Obama sees President of Canada visiting Windsor Castle!

Recently Barack Obama has been mocked for describing the head of state in Canada as a president. Natural slip, I'd say. I very very much doubt if many Americans would have batted an eyelid on this. It is only because we are in election year that the media thought to have a go. John McCain was right. None of us can think straight ALL THE TIME!! Including the media.

I used to have great fun telling Americans about the opening of the Niagara Falls hydro electricity plant by President Eisenhower for the USA side and the Queen of Canada for the Canadians. "Queen of Canada!?! Who's she?" was the response I'd get. 100% I think. The average American isn't bothered by, with or from Canada.

Today President Sarkozy of France is coming to see the Queen. The same queen as the Queen of Canada but with her British hat (or crown) on. One thing that strikes me is that this new president, who wants to get on with Britain, may well succeed where his predecessors failed. He is hardly French and the Queen is hardly English. She may have more continental regal blood in her, but she has virtually no English antecedence. Scottish and German mainly. He is the son of a Hungarian immigrant with a French mother of Greek and Jewish background.

Maybe all this tells us that it is better to be led by someone who has the the vast bulk of their genes emanating from elsewhere. In that, Barack Obama may well be the right choice for Americans. His genes must include a panoply of peoples.

Posted in: Barack Obama,France,Nicolas Sarkozy,Queen of Canada,Queen's Speech