Obama selfie

Hitchens

http://news.sky.com/story/1180483/cameron-and-obamas-selfie-at-mandela-service

Total lack of respect shown by the great leaders of society.

Michelle looks pissed

shruikan2553

What's the problem? People take pictures.

spank_inferno

Hitchens wrote: »

http://news.sky.com/story/1180483/cameron-and-obamas-selfie-at-mandela-service

Total lack of respect shown by the great leaders of society.

Not really.

It was a joyous event in a stadium filled with singing, dancing S Africans.

Apparently the picture was taken during an interlude anyway.

Its not all piety & tears.

Today was all about celebrating the life of Madiba.

Besides, if you listened to Obamas words you will see the enormous affection &respect Obama had for Mandela.

Muise...

Quite mild carry-on for a wake.

irish bloke

Hitchens wrote: »

http://news.sky.com/story/1180483/cameron-and-obamas-selfie-at-mandela-service

Total lack of respect shown by the great leaders of society.

Get a life FFS

vicwatson

It was a joyous event in a stadium filled with singing, dancing S Africans

Looked more than half empty to me

Canis Lupus

Saw this on the news this morning.... First and last thought was 'meh, slow news day'.

minidazzler

Muise... wrote: »

Quite mild carry-on for a wake.

Exactly!

The guy was 95 years old and achieved more in his life than most people ever will. It's not time to be sad, it's a time for them to celebrate his life. Being happy to have had him is one of those ways.

spank_inferno

vicwatson wrote: »

Looked more than half empty to me

The turnout was very good at the start, however hours of rain emptied the lower tiers.

mike65

The guy is such a preening fool.

NuckingFacker

It wasn't a selfie - he just aced Angry birds. That or they are watching a video link of a massive new oil discovery in Syria and going "Oooooh!"

Plazaman

Well the fact the ANC put up a randomer on stage to pretend he was a sign language interpreter, showed their lack of respect for the occasion as well. You can't fake sign language, this buck was hilarious, every thing he signed was the same actions no matter what was said.

Rekop dog

Are people genuinely outraged over this?

renegademaster

spank_inferno wrote: »

Not really.

Besides, if you listened to Obamas words you will see the enormous affection &respect Obama had for Mandela.

people still believe a word that comes out of these peoples mouths??

jebus wept

Hitchens

‘Dude, I’m dreading that I will have to go’: Czech prime minister on Mandela funeral

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/dec/7/dude-im-dreading-i-will-have-go-czech-prime-minist/

Evelyn Cusack

This is such crap, a daily mail thread to be sure.,.

Who cares, no one died

Hitchens

Evelyn Cusack wrote: »

Who cares, no one died

Mandiba did

Splat Strawberry Jam

spank_inferno wrote: »

Besides, if you listened to Obamas words you will see the enormous affection &respect Obama had for Mandela.

Obama is incredibly insincere. I was hopeful everyone would see that by now.

B.A._Baracus

Call me a cynic :P but this is all staged BS.

Reality is Obama could pick his nose and there would be a hundred photographers taking a snapshot. Obamas PR team have really spun him to be 'trendy' - Going as far as to having a twitter account :pac:

I bet you the keywords "Obama Selfie" are doing quite well right now between the 18 to 25 demographic

Splat Strawberry Jam

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Call me a cynic :P but this is all staged BS.

Reality is Obama could pick his nose and there would be a hundred photographers taking a snapshot. Obamas PR team have really spun him to be 'trendy' - Going as far as to having a twitter account :pac:

I bet you the keywords "Obama Selfie" are doing quite well right now between the 18 to 25 demographic

Agreed. I read a comment somewhere yesterday on another site saying to watch and that the whole day would end up being about Obama. Mission accomplished.

Jester252

You're really scraping the bottom of the barrel to get the digs at Obama. Non-story.

Mint Aero

F*ck off ffs jesus christ like. So what? They're all singing and dancing over there anyway, it's was a celebration of his life, get a life like christ almighty :rolleyes:

joseph brand

Hitchens wrote: »

http://news.sky.com/story/1180483/cameron-and-obamas-selfie-at-mandela-service

Total lack of respect shown by the great leaders of society.

Dragging the name of Christopher through the mud.

efb

Get down from the cross OP

Splat Strawberry Jam

Jester252 wrote: »

You're really scraping the bottom of the barrel to get the digs at Obama. Non-story.

Not really. He spoke very eloquently about Mandela's legacy and how being a statesman mattered as much about looking after your own people as foreign affairs. I'm sure Bradley Manning, Edward Snowden et al would smart from the blatant hypocrisy

Sam Kade

Mint Aero wrote: »

F*ck off ffs jesus christ like. So what? They're all singing and dancing over there anyway, it's was a celebration of his life, get a life like christ almighty :rolleyes:

Calm down, no point getting your knickers in a twist over it

Holsten

Why is this news?

Media is really taking the piss these days.

wp_rathead

joseph brand wrote: »

Dragging the name of Christopher through the mud.

Infairness, the man did that himself when he publish that nonesense about women not being funny, lost so much respect for him when I read that article - but that is for another thread

brooke 2

Hitchens wrote: »

Mandiba did

Madiba

ScumLord

It looks like there's a logo on the face of that phone, maybe they're looking at photos of times they all met Mandela?

Mince Pie

Did anyone else look at the amount of world leaders going to e there and have a moment thinking this could be a terrorists wet dream!

wazky

Where were they for the celebrations for Gaddafi's life?, they were all BFFS for a period of time.

Lapin

I thought Obama, Cameron and the Danish Taoiseach were taking a photo of the coffin.

Mint Aero

Sam Kade wrote: »

Calm down, no point getting your knickers in a twist over it

You're always the voice of reason Sam, you've always been there for me when I'm at my worst. You're the shining light of my christmas star and a constant inspiration. xxxxx

sullivlo

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Michelle looks pissed

I thought you meant drunk

Seaneh

spank_inferno wrote: »

Not really.

It was a joyous event in a stadium filled with singing, dancing S Africans.

Apparently the picture was taken during an interlude anyway.

Its not all piety & tears.

Today was all about celebrating the life of Madiba.

Besides, if you listened to Obamas words you will see the enormous affection &respect Obama had for Mandela.

It's funny that he had so much respect for Madiba when they were politically diametrically opposed in almost every way.

Sam Kade

Mint Aero wrote: »

You're always the voice of reason Sam, you've always been there for me when I'm at my worst. You're the shining light of my christmas star and a constant inspiration. xxxxx

That's better

errlloyd

How the **** did the Danish Prime Minister get such a good seat?

Seaneh

errlloyd wrote: »

How the **** did the Danish Prime Minister get such a good seat?

Apparently she's easy, so all the male leaders wanted to be near her to get at her before she got drunk and went home with Mugabe.

Sam Kade

Maybe they were looking at this picture on the web
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/07/04/article-2355865-1AA82AD0000005DC-762_634x544.jpg

Jester252

Splat Strawberry Jam wrote: »

Not really. He spoke very eloquently about Mandela's legacy and how being a statesman mattered as much about looking after your own people as foreign affairs. I'm sure Bradley Manning, Edward Snowden et al would smart from the blatant hypocrisy

How does that have anything to do with be outraged over a selfie?