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[–]biggreenfan 418 points419 points ago

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This tells me that he recognizes a good photo op.

[–]InvaderDJ 43 points44 points ago

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Yep. That is one media savvy president.

[–]Nikoras 12 points13 points ago

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I wish he was media savvy during the whole healthcare thing. He didn't convey very well why healthcare needed to be overhauled and how the bill would benefit people in simple language. Because of this they pretty much gutted the bill of a lot of good.

[–]CowFu 3 points4 points ago

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In one speech he was talking about how the insurance company makes the most of the three groups involved (patient, hospital, insurance) and how their slice of the pie was getting bigger and bigger. For about 5 minutes he was talking about how bad the insurance companies were, then he said his solution was to force everyone in america to buy health insurance. I'm still dumbstruck on how anyone thinks it's a good solution at all.

//I liked most of the heath care reform, just not that part, it makes absolutely 0 sense to me besides being fantastic for health insurance companies.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Nationalized healthcare will never, ever work in the USA because American politicians will be running it.

[–]D33GS 0 points1 point ago

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Doesn't matter the healthcare bill in every form didn't address cross-state competition or lack there of. More competition = Better for the consumer without fail.

[–]PerkisPower 45 points46 points ago

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yes OP, good photo

[–]Ghibliomatic 22 points23 points ago*

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::Yes! Opportunity! Good photo~::

[–]captainzigzag 40 points41 points ago

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[–]VfV 0 points1 point ago

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The best one is the pic where he has a foot on a sale while someone else is standing on it. Can't find it though. Anyone?

[–]Pratchett 20 points21 points ago

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Nah, Pete Souza recognised the great photo op. Souza is his official photographer/head of presidential photographs and is a seriously talented man with a camera. He followed Obamas rise from his first couple of weeks in Senate to his rise as President.

[–]SpelingTroll 17 points18 points ago

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Like he was unaware that he is followed by his photographer on a daily basis.

[–]Pratchett 13 points14 points ago

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After 7 or 8 years of it I'd imagine you become accustomed to it.

[–]The_Adventurist 8 points9 points ago

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Listen, stop being difficult. He's trying to somehow make this prove that Obama is a shithead and your reasonability isn't helping things.

[–]Pratchett 11 points12 points ago

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The funny thing is I don't even have a horse in the race. I'm Irish so I don't care who is President of America. I just like Pete Souza.

[–]SpelingTroll 0 points1 point ago

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Not "shithead", just a politician. Public image is his bread and butter. I actually live in south america and am quite used to populist stuff like that. To me, the natural thing is that this is just his propaganda persona, and to think otherwise would require proof, not the other way around.

[–]thelazerbeast 2 points3 points ago

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He looks really fucking tired.

[–]chatzimcfee 13 points14 points ago

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And also that he is probably a scumbag, just like every other politician.

[–]darkshaddow42 2 points3 points ago

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How do you get that from this specific photo?

[–]Toorstain 13 points14 points ago

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I'm sure you know every politician ever.

[–]badxkitty 6 points7 points ago

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Just pictured condescending Wonka.

[–]SgtMustang 6 points7 points ago

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[–]chatzimcfee 0 points1 point ago

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actually, although it could be confusing the way I worded it, I said he is probably a scumbag. All I am saying is that I assume they are a scumbag first, then I try to find evidence to the contrary.

And finding such evidence is pretty difficult because of photo ops like this. Who really knows the situation here. Maybe the janitor was just like, "sup dawg." and then obama gives him daps. Maybe it was all a ...gasp... publicity stunt photo op.

[–]Toorstain 0 points1 point ago

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I'm not arguing that Obama is not a scumbag. I kinda like him , and wouldn't call him that myself, but he's done some stuff as a president that you really shouldn't do. I'm not even american, so I only get an outside view of him anyway.

I was reacting more to the "Just like every other politican". This might be true for the most part in America, but I belive that has more to do with having a system that rewards "Scumbags" and corrupt politicians, instead of favoring those who get into politics to make their comunity/society better than it has todo with the mentality of politicians in general.

You should also stop being so overly cynical. I can agree that this picture has been chosen to be published, or perhaps even been staged, to make Obama look good. But is it really that hard to believe that Obama is the kind of guy that does stuff like this, or at least does not act like "Oh no, the peasant touched my hand" You should always assume the (within borders of plausibility) best from situations like this, instead of assuming it is "fake, gay and staged".

TL;DR: I don't know enough about Obama's personality to judge him based on that, politicans can be good guys, and you should stop being so cynical :)

[–]IBWorking 0 points1 point ago

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Listen, just because he works in the White House doesn't make him a scumbag politician!

EDIT: Or did you mean Obama, instead of the janitor?

[–]dhoomsday 0 points1 point ago

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jack layton. 'nuff said.

[–]Osiris32 415 points416 points ago

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Fox News Headline: OBAMA PUNCHES MINORITIES, COULD CHRISTIANS BE NEXT?

[–]brownstoned 7 points8 points ago

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OBAMA PASSING COMMUNIST PLOT TO COMRADES!

[–]Shugoras 4 points5 points ago

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You decide.

[–]WarPhalange 24 points25 points ago

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TERRORIST FIST JAB SPOTTED!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_vmQrTi3aM

[–]phreakazoid21 6 points7 points ago

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I feel dumber just by watching this. And I thought television in my country was bad.

[–]Dark1000 2 points3 points ago

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It's interesting how she focuses on the "fist jab" but not on the ass slap.

[–]TheMonopolyGuy 1 point2 points ago

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I really want to ask the news reader "What's it like living in the past?"

[–]GorillaThrowsBarrels 1 point2 points ago

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[–]Pinslate 51 points52 points ago

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Obama hates America.

You can't explain that.

[–]tobsn 18 points19 points ago

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because China.

[–]Kd0t 1 point2 points ago

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Thats the funniest comment I've read all night. Thank you!

[–]SucculentSoap 0 points1 point ago

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He's like Jesus janitor puncher.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Nice one, haven't laughed that much in a while!

[–]MemphisRoots 0 points1 point ago

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He cant even look this man in the eyes while hes fisting him....

[–]KuztomX 49 points50 points ago

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Actually it is not what a man does on camera rather it is about what they do off camera. This is just PR.

[–][deleted] 14 points15 points ago

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A politician being nice to a janitor while the cameras, are on him. Stop the presses!

[–]GoodMusicTaste 4 points5 points ago

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Why would you even put a comma there?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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I was on my phone, comma is next to the spacebar. It happens.

[–]dennist3hmenace 56 points57 points ago

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Oh, this almost makes up expanding wars, not closing guantanamo, SOPA, NDAA, and bailouts/shitty economy.

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[–]antibasic 96 points97 points ago

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I wouldn't touch Obama either without a glove. He's been around a lot of Goldman Sachs.

[–]Pad_TyTy 51 points52 points ago

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Pretty common repost around these parts. In fact, this image has been posted at least 12 times in the last year. It's a cool pic, but seriously, people need to search before hitting submit.

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points ago

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This would be easier if you could somehow drag an image to search and see if the image has been posted. I could see OP not knowing it was posted, people are going to title it different things every time.

[–]exscape 2 points3 points ago

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You can (not literally drag it to search, though), using karmadecay.com: example for the this picture

[–]AmericanDerp 1 point2 points ago

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20,000,000 users aren't going to do that, being honest. Also, karmadecay would explode.

[–]exscape 0 points1 point ago

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I know they're not going to, but I honestly don't see why people don't search a bit before posting. I sure always do (though I don't post often).
Of course, some try to repost... that's a bit worse.

[–]al0newestand 0 points1 point ago

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Most try to repost, you beautifully optimistic soul.

[–]newblueshoe[S] 0 points1 point ago

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I, for one, will be doing that from now on. Unless I take the photo myself. Well, maybe even then.

[–]newblueshoe[S] 0 points1 point ago

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A fair criticism, as I noted earlier in the comments (albeit to someone MUCH less polite than you). Still, I did a couple of searches and hadn't seen it anywhere. My source was a pretty well-connected friend.

[–]redsolitary 2 points3 points ago

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I am so baffled by comments like this. If it gets upvotes, than some haven't seen it and is thusly a worthwhile post. Why are some so bothered by reposts that they take the time to write about it and share links? At least the op posted content, you posted a whiny rant.

[–]AmericanDerp 1 point2 points ago

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Why are some so bothered by reposts

hipster redditors

[–]rrwrwx 1 point2 points ago

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Some people haven't seen this before. Thus the upvotes.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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I had never seen it... Isn't complaining about reposts against the rules of Reddit???

[–]Thingtwos 36 points37 points ago

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That he takes pictures like this to make people like you think he is some awesome guy? This is just a publicity stunt.

[–]JimmyMack_ 91 points92 points ago

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...that they know what to do when a camera's on them.

[–]thegreysquirrel 13 points14 points ago

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TBH a camera is on them nearly all the time. There was a fantastic documentary not too long ago about the presidents photographer. They're basically like a fly constantly buzzing round.

[–]WonkaCheeseburger 0 points1 point ago

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Any idea what it was called or if it's online? Sounds interesting.

[–]kstrike155 5 points6 points ago

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It's called "The President's Photographer". Available on Netflix to watch instantly and on PBS.org (in shitty quality).

[–]thegreysquirrel 0 points1 point ago

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Thank you for the link. Well worth watching.

[–]goodguysteve 0 points1 point ago

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Saw that it was awesome! I met the photographer in Ireland around last year when Obama visited.

[–]shatners_bassoon 14 points15 points ago

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Obama did more to make me lose my faith in politicians than anyone ever.

[–]listenheretwinkletit 9 points10 points ago

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Some photos can tell you a lot about about his excellent coaching and Obama's public image created by his PR team.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points ago

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and some photo's like this one, don't tell you shit.

[–]kitchlol 4 points5 points ago

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"Put these gloves on, i don't want you to actually touch me when i pose for this photo."

[–]briskaM 16 points17 points ago

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[–]Afrojitsu 24 points25 points ago

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The only word I understood from what the player said was "bitches"

[–]Confuciussaywhat 5 points6 points ago

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they gon say yeauh

[–]i_drink_coffee 8 points9 points ago

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they gon say yeauh aei uaeoi ueaoi ueaoi euaoie uoiaeuio bitches iooairaoiruao

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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He said it's going to be one sided anyway with fans saying "yeah yeah yeah" sort of testifying to the fact that he punched her. Basically, he could have said "Well, I didn't punch her, I was putting my hand out for a fist bump (or whatever who cares) when that cheerleader met with my fist. It was an accident but too many people saw a punch, so it's overwhelmingly one-sided as a punch, no point in even trying to explain myself."

[–]qwerty622 19 points20 points ago

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[–]justanothercommenter 58 points59 points ago*

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[–]AngryVegetable 7 points8 points ago

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I don't know why you are being downvoted. Maybe citing your sources will help.

[–]justanothercommenter 21 points22 points ago*

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These are all common knowledge. I'm being downvoted because Reddit just cannot handle this information about their chosen one. But I went ahead and edited my original comment to provide authoritative sources (NYTimes, Huffington, etc) for every topic.

[–]megaflax 7 points8 points ago

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Please become the top comment, please.

[–]cyborgcommando0 4 points5 points ago

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That's pretty cool he would do that (photo op or not). But I'm still voting for Ron Paul.

[–]ziggmuff 3 points4 points ago

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Bush looks a lot cooler doing it.

[–]motamanic 2 points3 points ago

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janitor does not want slime on his hand

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points ago

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Some photos don't explain a man at all.

Want me to post pictures of Hitler holding German babies, smiling with them and their parents?

[–]Oskario 0 points1 point ago

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In fairness, those could explain one part of him. Hitler liked some babies, and hated others. That just shows the former.

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[–]nothing_pt 2 points3 points ago

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Our current Prime Minister (Portugal) has a african wife. When he was campaining he travelled to a poor neighbourhood with many african people and he said to them: "You know my wife is also tanned like you" ....

[–]slappy_nutsack 2 points3 points ago

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Wondertwin powers - Activate!!

[–]CerealCraft 5 points6 points ago

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I don't know. It didn't really tell me that he was going to endorse the NDAA.

[–]tipotter 12 points13 points ago

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Staged nonsense.

He's still a shit president who has expanded the powers of the federal government to literally be limitless. Mr. President, go fuck yourself.

[–]charlesweyland 9 points10 points ago

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Some PHOTO OPS can tell you a lot about a man.

[–]kulevra 1 point2 points ago

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My only comment to this picture is to please have everyone notice the black man to the left. I can't understand his expression/response to the situation. My only thought is, "Man... 'Bama never bumps my fist."

<-----------------------------------------[that guy]

[–]ctazn0998 1 point2 points ago

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According to the dude on the far left, this is the last fist bump that janitor will ever have

[–]Paultimate79 1 point2 points ago

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OP is fill of crap.

[–]THEMACGOD 1 point2 points ago

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Terrorist fist bump? Indefinitely detain that man.

[–]Sysiphuslove 1 point2 points ago

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Obama: American Putin

[–]Bitrandombit 2 points3 points ago

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Not until he kills a bear with a letter opener. Or Sarah Palin.

[–]Rurikar 1 point2 points ago

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This tells me that if I ever shake Obama's hand I should wash right away. Seriously, that's a janitor and he's wearing gloves. He gets a little pop on those gloves, they get on Obama's hand, I greet Obama and then BAM pink eye.

I don't want Pink Eye.

[–]Lukers_RCA 1 point2 points ago

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That some people know when there are cameras about

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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O: Thanks Jesus J: De nada

[–]townsendsan 1 point2 points ago

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I was expected the first comment to be all like "Yeah, that janitor guy's cool" and then someone else say "Ahh, the old reddit switch-a-roo."

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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first thing I did ctrl-f "switch"

[–]yeropinionman 1 point2 points ago

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That custodian has to wear rubber gloves to bring himself to touch a black person. Racist!

[–]aaaaa 1 point2 points ago

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Later deems the man a terrorist and enemy combatant.

Has him assassination by the CIA.

[–]ethankz750 1 point2 points ago

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This photo tells me that he looks for opportunities like this. Just like every other president that wants to look good in the public's eyes.

[–]Oedipusy_Rex 1 point2 points ago

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Some photos can tell you a lot about when a man knows there are cameras around.

[–]pauldy 1 point2 points ago

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Obviously OP doesn't know the history of this photo-op.

[–]steamed__hams 1 point2 points ago

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Yeah. Obama's so cool! He's like, a regular guy!

Good lord. You people are pathetically ignorant.

[–]Megawatts19 1 point2 points ago

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He's still a socialist pig. You can be a good human at heart and still run your country into the ground...

[–]clonn 1 point2 points ago

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He got the Nobel Prize for this pic.

[–]Vat_iz_dis 1 point2 points ago

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[–]zerorules 1 point2 points ago

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You are right. The look of disgust as he bumps fists with a man that he refused to shake hands with while cameras watch...very telling

[–]SneekyMAN 13 points14 points ago

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He can clench his fist and gingerly touch it with another man's? That's all I'm seeing. Oh wait, he's a janitor. SO profound.

[–]123ggafet 4 points5 points ago

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that he is a narcissist?

[–]Samsy 15 points16 points ago

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One of my favourite pics of Obama. I know he's not too popular in the States right now, but out here in the rest of the world we're still pretty fond of him and very apprehensive about what clown from the other side might emerge victorious from the US election circus.

[–][deleted] 30 points31 points ago

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but out here in the rest of the world we're still pretty fond of him

Mmm, that's debatable.

[–]cbnzzz 10 points11 points ago

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Interesting numbers, but what I see is progress in terms of the Middle East's fear of America, from 88% in 2008 down to 77% in 2009 and 2010. There is still a lot of work to do but you cannot expect something like this to be instantly fixed after decades of poor middle eastern foreign policy.

[–]ni79 6 points7 points ago

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Define "Middle East"...where is that data polled from? Iraq? Afghanistan? Iran? I am willing to bet none of those countries. Maybe Israel?

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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Did you look at some of the other data?

2009: 15% is discouraged with Obama's policy. 2010: 63% is discouraged with Obama's policy.

2010: 51% have an unfavorable view of the US President.

2009: 23% have a negative view of the US president. 2010: 62% have a positive view of the US president.

Some might fear him a little less than Bush, but I think its safe to say that America and Obama are very unpopular in the Middle East and will continue to be so while we remain involved.

[–]cbnzzz 1 point2 points ago

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Yeah, I just took a look at the link, totally missed it on first glance. I completely agree with your final statement. The regression in 2009 and 2010 is not a good sign, however I would be very interested in this survey being conducted again later this year with the Iraq war winding down. It does seem though that the Israel/Palestine issue is at the forefront and until a fair resolution can be reached America will struggle to build a true rapport with much of the Middle East.

[–]TouchMeGently 13 points14 points ago

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Oh god, that's the stupidest poll I've seen yet. Of course the Middle Easterns won't seem fond of Obama - he is waging war in their country, America is mostly viewed as Islamophobic and the Middle East and USA have a history of intolerance and hate between them. Find a poll asking Europeans, Canadians, Africans, South-Americans and Asia - you'll see different results.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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True, but my point wasn't to show universal dislike of Obama, just that the claim "the rest of the world is pretty fond of him" is weak.

The Middle East is a very important part of the world, and when Obama is viewed so negatively there, it makes it claim "the rest of the world is pretty fond of him" seem silly.

[–]mepardo 1 point2 points ago

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I don't understand a lot of those numbers. Like in the world leaders part, what are Sarkozy and Chirac doing on there? And people admire Ahmadinejad, but are concerned about Iran as a threat? Seems strange.

[–]Ragnalypse 6 points7 points ago

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Get your facts out of here, you're infringing upon our support of Obama!

[–]ThisOpenFist 5 points6 points ago*

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He's a politician, and the folksy, down-to-earth image is big in American politics right now. The last thing a politician wants to do during this election season is be seen blowing off a working-class Average Joe. God forbid Obama openly shun that janitor, or worse, a farmer, firefighter, or war veteran.

Understand that American voters have grown extremely cynical and that American politicians have grown extremely careful.

[–]Null_Reference_ 4 points5 points ago

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I dont get it... boo at bush for starting the war, but yay at Obama for expanding the front? Some Americans are happy with Obamas health care changes stateside, but the foreign policy has not changed at all. Why would the rest of the world be happy with Obama right now?

It really does come down to persona doesn't it. We should just skip the debates and have all the candidates go down a catwalk. Bush is a doofus and Obama is smooth. Sure their policys are 80% the same, we are still in debt, still at war and still despised on the world stage but my goodness, Obama just does it classier.

[–]Lots42 0 points1 point ago

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Um...war levels decreasing under Obama.

But whatever makes America look bad I guess.

[–]Null_Reference_ 0 points1 point ago

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More troops in more countries sounds like an expanded front to me. And it doesn't matter, because during his campaign he said he would bring them home, which he didn't.

[–]Lots42 0 points1 point ago

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Which countries? Anyway, the Iraq thing = less troops.

Did Obama say he would bring them all home? Or just from Iraq and Afghanistan?

[–]garaging 12 points13 points ago

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"out here in the rest of the world we're still pretty fond of him and very apprehensive about what clown from the other side might emerge victorious from the US election circus."

I agree with you on this.

  • An American

[–]Samsy 0 points1 point ago

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Fair enough too my North American cuz. That's not to say though that he shouldn't address the stuff you guys are legitimately concerned about domestically.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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That's actually 100% false. Especially in Great Britain where he has managed to snub them a few times. The polls show less of the arab population likes him. You know Israel hates him, I think he snubbed Sarkozy at that Normandy commemoration thing.

[–]_pulsar 1 point2 points ago

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As an American, please take some time to learn about what he's actually done since taking the oval office.

This is man who is not deserving of anyone's respect. He's nothing more than a puppet in a suit just like the rest of them.

edit: I voted for Obama. Was guilty of drinking the kool-aid but now I think he's a low life scumbag.

[–]ni79 2 points3 points ago

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Do you happen to be in a country that shares interest in Middle Eastern Gold and Oil?

[–]biodragon 4 points5 points ago

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This tells me Obama won't back down from a game of bloody knuckles.

[–]MasterAndMargarita 3 points4 points ago

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Ya, my brother works for SWCC, who was guarding him over Christmas while he was in Hawaii, and this was the first year he even said hi to them, whereas Bush would throw them parties, and thank them all graciously always. Don't take me for a Bush supporter, I think he was a shitty president, but so is Obama, and he is not particularly down to earth.

[–]loveboatrevisited 2 points3 points ago

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Some reposts can tell you a lot about a man who is posting misinformation via misleading staged photos of a politician who is fucking us all in the ass and still somehow managing to continue garnering support.

[–]3Dartwork -1 points0 points ago

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Anything for a good photo op during an Election Year.

[–]coldfusion079 4 points5 points ago

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This was taken long before.

[–]phreeck 1 point2 points ago

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He spends too much time putting on a show for people and not enough time actually accomplishing anything?

[–]diggizsofuckinggay 0 points1 point ago

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Um he signed your right to due process away on new years eve. Fuck everything about that man.

[–]katmaidog 0 points1 point ago

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Why is the janitor so scared of touching the President that he has to put on a glove to do a fist bump?

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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This photo doesn't tell me anything about how this has yet to close Guantánamo, or how this man passed legislation allowing for the indefinite detention of US citizens. It tells me that he's a good politician.

[–]ni79 1 point2 points ago

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Gah...the better the politician the bigger the scumbag...why are our political leaders considered better politicians if they are bad at being good people? America, why did we do this to ourselves?!

[–]northbayray 0 points1 point ago

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DAPS AND POUNDS.

[–]jenkemdealer 0 points1 point ago

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It only tells me that we live in a day and age of fist bumps.

[–]Deradius 0 points1 point ago

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Yes, yes they can.

This man is a politician.

[–]OhhhWordMayne 0 points1 point ago

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Not bad.

[–]elchupacabra206 0 points1 point ago

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goddamn that's a stylish suit

[–]_prefs 0 points1 point ago

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Yeah, the janitor is not that racist.

[–]YoMammaSoThin 0 points1 point ago

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Propaganda. He governs for the banks and Wall St.

[–]paddledapimp 0 points1 point ago

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I take the time to tell the cleaning lady at my office "good night" every day before I leave. WHERE'S MY NOBEL PRIZE?

[–]VERTE10 0 points1 point ago

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Photos do say a lot. That one guy can't believe how much he loves Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

[–]Conservativeone 0 points1 point ago

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[–]atomic_power 0 points1 point ago

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Obama's PR team knows how to use Reddit?

[–]freebird64 0 points1 point ago

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Damn... photog shot too soon. I wanted to see them "blow it up" after the fist pump!

[–]reddell 0 points1 point ago

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Some photos can make you think you know a lot about a man.

FTFY

[–]Aketh 0 points1 point ago

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But in reality actions speak louder then words ever could.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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He must be one hell of a janitor

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Viral marketing. Must be coming up to election time?

[–]Shadraqk 0 points1 point ago

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Maybe next time the janitor will open his hand and take the gum wrapper.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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I know nothing about the man personally, nor do I particularly dislike him. But seeing what a man does when cameras are pointed at him doesn't tell me much about his character, maybe he's a great dude but this isn't definitive evidence IMO.

[–]nayrius 0 points1 point ago

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The drug dealers here in the Bergen Lafayette District of Jersey City do that constantly.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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This photo tells me you got lost on your way to /r/spamdonkeycirclejerk

[–]TheBrokenNinja 0 points1 point ago

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he totally didn't notice the camera man standing in front of him either

[–]Tayk5 0 points1 point ago

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This is a great repost. It means I can re-post other Redditor's witty comments and they'll seem original.

[–]MagicJackkk 0 points1 point ago

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You know i was talking to Biden the other day and apparently fist bumping the Latina janitor is a "Big Fucking Deal"

[–]DyingBreed 0 points1 point ago

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Janitor dons rubber glove before touching politician.

[–]aRealSomebody 0 points1 point ago

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But when the photos who tell us about a President aren't released. I've yet to see a picture of Wall Street running a train on Obama over the Bill of Rights as it gets buried in debris.

[–]Stall0ne 0 points1 point ago

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.. for example that he has good PR

[–]todaysrubbish 0 points1 point ago

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That murderous inhuman profiteer deserves life in solitary confinement, nothing else.

[–]alphatech 0 points1 point ago

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Yeah, he is good at pandering to an audience.

[–]Ouroboros_87 0 points1 point ago

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I'm sure he had no idea there was a camera there.

[–]rm524 0 points1 point ago

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and posing for photographs to give himself good PR does too!

[–]Disasstah 0 points1 point ago

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Suddenly the janitor does the "exploding fist" commonly used after a fist bump and is jumped by Secret Service.

[–]ross1550 0 points1 point ago

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.. he's got a wu tang shirt under there...

[–]BigFatCake 0 points1 point ago

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"Sup, Jesus"

[–]arisasdf 0 points1 point ago

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Oh man I love how suits look on Obama.

[–]larrycatz 0 points1 point ago

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People often bump so they don't get other peoples germs... reasonable dick. (the man is touching garbage)

[–]jglee1236 0 points1 point ago

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And this isn't one.

[–]chefmcduck 0 points1 point ago

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You can tell a lot when a man accepts the responsibility for fixing a broken country knowing full well that he is going to get blamed for failing an impossible task. Dude has balls.

[–]gdmfc 0 points1 point ago

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That the dude is smart enough to put on a glove before coming in contact with any politician? Perhaps it was covered it in his hazardous materials training.

[–]peachpig 0 points1 point ago

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photo op!....c'mon you naive turd, are you serious? Yeah your puppet is a real down to earth guy.....fucking dolt.

[–]ebai 0 points1 point ago

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[–]verrtex 0 points1 point ago

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You know, when I give my hand to a person, I take off my gloves. And this man did not take his gloves in spite on the fact that he deals with trash using them. I think this is not polite.

[–]SweetLeafKush 0 points1 point ago

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And this one tells me "Tries to hard"

[–]lamqta 0 points1 point ago

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I'm sure Obama didn't notice the huge DSLR hanging from a photographer's neck just several feet in front of him and proceeded to impulsively act as an everyday bro for no specific reason.

[–]smokywings 0 points1 point ago

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Terrorist Fist Jab.

[–]spongemonster 0 points1 point ago

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Like, 'Man, that black guy likes to read.'

[–]HariKari8 0 points1 point ago

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doesn't look thrilled. also wouldn't take the time to remove right hand from pocket. uses left hand. probably wiped hand on pants immdiately afterwards

[–]Rubbernecker 0 points1 point ago

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"Stand over there and get a picture of me fist bumping the janitor, probably make a great promo pic." Your right, this does tell me a lot.

[–]Triassic_Bark 0 points1 point ago

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I want to know how a terrorist managed to become a janitor in the White House. I know he is a terrorist because a) brown and b) terrorist fist bump.

[–]thegreatopposer 0 points1 point ago

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That is probably the signal to have the man indefinitely detained.

[–]BTAA4TD 0 points1 point ago

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As many times as I've seen this repost, it's more like this.

Some photos can tell you a lot about a man.

Some photos can tell you a lot about a man.

Some photos can tell you a lot about a man.

Some photos can tell you a lot about a man.

Some photos can tell you a lot about a man.

Some photos can tell you a lot about a man.

Some photos can tell you a lot about a man.

Some photos can tell you a lot about a man.

[–]udupendra 0 points1 point ago

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This tells me that George W Bush has really big moobs.

[–]Codyyblake1 -1 points0 points ago

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It can tell you that he knows that elections are coming up and that he is aware of the cameras on him.

[–]pearcewg 1 point2 points ago

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That photo was taken very early in his presidency. You can tell because [1. it has been reposted here about a million times] and [2. his hair is much more grey today than in this picture].

This photo was also taken before the crash in his popularity, when all of the media idolized him and did everything possible to get the citizenry to idolize him [I know, I know...the media still does that...but it doesn't work anymore].

[–]bizhead 1 point2 points ago

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"sorry for fuken yuh brah"