Now this is downright heartless

Heartless, cruel and thoughtless -- a fine display of asshattery. From the London Daily Mail:
White House snub to Thatcher: Obama won't send envoy to funeral - and leaves it to her old allies from the Reagan era
Friends and allies of Baroness Thatcher expressed �surprise and disappointment� last night as it emerged President Obama is not planning to send any serving member of his administration to her funeral.

Whitehall sources have revealed that the U.S. delegation at tomorrow�s service in St Paul�s Cathedral will be led by two Reagan era secretaries of state: James Baker and George Shultz.

Though President Obama himself had not been expected to attend, there had been speculation that he would be represented either by Vice President Joe Biden or wife Michelle.

The Queen�s decision to attend Lady Thatcher�s funeral has effectively elevated it to a state occasion unprecedented for a political figure in Britain since the death of Sir Winston Churchill in 1965.

Other world leaders, including Canada�s Stephen Harper, Mario Monti of Italy and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, are attending the service in person.

President Obama paid tribute to Lady Thatcher�s towering achievements when her death was announced last week.

But a US embassy spokesman confirmed that no serving member of his administration would be present to pay their last respects, citing a busy week in US domestic politics.
"a busy week in US domestic politics" indeed. Domestic? That would be Gun control. They could have sent Ambassador Stevens -- Oh... Wait... The Narcissist in Chief is about as tone-deaf as I have seen on foreign policy. Hell, appointing first Hillary and then Lurch as Sec. State shows that to be plain fact. This regime has a history of snubs to our staunchest ally. The Churchill Bust, the gift of 25 DVDs of American Movies to Prime Minister Gordon Brown (they were the wrong region codes to play on UK DVD players) and Queen Elizabeth's nifty new iPod pre-loaded with some videos of her earlier 2007 visit to the United States. This administration is populated with self-absorbed masterminds. The sooner we get some adults in the room the better. This play-date is over...

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