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REMEMBER WHEN HE PROMISED A MORE HUMBLE AMERICA? Probably not since the days of the Pharaohs or t?

By Glenn Reynolds

REMEMBER WHEN HE PROMISED A MORE HUMBLE AMERICA?

Probably not since the days of the Pharaohs or the more ludicrous Roman Emperors has a head of state travelled in such pomp and expensive grandeur as the President of the United States of America.

While lesser mortals ? the Pope, Queen Elizabeth and so on ? are usually happy to let their hosts handle most of the security and transport arrangements when they venture beyond their home shores, the United States creates a mini-America on the move to ensure that nothing is left to chance.

If he were a Republican, we’d be hearing about the “Imperial Presidency” in the American press. Instead, such criticism is left to the British.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on November 08, 2010 (boomark / email).