Apparently this whole State Visit has been orchistrated by Karl Rove for next year's election (note I did not write re-election due to the fact that Bush II was appointed by the Supreme{ly Stupid} Court.)
In an article in the Guardian, Jonathan Freeland writes that: A clue can be found in the text studied more closely than any other by the political operatives in the Bush White House: the campaign to re-elect Ronald Reagan in 1984. That made heavy use of TV footage which cast Reagan as a statesman, at home across the globe. A favourite sequence showed the president and the Queen on horseback in Windsor Great Park during his 1982 visit. The Bush team want some royal shots like that of their own. Apparently they were particularly keen on an open-carriage procession down the Mall, and are said to be disheartened by London's suggestion that that might not be possible due to "security".
One Republican source, close to the White House, has a theory as to why the Queen is such an important catch for the image makers. "Look, Americans don't know shit. They're not going to recognise the prime minister of the Philippines. The only foreign leaders they could pick out are the Queen of England and the Pope - and we've already got those pictures." With the Pontiff in the can, the Queen is the co-star the president needs.
Apparently this Republican source doesn't know shit either because the Philippines has a president not a PM. Whatever!!
Sorry I have not posted in a couple of days. I have recently run out of time but I love the idea behind the website above. If you live in Britain, please do your part during the State Visit!!!
THINGS TO DO FROM 19 - 21 NOVEMBER
