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 A Shakespeare Refresher for President ObamaPosted on May 25, 2011
He didn’t say he was a jelly doughnut, but President Obama wasn’t quite up to snuff during his visit to Buckingham Palace on Tuesday night. First, there was the matter of his talking over “God Save the Queen” during his toast to Queen Elizabeth II, and then, as New York Post film critic Kyle Smith argued Wednesday on his own blog, a reference he made to England from Shakespeare’s “Richard II” as he raised his glass was not complimentary in the original text. Or was it? Fans of iambic pentameter, click on the link below and decide for yourselves.
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By hrayovac, May 27, 2011 at 6:55 pm Link to this comment
All right, you don’t need me here..I just registered at Truthdig so I could get some
Report thisviewpoints I don’t get at AolHuffpost, the devil corporate behemoth bent on taking
away your bongs. But do you people keep up with the news or do you only talk to
each other? The article referenced here is of course wrong. The band playing over
the speech was a bandleader’s miscue ..Not Obama’s. Not the Queen’s either. Not
Wall Street. Not Trump. Not neo-liberals. And Kennedy’s usage was correct but
that would be an old myth.
By SoTexGuy, May 26, 2011 at 12:07 pm Link to this comment
.. and what pearl of wit and wisdom and reading did Netanyahu leave in Congress? .. to dozens of standing ovations?
Israel transcendent?
With the help and connivance of AIPAC and the souls they’ve purchased.. perhaps this will be made so!
The contrast between the way the words of our president and those of a foreign leader are simultaneously treated and mistreated in the press and the blogs is a national disgrace. And no, I am not a supporter of what Obama has been doing.
Come on.. just a little bit of USA! USA! might be in order every now and then. Anyway, who the heck cares exactly what he says to those fossils? .. even as cute as they sometimes can be. It’s all old theatre..
Have a great day.
Report thisBy James, May 26, 2011 at 12:06 pm Link to this comment
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How old are you people? The reading as given by Mr. Obama has been used publicly in that exact context forever! Where have you been? If anything, I would have accused him (or his advisors) of being redundant.
Report thisBy Anarcissie, May 26, 2011 at 6:48 am Link to this comment
Much ado about nothing, except Kyle Smith and whoever posted this made fools out of themselves. ‘A little learning is a dangerous thing.’
Report thisBy Sylvia Morris, May 26, 2011 at 1:57 am Link to this comment
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President Obama clearly hadn’t been properly briefed on the etiquette of the occasion but it was hardly a major gaffe. As for the Shakespeare reference, it was great for him to quote this wonderful speech about England, because the end of it where John of Gaunt slags off the current government doesn’t negate the first part where he praises “this dear dear land”, as a “precious stone set in a silver sea”.
Report thisBy doublestandards/glasshouses, May 25, 2011 at 8:03 pm Link to this comment
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Could have been worse; he might have thrown up on the queen.
Report thisBy Steven Podvoll, May 25, 2011 at 7:04 pm Link to this comment
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I think it fair to surmise the author of this piece has succumbed to urban myths
about President Kennedy’s Berlin speech. I suggest researching facts before
making ignorant and/or snarky inferences.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ich_bin_ein_Berliner
Report thishttp://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/historical/a/jfk_berliner.htm
http://german.about.com/library/blgermyth06.htm