Originally Posted by SteveZ

The UK press' opinion about a US president, our people, our government or even our culinary habits are of little interest to me. As pitiful as the US press can be, they rarely go out of their way to provide insulting nicknames for any foreign leader, especially an ally.

The classless description of the US president by the Telegraph simply demonstrates boorish behavior and poor upbringing.

As Charlie Daniels so aptly stated: "we may have done a little fightin' amongst ourselves, but you outside people best leave us alone...."

I may not agree with many of President Obama's policies, and cannot for the life of me understand or justify some of his actions. However, he is still the President of the United States and our elected representative to the world stage. His actions and policies are only answerable to the US voters, not the British press.

If the Washington Post made such disparaging remarks about Queen Elizabeth II or Prime Minister Brown, the British would have good reason to consider the action offensive. This is no different.