There has been a small uproar over in Londontown as President Obama & First Lady Michelle are visiting and making nice with the Royals. In the midst of this, Michelle apparently reciprocated a gesture from Queen Elizabeth and it has caused some controversy.

I thought, “ooh she touched a YT lady!” but apparently it’s not allowed to touch the Queen. However, the Queen was the one who broke protocol by placing her hand on the small of Michelle’s back. Michelle then returned the favor and put her arm briefly around the shoulders of the Queen.

Or hey, maybe the Queen just wanted to touch the donk! Who knows!

According to eyewitnesses, the exchange occurred as the Queen was waiting in the Throne Room following the official group picture with the national leaders here for the G20 Summit.

One said: ‘There was a bit of a bottleneck as all of the leaders filed out so the Queen started chatting to Michelle Obama. She appeared to look up at her and make a comment about how tall she was.

‘As she did, she put her arm around Mrs Obama and rested her gloved hand on the small of her back.’

Almost simultaneously, Mrs Obama put her arm around the Queen’s shoulders rather more firmly.

‘The pair then looked at their feet and appeared to be discussing their shoes.

‘The Queen then dropped her arm and, a few seconds later, Michelle did the same. The entire exchange lasted around eight to ten seconds but was absolutely extraordinary.’

No-one – including the ladies-in-waiting standing nearby – could believe their eyes. In 57 years, the Queen has never been seen to make that kind of gesture and it is certainly against all protocol to touch her.

‘But she didn’t seem to mind a bit and was smiling and joking throughout,’ the eyewitness said. (Source)

Well, I get what the big deal is but come on, it’s really not THAT big of a deal. You know us negroes are a friendly bunch. *rolls eyes*

I’m so proud of our President and First Lady. They are overseas repping! They are OUR royal family! They are doing a great job and are representing America well.

What do you all think about this “controversy”? It’s definitely fitting of their moniker of “change”! I want to hear from the UK/European readers as well!

I can’t and I won’t. My God, how do you make a comment like the one he did on a day like today? “Uncle Sam, Uncle Tom, Toby…”

Out of his mouth. And he wasn’t even sorry. Nope. He asked him if he would have worded it differently basically, and he said nope. *smh*

I think this is just a harbinger of the difficulties of what President-Elect Obama is going to face. The easy part was getting to this point today. NOW the real work begins of healing and putting back together our broken country.

BUT YES WE CAN!

We now return back to our hiatus LOL.

You know, allow me a minute to put aside the music videos, the gossip, the whatever.

I’ve not really explicitly stated my preference in politics. I pretty much try to stay away from the whole issue and keep my thoughts to myself. That said, I have never ever been as energized as I am about this country as I am in this time right now. This election has moved me on so many levels and has stirred up passion that I didn’t know I had.

I tuned in about halfway tonight to Barack’s 30 minute commercial (see above if you missed it as well) but the first thing I heard him say was “he was shaped more by his father’s absence” and the fact that his mother made him get up at 4 AM to do lessons and whatnot.

THAT right there is why I want to vote for this man. He just seems smarter, a breath of fresh air, and ready to take on the great challenge that is righting this country. I want to vote for him because I can relate to him. He is more reflective of my life than any other candidate of the history in American presidential hopefuls.

My view of politics is that “you always have to choose the lesser of two evils”, and while I may not agree with EVERYTHING he agrees with, the majority of the time I do. And that’s why I am voting for Barack Obama this weekend when I mail in my ballot.

Like Michelle Obama pretty much said, I am finally proud to be an American!