18 major Bush donors dined at White House with Queen.
By on May 8th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
18 major Bush donors dined at White House with Queen.
“An Arizona car dealer, an interior designer and a former Enron executive were among the 18 major Republican donors invited to the dine with the Queen of England, along with celebrities, members of Congress and Bush administration officials, at last night’s White House white-tie state dinner.” (ThinkProgress has the full list of last night’s dinner guests HERE.)
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I was wondering where that car dealer was from…..
May 8th, 2007 at 4:43 pmhttp://ccoaler.blogspot.com
Bush sec advisors leaving in droves
May 8th, 2007 at 4:45 pmI thought dining with Jeff Gannon was always a perq at the White House….
or was that sleeping…?
May 8th, 2007 at 4:45 pmThey have to be paid back somehow
May 8th, 2007 at 4:46 pmTexas oilman Ray L. Hunt: one of the Hunt brothers from the 80’s who went to jail for the silver market scam?
May 8th, 2007 at 4:47 pmIs the Queen really 247 years old?
She looks good for her age.
As far as Bush & math, well, that explains many things, including our National debt, cost of living, tax breaks to the rich, ad nauseum.
May 8th, 2007 at 4:47 pmOf course the top 1%:those who rape and pillage the less fortunate to make their fortune.That’s whom the so called queen or a monarchy represents not surprsing to see her eat muck with the rest of her kind.
May 8th, 2007 at 4:49 pmBill Clinton has been invited to dine before.
May 8th, 2007 at 4:50 pmWhat do you get for fu*king Americans?
Dinner with a queen.
And I am not talking about Bush.
May 8th, 2007 at 4:51 pmHmm. So, who should have been invited instead? Middle class bozos, permanently drugged/drunk intellectuals, dems, … ?
May 8th, 2007 at 4:52 pmNot one of the infamous silver scammer Hunt brothers…..
May 8th, 2007 at 4:52 pm#10….
May 8th, 2007 at 4:59 pmMonty Python fans, each and every last one of them.
Comment by DutchHenry — May 8, 2007 @ 4:49 pm
I agree with you!
What is the big deal about the Queen of England?
Why is she treated with any more fanfare than any other Head of State?
May 8th, 2007 at 4:59 pmShe’s my Queen. And, boy, did she look ticked at Bush. No wonder his mother sat him on the other side of the room when the Queen was there years ago. That was when he still managed to find his way to Her Majesty and explained “I’m the black sheep of the family. Who’s the black sheep in yours?” The Queen stiffly replied “None of your business.”
Go, Liz!
May 8th, 2007 at 4:59 pm“Hmm. So, who should have been invited instead? Middle class bozos, permanently drugged/drunk intellectuals, dems, … ?
Comment by GOPcurious”
Turning against your base as they turn away from you asshat.
and if you switch intellectual with pervert t you have a perfect description of the right-wing pundit class.
May 8th, 2007 at 5:02 pmUk should be like France , we want her beheaded full stop
May 8th, 2007 at 5:04 pmshe was over there doing a voiceover for the Simpsons – shes struck for cash
May 8th, 2007 at 5:05 pmShes not even English shes german she just wanted to meet other nazis
May 8th, 2007 at 5:06 pmClinton did it, too! So did Pelosi!
May 8th, 2007 at 5:08 pmYou know why Prince Harry is in reconnaissance , so he can spend a day on the base then dissapear hidding in Kuwait for two weeks livin it up , before appearing back on base for a day
May 8th, 2007 at 5:09 pm(shhhh – don’t tell them the Royals are merely figureheads…..Dubby and Blair’s golden parachutes depend on those people believing they’re buying influence in the UK)
May 8th, 2007 at 5:10 pmDiod you know George Bush eats halal meat
May 8th, 2007 at 5:13 pmComment by Tobey Tall — May 8, 2007 @ 5:06 pm
What was the last native dynasty to rule england? Tudor?
Seems like they don’t like being ruled by natives, they seem to prefer foreigners.
May 8th, 2007 at 5:15 pmwindsor/hanover are germans
stuarts were scots
plantagenets were french – ahh the french ruling the english, what a day!
normans were french
Why wasn’t the Mayor of Washington DC invited, yet six members of the Cheney family were?
May 8th, 2007 at 5:19 pmI can’t believe we even still have monarchies! So last millenium.
(We prefer to idolize celebrities nowadays.)
I mean, didn’t they used to have kings and queens so that if you pledged allegiance they would theoretically protect you from invading armies? You know, that stability thing?
May 8th, 2007 at 5:21 pmAnd they were introduced to the Queen as ‘Check writers’ .
May 8th, 2007 at 5:25 pmThe Queen was impressed…
(She thought they meant Czech writers…)
May 8th, 2007 at 5:31 pmGOP guy: “Hmm. So, who should have been invited instead?”
Let’s see. Rather than car dealers and interior designers, how about notable literary and scientific figures. How about an astronaut or two. Maybe we could use our imaginations — I know, some educational leaders. The fact that you can’t think of anyone better than a crass campaign contributor is typical.
May 8th, 2007 at 5:32 pmi heard his daddy was not on that list…
how can that be?… the man was one of the 10
May 8th, 2007 at 5:32 pmpresidents during her reign… surely she noticed…
Bush couldn’t invite a notable literary because he would be left out of the conversation and he couldn’t invite a scientist because s/he might talk about global climate change. So Bush invited his extended family of trolls so that he would sound intelligent.
May 8th, 2007 at 5:39 pmDid Chimpy puke on the Queen?
May 8th, 2007 at 5:44 pmAnd this is a big deal….why? Would anyone be surprised if this were the case if we Dems were in the White House? Sorry folks…this is a big non-story.
May 8th, 2007 at 5:44 pmHmm. So, who should have been invited instead? Middle class bozos, permanently drugged/drunk intellectuals, dems, … ?
Comment by GOPcurious — May 8, 2007 @ 4:52 pm
I see why you weren’t invited namejacking scum.
May 8th, 2007 at 5:47 pmThis is the ruling class. These are the individuals whose family dynasties are set to rule in perpetuity, thanks to the repeal of the estate tax.
May 8th, 2007 at 5:50 pmHow about an astronaut or two. Maybe we could use our imaginations — I know, some educational leaders. The fact that you can’t think of anyone better than a crass campaign contributor is typical.
Comment by Bluedog49 — May 8, 2007 @ 5:32 pm
Who needs astronauts when you have 2 football players? Educators, authors? Well Lynn Cheney wrote a book …
May 8th, 2007 at 5:51 pmDid Chimpy puke on the Queen?
Comment by Zooey — May 8, 2007 @ 5:44 pm
No, it just felt like he did, or so she says.
May 8th, 2007 at 5:53 pmI’m sure Jackie Kennedy would have invited the same people.
May 8th, 2007 at 5:54 pmAha,
“The haves and have mores. Or as I like to call them, my base.” GW Bush
At least he’s honest about one thing.
May 8th, 2007 at 5:55 pmBriseadh: “This is the ruling class. These are the individuals whose family dynasties are set to rule in perpetuity, thanks to the repeal of the estate tax.”
Let’s get back to basics:
“I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country. â€
–Thomas Jefferson
The Founders had a healthy suspicion about corporations. They imposed strict santions on corporations which stood up until the late 19th century. It’s time we re-impose some of these santions.
May 8th, 2007 at 5:58 pm#33: Eh, what? Namejacking?
May 8th, 2007 at 5:58 pmComment by Briseadh na Faire — May 8, 2007 @ 5:50 pm
What do you think of making the estate tax a total take? No income tax in your lifetime, whatever you can get, you keep to use as you like. But when you die, real estate, stocks, bonds, everything is liquidated and redistributed.
A very restricted loophole guarantees your kids get a good education and ensures your spouse is taken care of, and the rest goes into the big kitty.
There shouldn’t be anything like dynastic, generational wealth in this country where “all men are created equal.”
May 8th, 2007 at 6:07 pmAnd what was David Gregory doing at this oh-so selective formal dinner? It was bad enough when he became best buds with Snowjob, then danced with the vile rove – now he’s being wooed by bushrove. I used to like and trust the guy, but no more. Talk about losing your credibility in less than a year.
May 8th, 2007 at 6:11 pmSo why is this any different from the Lincoln bedroom that the GOP is always screaming about…??
May 8th, 2007 at 6:34 pmDuh ??
Did kerry, murtha, cleland, algore, clinton, reid, pelosi, or schuma actually think they would get an invite?
May 8th, 2007 at 6:35 pmIt seems like the whole Cheney clan was there – except for Dick and Lynn’s little “abomination”, Mary. What’s up with that. Is the Queen squeamish about homosexuality? Or would it have offended the other guests? Or are Mary and Heather about to deliver?
May 8th, 2007 at 6:35 pmActually, michael, Reid was invited, and declined, Pelosi made the list, I don’t know if she attended……
May 8th, 2007 at 6:41 pmYou must not have been there, otherwise you would have been more informed………
why not give 18 commoners a chance to enjoy an evening they’d never otherwise get to? oh, I forgot, he’s a Republicant…
May 8th, 2007 at 6:46 pmmichael, I think it would have shown a little class to invite a former President, don’t you? Or, to put it another way, it’s especially “small” to NOT invite a living ex-president. Both Carter, HW Bush and Clinton should have all been there.
May 8th, 2007 at 6:48 pmPete, conservatives are not into “commoners.” Here’s what the Father of modern conservatism, Edmund Burke felt about them:
“The occupation of a hairdresser or of a working tallow-chandler cannot be a matter of honour to any person – to say nothing of a number of other more servile employments.â€
May 8th, 2007 at 6:51 pmIs Tobey Tall related to Saywho? I knew I disliked Tobey Tall, but this thread confirms it. Such ignorance and such ill manners.
The Queen has been dealing with US presidents since Truman and is much better behaved than some of the current occupant.
I’m not sure what the American hostility is toward the Monarchy. I half suspect it’s uncertainty about what you did 230 years ago. After all, you’re president is more despotic than any British monarch has ever been.
And I should point out that the real Nazi in the Royal Family was the American Wallis Simpson. Thank goodness she was sent packing. She was a real nasty piece of work.
May 8th, 2007 at 7:14 pmTwas ever thus and so it goes. This is where payback to contributors SHOULD happen. As long as money plays such a major part in elections there is goping to be payback no matter the party. At least this is less harmful to the country than political appointments to unqualified nincompoops and no-bid contract awards to big contributors. It’s not like I wanted to eat dinner with the old bat. I mean, her royal majesty.
May 8th, 2007 at 7:26 pmHmm. So, who should have been invited instead? Middle class bozos, permanently drugged/drunk intellectuals, dems, … ?
Comment by GOPcurious
Duh, they weren’t invited, they were sold invitations thru charitable causes, such as electing Chim Chim. Why couldn’t you afford an invitation?
May 8th, 2007 at 7:32 pmI’m not sure what the American hostility is toward the Monarchy. I half suspect it’s uncertainty about what you did 230 years ago. After all, you’re president is more despotic than any British monarch has ever been. -D
I don’t have hostility toward them I just don’t want to live in a monarchial museum inhabited by dusty old flatulants and wheatabix. =_)
May 8th, 2007 at 7:40 pmI never thought feel sorry for the Queen of England, but she had to have dinner at the Chimp’s house and act like she was enjoying it.
May 8th, 2007 at 7:41 pmDid you hear how furious the Queen was with Bush after he stayed the night at Buckingham Palace? His idiotic SS (secret service, that is) ripped up the grounds, destroyed some of the valuable plants in the garden, and replaced nothing.
May 8th, 2007 at 7:48 pmHey michael are you an office assistant organ grinding monkey or maybe a horse jockey? Gee, too bad. =)
The traditional ‘’special guest” was sure to be of interest to an avid horse enthusiast such as the queen: Calvin Borel, the jockey who rode to victory in the Kentucky Derby this weekend.
May 8th, 2007 at 7:56 pmI am sure the Queen was thrilled to dine in the company of a car dealer, a former Enron executive, an interior designer…
One would have thought that Bush would have invited the best and the brightest for the Queen’s dinner: American Nobel prizes, famous American historians, prize-winning American writers, etc…
I suppose we can be thankful that Itzhak Perlman was providing the entertainment… At least, there was one fabulous artist among this crowd of Neanderthals.
May 8th, 2007 at 7:58 pmDid the horse come too?
May 8th, 2007 at 8:01 pmIt would have given the Queens Equerry something to do…….
It is interesting that Poppy and Mommy Bush were not in attendance. Did they have previous engagements? Did they choose to snub the Queen even though she was the guest of honor of their brat? Or is it that the Brat-in-Chief was thumping his nose at his parents again and did not invite them?
Notice that one of the twits, … I mean the twins, was in attendance with her boyfriend…
May 8th, 2007 at 8:04 pmare you all really this jealous???
May 8th, 2007 at 8:16 pmhow pathetic
May 8th, 2007 at 8:17 pmare you all really this jealous???
Comment by ct
Not at all. Why do you ask?
May 8th, 2007 at 8:18 pmgood job pretending — dumbass
May 8th, 2007 at 8:20 pmgood job pretending — dumbass
Comment by ct
Thank you, f*ck face.
May 8th, 2007 at 8:31 pm#61
how pathetic
Comment by ct — May 8, 2007 @ 8:17 pm
Mostly people here, at least on this thread, are having fun; engaging in a little satire, sarcasm, and this thing called a sense of humor.
May 8th, 2007 at 8:33 pmWhat is pathetic, and sad, is that you only seem to be able to be offensive and attack others who are having a good time.
And have no sense of humor.
good job pretending — dumbass
Comment by ct
Thank you, f*ck face.
See what I mean about having a good time? Get a life, ct………..;)
May 8th, 2007 at 8:34 pmRaven,
We couldn’t have done that better if we planned it. :-D
May 8th, 2007 at 8:45 pmcosmic, isn’t it? :)
May 8th, 2007 at 8:47 pmComment by Bluedog49 — May 8, 2007 @ 6:51 pm
His attitude is exactly the sort of thing that is ruining this country.
The first Republican president of the United States once said this about that: “our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”
I think that Mr. Lincoln meant that, in the United States, the tallow-chandler and the Queen of England were peers.
May 8th, 2007 at 8:54 pmMostly people here, at least on this thread, are having fun; engaging in a little satire, sarcasm, and this thing called a sense of humor.
not even you can expect anyone to believe that shit. good try moron
May 8th, 2007 at 9:01 pmnananay nananay poo pooo to yoo too
May 8th, 2007 at 9:06 pmCarter, HW Bush and Clinton should have all been there.
Comment by Bluedog49 — May 8, 2007 @ 6:48 pm
of course… and as another poster stated, one would expect the best and brightest to attend such a function…
the queen is surely impressed with this yahoo…
maybe she just had to come and see for herself…
good show, dubby!
oh, and maybe, just maybe, david gregory is getting “inside” for his big tell-all planned to save the world in ‘08… yea, right…
May 8th, 2007 at 9:36 pm…
I think you’ll find the Queen can get along with ordinary people much better than the Bushes and Cheneys. After all, the Queen has spent a lifetime of going to dinners with tedious people like the Bushes, but she also gets to visit schools, parks, hospitals, and factories.
I know someone who had lunch with the Queen and was shocked that her china was mismatched and chipped. And the Queen actually adjusted her lipstick at the table. She also seemed to talk rather familiarly with the servants. Hahaha. And so? It seems too many people want the Hollywood version of Royalty, which is really the fake royalty of Napoleons and Mussolinis.
The Queen is perfectly aware that she is the Living Constitution of Britain. It’s a rather curious job that she’s got 24/7. And Bush can’t even stay on the job he has more than three days a week. Sheesh.
May 8th, 2007 at 9:41 pmFu*k the queen, her family and EVERYONE who worships her…
…and may EVERY sh*thead at that dinner…
…and their bloodlines…
…be cursed and suffer horrifically…
May 8th, 2007 at 10:18 pmWell, now this is just the kind of thing that makes me distrust Americans. She’s not your Queen, so why the hostility? And she’s not worshipped. She personifies the Nation of Britain. And that’s actually a rather nice thing. That’s why she has to be so fair and balanced.
Does Bush personify America? No. He’s polarized America. And yet so many Americans what a president they can be proud of and project their hopes onto. It’s very difficult under the American system because the president is too strong. It’s not simply the CEO, but something closer to Emperor.
How strange! The Americans rebelled against George III, whom most Englishmen found to be arrogant, and ended up with a more tyrannical system of government than the Mother Country. Who would have guessed?
May 8th, 2007 at 10:40 pmBenjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and a host of others guessed, david, and they created a phenomenally insightful, intelligent, and noble form of government.
May 8th, 2007 at 11:16 pmThey also warned of the possible pitfalls, and the potential for abuse.
Such as we are witnessing today.
Perhaps we are to be forged anew in the crucible of revolution.
“Why wasn’t the Mayor of Washington DC invited”, falls under, “Hmm. So, who should have been invited instead? Middle class bozos, permanently drugged/drunk intellectuals, dems, common criminals… ?”
—–
“What do you think of making the estate tax a total take? No income tax in your lifetime, whatever you can get, you keep to use as you like. But when you die, real estate, stocks, bonds, everything is liquidated and redistributed.
There shouldn’t be anything like dynastic, generational wealth in this country where “all men are created equal.â€
Comment by pete — May 8, 2007 @ 6:07 pm
“In other words, when someone dies, I have just as much right to what they worked for as their children do. Is it my fault my parents didn’t become wealthy? I want what I want whether I deserve it or not” eh pete?
——
“Well, now this is just the kind of thing that makes me distrust Americans. She’s not your Queen, so why the hostility?”
Comment by david — May 8, 2007 @ 10:40 pm
Because she is regarded more highly than the liberals who consider themselves to be intellectuals and thus better than everyone that they don’t consider to be intellectuals. Who is the Queen of England to come here and be given the attention and respect that they so rightly deserve and are denied by everyone except their own kind? Oh, but they still reserve the right to trot out “all men are created equal†when it comes to appropriating other people’s money
May 8th, 2007 at 11:20 pmWho is the Queen of England to come here and be given the attention and respect that they so rightly deserve and are denied by everyone except their own kind? Oh, but they still reserve the right to trot out “all men are created equal†when it comes to appropriating other people’s money
Comment by upright left
Oh yeah, that must be it. We’re just all torn up about not being invited to the WH for dinner. There wasn’t a single sarcastic comment on this thread. Nope. Not a one.
Oy…..*eyes rolling*
May 8th, 2007 at 11:40 pmOh yeah, that must be it. We’re just all torn up about not being invited to the WH for dinner. There wasn’t a single sarcastic comment on this thread. Nope. Not a one.
Oy…..*eyes rolling*
Comment by Zooey — May 8, 2007 @ 11:40 pm
Never said you wanted to be invited to the dinner, just that you resent the attention the Queen gets, thus the hostility to her. And sarcasm can cover a multitude of feelings. ;)
May 8th, 2007 at 11:46 pmROFL!!!!!!
The lefties convenient memories forget when Clinton invited all his big donors to the state dinners in 1997.
May 8th, 2007 at 11:53 pmDinner w/ the Queen? Who would have thought breaking bread /w KKKarl rove would be that big of a draw?
Oooh, you mean the OTHER Queen…
May 9th, 2007 at 12:11 amNever said you wanted to be invited to the dinner, just that you resent the attention the Queen gets, thus the hostility to her. And sarcasm can cover a multitude of feelings. ;)
Comment by upright left
Uh huh. Nope, not feeling hostility to the Queen. I do feel sorry that she had to have dinner with the Chimp and Friends.
Ok, now what am I feeling?
May 9th, 2007 at 12:39 amShe’s not your Queen, SO WHY THE HOSTILITY?â€
Comment by david — May 8, 2007 @ 10:40 pm
This is the comment I addressed. If it doesn’t pertain, leave it alone. And no, I won’t go back and find the comments that prompted DAVID to ask why the hostility.
May 9th, 2007 at 12:46 amWell, upright left, you really didn’t address my observation. Instead you just ranted about taxes. Not really pertinent.
I do see what Raven and Zooey find distinctive. But it still doesn’t quite answer the attraction/repulsion the Queen gets in America. And some of it has to do with not getting who the Queen is and what her function is.
In an America so polarized that the two parties hardly speak to one another, one has to see the Crown as forcing the elected to see themselves as working for the same cause. The Minority Party is Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition.
I’m a socialist. And I don’t see any problem with Queen. She has the difficult job of being the personification of the nation. This isn’t Hollywood, you know. The Queen reads all government documents, secret and otherwise, and advises the PM on what she thinks. However, she remains publicly silent on disagreements.
Prime Ministers and Presidents come and go, but the Queen has been there since Truman and Atlee. And she has overseen the end of the Empire and the birth of the Commonwealth. I only wish the Americans could give up their Empire so easily.
May 9th, 2007 at 8:36 amdavid – I live in Scotland Most people in the UK dont want a queen , so lets behead her like the French did to their Royals, Until the Aussies or Canadians vote her out of their head of State , we will not get the chance to Vote in the UK , After all she Is of German Origin and showing fondness of The Nazis Running America , she makes me Puke
May 9th, 2007 at 8:44 amWell, Tobey Tall, your fellow Scots seem intent on independence. And what exactly would you replace her with? Maggie Thatcher II? King Tony Blair? The problem of the executive remains.
May 9th, 2007 at 10:15 amAlex Slamon is the replacement , he would act in Scotlands interest until we gain full independence,
May 9th, 2007 at 10:32 amSNP Leader Alex Salmond was the first MSP to take the oath at the start of the new session of the Scottish Parliament today.
And before he swore allegiance to the Queen he declared his party’s “primary loyalty” was to the Scottish people.
May 9th, 2007 at 12:06 pm