Re: Obamas not invited to wedding

wulfit <wulfit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:
: "Donald4564" <dbinks@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: On Dec 19, 12:33 am, "wulfit" <wul...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:> The link below is allegedly about the Obamas not being invited and that it
:> is therefore (allegedly) a snub. Of course there's no way of knowing what
:> went on behind the scenes, and it may be by mutual agreement that the
:> Obamas
:> are not going. The president usually has more important things to do
:> anyway. What is more intriguing is the poll attached to the link -
:> supposedly, over 80% of respondents believe the Obamas should not be
:> invited. I wonder why there is such a strong feeling about it? Do people
:> in the UK have something against the Obamas? Although it is not a state
:> occasion, William and Kate will be king and queen one day, so it must be
:> up
:> there with the important events of 2011.
:>
:> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1339315/President-Obama-snubb...
:>
:> I'd also be willing to bet that Princess Fergie won't be invited. Until
:> her
:> recent travails, she may have stood a fighting chance, but since she has
:> been profoundly putting her foot in her mouth again, no way. Of course she
:> has a history of putting her foot in her mouth, and for a while there she
:> was also putting it in other peoples' mouths, but that no longer appears
:> to
:> be the case. On the other hand, she could always flog the rights to the
:> wedding, subject to a finders' fee. Louis Epstein, would you invite her if
:> you were in charge?
:
: I daresay it's a case of inviting whomsoever you desire to your
: wedding. Does the Prince William actually know the Obamas on an
: intimate friendly basis? Does Ms. Middleton? If they don't then why
: should they invite them? This is not to be a State occasion so the
: State does not have a say in inviting the usual poobahs who clutter up
: such events.
:
: Regards
: Donald BInks
: ---------------------------------------
: I don't disagree with you, on the grounds that it isn't a state occasion,
: although I think it odd that a US president is not invited to the wedding of
: a future king of the UK (note, I did not say king of England, as so many
: would, including David Cameron while he was at the recent FIFA bash, and he
: of all people should know better).

Perhaps he was forecasting the dissolution of the Union
prior to the prospective Accession of William V.

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