Uh... can someone clarify... was Reid really invited and turned it down as a scoff to Bush? That sounds rather... unfounded. In fact, the Seattle Times says: "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was a guest at the gala dinner Monday night, although Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., declined his invitation because, his spokesman said, "He's not really a white-tails and dinner sort of guy and would just as soon spend a nice quiet dinner with his wife." Yep... doesn't sound like a scoff to me. But I guess folks have different senses of reality these days.

The Queen, state dinners, ex-Enron execs?Is this Alice in Wonderland? Welcome to the United States of Distraction. Bush is running the country into oblivion and this is what is news. Robin Roberts? Who?

118 people .... 18 of 'em contributors.

FDR would have done the same at the signing of the Warsaw Pact. Don't need all them sailors and stuff on deck, make room for the donors and my daddy's 'bidness' friends frum the oil companies.

bush is so crass and arrogant. we could not give a darm that you don't like what he does. he is going to do what rove tehlls him to do, smirk, give speech, fly here, sign this, smirk some more.

bush has the title but is not the Guy in Charge as he is so proud to flaunt.

Oh yeah, you forgot the "Katrina victims". The little boy's mother didn't teach him hygiene or take him to the dentist. Why is that the taxpayer's burden? Homeless people have a 60-70% substance addiction rate. Why is this something I should give money for? If "millions are starving in this country, why do we have an "epidemic of obesity" among the poor, and how can this be their children when the government ponies up a breakfast every school day for the poor kids? Please..

The only surprise is that Dubya and Rove didn't pull some strings and get their most- favored contributor Abramoff to the dinner.

But at least Dubya didn't disappoint. Once again - true to form - he embarrassed and shamed this country.

Great coverage of the event Robin! Your dress was perfect and a better choice for you than the red, especially since Condi showed up in a red dress. This monring's foray into the kitchen was interesting. Where were George's fruits and veggies for lunch?? Hasn't he heard of Strive for Five--or does he think that applys to the bakery department?

Bush is sooo classy. Remember he said he would bring character to the White House? He meant "characters".

Leasing out the Lincoln Bedroom was one thing, but even Clinton couldn't think of selling Queen Elizabeth II for political donations. Then again, Tony Blair has been selling titles from the Queen for years.

And what did America get for all these "donations" - unprecedented corruption, a contracted out economy, and an imperialistic, elective war that has shamed American ideals, killed thousands of Americans, wasted trillions of tax dollars, and earned the hatred of the world. Set up the guillotine and let's give the aristas what they deserve. Liberty, equality, fraternity !

I don't see the story on this. If a Republican/Democrat (pick either one) is in the White House, they will invite their Republican/Democrat supporters to a function like this. Always has been like this, always will be.

It's a non-story, no matter how much or how little money they donated to/for their party.

Those of you out there blasting the president, get a life! He invited a wide variety of people to join him at the dinner. He even invited two of his harshest critics to join them -- Pelosi and Reid. These two are regularly in the media (and even in other countries) publicly denouncing and trashing the person who we as a country elected to be the president of the United States. And doing it for their own poliitcal gain. For whatever reason, Reid passed up the opportunity. His loss.

Peyton Manning was probably invited because he was the QB of the SuperBowl champs. Eli wasn't invited likely because he WASN'T the winner, not because he was from a liberal state.

According to authors who served in the Clinton White House, Hillary Clinton used several state dinners at the White House to further her campaign for the senate seat in NY during her time. The tone of using the White House for personal gain was set in stone and punctuated by the most arrogant, pompous President and first lady we have known.

So, yeah, the Bushes invited a cross section of people -- including supporters of his -- to a state dinner with the Queen and Prince Phillip. I'm sorry it didn't meet your preference for who should have been invited. I guess George Soros didn't make the cut like you would have liked. Too darn bad. It wasn't YOUR dinner.

Your party couldn't field a candidate for president that was sound enough to beat the guy you vilify daily. That should give you some sense of pride.

I'm glad that we live in a country where we all have the freedom to make choices not available to us in the world.

Those of you who don't agree with the guest list are free to host your own party and invite the Queen and NOT President Bush. John Kerry is available, I'll bet.

You'd better not be disrespectful of our Queen she came visiting didn't she?

The late Texas governor Ann Richards often remarked that George W. Bush was born with a silver boot in his mouth. Why must he prove her correct so many times?

Quick Correction ABC: Queen Elizabeth II is NOT the queen of England but of the United Kingdom. England is not the UK. I'm suprised a news organisation like ABC couldn't get that little bit of detail right. No wonder most people outside America don't have respect for Americans!!

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. She resides, alongside the British Royal Family, in the United Kingdom where the Monarchy is historically indigenous.

Apart from the United Kingdom, Elizabeth II is also Queen of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, and Saint Kitts and Nevis, where she is represented by Governors-General. The sixteen countries of which she is Queen are known as Commonwealth Realms, and their combined population is 128 million

Gosh, I'll bet the Queen was bored to death with the company. Hopefully the food was decent. The ultimate faux pas? Bush winked at her yesterday! What a simpleton! And how embarrassing!

Wow I would of love to Dine with Queen Elizabeth. How Awesome!!!!

Posted by: Lori Sinn

Why? So you could tell her how "awesome" she is? I don't think that she needs YOUR fealty. In fact, I don't think that ANY AMERICAN SHOULD EVER pay any sort of tribute to royalty. We have enough problems in this country with people thinking that they are somehow "better" than others.

I guess we're not a democracy after all ahem..otherwise the dinner would have been attended by a cross section of people from our nation...

Is anyone really surprised at the hypocrisy of the Repooplicans for condemning Bill Clinton's invitations to state dinners of Democratic mega-donors while doing the very same thing? Repooplicans are shameless.

///Small minded Harry Reid acted like a spoiled brat rather than accept the White House invitation. Sounds petty and partisan.///

NO ONE should be having a royal feast at the White House while our brave men and women are eating k-rations in Iraq.
But then when did the Bushies sacrifice???

shame on them all!!

Little did the Queen know, she was dining with a bunch of CROOKS.

Now, who says that big campaign contributions don't buy access? If it buys access to the queen, it must buy some kind of access to the president. The difference is that the former rules an ocean away, the latter is enthroned here.