NBC: The Big Chill: A dominant Obama meets a cool Putin at G20 (BARF!)

NBC News ^ | September 5, 2013 | Tracy Connor

[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.

[Admin Moderator]

AP photos cannot be posted due to copyright complaints

[PoloSec]

The fact is Putin has been slapping obomber about the head and shoulders for quite some time now.

[Antoninus]

It’s amazing what passes for news among the media eunuchs these days.

[maggief]

Watch Brian Williams lead with that crap.

[cherokee1]

You’re just not trying-—there’s dumbass, dunderhead, drizzledick, dickwad, dodo, dingaling, dingbat, (various other ding-—s), dipstick,-—but keep up the good work. I’m not done but I’m getting tired.

[nanetteclaret]

Yes, he did arrive 1/2 hour late for the dinner. Always the drama queen.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3063027/posts

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Lots of great pictures, here:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2412063/Revealed-America-Russia-secret-Syria-talks-Moscow-warns-nuclear-catastrophe-US-launches-strikes-Assads-uranium-reactor.html

[Old Sarge]

By what demented and delusional measure could that limp-wristed, pencil-necked pansy ever be considered dominant?

I could mention how, but it involves lots of oil and restraints...

[dennisw]

Even Reggie Love dominates 0bama who is supposed to be his boss.

[maggief]

Probably to bypass the meet-and-greet reception. He’s running short of allies.

[Marcella]

Those pictures of Hussein in that little car just freaks me out - if I didn’t know him, I wouldn’t talk to that little wimp. Putin, on the other hand, yes, yes, yes.

Let’s put it another way, which one would you want protecting you? Sissy boy or macho man?

[nanetteclaret]

Nothing worse when being a wallflower than to have the world’s press take notice of that fact.

[M Kehoe]

Tracy Connor should get off of her knees. Its so unbecoming when you let the public watch, Tracy.

Oh, and Tracy, wipe your mouth.

5.56mm

[rhubarbk]

He IS a wuss!

[RetSignman]

Updated from his last term: (still applies)

[GeronL]

dominant??

hahahahahahahaha

rofl

[The_Media_never_lie]

The baseball foto was the one I was looking for. Something’s not quite right with our guy.

[maggief]

Great link ... off to read.

BTW, compare that video to the NBC edited version. Notice NBC edited out the portion where Obama seems afraid to touch Putin’s arm.

[BigEdLB]

NBC and Cognitive Dissonance

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Seems that only the foreign press tells it like it is! :)