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    State Visit from the President of the United States: November 18-21, 2003

    I suppose she wouldn't be. But President Bush is, as I said, an extremely important person. He is the primary political leader of the world's only superpower. The Queen, in contrast, is the symbolic leader of a rather small country, which, though powerful, is not even close to being a...
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    State Visit from the President of the United States: November 18-21, 2003

    What for? The Queen doesn't outrank them, or at least I wouldn't think so. Besides, we Americans are sort of outside the hierarchy, if you know what I mean. We have no ranking, or none that is hereditary or requires that certain traditions be observed. Looks like the First Lady thoroughly...
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    State Visit from the President of the United States: November 18-21, 2003

    The Queen looks so elegant and frail next to my country's tall, healthy redneck of a president. I didn't quite understand why Europeans looked down on Bush as a "cowboy" until seeing those pictures. I can see it now. Bush has raw power, but little grace. Those pictures are a shock to the...
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