Posted on 07/15/2009 6:34:50 AM PDT by mfnorman
Obama supporters definitely can't claim that this is a still shot from a video that is being blown out of proportion and context. While in Russia President Obama is totally snubbed in a receiving line by a group of individuals who refuse to shake his hand, but gladly shake the hand of Russian President Medvedev.
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THAT’S the cold shower he NEEDED!!!!
Guys, he was clearly making introductions. Can we get upset about *real* issues?
no way he is introducing people in that line...he’s just trying to save face after getting snubbed by the first guy...making it up as he goes along..
Reminds me of when 0 went to Irag while campiagning. He went into a mess hall and all soldiers ignored him and kept eating their meal. :)
I am so embarrassed by the REPEATED posting of this video.
OBAMA IS INTRODUCING MEDVED TO HIS OWN PEOPLE. He is not holding out a hand for a shake, he is saying “This is ...”
and Medved is nodding in introduction.
By repeatedly posting this on numerous conservative blogs (not FR, I mean other blogs and then posted on FR from those blogs) you guys are making the right seem like lunatics that we blasted the left for over Bush.
Right, so Medved is bowing a hello to his own cabinet?
BS!!!! This again, he’s introducing his staff to Mevdeved. Propaganda twisting of an event. The Right’s way of making it it appear what it is not. Great for the Right’s credibility, now we are at the DU level?
It seems so by the numerous postings of this and the breathless ‘Russia hates Obama’ I keep reading.
Good God that man makes me sick and I haven’t felt hatred for an individual like I do him, but I also hate to see us fall down the Daily Kos lane as well.
I'm not one to defend Zero; but it needs to be said here that the Russians are pretty intensely racist and that may have more to do with it than any particular US policy.
As much as I despise O and his entire regime, he does represent America and I did not appreciate the Russian snub.
O earned the disrespect of every leader he met and he ignored protocol at every single stop.
All that disregard earned him disregard right back, TO THE DETRIMENT OF AMERICA
Lesson learned, most likely NOT.
...but Frank Marshall Davis was....
one could argue he was making introductions, but look at the annoyed look on his face and the way he just lets his arm drop after the first 2....the next 2 looks like he gave up and went the into route...
also look at his face for the first 2, he’s clearly looking at the other guys hand, and he’s leaning in toward the guy - definite handshake attemps....he clearly gives up, the last 2 he neither leans in or looks at the guys hand...
Me too. It makes us all look like jacka$$es. Why is this garbage allowed on FR? There are so many *real* scandals and problems to focus on.
I thought we had standards.
STOP IT!
This video has been completely debunked. It has noting to do with handshaking. It is obvious that Obama is introducing the line to Medvedev - NOT ATTEMPTING TO SHAKE HANDS.
This is at least the third post and has been thoroughly debunked!
No, he was NOT clearly making introductions and IF he were, when has a president been so pompous in such an imperious gesture?
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