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2011-11-08 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by trailing wife 2011-11-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 Netanyahu - isn't he the leader of what some other French guy referred to as "that shitty little country"?

Savagely funny in-line, btw.

Posted by SteveS 2011-11-08 00:40|| 2011-11-08 00:40|| Front Page Top

#2 In Instapundit's opinion this is
"Actually, this is probably just an effort, rather clumsily and obviously executed, to create distance before Israel whacks the Iranian nuke program."

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-11-08 01:56|| 2011-11-08 01:56|| Front Page Top

#3 I would go with the 'intentional distancing, clumsily handled' point of view. I don't think Obama is capable of anything with more craft, though; this is him at his best.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2011-11-08 05:04|| 2011-11-08 05:04|| Front Page Top

#4 Don't fret over this, just go out and take a look at one of the bronze statues of Obama. The one that is dedicated to the "I cannot tell a lie Obama", or the Obama "You can trust me" statue. When you see the statues, you can feel better.

Posted by whatadeal 2011-11-08 05:36|| 2011-11-08 05:36|| Front Page Top

#5 Somehow I am sure that Sarkozy and Obama knew those microphones were on. It is a trick almost every politicians knows.

Posted by BernardZ 2011-11-08 06:21|| 2011-11-08 06:21|| Front Page Top

#6 Is anybody surprised if this is real? Its not as if they've been nice in public about Israel. The elite-lefties have picked Palestine as their guy and only say nice things about Israel because they need to be reelected.

Posted by rjschwarz 2011-11-08 07:59|| 2011-11-08 07:59|| Front Page Top

#7 But that's what all politicians do!

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-11-08 09:07|| 2011-11-08 09:07|| Front Page Top

#8 If that isn't the black calling the kettle pot.

Posted by Spusotch Thud5979 2011-11-08 09:35|| 2011-11-08 09:35|| Front Page Top

#9 This from the man who claims he was only bombing Libya to "protect civilians".

And why would he want to distance himself from an attack on Iran? Because he is a sniveling weasel who is afraid that Iranians might hit back?

You wanna see a lying, two-faced, sniveling weasel? Kinda makes me fear for the future of Western Civilization.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-11-08 11:40|| 2011-11-08 11:40|| Front Page Top

#10 Reuters confirms from their own sources that the conversation took place as reported.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-11-08 12:26|| 2011-11-08 12:26|| Front Page Top

#11 Totally, TW. Thankfully Bibi is not as naive as I was:

"Hey, guys! My mom got me this awesome sparkly pink Hello Kitty t-shirt, because I got As in AP Physics and AP History, and I made the track team too. You did too, right? Aren't we all so awesome?!"

Posted by RnadomJD 2011-11-08 12:37|| 2011-11-08 12:37|| Front Page Top

#12 Somehow I'm guessing these two never read _How To Win Friends And Influence People_.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-11-08 14:51|| 2011-11-08 14:51|| Front Page Top

#13 Netanyahu calls Sarkozy a Frenchman?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-11-08 15:46|| 2011-11-08 15:46|| Front Page Top

#14

Posted by play4keeps 2011-11-08 16:31|| 2011-11-08 16:31|| Front Page Top

#15 "Hey, guys! My mom got me this awesome sparkly pink Hello Kitty t-shirt, because I got As in AP Physics and AP History, and I made the track team too. You did too, right? Aren't we all so awesome?!"

We are, indeed, dear Random JD. ;-) Although for me it was gymnastics... But remember, the prime minister was the dumb one of his family. The poor man probably never got a sparkly pink Hello Kitty t-shirt.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-11-08 18:48|| 2011-11-08 18:48|| Front Page Top

#16 I would like to thank my mother for never buying me a sparkly pink Hello Kitty T-shirt. My grandmother, on the other hand, did buy me stuff like that...when I was thirty.

It gives me a sad to report that the Hello Kitty store in our local (tiny) shopping center is no more. They once had a HK toaster oven in the window.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2011-11-08 19:14|| 2011-11-08 19:14|| Front Page Top

#17 I love my sparkly pink HelloKitty shirt. And the attention I get when I wear it.

Posted by SteveS 2011-11-08 19:26|| 2011-11-08 19:26|| Front Page Top

#18 Hello Kitty is AWESOME!!! "Konichi wa neko".

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2011-11-08 19:29|| 2011-11-08 19:29|| Front Page Top

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