Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Possibly your missing that we expect so much more from an American president. There were protests about the Chinese president's visit, must have been a novel experience for him to given it wouldn't happen back in China, he sucked it up and got on with it, the leader of the free world however isn't so keen to see democracy in action. Iirc the queen still hasn't forgiven government for making her sit down to dinner with the chouchesques (sp)