Obama selfie

Hitchens · 10-12-2013 11:54PM #1

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

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

10-12-2013 11:55PM

Michelle looks pissed

shruikan2553 · 10-12-2013 11:58PM

What's the problem? People take pictures.

spank_inferno · 10-12-2013 11:59PM

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... · 11-12-2013 12:00AM

Quite mild carry-on for a wake.

irish bloke · 11-12-2013 12:00AM

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 · 11-12-2013 12:10AM

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

Looked more than half empty to me

Canis Lupus · 11-12-2013 12:13AM

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

minidazzler · 11-12-2013 12:14AM

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 · 11-12-2013 12:14AM

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 · 11-12-2013 12:15AM

The guy is such a preening fool.

NuckingFacker · 11-12-2013 12:16AM

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 · 11-12-2013 12:19AM

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 · 11-12-2013 12:28AM

Are people genuinely outraged over this?

renegademaster · 11-12-2013 12:36AM

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 · 11-12-2013 12:38AM

‘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 · 11-12-2013 12:40AM

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

Who cares, no one died

Hitchens · 11-12-2013 12:42AM

Evelyn Cusack wrote: »

Who cares, no one died

Mandiba did

Splat Strawberry Jam · 11-12-2013 12:43AM

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 · 11-12-2013 12:55AM

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 · 11-12-2013 01:02AM

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 · 11-12-2013 01:04AM

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

Mint Aero · 11-12-2013 01:06AM

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 · 11-12-2013 01:06AM

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 · 11-12-2013 01:07AM

Get down from the cross OP

Splat Strawberry Jam · 11-12-2013 01:08AM

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 · 11-12-2013 01:11AM

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 · 11-12-2013 01:11AM

Why is this news?

Media is really taking the piss these days.

wp_rathead · 11-12-2013 01:13AM

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 · 11-12-2013 01:15AM

Hitchens wrote: »

Mandiba did

Madiba

ScumLord · 11-12-2013 01:17AM

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?

Obama selfie

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