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| Russians snub Barry handshake |
| 2009-11-26 |
| This is "hard ball", Soviet Style. After the third handshake refusal, it becomes obvious. The facial expression is priceless. "I guess we're no longer in Chicago." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #10 Medvedev had Obama sit in a six inch high kiddie chair before the press. Had Obama knees up to his eyeballs, making the taller Obama look like a goofball. Also during a press conference when Obama went to shake Med's hand and press the flesh, Med was dismissive and didn't even bother looking Obama's way. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-11-26 19:08 |
| #9 Back in the olden dayz, didn't burly ruskies use to greet each others with sloppy kisses on the mouth? THIS I'd pay to see, hell, two russians to hold barry down, and, here we go. Come on, for tradition's sake. Tough love, really. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2009-11-26 18:54 |
| #8 Quagmire! |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2009-11-26 18:51 |
| #7 Good question. I can't watch it often enough. I thought others might be suffering the same malady. Sorry for the redux. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-11-26 16:25 |
| #6 Didn't this happen back in the summer? Why are we posting this now? |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2009-11-26 16:22 |
| #5 What Zhang said. When the Russians want to play hardball, you'll know it. Case in point: Angela Merkel's afraid of dogs. At the last meeting with her, Putin brought in a German shepherd and sat him down at Merkel's feet. |
| Posted by: lex 2009-11-26 14:32 |
| #4 The header is off. Ogabe was introducing Medvedev to various people. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2009-11-26 13:01 |
| #3 Well, it is a blood sport. If you think Chicago has a tough political hierarchy, welcome to the real world. Keep groveling and apologizing for any and all imagined imperfections of America in a world of Darwin and it's only going to get more 'embarrassing' for you. When you're just a product of the nurturing of the socia!ist dialectic, why should the elders of socia!ism consider you anything less than their tool. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-11-26 12:45 |
| #2 Rolled at the handshake. I wonder what he caved on after that to regain their affection. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2009-11-26 12:32 |
| #1 LOL - "who knows where that hand's been?" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-11-26 12:11 |