Posted on 03/24/2016 5:00:38 AM PDT by McGruff
On Wednesday evening, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama danced the tango at a state dinner in Argentina. By the next morning, a bipartisan chorus of disapproval of the optics was bursting out on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
Obama should not have canceled his trip to Argentina after the attacks in Brussels, said Richard Haass, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, but his recent photo op at a baseball game in Cuba and his tango left much to be desired.
“Argentina is actually one of the very rare good news stories in the world,” Haass said, referring to the government’s transition from former President Cristina Kirchner. “You have a new democratic government. They’re doing the right things economically, they’re doing the right things politically. It’s a good story.”
“However, the advance person who let him do the tango, that person ought to be looking for work on somebody’s — in somebody’s campaign very, very far away,” Haass remarked. “That was a tremendous mistake. It’s fine to go to Argentina, you want to do the work, but you’ve got to be careful of these little photo ops and optics. Baseball games and tangos, that’s inconsistent with the seriousness of the day.”
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Nero Analogy: The Obamas danced while Brussels burned.
Lighten up. It’s liberals who are the ones who hold symbolism over substance. We should be trashing Obama for his substance, or lack thereof.
Argentina was a hangout for Nazis after 1945 maybe Obama is looking for a place to go after he loses power.
So, who’s that lady dancing with the broomstick?
There’s a new term recently coined, “Bad Optics”.
That has to be the worst optic, I have seen in at least 70 years.
Never in the history of this Republic has an administration had such a tin ear and a press that cleaned it up for them.
God knows, this is embarrassing. Especially in what is known as “The Information Age”.
I think that is what is happening on this thread.
But if that's not good enough for you, how about this:
That picture is making my skin crawl.
Sexy Argentinean lady with great muscle tone dances Tango
Obama (sans tone) dances the Flat Foot Floozie
For a flaming gay guy, 0bama is a truly crappy dancer
Speaking of that. Did anyone check these two for communicable diseases before letting them come into contact with the first family.
He seems more interested in the male dancer.
Dancing With The POTUS.
Ouch! *chuckle* *chuckle*
I conclude the overnight polls, and google analytics, arr reporting a disaster.
Then again, a politician should have the instinct to know this is bad optics.
Unless, of course, 0bama does not care and chose to stick his thumb in America’s eye
“If ya can’t Tango, the terrorists win.”
She has more muscle tone than 0bama.
She has less total muscle mass than Moochelle
He’s no better at that than he is at throwing out the first pitch, eh?
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