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NYT: For Queen and First Lady, Bush Will Try White Tie
WASHINGTON, May 4 How does George W. Bush, a towel-snapping Texan who puts his feet on the coffee table, drinks water straight from the bottle and was once caught on tape talking with food in his mouth prepare for a state dinner with the queen? Aha! Finally! Evidence that perhaps one of the NYSlimes staff might hold W in a less-than-perfect light! We'll have to follow up and have them fired! With tips from an etiquette guide, of course and a little gentle prodding from his wife. Apparently he doesn't quite need the cattle prod. The White House is atwitter over the visit on Monday by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. This is the first visit by the queen since 1991, when Mr. Bushs father was president. White House aides say the state dinner in her honor is not only the social event of the year, but also of the entire Bush presidency. Good. Let's keep it that way. It will be closely watched by the social elite for its collision of cultures Texas swagger meets British prim. Dinner attire is white tie and tails, the first and, perhaps, only white-tie affair of the Bush administration. The president was said to be none too keen on that, but bowed to a higher power, his wife. Probably agreed when they told him to think of the tie as just a very small table cloth tucked into his collar. I think Mrs. Bush is thrilled to have a white-tie dinner, and well leave it at that, Amy Zantzinger, the new White House social secretary, said on Friday as she arranged seating for 134 on a computerized screen behind her desk in the East Wing. Hmm. Given he's a Texan you'd think he'd just let it be every man for himself. Posted by: gorb 2007-05-06 |
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