US media praises Barack Obama's performance - but Gordon Brown is just a bit player

[T_i_B]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/g20-summit/5092985/G20-summit-US-media-praises-Barack-Obamas-performance---but-Gordon-Brown-is-just-a-bit-player.html

CNN and Fox News turned to British journalists on their staff to analyse the meeting, with particular attention paid to the President's double-handed grip on the Queen as he greeted her and Mrs Obama's hand on her hostess's back. Both actions were deemed minor breaches of etiquette.

Sean Hannity, an outspoken conservative commentator on Fox, portrayed the G20 summit as the latest stage of America's embrace of what he calls socialism under Mr Obama. He derided the President's present of an iPod, saying the "gift gaffe is emblematic of the administration's inability to deal with the rest of the world".

But Larry King, CNN's veteran showbusiness interviewer, hosted a panel of British and American guests - including the Queen's former spokesman Dickie Arbiter and Channel 4 broadcaster June Sarpong - who positively gushed over how the Obamas were performing.

Gordon Brown appeared as a bit player in US reports that focused on the First Lady's glamour and ever-changing wardrobes and the President's packed schedule.

[BlooInBloo]

1. hahahah! Trying to make Mrs Obama out to be a Paris Hilton or something!

:rofl:

"ever-changing wardrobes" - you mean like she changes her clothes every fucking day?

:rofl:

[flor de jasmim]

2. Probably 3-4 outfits a day, but that's normal for protocol

Morning dress, afternoon dress and evening dress have different protocol standards.

[Captain Hilts]

3. Women have to fight against that shit. Really. The head usher at the White House..

under the Roosevelts thought Eleanor a barbarian because she sometimes wore the same dress ALL DAY!!!!!!!!!!!

[Captain Hilts]

4. Brown's banking system sure as hell isn't a "bit player." nt