Obamateurism of the Day
posted at 8:05 am on July 7, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
What would be the equivalent of “Freudian slip” in Russian? Maybe it’s the same as “reset.” At yesterday’s press conference following the meeting between Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Obama goofed by saying exactly what everyone else believes (h/t HA reader Bruce G):
At a news conference Obama gave a carefully worded reply about the effectiveness of the leadership tandem when a U.S. journalist bluntly asked “who is really in charge here in Russia?”
But minutes later, speaking about Medvedev’s objections to a controversial missile defense system planned for central Europe, Obama slipped:
“I suspect when I speak to President..eh.. Prime Minister Putin tomorrow, he will say the same thing.”
President … Prime Minister … Czar … heck, you can call Putin everything but late for borscht, and it would probably be accurate. It’s considered mildly rude and amateurish to let it slip in public, however.
Besides, that wasn’t the most amateurish statement Obama made at the press conference. This was:
Ben Feller of the Associated Press asked Obama whether he feels he has “full trust” in Medvedev and whether he feels certain about who is in charge in Russia, President Medvedev or Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
Obama responded, “Yes, I trust President Medvedev.”
Well, those who are ignorant of history (Carter’s kiss on Brezhnev’s cheek, Bush’s look into Putin’s eyes) are doomed to repeat it.
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And the hits keep on coming.
Maybe Ochimpy was confused because he doesn’t know who is in charge in his administration? I still say Emanuel has his hand up Ochimpy’s back working his mouth like Edger Bergen did with Charlie McCarthy.
csdeven on July 7, 2009 at 8:10 AM
He’s heading into Biden territory with his gaffes.
the_nile on July 7, 2009 at 8:10 AM
Did you see that picture that Drudge had up of Obama shaking Medvedev’s hand…wow..the look of utter disdain Medvedev has in that picture is amazing.
elduende on July 7, 2009 at 8:10 AM
Putin is laughing his a$$ off right now, thinking to himself, Chess Obama, not Checkers, Chess… Check-mate….
doriangrey on July 7, 2009 at 8:12 AM
elduende on July 7, 2009 at 8:10 AM
Medvedev knew he was shaking hands with a lightweight. There is nothing to respect about him.
kingsjester on July 7, 2009 at 8:12 AM
Like Jeff Dunham with Achmed the Dead Terrorist… ;)
doriangrey on July 7, 2009 at 8:14 AM
President Obiden.
Josiah on July 7, 2009 at 8:15 AM
the sad thing is, the MSM will never call him on it…
*sigh*
cmsinaz on July 7, 2009 at 8:17 AM
Look on the bright side,Hopey could
of bowed!
canopfor on July 7, 2009 at 8:17 AM
What a narcissistic fool. He will never understand that IT IS NOT ABOUT HIM.
“Trust, but verify.”
singlemalt_18 on July 7, 2009 at 8:20 AM
RUSSIAN BEAR, meet chicago cub
yoda on July 7, 2009 at 8:21 AM
I am so glad our POTUS went it Ivy League schools…
ladyingray on July 7, 2009 at 8:21 AM
ladyingray on July 7, 2009 at 8:21 AM
it = to
ladyingray on July 7, 2009 at 8:22 AM
I know three cultural traits about Russians that don’t bode well for Obama. 1) they don’t like blacks and 2) they don’t respect effete weaklings 3) they are suspicious of Americans.
Bad combination. Khruschev-Kennedy moment on steroids.
elduende on July 7, 2009 at 8:22 AM
+1
cmsinaz on July 7, 2009 at 8:23 AM
What a chump they have found in Obama.
Duck and cover, my friends. Duck and cover.
jeff_from_mpls on July 7, 2009 at 8:24 AM
Yup, Obama is proving that their aint nothing that those Ivy League schools need more than a good old fashioned angry mob with pitchforks and torches.
doriangrey on July 7, 2009 at 8:24 AM
When Putin’s jackboot comes down on the Ukraine’s throat Barry will call for more dialog on greenhouse gases.
Limerick on July 7, 2009 at 8:26 AM
I remember doing that in elementary school, I’m too damned old to do it again, and quite frankly am very fast approaching the point where I think America deserves a nuclear enema just for being stupid enough to elect Obama.
doriangrey on July 7, 2009 at 8:27 AM
I fully sympathize with Medvedev. Obama forgot to bow.
Shy Guy on July 7, 2009 at 8:28 AM
Affirmative Action on display…
And the State Run Media sold America on the myth that this man’s I.Q. was something like 141…
More like 106 if his actual actions account for anything.
Keemo on July 7, 2009 at 8:29 AM
Great, we who hate Obama, know about this…
right2bright on July 7, 2009 at 8:29 AM
I just saw the picture of the handshake on Drudge. All Medvedev needs is the t-shirt with the finger pointing toward Obama saying “I’m With Stupid”.
kingsjester on July 7, 2009 at 8:29 AM
Shy Guy on July 7, 2009 at 8:28 AM
Pretty sure Obama did his bowing behind closed doors, if you get my drift.
Keemo on July 7, 2009 at 8:30 AM
Drudge has just linked to another sophomoric and naive statement from the foolish one…
His platitudes are bordering on jibberish, as he continues to revel in his own belief that he is the annointed one, and giving another sermon on the mount.
Meet President Platipuss.
singlemalt_18 on July 7, 2009 at 8:31 AM
Smart power.
blatantblue on July 7, 2009 at 8:31 AM
Heck, give both Medvedev & Putin a paper bag of Obamas favorite DVD movies and an I pod of his greatest speeches
and they’ll come around like the Queen.
Jeff from WI on July 7, 2009 at 8:33 AM
Great article by Ralph Peters on what Obama’s given away to save his failing foreign policy.
ProfessorMiao on July 7, 2009 at 8:33 AM
Putin & Medvedev have a pet name for Obama. They both call him Token.
Jeff from WI on July 7, 2009 at 8:34 AM
How about we just tie a pretty ribbon around Obama’s neck and give him to Putin instead…
doriangrey on July 7, 2009 at 8:35 AM
at least one country is happy. Putin is ecstatic.
kelley in virginia on July 7, 2009 at 8:35 AM
kingsjester on July 7, 2009 at 8:29 AM
Good one.
yoda on July 7, 2009 at 8:36 AM
You know what? I get what you mean. But the loss of innocent human life is obviously the fly in the ointment.
I think of Jean Paul Sartre’s novel The Reprieve. That’s what we need: to be marched to the brink of annihilation only to be spared at the last second, not by Obarky’s gamesmanship, but by some totally lucky yet random event, like the Soviet (let’s not mince words) detonator fails, or something like that.
jeff_from_mpls on July 7, 2009 at 8:37 AM
LOL..a ribbon? Doesn’t Russia have leash laws?
Jeff from WI on July 7, 2009 at 8:38 AM
For God’s sake, cant we charge this bastard with treason and get it over????
doriangrey on July 7, 2009 at 8:38 AM
I was thinking something with leather, chains and a ball gag.
csdeven on July 7, 2009 at 8:38 AM
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I saw the photo too. The look on Medvedev’s face and his posture should remind people of how a corpse is greeted by a mortitian. Walking behind a casket funeral procession has more excitement than this trip to Moscow has been thus far. This was not good moment for Obama. I can’t wait for his next faux paux.
Americannodash on July 7, 2009 at 8:38 AM
Pickering was on Charlie Rose last night discussing this Russia/US summit. For a solid half hour he said nothing. His lips moved, some sounds came out, but the words bounced around the atmosphere. He referenced issues without ever identifying a single one. He spoke of opportunities without identifying a single one. He spoke of all the right moves Barry made, without identifying a single one. It was word magic at it’s best. Any lefty who watched it came away with a bag full of $50 words to swallow with the kool-aid.
Limerick on July 7, 2009 at 8:40 AM
Hey….. What ever it take to get someone else to take him is ok with me…
doriangrey on July 7, 2009 at 8:40 AM
It’s “Howdy Doody” time……Buffalo Bob and Clarabell the Clown are
turningspinning in their graves…..”send in the clowns” takes on a whole new meaning.Rovin on July 7, 2009 at 8:41 AM
In the Jerusalem Post,Caroline Glick,has an article
on Obama’s radicalism from his student days,about a
world without the military,and his trip to Russia,and
about Israels secruity,
called Our World:Avoiding an American Ambush.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1246443736579&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
canopfor on July 7, 2009 at 8:42 AM
Didn’t Kissinger accompany Nixon to China?
Think what you want about them, they were men and they were intellectuals.
Which brings me to my question: where is Hillary?
Doesn’t the USA deserve at least half-a-man at this historic sell-out?
jeff_from_mpls on July 7, 2009 at 8:42 AM
obama knows exactly what he is doing.
will history say that Putin, Iran, Honduras etal knew all along that bambi wanted to destroy America?
kelley in virginia on July 7, 2009 at 8:43 AM
Man I was thinking, once we start lining these bastards up against the wall, we’re going to need lots and lots of bullets… Now I’m starting to think we might need a few extra walls as well… How many bullets can you put in a wall before you have to replace the wall???
doriangrey on July 7, 2009 at 8:44 AM
Putin will soon eat obama, with some fava beans and a nice chianti
pffffffffffffff
Ris4victory on July 7, 2009 at 8:44 AM
Hillary is way to damn smart to allow herself to be associated with this cr@p, she knows somebody is going up against the wall for this one.
doriangrey on July 7, 2009 at 8:46 AM
Obama meant to say “Comrade Putin”
Bicyea on July 7, 2009 at 8:46 AM
anyone see that photo of obarfing shaking hands with Medvedved on Drizzudge?
blatantblue on July 7, 2009 at 8:47 AM
tie a pretty ribbon…
doriangrey on July 7,2009 at 8:35AM.
doriangrey: Adding insult to injury,how about a green
Iranian solidarity ribbon,just to piss off
Dinnerjacket that much more!!hehe:)
canopfor on July 7, 2009 at 8:47 AM
Obama’s platitudes were ripped from a college dorm.
The dumb-ass still thinks the pot-heads who came up with those insipid platitudes in the 60s were intellectuals.
Good one, Beavis. God you’re a dope.
jeff_from_mpls on July 7, 2009 at 8:48 AM
have seen way too many of those in the last three years
freaking bastids
“free your mind!! emancipate your mind! don’t let the corporations strangle you bro!!!! 9/11 was an inside job! free gitmo! love!”
blatantblue on July 7, 2009 at 8:50 AM
not a pretty sight….
He certainly is changing the world’s view of America /sarc
cmsinaz on July 7, 2009 at 8:52 AM
anyone see that photo….
blatantblue on July 7,2009 at 8:47AM.
blatantblue: Yes I did,and Medvedved doesn’t look happy!
Somebody,should photoshop Obama handing Medved
the infamous’HilRod Resent Button’,now that
would be a hoot!!:)
canopfor on July 7, 2009 at 8:52 AM
Yeah…we’re so screwed…
ladyingray on July 7, 2009 at 8:55 AM
Ah, those beguiling dictators. Here’s my favorite example of Kool-Aid-drinking love & devotion to them:
http://newsbusters.org/node/8225
jgapinoy on July 7, 2009 at 8:55 AM
The photo on drudge screams
“PLEASE LIKE ME
PLEASE
PLEASE
PRETTY PLEASE
WITH A RUSSIAN PICKLE ON TOP!!!”
blatantblue on July 7, 2009 at 8:56 AM
Did Obama explain to the Russians that he won? Shouldn’t that be enough to cajole the Russians into caving to the greatness of Obama? Don’t the Russians get how awesome the president is?
cyclown on July 7, 2009 at 8:56 AM
Well,the trip might not be a total loss,
at least it gives OMama Obama a chance to
buy some new Russian drapes to redecorate
the White House!!(Snark).
canopfor on July 7, 2009 at 8:57 AM
How embarrassing it would be if our president goes to Moscow and wets his pants. Obewon’s note to self…Must wear depends when meeting KGB.
Kissmygrits on July 7, 2009 at 8:57 AM
“Dmitry…
I have a gift…”
blatantblue on July 7, 2009 at 8:58 AM
Just wait till Team Obama,goes to China,
and screws that up!!
canopfor on July 7, 2009 at 9:00 AM
It’s early yet, but I suspect that this is POTD.
davidk on July 7, 2009 at 9:00 AM
Putin to Medvedev: “Vant to bet I can git Token to kiss my ring?”
Med to Putin: ” I know, vat a dork, he makes Carter look scary”.
Jeff from WI on July 7, 2009 at 9:04 AM
Bet on it. Putin is going to give Garry a lesson in what the Russians have been best at, deception and self-interest. Obama is going to be shown, on the world stage, just how naive and impotent Putin believes him to be.
This will be a hugh blow to Barry’s narcissism. His explanations and responses will be incoherent because he will have been totally blind sided by a Russian move.
Expect Hillary to be thrown under the bus for not keeping THE ONE immune from embarrassment by the Russians.
Yoop on July 7, 2009 at 9:04 AM
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Does Obama covet what he perceives as Medvedev’s & Putin’s undisputed dominion over vast areas of Eurasia. Is it Obama’s desire to be a big player in the power grab on the ruler’s stage of worldwide oppression? Russia has been a country that really knows how to spread the wealth. I think Obama trust them because he is one of them or wants to be.
Americannodash on July 7, 2009 at 9:08 AM
You know who else the media (back in the 1970′s) told us was brilliant?
Jimmy Carter.
AZCoyote on July 7, 2009 at 9:08 AM
As much as I hate Obama (and I truly despise the man), I don’t see this as being much of a gaffe. If he hadn’t corrected himself, it would have been a big deal.
I’m much more concerned with the fact that he’s trying to defy a constitutional democracy in order to reinstate a socialist dictator in Honduras, and nobody in the MSM is tearing him a new orifice for it.
Daggett on July 7, 2009 at 9:12 AM
I thought China required a valid birth certificate for entry? Maybe two tickets to a MJ concert in London will get him in? Oh, and could some one check to see if Maureen Dowd is still ovulating?
Rovin on July 7, 2009 at 9:14 AM
I’d say it’s more like his pantywaist size…34 maybe?
RepubChica on July 7, 2009 at 9:18 AM
According to PRAVADA, Barack Obama and his family come to
Moscow just as foreign tourists.
http://english.pravda.ru/russia/kremlin/07-07-2009/107990-obama_moscow-0
canopfor on July 7, 2009 at 9:20 AM
The only thing all this attest to is the actual IQ of those in the MSM who have appointed themselves as our teacher and conscience. In their world only liberals can be brilliant, while the rest reside on the downslope of the bell curve.
This MSM have bought into Obama to such a degree that the lesson about to be administered by Russia will take them with as much surprise as it will the POTUS. There will be much gnashing of intellectual teeth as they work feverishly to blame Bush.
Yoop on July 7, 2009 at 9:22 AM
He’s an air-head. You have to measure his IQ with a tire pressure gauge. Pffft. 30.
Daggett on July 7, 2009 at 9:25 AM
..required a valid birth certificate for entry…
Rovin on July 7,2009 at 9:14AM.
Rovin: Now that would be comical,or humilating for Obama,
if AF/1 was denied entry!!:)
canopfor on July 7, 2009 at 9:26 AM
The article fails to mention that all Obama kept saying when shown the Moscow sights is,” Do you have a KFC?”
Jeff from WI on July 7, 2009 at 9:26 AM
Its Official – We are a laughing stock.
hangs head
HoustonRight on July 7, 2009 at 9:26 AM
Interesting how little talk there is in the media about the giveaway on conventional defense. I guess they think Obama’s aura will keep America safe.
ProfessorMiao on July 7, 2009 at 9:26 AM
Of course, but I worry that he’s too tired and overworked, not up for the job, unable to take the stress of foreign trips and perform up to expected standards. So if it’s not a gaffe, it’s a sign of weakened faculties. I suggest he see a doctor (maybe the one they used to decide that Walpin was senile)AND SEND A COPY OF THE MEDICAL REPORT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
JiangxiDad on July 7, 2009 at 9:29 AM
Daggett on July 7, 2009 at 9:25 AM
Amen on that one!
Keemo on July 7, 2009 at 9:29 AM
The price this country pays for this lunitic’s presidency may transend generations.
HoustonRight on July 7, 2009 at 9:29 AM
Cracking me up!!! Good one.
Keemo on July 7, 2009 at 9:30 AM
The childless barren one does not ovulate–her ovaries were smart enough to rot away in order to stop producing eggs for this bitch long ago.
RepubChica on July 7, 2009 at 9:40 AM
The childless barren one does not ovulate–her ovaries were smart enough to rot away in order to stop producing eggs for this b*tch long ago.
RepubChica on July 7, 2009 at 9:42 AM
As two commenters observed in “The Anchoress’s” blog post above about Obama’s radical past, the problem with the idiocy of brokering an agreement with Russia is that 1) The problem is not that Russia has numerous nuclear warheads. It is that Russia has sold and shared its nuclear hardware and expertise with its client states. and 2) Russia can meet the conditions of the agreement to diminish its numbers of warheads by distributing them to those client states.
We can be sure that the KGB had Obama’s number as a “useful idiot” from the time the tool-in-chief was a pie-eyed student.
onlineanalyst on July 7, 2009 at 9:42 AM
Reading “President Putin” @ Drudge, came by to enjoy Ed’s take on Obama in Russia.
Excellent point, Ed:
I doubt, however, that Obama is unaware of those political moments. Instead, Obama’s perpetuation of this adoration for Russian authoritarians is the point to note. Obama would never acknowledge anyone’s superiority unless he actually THINKS he and the US are inferior. (He falls far short of meeting Ghaddafi’s advice.) Hence, his bow to the Muslim King for his favor, his absolute yet unearned trust in Medvedev for his favor, and his bumbling over titles with Putin for his favor. Measure all that in context of snubbing Europeans and US allies. It wouldn’t necessarily result from overt calculation, though that’s absolutely the case behind the scenes, but certainly is subconscious, all the more revealing on stage.
maverick muse on July 7, 2009 at 9:43 AM
onlineanalyst on July 7, 2009 at 9:42 AM
Precision!
maverick muse on July 7, 2009 at 9:44 AM
JiangxiDad on July 7, 2009 at 9:29 AM
heh
maverick muse on July 7, 2009 at 9:45 AM
canopfor on July 7, 2009 at 9:20 AM
teaser headline
maverick muse on July 7, 2009 at 9:50 AM
Why not just have Soros meet directly with Putin?
Wine_N_Dine on July 7, 2009 at 9:50 AM
Upon Hillary’s presentation, the Russians clarified immediately the “overcharge” at our expense that Obama has now accepted to pay.
maverick muse on July 7, 2009 at 9:55 AM
Perhaps that’s already occurred, explaining the Pravda headline. Obama simply signs on the dotted line what Soros has arranged, gets to meet his comrades and sight see.
maverick muse on July 7, 2009 at 9:58 AM
Vanya! We make song to Komrade Bambi!
bluelightbrigade on July 7, 2009 at 9:59 AM
Drudge has an article on how Putin stuck his thumb in Obama’s eye when he complimented Bush.
mizflame98 on July 7, 2009 at 10:01 AM
Well, if you can’t trust the sock puppet of a Russian despot, then who can you trust?
cruadin on July 7, 2009 at 10:07 AM
Aw c’mon you guys…Barry will do fine in Russia. He alone understands that a commonality of interests can bring nations together.
Why just a couple of weeks ago, when he was in Pock-e-ston, Barry expressed his love for the great Urdu poets and his ability to cook up Eastern dishes like keema and dal.
This week, the Moscow Times is reporting that Barry knows and loves the work of the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. I bet’cha he reads it in Cyrillic…to his daughters, when he tucks them in at night.
AND, as a bonus, just like Barry, Pushkin has African roots! His grandfather, Gannibal, came from Ethiopia.
See? How can the Russians not adore him? It’s a match made in heaven I tell ya.
Barb Dwyer on July 7, 2009 at 10:13 AM
Puttering professor mutter’s “what kind of logic are they teaching in those schools now days”.
chemman on July 7, 2009 at 10:18 AM
FIFY
chemman on July 7, 2009 at 10:24 AM
Riddle me this Batman.
If the current treaty stipulates a maximum number of and we have warheads and russia has over 2550 and we 2202, why would any sane/rational/smart person thing that when we lower this to 1500 the russians will honor the agreement?
Unless your real goal is to neuter the defense capability of your own country.
jukin on July 7, 2009 at 10:31 AM
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