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Report: Russian President Putin 'infuriated' by Obama's 'bored kid' quip
The Hill ^
| 8/28/13
| Justin Sink
Posted on 08/29/2013 2:08:19 AM PDT by Libloather
Russian president Vladimir Putin was "infuriated" by President Obama's joke that he looked "like the bored kid in the back of the classroom," according to a Kremlin official quoted anonymously by the New York Times.
The report comes as the United States weighs a military response to the use of chemical weapons in Syria a move that Russian officials have warned President Obama against. Russia is expected to block any attempt to get authorization for a strike in the United Nations Security Council, where Moscow holds veto power.
Obama made the comment earlier this summer during a showdown with Putin over Edward Snowden, the former U.S. defense contractor who leaked top-secret details of the National Security Agency's surveillance programs. Putin ultimately opted to grant Snowden temporary asylum over the objections of Obama, and the president was asked about his working relationship with the Russian leader.
"I know the press likes to focus on body language, and he's got that kind of slouch, looking like the bored kid in the back of the classroom. But the truth is that when we're in conversations together, oftentimes it's very productive," Obama said.
The president insisted that he did not have "a bad personal relationship with Putin."
"When we have conversations, theyre candid, theyre blunt; oftentimes, theyre constructive," Obama continued.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; Russia; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bored; iran; israel; kid; lebanon; obama; putin; russia; syria; turkey; unitedkingdom; waronterror
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To: donmeaker
It would be rather nice to see the saudi wahabbists get blasted for a change.
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posted on
08/29/2013 8:36:34 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: Jonty30
(Putin's) not that angry. You're right, of course. Just like after obama's "I'll be more flexible ..." comment last year, Putin knows he's dealing with a ...uhhh ... fool with a grenade. (i.e., "flexible" times nothing equals nothing). Not worthy of a warrior's response to obama's latest petty torment.
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posted on
08/29/2013 8:45:25 AM PDT
by
glennaro
To: jsanders2001
I think it's time for our president to take another tour of the Middle East. Take Michelle and Reggie. Leave the Secret Service.
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posted on
08/29/2013 8:58:58 AM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
("Remember... the first revolutionary was Satan."--Russian Orthodox Archpriest Dmitry Smirnov)
To: Libloather
OHHHHH this is not good
Obama acting like spoiled little brat
Vlady is going daddy on him LOL!
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posted on
08/29/2013 9:53:16 AM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
To: Libloather
So Mr. Putin is “furious” with BHO?
Get in line, Mr. Putin, get in line.
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posted on
08/29/2013 10:07:53 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos...)
To: Jonty30
If Putin knows anything about Obama that we don't know already, he certainly won't publicize it. Unless and until it serves Russia's national interest to do so.
To: pepsionice
Putin is not “Bored Kid’ he is ‘Bored Professional Killer’ thirsty for more innocent blood so that he can please his KGB Master Satan.
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posted on
08/29/2013 1:47:32 PM PDT
by
Marianland
(Refugee from Socialism)
To: Libloather
Imho, Putin is playing 0bama like a fiddle.
One is playing checkers, the other playing chess.
Things could get out of hand rather quickly.
5.56mm
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posted on
08/29/2013 1:56:46 PM PDT
by
M Kehoe
To: All
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posted on
08/29/2013 1:58:31 PM PDT
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: Netz
"Putin is too experienced to get caught up in a name-calling argument. This is BS."
Maybe he's just putting a little scare to Obama. G20 coming up and it is on Putin's territory.
So he can feign anger now and when B. Hussein O. shows up for the meeting he's got to wonder what Putin might have in store for him.
Putin doesn't even have to do anything - just knowing Obama might be sweating is sweetness itself.
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posted on
08/29/2013 9:04:39 PM PDT
by
hummingbird
(Don't be afraid of the big words.)
To: Vendome
"I hope Putin performs a Global Judo Flip on this loser."
*snicker*
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posted on
08/29/2013 9:06:56 PM PDT
by
hummingbird
(Don't be afraid of the big words.)
To: grania
Anything like that would just give Obama a way to bring his former supporters back into the fold. His current warmongering is eroding his support. Putin took Snowden in after letting Obama squirm and look foolish for just long enough. It's the chess player vs the street thug. The chess master will find a time and place to further erode Obama's authority. JMHO
IMHO, too!
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posted on
08/29/2013 9:17:18 PM PDT
by
hummingbird
(Don't be afraid of the big words.)
To: hummingbird
Obama is sweating, farting, burping, hiccuping, twitching, blinking and shaking right now - all because he HAS TO DO SOMETHING SERIOUS and deal with a nasty world out there. He is trying to use is key tools as a Community Organizer to assist him in these challenges - Putin is laughing is rear end off...
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posted on
08/29/2013 9:45:02 PM PDT
by
Netz
To: hummingbird
Is BO taking the Mooch to protect him with her man arms and scowls?
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