Raw meat - a gift fit for a President - really - baby sheep meat

[donsu]

http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,10329366%255E1702,00.html


A SAUDI prince lavished nearly $US130,000 ($185,000) of fine jewellery on US President George W. Bush, his wife, children and top aides in 2003, but the weightiest gift for the first family last year was kilos of raw meat.

Documents released today showed that, while Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz's exquisite baubles may have cemented US-Saudi friendship amid tension over Iraq, Argentine President Nestor Kirchner's 136kg present most likely did more to slake war-time appetites.

Although valued at only $US1500 ($2140) - far less than the crown prince's $US128,000 ($182,000) largesse - President Kirchner's meat was arguably the most unusual gift the president received.

Presented to Bush during an official visit to Washington in July, during which Mr Kirchner secured US support for a new international loan program, the lamb was transferred to the General Services Administration, presumably for distribution to government cafeterias or charity.
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the article ends with this wonderfulness:

"The single most valuable gift given to Mr Bush in 2003 came from Russian President Vladimir Putin, who presented him with a collection of original watercolour portraits of all 43 US presidents bound in a "red velvet book studded with precious gems" worth $US45,000 ($64,000)."


the perfect coffee table book

Ok, so why would Argentina give smirk raw baby sheep meat as a gift?
(frozen?)

[SemiCharmedQuark]

1. Way to go Smirko

Didn't the Clintons get in a ton of trouble for accepting gifts? What a bunch of Republican hypocrites. I'm not surprised, just disgusted.

[On the Road]

2. Maybe It Was a Veiled Message

You know how much "red meat" the Republicans are always pushing.

[ChocolateSaltyBalls]

3. I'll be most world leaders simply give Bunnypants..........

a bag of pretzels and hope for the best.