Editor, wrote this as an editorial piece, a statement of his opinion; it's not a news article. |