View Full Version : Barry takes "selfie" of himself and 2 other world leaders at Mandela's mermorial
At the same memorial, George W. received Boo's from the crowd when he was acknowledged.
Have I mentioned lately how much I abhor this "person" ???
Well I do ... with every fiber of my being.
Also want to add ... Moochelle doesn't look to happy. Might be a looooong flight home.
Obama's gestures during Mandela memorial scrutinized
An unexpected handshake. A selfie. A seat change.
President Barack Obama's gestures at Nelson Mandela's memorial service in Johannesburg were widely scrutinized on the world's stage Tuesday.
First, Obama shook hands with Cuban President Raul Castro as the U.S. president approached the podium at the soccer stadium to address Mandela's mourners. The brief exchange, captured on video and photographs, sparked an immediate reaction online and on TV, with cable news pundits and Twitter users debating the significance of warmth shown between leaders of countries that have not had formal diplomatic relations since 1959.
The handshake also drew some sharp GOP criticism. Sen. John McCain likened it to shaking hands with Adolf Hitler.
"Why should you shake hands with somebody who's keeping Americans in prison?" McCain told Public Radio International, adding: "Neville Chamberlain shook hands with Hitler."
"This wasn't a preplanned encounter," an Obama aide told Yahoo News on Tuesday. "Above all else, today is about honoring Nelson Mandela, and that was the president's singular focus."
At another point, President Obama posed for a "selfie" from his seat at the memorial with British Prime Minister David Cameron and Denmark's Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt. First lady Michelle Obama, seated to the group's left, did not participate.
Tuesday's event was not a funeral. But that didn't stop the "Selfies at Funerals" Tumblr, which documented the aforementioned trend, from categorizing the world leaders' selfie as one.
"Obama has taken a funeral selfie," Jason Feifer, the site's creator, wrote. "So our work here is done."
"Dear Obama," Mashable's Christine Erickson wrote. "Funerals are no place for selfies."
Earlier, the first lady appeared to be less-than-thrilled with the president's conversation with Thorning-Schmidt, and at some point, she switched seats with him.
http://news.yahoo.com/obama-mandela-memorial-172822763.html
His Mrs. definitely did not look too pleased, but then again that's kind of her trademark scowl. He is a real class act. As far as booing GW, did he not pour millions of our dollars into Africa to fight AIDS?
We have a possible wiener in the WH??
Post the selfies.. :D
Silly people...Mandela's funeral is merely an occasion for the world to gather and get with Barry.
.... and the Memes have started
I don't think that is Moochelle's trade mark scowl in the second pic. :eek:
Judging by those looks on Michelle's face - Barry had better get used to a "selfie."
"I'm sorry honey. You're the only woman in my life."
"Uh Huh ...."
:munchin
Aaawww... nothing like a love triangle to spice up a funeral.
BrokenSwitch
12-11-2013, 03:42
Love triangle indeed... with the Danish PM.
http://israelmatzav.blogspot.co.il/2013/12/mooch-obama-jealous-over-another-woman.html
Meh.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/Decoder-Wire/2013/1210/Obama-takes-selfie-at-Mandela-memorial.-Inappropriate-video
And so it goes...
Richard
Obama behaves like a kid somebody snatched out of a Midnite Basketball game and told, "Tag. You're POTUS."
mark46th
12-11-2013, 08:55
He should be glad he isn't married to Winnie Mandela. How long do you think it would take for her to necklace him?
Oldrotorhead
12-11-2013, 13:26
His Mrs. definitely did not look too pleased, but then again that's kind of her trademark scowl. He is a real class act. As far as booing GW, did he not pour millions of our dollars into Africa to fight AIDS?
He did ,and I would boo him too for wasteing money to treat AIDS in Aftica or where ever. Every dollar spent on treatment was a dollar not spent on research to find a cure. GWB was a really big spender.
He should be glad he isn't married to Winnie Mandela. How long do you think it would take for her to necklace him?
Is he aware what that term entails? Or do you suppose he would think it'd be like a lei being put around him in Hawaii? ;)
Guymullins
12-11-2013, 14:14
Is he aware what that term entails? Or do you suppose he would think it'd be like a lei being put around him in Hawaii? ;)
Does he know anything about Hawaii?
Does he know anything about Hawaii?
Barry knows how to score some righteous Maui Wowie, Puna Bud and Kona Gold, dude.
Any doubts...Google Choom Gang.
Barry knows how to score some righteous Maui Wowie, Puna Bud and Kona Gold, dude.
Any doubts...Google Choom Gang.
That's the most dynamic thing on his resume', including his time in DC.
That's the most dynamic thing on his resume', including his time in DC.
I try to focus on his strengths.
We could probably pay off quite a bit of the deficit if we just marketed our government as a reality TV show and sold ad spots during prime time.
I try to focus on his strengths.
lol
1. Potential Toastmaster pro (when teleprompters are allowed)
2. Funny duffer
3. Safe bicycle rider
4. Eagle-eyed (Obama can spot a quarter between the legs of any hostile diplomat or potentate and pick it up faster than any other politician in history).
5. Not afraid of his wife
6. Never says something he later regrets
7. Good Christian-goes to Church at least twice per presidenteal term
8. Consummate liar
9. Excellent self-photographer
10. Hangs with rappers and dey women
The list goes on indefinitely.
lol
1. Potential Toastmaster pro (when teleprompters are allowed)
2. Funny duffer
3. Safe bicycle rider
4. Eagle-eyed (Obama can spot a quarter between the legs of any hostile diplomat or potentate and pick it up faster than any other politician in history).
5. Not afraid of his wife
6. Never says something he later regrets
7. Good Christian-goes to Church at least twice per presidenteal term
8. Consummate liar
9. Excellent self-photographer
10. Hangs with rappers and dey women
The list goes on indefinitely.
Lol, slaps above his weight...skeet shooter extraordinaire...most transparent administration EH - VA !
Lol, slaps above his weight...skeet shooter extraordinaire...most transparent administration EH - VA !
lolol
Maintains complete control during choom flashbacks...
lolol
Maintains complete control during choom flashbacks...
Lol,
He is the HANDS-ON POTUS when an Ambassador is in mortal danger on anniversary of major attacks on the USA...
Never spikes the football...but he did do Osama...
The rest of the story...and so it goes...
Richard
The story behind "that selfie"
Roberto Schmidt, AFP
So here’s the photo, my photo, which quickly lit up the world’s social networks and news websites. The “selfie” of three world leaders who, during South Africa’s farewell to Nelson Mandela, were messing about like kids instead of behaving with the mournful gravitas one might expect.
In general on this blog, photojournalists tell the story behind a picture they’ve taken. I’ve done this for images from Pakistan, and India, where I am based. And here I am again, but this time the picture comes from a stadium in Soweto, and shows people taking a photo of themselves. I guess it’s a sign of our times that somehow this image seemed to get more attention than the event itself. Go figure.
Anyway, I arrived in South Africa with several other AFP journalists to cover the farewell and funeral ceremonies for Nelson Mandela. We were in the Soccer City stadium in Soweto, under a driving rain. I’d been there since the crack of dawn and when I took this picture, the memorial ceremony had already been going on for more than two hours.
From the podium, Obama had just qualified Mandela as a “giant of history who moved a nation towards justice." After his stirring eulogy, America’s first black president sat about 150 metres across from where I was set up. He was surrounded by other foreign dignitaries and I decided to follow his movements with the help of my 600 mm x 2 telephoto lens.
So Obama took his place amid these leaders who’d gathered from all corners of the globe. Among them was British Prime Minister David Cameron, as well as a woman who I wasn’t able to immediately identify. I later learned it was the Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt. I’m a German-Colombian based in India, so I don’t feel too bad I didn’t recognize her! At the time, I thought it must have been one of Obama’s many staffers.
Anyway, suddenly this woman pulled out her mobile phone and took a photo of herself smiling with Cameron and the US president. I captured the scene reflexively. All around me in the stadium, South Africans were dancing, singing and laughing to honour their departed leader. It was more like a carnival atmosphere, not at all morbid. The ceremony had already gone on for two hours and would last another two. The atmosphere was totally relaxed – I didn’t see anything shocking in my viewfinder, president of the US or not. We are in Africa.
I later read on social media that Michelle Obama seemed to be rather peeved on seeing the Danish prime minister take the picture. But photos can lie. In reality, just a few seconds earlier the first lady was herself joking with those around her, Cameron and Schmidt included. Her stern look was captured by chance.
I took these photos totally spontaneously, without thinking about what impact they might have. At the time, I thought the world leaders were simply acting like human beings, like me and you. I doubt anyone could have remained totally stony faced for the duration of the ceremony, while tens of thousands of people were celebrating in the stadium. For me, the behaviour of these leaders in snapping a selfie seems perfectly natural. I see nothing to complain about, and probably would have done the same in their place. The AFP team worked hard to display the reaction that South African people had for the passing of someone they consider as a father. We moved about 500 pictures, trying to portray their true feelings, and this seemingly trivial image seems to have eclipsed much of this collective work.
It was interesting to see politicians in a human light because usually when we see them it is in such a controlled environment. Maybe this would not be such an issue if we, as the press, would have more access to dignitaries and be able to show they are human as the rest of us.
I confess too that it makes me a little sad we are so obsessed with day-to-day trivialities, instead of things of true importance.
http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/Selfie
lol In other words, they couldn't just repeat the chant "it never happened" endlessly until the bots actually believed it didn't happen, they had to rationalize it from a humanistic angle.
Somebody's had a little too much grape drank.
"He did not...take a selfie...with that woman...at a memorial service..."
Sounds like the photog got the phone call.
"...and if he did...it's only human..."
"Or, was that...for the children..."
Lol, maybe the signer can straighten this shit out.
The cherry on top of the Mandela Meme would have been Myley Cyrus in the selfie photo…….just to make it surreal(er) when you put it in context with:
Zuma being boo'd and the back story to it ignored by all…..truckloads there
Unvetted sign language fella, standing next to POTUS :eek: with the ANC responding by turning off the lights
Desmond Tutu's house being robbed while attending services(2nd time)
It's a shame Desmond Tutu didn't get to speak(gee I wonder why)….even though he was and is a pain in the @ss at times, I admire the guy's character…..he's a lefty, but he did step in to stop a necklacing for which I will always respect the guy if not all of his opinions.
And he does often fail to tow the line and often criticises everyone across the continuum.
I recall visiting South Africa when President Obama won the Nobel Prize.
In the media Desmond Tutu was all like "what the !?!?!? what about Morgan Tsvangirai?" who lost his wife and nearly lost his life in non violent opposition to the Mugabe regime.
That was the Saffie news at the time…..the rest of the news as I recall was about murdered cops and murdered innocents.
RE: what Richard posted, well that clears all that up, we should not be so quick to judge.
The rest of the story...and so it goes...
Richard
The story behind "that selfie"
Roberto Schmidt, AFP
So here’s the photo, my photo, which quickly lit up the world’s social networks and news websites. The “selfie” of three world leaders who, during South Africa’s farewell to Nelson Mandela, were messing about like kids instead of behaving with the mournful gravitas one might expect.
In general on this blog, photojournalists tell the story behind a picture they’ve taken. I’ve done this for images from Pakistan, and India, where I am based. And here I am again, but this time the picture comes from a stadium in Soweto, and shows people taking a photo of themselves. I guess it’s a sign of our times that somehow this image seemed to get more attention than the event itself. Go figure.
Anyway, I arrived in South Africa with several other AFP journalists to cover the farewell and funeral ceremonies for Nelson Mandela. We were in the Soccer City stadium in Soweto, under a driving rain. I’d been there since the crack of dawn and when I took this picture, the memorial ceremony had already been going on for more than two hours.
From the podium, Obama had just qualified Mandela as a “giant of history who moved a nation towards justice." After his stirring eulogy, America’s first black president sat about 150 metres across from where I was set up. He was surrounded by other foreign dignitaries and I decided to follow his movements with the help of my 600 mm x 2 telephoto lens.
So Obama took his place amid these leaders who’d gathered from all corners of the globe. Among them was British Prime Minister David Cameron, as well as a woman who I wasn’t able to immediately identify. I later learned it was the Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt. I’m a German-Colombian based in India, so I don’t feel too bad I didn’t recognize her! At the time, I thought it must have been one of Obama’s many staffers.
Anyway, suddenly this woman pulled out her mobile phone and took a photo of herself smiling with Cameron and the US president. I captured the scene reflexively. All around me in the stadium, South Africans were dancing, singing and laughing to honour their departed leader. It was more like a carnival atmosphere, not at all morbid. The ceremony had already gone on for two hours and would last another two. The atmosphere was totally relaxed – I didn’t see anything shocking in my viewfinder, president of the US or not. We are in Africa.
I later read on social media that Michelle Obama seemed to be rather peeved on seeing the Danish prime minister take the picture. But photos can lie. In reality, just a few seconds earlier the first lady was herself joking with those around her, Cameron and Schmidt included. Her stern look was captured by chance.
I took these photos totally spontaneously, without thinking about what impact they might have. At the time, I thought the world leaders were simply acting like human beings, like me and you. I doubt anyone could have remained totally stony faced for the duration of the ceremony, while tens of thousands of people were celebrating in the stadium. For me, the behaviour of these leaders in snapping a selfie seems perfectly natural. I see nothing to complain about, and probably would have done the same in their place. The AFP team worked hard to display the reaction that South African people had for the passing of someone they consider as a father. We moved about 500 pictures, trying to portray their true feelings, and this seemingly trivial image seems to have eclipsed much of this collective work.
It was interesting to see politicians in a human light because usually when we see them it is in such a controlled environment. Maybe this would not be such an issue if we, as the press, would have more access to dignitaries and be able to show they are human as the rest of us.
I confess too that it makes me a little sad we are so obsessed with day-to-day trivialities, instead of things of true importance.
http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/Selfie
What a complete load of Bovine Skatology !!!!!!!!!!
"Just being human"
How long did the Libs ride W for this incident ???? ..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDGZQIdN9qk
Hell, they still do.
If W. or even Slick Willy for that matter, get caught doing this, oh how the talking heads would ride 'em. Actually, it looks like Barry took a page out of 'ol Willy's play book.
But not Barry. Nope. Nope. Nope. He can't do a freaking thing wrong.
Total freaking B.S. :rolleyes:
We moved about 500 pictures, trying to portray their true feelings,...
OooooK, fine. Lets see the pix of the jovial Michelle then. To be fair, it was a funeral and possible the she was pissed that O was not taking it seriously. But, I agree with Brushie, this guy is shoveling BS.
Pat
It's Bush's fault...
No wait - it's because of a YouTube video. Yeah, that's it - a video!
Nero was just being human when he fiddled.
I can understand that Michelle was pissed. After all the work she has done in support of educating the masses on obesity, her husband got caught grabbing the Danish...
I guess Hillary was heard to say "What difference at this point does it make? "
Team Sergeant
12-12-2013, 12:19
I expect no less from the dirtbag, scum always rises to the top.
The democrats are destroying one American city after another, this IQ challenged bottom feeder is destroying an entire nation.
Snaquebite
12-12-2013, 12:26
There's a pic somewhere floating around, supposedly taken after the "selfie" with Barry and Michelle in different seats....Jealous FLOTUS?
Team Sergeant
12-12-2013, 12:40
There's a pic somewhere floating around, supposedly taken after the "selfie" with Barry and Michelle in different seats....Jealous FLOTUS?
FLOTUS does not take pictures with white women, you can find all the pictures here:
http://www.ambrosekane.com/
Snaquebite
12-12-2013, 13:24
so....she did make him switch seats...LMFAO
26935
Firstly, I think what those three heads of state were doing at that event was - as my Mom would say - 'down right tacky'.
Secondly, although I don't get the whole 'selfie' thing, other than viewing it as a narcissistic reflection of a 'culture of me-ism' the social media aspects of the blogosphere seem to especially promote and perpetuate, I also don't get the tidal wave of national foofarah we tend to make over something as picayune as this, either. To me, both the events themselves and our nearly obsessive public focus upon them are embarrassing in some voyeuristic 'reality TV' sense.
Richard
Firstly, I think what those three heads of state were doing at that event was - as my Mom would say - 'down right tacky'.
Secondly, although I don't get the whole 'selfie' thing, other than viewing it as a narcissistic reflection of a 'culture of me-ism' the social media aspects of the blogosphere seem to especially promote and perpetuate, I also don't get the tidal wave of national foofarah we tend to make over something as picayune as this, either. To me, both the events themselves and our nearly obsessive public focus upon them are embarrassing in some voyeuristic 'reality TV' sense.
Richard
Hear, hear.