Obama, Putin Give Off Chilly Body Language In The Heat Of Mexico’s Coast
Source: Associated Press
LOS CABOS, Mexico Its hard to tell if President Barack Obama got a sense of Russian President Vladimir Putins soul. In front of reporters, they hardly looked at each other.
In their first meeting since 2009, Obama and Putin shared little eye contact and did not appear to express much personal warmth following a two-hour meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit. Putin made brief remarks and then looked down at the table as Obama spoke to reporters, aided by a translator.
The gathering had a much different feel compared with President George W. Bushs first meeting with Putin in Slovenia in June 2001. Bush said then that he was able to get a sense of his soul.
Yet aides said the media shouldnt draw any conclusions from the chilly body language. They said the meeting wouldnt have lasted as long as it did if the two leaders didnt get along.
Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/obama-putin-give-off-chilly-body-language-in-the-heat-of-mexicos-coast/2012/06/18/gJQAoiWQmV_story.html
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)The media will do everything it can to create a story where there is none.
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)to make President Obama look as weak as they can, twisting and spinning bull to R'money's advantage. Because make no mistake, this hit piece was written toward that end.
JI7
(89,290 posts)or call him "Pootie Poot" to show they get along.
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)You know the media is reaching when they resort to 'body language' to get an idea of how two men look at each other. What a ridiculous statement.
The Stranger
(11,297 posts)Who knew?
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)The media simply cannot be trusted under any circumstances.
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)Don't forget the summer of 2008 and the media manufactured supposed "tension" between Hillary and Obama; they wouldn't shut up about it until the last fucking day of the Denver convention.
Ash_F
(5,861 posts)Impossible. Unless someone off camera maybe tripped over and hurt themselves right at that moment.
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)USSR is our enemy. Not the exact words of course, but the same meaning. I don't know what I said, but I stand by it, whatever it was.
BumRushDaShow
(130,146 posts)continue on their march towards total generation of fake news rather than observe and report on events. The Koch money must be flowing rather freely across the entire U.S. media empire.
pscot
(21,024 posts)AP fails, yet again.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)in public. Especially when body language is just as much about politics as any other political moment.
Remember the Correspondents Dinner when Obama had us all in stitches while simultaneously giving orders to carry out Osama Bin Laden's assassination? And Putin? A former KGB man who lies to the public routinely while exposing his manly chest in photo ops.
The photos show two men who are being cordial and respectful.
may3rd
(593 posts)Smile and wave
Russia is preparing to send two warships to the Syrian port of Tartus, where Moscow operates a strategic naval base, ....
http://news.yahoo.com/russia-sending-two-warships-syrian-coast-report-085612198.html
Trust but verify it will remain business as usual
Blue Owl
(50,605 posts)Thank God is wasn't Sarah Palin or John McCain he was meeting with.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)stupid
4th law of robotics
(6,801 posts)It'd be like a wolf smiling at you. Probably doesn't mean anything good for you.
toopers
(1,224 posts)It is worth seeing.
found link
http://www.cbs.com/late_night/late_show/