Oh dear. It seems the French are mad at us! I know this isn’t an uncommon occurrence. The French have seemed to take pride in being mad at us, but until now we really haven’t given them that much cause to be snotty towards us. Now, our President, the King of Gaffs, has given them just cause and they are nothing short of appalled.
Today’s President Obama Gaff and embarrassment has to do with a letter he sent to French President Jacques Chirac that read: “I am certain that we will be able to work together, in the coming four years, in a spirit of peace and friendship to build a safer world.”
The list of President Obama gaffs and diplomatic messes seems almost endless. I’ve lost track. There are several a day it seems. Of course, the media hardly notices, presumably because they are still covering for his lack of experience and sophistication. The affront is just not as important as the glow that emanates from the person of President Obama.
Besides, how can people be so judgmental of him? He’s insulted British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who still can’t watch the movies Obama gave him cause Obama apparently didn’t realize DVDs are formatted differently in Europe. Or he didn’t care. Now he’s insulted the French President Nicholas Sarkosy. The news in Britain and France is all the place. They are debating the President Sarkosy snub and the Gordon Brown snub. They are making fun of our President for his lack of polish and outraged that he’s insulting our allies.
But its all in a day’s work for President Obama.
What can anyone expect? There are like HUNDREDS of countries out there and all of them have people who are in charge of them. There tons of names for the people in charge. Some of them are Presidents, some are Prime Ministers. There’s Dear Leaders and Supreme Ayatollahs. There are Chancellors, Kings, Queens, Emperors and Empresses. How is a man supposed to have learned all of them in just two short months? Not to mention, he has to learn all their names too and which country they go with. It has to be so confusing!! Like a crash study course before a big exam. Remember cramming for the test? It was so easy to forget which answer went with which question. It’s kind of like that. Does President Sarkozy go with France or Belgium? Is George Brown a Prime Minister or President? Is Queen Elizabeth the Queen of England or of Europe? Look at Vladamir Putin, he’s president and then prime minister of Russia. How’s someone supposed to keep that straight?
Have you ever read some of their names? They are confusing and hard to pronounce. Why do people expect him to have all of this memorized already? I bet you’d have trouble remembering it all.
Of course, most Presidents have people who remember stuff for them, but President Obama hasn’t gotten around to filling all those cabinet positions yet. That’s a lot of work and he has comedy shows to do and tons of American capital to spend.
So, Obama sent a letter to the former French President rather than to their current president. The French think that President Obama snubbed President Sarkozy. They are saying stuff like President Obama avez le cervau d’un sandwich au fromage et es betes comme tes pieds. Ewww. That’s not pretty! They are also saying that the American people will brûlez dans l’enfer and are êtes stupide for electing him.
No one in President Obama’s administration has commented on this faux pas because no one knows who to contact about it cause no one has appointed anyone to the office that handles faux pas as yet. We strongly suggest that the Obama Administration consider yet another layer of bureaucracy by creating an Office of Gaff Management. It would be a very busy office.
UPDATE: They (The Office of Gaff Management) already has their first assignment. As a diplomatic “gift”, President Obama presented Queen Elizabeth II with an iPod. Not only does she already have one, but this is a gift that you give a child relative on their birthday or Christmas, not a diplomatic gift that you give to the head of a foreign government! The first step the OGM should do is fire the person advising the President on what what makes a good diplomatic gift. This is absolutely unacceptable. Some say that the world used to hate the US until BAO got elected… Now I fear they are laughing at us…
