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Obama’s foot on Oval Office desk sends shockwaves around the world
wash times ^ | 9/4/13 | c chumley

Posted on 09/04/2013 9:05:24 AM PDT by bestintxas

Edited on 09/04/2013 9:06:13 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

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To: Hoodat
Also, there was another incident in 2009 like this one when he was on the phone with Netanyahu, so he has to be aware of how the image will be interpreted.

Does anyone know who he is talking to in this new photo?

Google Obama-foot-Netanyahu and you will get a lot of hits:

Jun 11, 2009 - Snapshot Shows President With Feet On His Desk During A Phone Call With Netanyahu

61 posted on 09/04/2013 10:14:57 AM PDT by FR_addict
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To: bestintxas
...with his foot on his Oval Office desk.

0bama owns that desk as much as I own the Lincoln Memorial.

5.56mm

62 posted on 09/04/2013 10:16:02 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: Timber Rattler
Reagan used the Resolute Desk to do actual work.


Obama uses it as a prop.


63 posted on 09/04/2013 10:16:08 AM PDT by Hoodat (BENGHAZI - 4 KILLED, 2 MIA)
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To: rarestia

Did you notice his right hand and his thumb and forefinger placement?
Elementary school kids have been expelled for doing the same thing.....
Something about gun control or something.....


64 posted on 09/04/2013 10:18:01 AM PDT by cuspofcommonsense
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To: WayneS

When it comes to bullies such as these types..they are also cowards inside.


65 posted on 09/04/2013 10:20:53 AM PDT by fabian (" And a new day will dawn for those who stand long, and the forests will echo in laughter")
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To: DoughtyOne

He sticks his finger in England’s eye every chance he gets, then he’s shocked they won’t play along in Syria. He insults Putin on a personal level and he’s shocked Russia won’t play along on anything.

Obastard is a walking, talking embarrassment to this great country.


66 posted on 09/04/2013 10:23:47 AM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Uncle Miltie: Obama poisoned race relations for a generation. Everything is racial now.)
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To: bestintxas
You guys are reading this all wrong. Obama's not showing arrogance and pomposity by putting his foot on the Resolute Desk. He's actually demonstrating false bravado and fear.

Notice in photos of Obama at conferences with aides, that he's almost always slumped low in his chair, almost reclining. You never see him sitting up straight with a forthright look in his eyes, such as you see with real commanders and leaders.

His body language says, "I am out of my depth here, and have no idea what I'm doing."

Whenever I see a photo of Obama with his foot on the desk, it looks like he's holding it at bay to me - afraid to let it touch him. Afraid to allow the Desk to make him responsible for the enormous weight of the office.

He's a classic poser who's showing nothing but juvenile swagger, intended to make people believe he's a tough guy. The exact reverse is true, which is why you see him over-correct so badly.

67 posted on 09/04/2013 10:23:55 AM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: stanne
And the people who put him in don’t see anything wrong with that image. They certainly miss the deliberateness of the insult.

I disagree. They don't miss it, they recognize and support it.

68 posted on 09/04/2013 10:25:52 AM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Uncle Miltie: Obama poisoned race relations for a generation. Everything is racial now.)
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To: Windflier

Disagree. He is definitely showing Arrogance.


69 posted on 09/04/2013 10:26:48 AM PDT by FR_addict
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To: Windflier

I think his body language says: ‘I am aloof’.

Maybe he thinks the world needs more loofs.


70 posted on 09/04/2013 10:32:31 AM PDT by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos...)
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To: FR_addict
Disagree. He is definitely showing Arrogance.

Sure he is, but it's a false front.

Inside, he's petrified of the office, which is why you see him spending more time on vacations and the golf course, than at work.

You'll never see pictures of him in the Oval Office doing real work. These pics are all photo ops. As soon as the photographers leave, Obama is off to the green. He'd rather be anywhere, but in that office.

71 posted on 09/04/2013 10:32:48 AM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier

Disagree. He doesn’t like working and is lazy, but he loves having the office.

He is trying to bring America down anyway he can.


72 posted on 09/04/2013 10:38:35 AM PDT by FR_addict
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To: Windflier
Could be that, I guess.

Could be he also just doesn't know not to put his feet on the furniture.

Let the record reflect that Milton Miteybad puts his feet on his desk all the time.

But Milton paid for the desk, and can do what he wants with it.
73 posted on 09/04/2013 10:42:19 AM PDT by Milton Miteybad (I am Jim Thompson. {Really.})
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To: Cyber Liberty

Oh boy.

Yep, there’s that, too.


74 posted on 09/04/2013 10:51:02 AM PDT by stanne
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To: stanne

We’ve had Obastard’s number since 2004.


75 posted on 09/04/2013 10:52:57 AM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Uncle Miltie: Obama poisoned race relations for a generation. Everything is racial now.)
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To: Milton Miteybad

No. People put their feet on the coffee table or up on the couch or even on the desk when they’re sitting. No one stands and puts their foot up on a table.

It’s an effort, it’s uncomfortable and it’s not something people do.


76 posted on 09/04/2013 10:59:06 AM PDT by stanne
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To: bestintxas

The hand gesture is either a gun or a phallus.


77 posted on 09/04/2013 10:59:59 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again,")
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To: FR_addict
Disagree. He doesn’t like working and is lazy, but he loves having the office.

That's also true, but only to a degree.

He likes having the power and privilege of the office, but hates and fears the actual responsibilities that come with it. Note that he never shows up before 10:00 AM, and is well known for skipping briefings and meetings with his cabinet and top advisers.

He went something like three years without meeting with a single member of Congress, though he had a steady parade of radicals, celebrities, grievance industry spokesholes, union bosses, and political appointees through the door.

And through it all, he managed to find time to throw lavish weekly parties at the White House, spend more time on the golf course than any previous President, campaign on his leftist agenda, appear on stupid television programs, and take photo ops with famous people. Oh, and he vacationed. And vacationed. And vacationed.

He's a punk and a poser. Not a world leader. And he knows it.

78 posted on 09/04/2013 11:01:10 AM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: stanne
No one stands and puts their foot up on a table. It’s an effort, it’s uncomfortable and it’s not something people do.

That's a perfect description of Obama's reaction to the weight and responsibilities of the office of President.

79 posted on 09/04/2013 11:03:27 AM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: stanne

Well...this Obama clown does it. I seen the pictures. ;-)

Yeah...probably nobody else, though.


80 posted on 09/04/2013 11:19:43 AM PDT by Milton Miteybad (I am Jim Thompson. {Really.})
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