Yes, Paul, an apology is in order. You were invited here to receive an award from the Library of Congress, i.e. the American people, and you proceeded to gratuitously insult a President of the United States and the over half of our population who voted for him. Imagine the outrage in Britain if an American sneered at the Queen or the PM while receiving an award from your government - - regardless of your personal feelings about the monarchy or the individual, you would be howling for weeks. "And Americans wonder why they are so hated, blah, blah, blah". Except that, Americans generally show better manners than that, but Brits don't, especially mouthy working class lads from Liverpool. Gobbling up a load of paranoid leftist nonsense from Bertrand Russell about the Vietnam War years ago doesn't make you particularly enlightened. Your hero Barack Obama is sliding quickly towards one-term oblivion, and what a relief that is. Maybe we can elect someone who will defend America and American principles, instead of apologize for them.