Obama: I love this guy (to President Lula of Brazil)

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

Source: BBC

US President Barack Obama says Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is the "most popular politician on earth" and has attributed it to his good looks.

Chatting at the G20 summit in London, President Obama shook hands with President Lula saying 'love this guy'.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7978816.stm

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Now, is THAT an endorsement or what?

(The article consists on those two sentences plus a video -- that didn't play in my PC. Tell me if you're luckier.)

[MrsBrady]

1. i think they are joking around n/t

[babylonsister]

2. Interesting. Lula and Brazil are going to make it through this

recession relatively in tact, if I remember correctly. Perhaps Obama is envious? ;)

Nice either way. Diplomacy for all!

[EFerrari]

3. I just saw a clip on teevee where Lula takes Obama by the arm

as a friend would and draws him into a conversation to introduce him to a group of people. Lula is an adept.

[Butch350]

18. I saw that too. I got the impression that he truly likes POTUS Obama.

[madmom]

4. Played fine for me.

[zippy890]

5. I love that exchange

I wish it showed Lula's response, he was getting ready to say something.


:)

[EFerrari]

7. That's the clip I saw! What happens next I can't hear but Lula

reaches out to Obama and takes his arm and pulls him right into the group. It was very sweet. :)

[hunter]

6. It's wonderful to have a President who is Presidential again.

Damn, George W. Bush was a frat boy moron:



http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/analysis/306

[Arugula Latte]

13. More evidence of his douchebaggery:

[yurbud]

14. maybe Bush mistook the Queen for Cheney

[olddad56]

8. Obama can love him, but he won't be legally allowed to marry him.

[FudaFuda]

9. As a white person with green eyes (not blue) I guess I shouldn't have a problem with that? n/t

[Winterblues]

10. Sounds like the comment Lula made about white people with blue eyes bothers you.

While it may be politically incorrect for someone to say something like that I can't find any LIE about it. Truth sometimes is not easy to hear.

[FudaFuda]

12. It was racist, so yeah. You can call it truth if you like.

Plenty of New York, Paris, and London bankers are not white men with blue eyes. Easy target, but not fair. It might be 'true' as a generalization or stereotype, but that's how most racism works.

[Sal Minella]

15. Look at the percentage of persons of color among the uber-powerful, uber-wealthy

in the banking world or corporate world or political world.

IMO the world of the uber-wealthy is infinitely more racist than the people talking about it.

Lula isn't saying all white people caused the financial disaster. Lula is saying the disaster was not the fault of people of color in general.

A little poetic license should be allowed heads of state I think.

[hedgehog]

20. All too often the white guys from the big banks have decided the way to

a solid economy is to force Third World mothers to work at low wages to buy food at high prices for their children. I understand exactly where Lulu is coming from, and my eyes are sky blue!

[kellynight]

11. Awesome!

This is a great video! I think it shows that President Obama is human, not afraid to speak his mind, and also likeable in other countries! Bravo...
Kelly Night

[Odin2005]

16. LOL, it's nice having a President who is both classy and is down-right funny at the same time.

:rofl:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

17. Apropos of nothing, all that lovey-dovey reminds me of a famous lyrics mishearing.

One by Jimi Hendrix if I'm not mistaken.

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[hedgehog]

21. I have heard this from Brazillians.