tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22453375.post3977840695320806246..comments2023-08-26T09:51:44.630-05:00Comments on What Happened to My Country?: Lame Duck Dines on QuailNancy Tyrrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06950888037740015041noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22453375.post-58802612610877526502008-11-17T13:00:00.000-06:002008-11-17T13:00:00.000-06:00Two good points...Perhaps the real faux pas was in...Two good points...<BR/>Perhaps the real faux pas was in highlighting the fact that quail was featured. Wouldn't it have sufficed to call it a "Stately White House" dinner. No-one really expects that Filet of Bologna was on the menu.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22453375.post-6715231423583059452008-11-16T09:28:00.000-06:002008-11-16T09:28:00.000-06:00You make a point, Joanne, IF this wasn't a din...You make a point, Joanne, IF this wasn't a dinner to address a failing world economy. IF these leaders had nothing to do with that failure. And, IF there were really expectations that this was more than a photo op.<BR/><BR/>Maybe P&J would have been a timely reminder of how the out-of-work, losing their homes Amerians who don't have a say live.<BR/><BR/>A nice dinner? Yes. An over-the-top quail that most people will never experience? Poor "taste."Nancy Tyrrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06950888037740015041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22453375.post-83730425512807658492008-11-15T23:04:00.000-06:002008-11-15T23:04:00.000-06:00This was a state dinner for 20 of the World Leader...This was a state dinner for 20 of the World Leaders....and there is a certain expectation for those affairs. Would you have preferred that the White House serve p-nut butter and jelly sandwiches to show the world how poor we've become in America? And how insulted do you suppose the leaders would have been, had they NOT been served a nice dinner with a little pomp to it?JoAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06608776090887053534noreply@blogger.com