From the memory-challenged New York Times:
For Queen and First Lady, Bush Will Try White Tie
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. Bush’s 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.
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.
“I think Mrs. Bush is thrilled to have a white-tie dinner, and we’ll 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.
Oh, dear me. This is not the first time George Bush has had to don a white tie and tails. After all, how could we forget this moment of levity?
Oy dat.
Posted by: The Heretik | May 06, 2007 at 08:44 PM
I. can't. watch. him. any. more.
Posted by: leslie | May 06, 2007 at 08:53 PM
Always remember, as I'm sure her Majesty will, that this Bush spawn was the one who wore cowboy boots with his white tie and tails and then asked the Queen who the black sheep in their family was before Babs strangled him with her ben-wa ball necklace.
Posted by: jane_al | May 06, 2007 at 09:59 PM
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.
Make that phoney Texas swagger, via Connecticut and the Phillips Academy Andover.
Posted by: ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© | May 06, 2007 at 10:07 PM
Will the Firstbot wear that multi-prism uber frump crinoline yet again? I'm thinkin' whatever criminally bad outfit she squeezes into she'll make the Queen a fashion star after seven decades of not tryin'.
Posted by: TF-MA | May 06, 2007 at 10:16 PM
LOL TF-MA
Posted by: LizDexic | May 06, 2007 at 10:48 PM
It just goes to show that you can lead a yak to water, but you cannot make a silk purse out of a pig-in-a-poke.
I love quoting Opus.
Regards,
Tengrain
Posted by: Tengrain | May 07, 2007 at 12:09 AM
I agree with ifthethunderdontgetya. The most obviously annoying aspect of this article is its reliance on the utterly discredited canard that Bush is: (a) Texan, (b) unaccustomed to being around rich people, and (c)not part of the social elite. He's just a rich jerk.
Posted by: Sandia Blanca | May 07, 2007 at 12:17 AM
"Lessee... 'Pickle sticker,' Salat fork, fish fork, meat fork, dessert fork...."
Posted by: Ruthie | May 07, 2007 at 01:52 AM
Time to cork up the silverware.
Posted by: attaturk | May 07, 2007 at 05:40 AM
Time to cork up the silverware with both Bush and Prince Philip there.
Posted by: attaturk | May 07, 2007 at 05:41 AM
May the queen stab him repeatedly with her special fork.
Posted by: PeacechickMary | May 07, 2007 at 07:41 AM
Bush worries that people will throw change into his cup. "What a cute monkey, and what a clever suit! Does he dance?"
Posted by: | May 07, 2007 at 08:31 AM
Ruthie, you forgot the coke spoon!
Posted by: queek | May 07, 2007 at 11:13 AM