Barack Obama and British Prime Minister Remember Burning of the Capitol

Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron harkened back to the time when the United States and Great Britain didn’t have that “special relationship” in the early 19th century.

President Obama ribbed British Prime Minister David Cameron over the 1814 burning of the White House Wednesday.

"It's now been almost 200 years since the British came here to the White House under somewhat different circumstances," Obama said at a welcoming ceremony for Cameron. "They really made an impression. They lit up the place. But we moved on."

Obama's remarks follow on the heels of press secretary Jay Carney's quip Tuesday that the United States had "almost" forgiven the British for the attack.

Cameron took the teasing in stride. "I'm a little embarrassed to think that 200 years ago my ancestors tried to burn this place down," Cameron said. "You've got the place a little better defended this time."

When the British tried to burn our capitol to the ground, an act of God intervened. A hurricane coupled with tornados dispersed the enemy forces and doused the conflagration. It was truly a miracle. But the scum that currently reside in Washington D.C. would laugh at such sentiment. After all, to them, the United States isn’t an exceptional country. We’re no better than Kenya or Indonesia according to our current commander-in-chief.

The United States needs another miracle. May it come this November.

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