Posted on 09/05/2013 12:15:09 PM PDT by maggief
President Barack Obama was intent on getting the upper hand as he greeted Russia's Vladimir Putin at the G-20 summit on Thursday, according to body language experts who watched the frosty exchange.
From a jacket-buttoning pause to a hard-pumping handshake, Obama displayed tell-tale signs of dominance after he alit from a limo in front of St. Petersburg's Konstantin Palace, where Putin waited to meet him, communication experts said.
There was no outright hostility, but the chill between the two world leaders — at loggerheads over NSA leaker Edward Snowden and a strike against Syria — was evident in clenched-jaw smiles and lack of eye-contact and touching, the experts said.
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I was just saying to my wife Obama always grabs the person’s arm as he shakes their hand which is a way of exerting control. He did NOT touch Putin’s arm. I’m sure he knew better than to try that old trick.
Bammy: girly man..
Oh, puhleeeeze!
The skinny faggot couldn’t go one round with Putin.
What a load of bullsheet from (of course) NBC.
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Great illustration of what I just said.
Seven seconds should be long enough.
Obama dominate? Bwahahahahahaha.
Or dominant? Bwahahaha. Typo, but dominate works too.
Putin says: “And I will crush his head like a ripe melon!”
“the chill between the two world leaders — at loggerheads over NSA leaker Edward Snowden and a strike against Syria — was evident in clenched-jaw smiles and lack of eye-contact and touching”
Does anyone really think Obama cancelled his meeting with Putin and made his whole “reset” plan look like a failure (even to his own media allies) in order to protect vital US interests?
If Obama is being “flexible” with Putin just like he promised in secret, then he’s going to keep his “flexibility” secret too, and the public will get a little show of rigidity and clenched jaws.
Thanks for those!
I remember that debate, saw Gore do that - he definitely got too close, right in Bush's face. I recalled thinking at the time, is the Secret Service going to grab Gore? Bush just stood there staring at him. I also had the thought, is Bush going to deck him? Bush showed extreme control - I think I would have said something to Gore and it wouldn't have been pretty.
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