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Yeah snoopcester Send a noteboard - 28/07/2012 10:02:25 AM
I understand what he was saying, and in the US Congressional context it would be totally normal to refer to someone by a title like that (Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chairman, etc.), but it was still sort of funny.


The Labour spokes people pointed that out pretty quickly, that it was normal for a US politician. Though I did like the suggestion that if he gets to know Milliband better he will start to call him by his first name, Opposition.
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Are the British really that thin skinned? random thoughts - 27/07/2012 03:25:44 PM 919 Views
No, just great believers in good manners and courtesy snoopcester - 27/07/2012 04:12:01 PM 635 Views
Thats good. I thought maybe they just hated Romney but you have cleared that up *NM* random thoughts - 27/07/2012 04:42:05 PM 278 Views
Yeah, the average British person just about knew his name and that he was some politician snoopcester - 28/07/2012 10:00:26 AM 509 Views
I still haven't figured out how it was offensive but it apparently was *NM* Isaac - 27/07/2012 04:43:23 PM 252 Views
One of these days I will learn how to repsond to a post *NM* random thoughts - 27/07/2012 05:29:56 PM 268 Views
The great irony is... DomA - 28/07/2012 04:26:08 AM 564 Views
Especially compared to the slights from Obama random thoughts - 27/07/2012 04:50:11 PM 552 Views
I think you have to be careful, because you can't see it the way they do. nossy - 27/07/2012 05:23:22 PM 614 Views
That is why I possed it as a question random thoughts - 27/07/2012 06:12:43 PM 574 Views
Yeah sure, we never get upset by stuff like this. nossy - 27/07/2012 06:47:59 PM 640 Views
I my defense random thoughts - 27/07/2012 07:44:18 PM 693 Views
I'm not attacking, so you probably don't need defense. nossy - 27/07/2012 08:14:33 PM 697 Views
Let me tell you a story. Legolas - 27/07/2012 08:44:16 PM 759 Views
It's more likely the press making a big deal out of nothing. Rebekah - 27/07/2012 05:35:20 PM 542 Views
I agree with this too nossy - 27/07/2012 05:38:15 PM 503 Views
The middle of nowhere comment was pretty good *NM* random thoughts - 27/07/2012 06:13:27 PM 244 Views
That was what it seemed like to me. The "Mr. Leader" thing was sort of funny, though. Tom - 27/07/2012 08:16:11 PM 602 Views
Yeah snoopcester - 28/07/2012 10:02:25 AM 606 Views
It's more been a critique on his ability to be a statesman Wibble - 27/07/2012 06:42:35 PM 566 Views
I agree he practiced poor statesmanship random thoughts - 27/07/2012 07:52:17 PM 584 Views
Is anything ever as bad as the morning cable guys make it out to be? *NM* Legolas - 27/07/2012 08:48:32 PM 273 Views
The way they were going you would think he had goosed the queen *NM* random thoughts - 27/07/2012 09:40:59 PM 255 Views
~shrug~ Nate - 27/07/2012 08:29:42 PM 759 Views
It was unmannerly and unstatesman-like. Stephen - 28/07/2012 01:09:36 AM 557 Views
I think some were at worst fleetingly annoyed Foxhead - 28/07/2012 08:12:29 AM 702 Views
Couldn't give a toodle-flip, mate. Kuke - 01/08/2012 02:37:14 PM 672 Views
well good luck with that *NM* random thoughts - 01/08/2012 02:39:26 PM 257 Views
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