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Obama Dines In, to Some Russians' Distaste
New York Times ^ | July 7, 2009 | PETER BAKER

Posted on 07/07/2009 11:29:17 AM PDT by FocusNexus

After passing on dinner with the French president to take a date in the City of Light with his wife last month, President Obama took leave of his Russian hosts on Tuesday night to seclude himself in his Moscow hotel with Michelle and their daughters.

The decision to brush off the Russians on one of his two nights here miffed some in the Moscow government who did not understand why he would not devote the scarce time to his hosts.

Mr. Obama has seemed tired here, several times fumbling the pronunciation of Mr. Medvedev’s name and Mr. Putin’s title. Beginning a speech here, he mistakenly said he first met his wife in school instead of at the law firm where they actually met. And he misstated his youngest daughter’s age.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; Russia
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhorussia; bhovisit; hussein; obama; obamainrussia; russia; snub
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To: FocusNexus

The Coward in Chief continues to phone it in.


121 posted on 07/07/2009 12:45:35 PM PDT by Miss Behave (OMG, my tagline is stalking me.)
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To: LucyT

The lunacy just keeps getting worse every five minutes. Words other than profanity fail to describe this disgrace.


122 posted on 07/07/2009 12:47:53 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: FocusNexus
"Mr. Obama has seemed tired here, several times fumbling the pronunciation of Mr. Medvedev’s name and Mr. Putin’s title."

Oh dear, he really must be tired, because we know he is such a stickler for pronunciation:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090703/pl_politico/24466

123 posted on 07/07/2009 12:48:43 PM PDT by LucyJo ("...guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism...". George Washington)
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To: FocusNexus
I can't believe this.

That is an incredibly rude thing to do.

124 posted on 07/07/2009 12:49:20 PM PDT by HIDEK6
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To: FocusNexus

Clearly he doesn’t understand statesmanship which is not very surprising. I’m betting he feels that these people have already sized him up as the weak coward that he is and he is afraid of getting steamrolled in any casual talk.


125 posted on 07/07/2009 12:50:10 PM PDT by CougarGA7 (I knew that Whopper was angry, but I didn't think it would try to kill me!)
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To: FocusNexus

Probably needed to make a hit on his crack pipe.


126 posted on 07/07/2009 12:54:43 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: LucyT

Guess he’s back on the blow again, if he ever stopped to begin with. Why does he drag those kids and wife with him to all of these things? One reason........... FREE SHIT! FREE TRIPS! They make me sick. Typical ghetto trash. You can’t win or buy class and they have none. Then the oldest kid has her new Black Panthers dread hair style when she goes to Russia. GAG GAG GAG


127 posted on 07/07/2009 12:56:12 PM PDT by mojitojoe (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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To: FocusNexus

Given the time differential, maybe he wanted to watch the Michael Jackson circus, I mean memorial, live. There ARE priorities, you know. /s


128 posted on 07/07/2009 12:56:37 PM PDT by Hoffer Rand (There ARE two Americas: "God's children" and the tax payers)
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To: erman
I found one of the pictures, the one in the limo, but I can't find the one where Michelle came down the steps holding the picture after visiting someone upstairs. Michelle Obama's London trip

Mr Martin was forced to resign last month following his mishandled response to the MPs' expenses scandal.

Quite why Mrs Obama was given the publication, which she was pictured holding as she was driven away from the Houses of Parliament, remains a mystery.

129 posted on 07/07/2009 12:56:42 PM PDT by Eva (union motto - Aim for mediocrity, it's only fair.)
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To: All
Oops...sorry 'bout that:

Obama, A Stickler for Pronunciation

130 posted on 07/07/2009 12:56:58 PM PDT by LucyJo ("...guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism...". George Washington)
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To: FocusNexus

Big mistake and shows no class at all.

Russians will consider this a real insult, they take offering hospitality very seriously, especially when they are the host,even if they don’t like you, he couldn’t be ruder if he tried.

The man is also a fool not to take the chance, to meet and understand his hosts.

It won’t be long before the world realises, just what a bum has been elected.


131 posted on 07/07/2009 12:57:31 PM PDT by crazycat
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To: bikerman
He fumbled Medvedev's name multiple times from the get-go, which is extra-laughable considering the recent fawning MSM reports that he:

[intently studies and practices leaders' name pronunciations until perfect, including proper personal accents, to show his profound respect for foreign leaders.]

132 posted on 07/07/2009 12:57:54 PM PDT by Miss Behave (OMG, my tagline is stalking me.)
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To: LucyT; All

I deliberately try NOT to watch obama in any venue if I can possibly help it, but he is so everywhere all the time that every here and there it can’t be helped. So today, I caught a live shot of him in Russia and was taken aback by how much bluer his lips and eyelids looked than usual.
SOMETHING is radically wrong with that creature. His lips were so blue they were damn near purple.
Did anyone else notice this?


133 posted on 07/07/2009 12:59:19 PM PDT by MestaMachine (Zero+Zero=Zero, OR nothing from nothing is still nothing. OR 0+R E =0)
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To: LucyT

If he keeps this up, his only foreign friends will be Chaves, Morales, Castro, and the deposed Honduran guy. (I’m having a “CRS” moment and can’t remember his name.)


134 posted on 07/07/2009 12:59:55 PM PDT by Rushmore Rocks
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To: FocusNexus

Mr. Obama jokingly called her “Agent 99,” after the “Get Smart” character. “She just looked like she knew where she was going,” he said. “I thought she was going to pull out her shoe phone.”
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yea, you are real funny dorkman zer0. I saw that picture and it was pathetic. It wasn’t cute and it wasn’t funny. Dragging your kids to that meeting was piggy and so was the new dreadlock hairstyle on the gigantic beanpole oldest girl. It was a pitiful sight to see. Not cute, not funny, a badly dressed, nasty foursome.


135 posted on 07/07/2009 1:01:33 PM PDT by mojitojoe (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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136 posted on 07/07/2009 1:02:19 PM PDT by Lizavetta (Politicians: When they're not lying, they're stealing.)
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To: Maceman

No matter how tired I have ever been, I can’t imagine making the mistake of talking about 57 states in the US, or making a slip and referring to “my Muslim faith.”
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Those were the TRUTH. It slips out when he gets flustered or tired. He was referring to the 57 Muslim states and he is a Muslim. Muslims attend Wright’s church. It’s been 9 months and he still can’t find a church? Give me a break.


137 posted on 07/07/2009 1:05:01 PM PDT by mojitojoe (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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To: Ann Archy

LOL!


138 posted on 07/07/2009 1:05:46 PM PDT by lonestar (Obama is turning Bush's "mess" into a catastrophe.)
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To: Ann Archy

LOL!


139 posted on 07/07/2009 1:06:56 PM PDT by Mangia E Statti Zitto
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To: FocusNexus
Beginning a speech here, he mistakenly said he first met his wife in school instead of at the law firm where they actually met. And he misstated his youngest daughter's age.

Obviously, the KGB sabotaged his teleprompter.

140 posted on 07/07/2009 1:07:03 PM PDT by Redcloak ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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