“I want to make mention that this is our first meeting since the arrival of the newest Sarkozy, and so I want to congratulate Nicolas and Carla on the birth of Giulia… And I informed Nicolas on the way in that I am confident that Giulia inherited her mother’s looks rather than her father’s, which I think is an excellent thing.”President Obama on the birth of President Sarkozy's daughter.
No one else seemed to get the joke.
"Reset buttons", IPods, the bust of Churchill and now this?
ReplyDeleteOk,jokes over. Can the adults please start running things again?
I was thinking about this, and it wasn't so much the lame joke as the venue. This is the kind of kidding you might do with a close friend... bust their chops in private, but it it not the stuff of formal public speaking.
ReplyDeleteHad Obama been speaking at a "roast" of Sarkozy, no problem! Public speeches, not so much.