Jim47 is offline Jim47 Post #1  April 17,2009, 10:22pm

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Ah how sweet - young socialists in love! All starry eyed and smitten!
 
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Cyclist_Steve is offline Cyclist_Steve Post #2  April 18,2009, 6:02am
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not sure how that post could be considered as racist?? maybe i'm missing something. i think jim's point is that it's so ironic that our president would be all chummy with a guy that in 2006 said, 'the united states empire is on its way down and it will be finished in the near future, inshallah (arabic for "god willing")'
 
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Make your point, Jim.
 
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Cyclist_Steve,583466 wrote :

... i think jim's point is that it's so ironic that our president would be all chummy with a guy ...
Who happens to be the leader of a country in South America and was one of the attendees at the Organization of American States summit where they met for the first time.


Shaking hands is considered an appropriate greeting and does meet the definition of "chummy."
 
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I'd like to turn it around - if Obama had greeted Chavez coldly, refused to shake his hand, etc., what would that have accomplished? Of course he was civil. He has been critical of Chavez, and Chavez has been critical of him. But they're doing what world leaders do: being outwardly cordial in public. It's called diplomacy, Jim. Ever heard of it?
 
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Jim47, wrote :

Ah how sweet - young socialists in love! All starry eyed and smitten!


Jim, look at the body language.


Chavez is relaxed and smiling pretty genuinely. He's happy to meet Obama.


Obama's smile is very guarded. It doesn't reach his eyes. It's a very formal/public gesture - not a "buddy" greeting at all.


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Looking at the body language it looks to me as if Chavez wants to arm wrestle, considering the "handshake". Obama's look is guarded but he also has his left hand on Chavez's arm as to be able to manipulate his move. More importantly look at the guy in the grey suit. He is looking at Obama just waiting for a wrong move.


I wouldn't say Chavez's smile is genuine. Remember that song, "smiling faces sometimes pretend to be your friend ---smiling faces, smiling faces sometimes they dont' tell the truth."
 
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landstar59,583717 wrote :


Looking at the body language it looks to me as if Chavez wants to arm wrestle, considering the "handshake". Obama's look is guarded but he also has his left hand on Chavez's arm as to be able to manipulate his move. More importantly look at the guy in the grey suit. He is looking at Obama just waiting for a wrong move.


I wouldn't say Chavez's smile is genuine. Remember that song, "smiling faces sometimes pretend to be your friend ---smiling faces, smiling faces sometimes they dont' tell the truth."





You may be right. Either way, it's hardly the "BFF" embrace Jim suggests.
 
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What can we gather from Putin's body language? I see his body language saying, "This guys and i d i o t, why am I here with this m o r o n." And Bush's is saying, "I can't wait to get that slip-n-slide in my presidential library!"
 
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