British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw was in the United States this weekend, visiting Alabama with Condoleeza Rice.
Americans never pass up a good opportunity to show off their ignorance, thus explaining the quotes below.
"You're the English guy," Joyce Delahoussaye said as she shook hands with the foreign minister of America's closest ally.The article also goes on to say: "Local newspaper The Tuscaloosa News questioned whether Straw was just on a junket to help shore up the Bush administration image."
"I've seen you on TV, and they said you were from England."
"He's Mr. England," she said, introducing Straw to her son, Randy, as the two diplomats met displaced victims of Hurricane Katrina in Pelham.
At a ceremony to unveil statues in Birmingham, speakers variously called the visitor Mr. Shaw and Mr. Snow.
They also mangled his title, appointing him secretary of state to the commonwealth of the United Kingdom.
It looks like Tony Blair isn't the only one who gets to get on his knees and take one for the team.
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posted by Jonathan @ 11:02 PM
Sunday, October 23, 2005
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