Once again his lack of experience with how things operate on a national scale and how he is supposed to act as POTUS.
He honestly thought he...as President could just stroll down to the press room and smoke and joke with the reporters like they were his drinking buddies.
:whatever:
So far he has done nothing but try to keep his public exposure scripted and phony.
No doubt he thought that he would rub elbows with them and get them all to report only what he wants,how he wants.
Showing himself to be a vacant,hoodlum style politician.
Wait.....he is from Chicago after all.
How condescending and almost thug-like to put his hands on the reporter like that.
exactly--he needs t owatch that touchy feely stuff---*shudder*
I was taught in "management 101" that shoulders were off limits. if you just HAVE to be a touchy-feely person, the elbows were the only place that you can touch without getting into trouble.
touching a shoulder COULD be just a gesture of camaraderie, but it could also be intentioned to intimidate.
BINGO! That's exactly what was intended.
obama is tall, but thin as a reed. physically intimidating, he is not.
Maybe you didn't see the SS detail behind him. You can be sure barack knows they have his back.
I'm just waiting for him to say, "now, now, now, wait a minute, wait a minute, hold on, hold on, uhhh, uhhh, uhhh..."
God, it's going to either be really entertaining or really horrifying for the next four years.
you forgot "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnndd", and "bbeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeccaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuuuuuuuussse".
Oy. It IS going to be a long four years isn't it?
it may be fun. remember, I said long before the dems got congress that we would have more fun for two years than a viagra addict in a glove factory . . . .I think it is already great fun. Take any of this stuff too seriously and either suffer from melancholy or become a fanatic.
What? :-) a glove factory?
Dixie has only had one glass of wine tonight :-)
I think it is already great fun. Take any of this stuff too seriously and either suffer from melancholy or become a fanatic.
Obama is a great clown name too! That O screams fake clown nose :manipulated:
There's an old saying I came across a long time ago:
If we must be screwed, can't we at least choose our own way of being screwd? Some are ways fun!
it was a sheepish attempt at one of those sayings that shoot across the internets. :-)Ah. So more wine?? :lmao:
a valid point. I don't guess he never did the shoulder gesture before he had the SS behind him . . . .
Ah. So more wine?? :lmao:
It would probably mean that the Secret Service would drop me like a bad habit, but if Dear Leader EVER put a hand on me like that, it would take a miracle to permit him to draw back anything more than a bloody stump.
There is a pressure point on the back of the hand that can work wonders as way of saying "don't do that again"
LBJ did this kind of leaning in, too, but I think LBJ could pull it off. The country has changed, and people don't like domineering politicians. Even the left will push back against this sort of thing.How bad do you think L'il 'O will get when the heat is really on? At least Clenis was a seasoned pol. L'il 'O has been led around by the hand his entire political life.
Obviously, Obama has a thin skin, just like Clinton before him. He expects everyone to like him, and he is frustrated if they do not. The bad news is that people will manipulate him, using his tendencies against him. Among others, Putin will play him like a violin. And the country will lose. :(
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Its obvious to me that Obama the faith healer is just trying
to mend the reporters broken soul.
I was taught in "management 101" that shoulders were off limits. if you just HAVE to be a touchy-feely person, the elbows were the only place that you can touch without getting into trouble.
touching a shoulder COULD be just a gesture of camaraderie, but it could also be intentioned to intimidate.
Ummm....not sure if this should be noted....but the reporter was white. Wonder what would have happened had the Prez been white and the reporter black. Would there have been cries of KKK-type intimidation?
For some reason Black Panthers tactics come to mind here while reading this.
I've always been very wary of people who are just a bit too polished and sauvy.
Underneath he has that ragin Kenyon, Black Pather, corrupt Chicago blood boiling.
He's had to smile and be nice and calm to everyone for almost 2 years during the
campaign. I think this will be just the tip of the iceberg. I feel for those who have
to work close to him.
ok, but you have to give him this; he had infinite opportunities to be the "angry black guy",
but it never happened.
"Angry black guy" doesn't get votes. Just ask Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.
precisely. but this guy has this "calm, cool, and collected" thing going on. we all have tempers. it will be interesting to see his.
I suspect we will see it soon.
He is in over his head.
I suspect we will see it soon.
He is in over his head.
I'm picturing Hillary Clinton-type behavior toward the Secret Service.
Sadly I'm afraid your going to be very right about this.
Was it posted here about the Obamanation not attending
the military inaugural ball? He was the first POTUS in 56
years I think it was that snubbed the MOH receipients.
Shades of things to come.
Here is link to that story (http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/obama-snubs-medal-of-honor-recipients/)
Um....I saw him at the Military Ball on Fox...unless there were 2 of them. He danced with an Army woman and she danced with a Marine.
Different ball.
The one Kay is talking about is the Medal Of Honor Ball. Every President since Eisenhower has attended.
Until our current one.
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N/p. There was like 12 balls that night and I think Obama attended something like 10 of them.
precisely. but this guy has this "calm, cool, and collected" thing going on. we all have tempers. it will be interesting to see his.
How condescending and almost thug-like to put his hands on the reporter like that.