The signs were always there: Barack and Michelle Obama meet DSK at a G-20 dinner in 2009.
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Barack Obama’s signature is totally a cartoon baby Tyrannosaurus playing with a ball of yarn.
Sturgeon Face apparently.
UPDATE: Sturgeon Face begets Rage Face besets a whole new face meme: Not Bad Face (available in POTUS and FLOTUS configurations).
All White
at
First black US president visits.
Seriously, could we not have found one black Irish person to sit behind him in the good seats?
Apparently not.
(Con O’Donoghue)
Dublin Chamber of Commerce estimate that the publicity generated for Guinness over the course of the President Obama and Queen Elizabeth visits is worth well over $200 million.
Diageo’s Ireland MD John Kennedy said: “It is a real honour that President Obama chose to savor a pint of Guinness as part of his journey back to Irish roots.
“This truly marks an occasion that will be remembered by people all over the world for generations to come.”
Added the Irish representative of a global alcoholic beverages company headquartered in London.
Guinness Cash In On Obama’s Moneygall Visit (Irish Central)
Meanwhile, in other queasy news:
Diageo looking to cut 70 jobs in Ireland (Irish Times)
(Photocall Ireland)
Correct.
Oops.
Signing the guestbook at Westminster Abbey yesterday, Obama got the date wrong.
Or was it a subtle reminder of a certain Hillary Clinton gaffe?
Nah. He just got the date wrong.
via/Aras pic
Listen here (and try to resist saying ‘what the…’).
Makes a change from recycling his own speeches. We guess.
(Photocall Ireland)
Oh.