Obama caught checking out a woman
I'm a little disappointed that our president is a bit of a pig. I was hoping he wouldn't follow in Clinton's (or VItter's, Ensign's, Sanford's, etc.) footsteps. Hopefully he just likes to look but not touch. I wonder what Michelle...
That is NOT what Obama is doing, he didn't even glance at that 16 year old girl. Greta Van Susteran showed the video on her show "On The Record", I saw it. She was decent enough to find out the truth before spreading lies as you are, I was surprised somebody on Fox was fair!
Obama stepped down, turned to the young lady behind him for her hand (she was a young J8 delegate to the G8, just as the 16 yr old girl in the red was), and helped her down the step so they could greet the people in the line that was forming to shake hands. That's all that was. You can take out a photo in any event and be mistaken as to what was going on. Stop spreading a lie.
Here's a link to Greta's blog where she calls the story behind the picture a lot of people are sending her "Yes A Picture can Lie"-
http://gretawire.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/07/09/did-you-see-this-pic/
Really? There are children dying without health care, Arabic translators being kicked out of the army for no legitimate reason, the economy still failing- and you are worried about a picture of our president making a sideways glance while putting out a cig?
How very patriotic.
Spreading false information is typical for the Drudge Report and Michele.
I have never seen Michele do an update to correct false information she spreads about Obama and other Democrats.
I am also surprised that FOX investigated and reported the truth about Obama. Sean Hannity is continuing to splice video to take what Obama said out of context.
Obama is smarter than looking at a sexy woman. He knows cameras are clicking at his every move.
I highly recommend conservative Republican David Brooks latest article
http://tinyurl.com/lo6n4j
In Search of Dignity - July 7, 2009 By DAVID BROOKS
But it’s not right to end on a note of cultural pessimism because there is the fact of President Obama. Whatever policy differences people may have with him, we can all agree that he exemplifies reticence, dispassion and the other traits associated with dignity. The cultural effects of his presidency are not yet clear, but they may surpass his policy impact. He may revitalize the concept of dignity for a new generation and embody a new set of rules for self-mastery.
Yes it's not a true depiction of what was going on. But you have to admit it is really funny! I'm glad I'm not President because I would have been totally looking and maybe doing a litte grabbing! Kidding!
I am not surprised at all Michele to find you spreading fallacious rumors in your blog about President Obama, or about anyone else who does not line up with your right from center thinking. This just seems to be a common trait by you and Rod Dreher here on B-Net, as well many other pundits out there in fundamentalist land, who are the obvious minority in America and are nothing more than squeaky wheels trying to get oil.
From Luther's Small Catechism:
The Eighth Commandment.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
What does this mean?--Answer.
We should fear and love God that we may not deceitfully belie, betray, slander, or defame our neighbor, but defend him, [think and] speak well of him, and put the best construction on everything.
Just wondering what you Geneva types do with this commandment in your own catechetical works, particularly in light of your blog.
If this had been George Bush in the photo, it would have been splashed all over the front page of every newspaper in the world and featured on every TV newscast. Lighten up, you lefties. Your guy is getting off easy, just like your previous hero, Bill Clinton.
Michele you need to get a job. the rest of you clowns need to find a hobby. Its clearly evident that he is looking at her sandals. Not her ass.
Michele the problem with the US is this insistent bi-partisan. It is too much. Now you're comparing Obama to Clinton. Common, eat another hot dog. Obama has achieved a lot, but he is nowhere close to Clinton's legacy.
I really think Americans need to get off the morality thing. We have no place at all to preach that. Not to Americans and certainly not to the rest of the world.
In terms of Obama's policies: You people have no idea about the economic state America is in right now. You're complaining about taxes and expanding government. If any of you knew anything about monetary policies and financial market stability, you would actually applaud what it is Obama is trying to do.
You also have no idea the damage the Bushes and the Republicans have done to America around the world. It is only recently that Americans are being looked at favorably (thanks to Obama).
Get a passport, get out of your hick towns and see how the world views americans. Believe me, America needs the rest of the world. More so than ever! Peace and I am out!d
The Obama supporters that commented on this story have some real issues understanding fact and opinion. It is a fact that president Obama got caught looking at a 16 year olds backside, there is a picture to prove that. You can try to justify his actions anyway you want, but in the end it just makes you look more like a person who cannot judge things for themselves. It's very sad when we cannot think for ourselfs, and hold people accountable no matter what. We cannot afford to put any politician on a pedastal and you lefties are by far the worst.
Once again, the old canard..."If this had been (insert name of politician or celebrity you prefer) instead of (insert name of politican or celebrity you dislike) the (liberal media, or Fox and Rush) would have been all over it."
Both sides could stand to get past this mixture of self-pity and self-righteousness and just deal with the issue at hand instead of constantly launching into this unprovable whine.
The picture is kinda funny. The woman has a nice butt, and if the President took notice for a brief moment, so be it. He didn't grab or grope her or say anything lewd or rude. And I'm sure he didn't stare. It is also entirely possible that the President wasn't looking at her but at the steps he was walking down.
One other note, I suspect folks find it easy to assume that Obama was "checking out" this young woman...because Sarkozy clearly was. But hey, he's French.
They are both being pigs. My disappointment is that the woman isn't hot enough to deserve the admiration of our president
I looked at the picture, and that woman does have QUITE a nice tushie. I mean, wouldn't it be natural for ANY man to look at her (or any other attractive woman)?. I would only be critical if a politician who is a married man actually acted upon such an attraction, but one can hardly be blamed for looking.
Of course if it had been a Pic of Bush then LEFTY LIBTARDS would have been all over it, without apology. Since when did they care about consistency! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! But, when the right points out such an indignant photo...blah, blah, blah goes the LIBTARD machine.
Next Please!
How disappointing! I have generally enjoyed Michele's stuff, but to suggest that a man who glances at an attractive female is "a bit of a pig" suggests an entire failure to understand males at all. The fact that it cannot be verified that he was actually doing just that doesn't seem to be an issue here either. Assume the worst, I suppose. Jesus said it was adultery to look and lust. The suggestion since has been that the "lust" part requires a second look. (Billy Graham modified that with "It depends on how long the first look is." But accusations of "pighood" for a momentary, even questionable glance is not reasonable.
Oh no, he's straight! And human to boot!
Berlesconi is a pig, a man who had prostitute filled orgies at his summer residence. Ensign is a pig, Sanford is a pig, Bill Clinton is a pig.
Obama is not a pig, he did not sleep with this woman. He looked in her direction. That's only a crime in Saudi Arabia and Iran.
It wasn't a boy. He ain't doing nuthin that I ain't doin.
A lap dog is the one who knowningly defends the spread of mis-information.
http://www.gotchamediablog.com/2009/07/video-of-obama-and-sarkozy-checking-out.html
we've suspected "Berl(u)sconi" is a pig since the 80's (in italian "puttaniere" which means a "man who'is used to pay prostitutes to have sex". Because of the Vatican and all hits absurd rules which are ignored even from hits own priests, we don't pay much attention to sexual behavior of our leaders.
I'm quite sure that no one in Italy was surprised by berlusconi's sxual scandal: it's a part of the character!
Congratulations. That post just won today's 'biggest waste of 20 seconds you'll never get back' award.
Well folks, he is a man and he HAS man feelings, so this is absolutely normal!
Thanks, you made my day. One of the captions could be "Bet it would be fun sparking with her on the Appalachian Trail." Another one could be "She looks tense, maybe I could sneak up Behind her and massage her shoulders."
My wife of some 32 years learned early on that I was an admirer of beauty, and would point out a beautiful form if she thought I had not noticed it.
You really hate the president, huh? Even after seeing the video which completely clears him, you insist that he was watching that child's behind. You are the pervert for suggesting such a thing. Discreet my A$$- it just kills you that the Obamas are happy. Go ahead and simmer in your bitterness.
Get agrip people ! At least try to get all the evidence before you try to ruin someones career if not their life. The internet gives NarrowMinded Back Biters far to much influence and those same NMBBs cant seem to resist! Watch the whole video, he was actually trying to be a gentleman, not a letch
Heres the vid
Newsflash! He's a man. Men look (so do women) and there is all the difference in the world between looking and acting.
The Holy Bible teaches us that the thought of adultery is equivalent to the deed. It would be a just and Christian outcome, therefore, for the President to be tried, found guilty, and stoned to death for adultery. Praise Jesus. And thank the Reformed Christians for their light in the darkness on this and so many other matters.
Wow, it's sad that holier than thou John Flores & McGinty makes snap judgments on a photo. Yes it's sad when people can't think for themselves, but it's even sadder when someone judges another using bad information. Look at the video and decide before you try to spread hate. McGinty even saw the video, but of course hatred blinds...even goes on to criticize the first lady for her strength? I'd rather talk with an informed strong woman than a uninformed blabbering chick any day.
John Flores
July 10, 2009 9:44 AM
The Obama supporters that commented on this story have some real issues understanding fact and opinion. It is a fact that president Obama got caught looking at a 16 year olds backside, there is a picture to prove that. You can try to justify his actions anyway you want, but in the end it just makes you look more like a person who cannot judge things for themselves. It's very sad when we cannot think for ourselfs, and hold people accountable no matter what. We cannot afford to put any politician on a pedastal and you lefties are by far the worst.
Which of beliefnet's religions are you representing when you jump to judgmental assessments of an internet picture without seeking out the video for the truth first? Speaking for the Judeo-Christian faiths, I can say that such "false witness" is a sin. I wouldn't be surprised to see it your own personal blog, but am disappointed to see beleifnet supporting it.
This is my first time reading Michele's blog (I did not pick it specifically for the topic - just sampling various Beliefnet blogs). There won't be a second. If this mean-spiritedness (referring to another human being as a "pig" based on an obviously ambiguous photo), is "reformed Christianity" on display, I want no part of it.
How does this even have a place on a website about "inspiration, spirituality, and faith?"
Shame on you for putting this on a blog filed under Faiths and Prayer.
You need to pray and stop blogging.
Now, it turns out that this photo is a misleading still from a longer video, and that it appears Obama was not, in fact, checking out this woman's behind. However, that hasn't stopped a lot of folks (like Drudge) with no new ideas from jumping on this is as if it were a major event and pretending it was something it was not.
My disappointment (years in the making) with the Democratic Party has been superceded by my even greater disgust and disappoint with the Republican Party, which used to be a party of "adults."
"The Obama supporters that commented on this story have some real issues understanding fact and opinion. It is a fact that president Obama got caught looking at a 16 year olds backside, there is a picture to prove that."
And there's video that shows he was making sure she made it down the steps safely, although Sarkozy was apparently checking out her assets. Typical of Obama bashers and Clinton bashers and even Republican bashers to jump on part of the story and ignore the rest.
You refuse to correct yourself after seeing the whole video, that only shows a very deep lack of humility and correctness. Well, I guess those values don't make much sense for faithful Christians like you...
Oh, Praise Lord Lucifer! Praise Lord Satan! Michelle gives great honor to her Lord Satan in all she does! Thank you, Michelle, for all the people you lead to Hell.
You're just jealous because you look like a pig and no one would give you a once over.
My Dear Michele, what is sad is the fact that you were so wrong the first time around, but in light of the video (which any reasonable sees clearly), you still can't face your error. God bless.
You and your Stupidity needs to shut up, you know that I know that he is not checking Mayara, as you can see the video slowly.
its Because you are a ugly one.
Michele McGinty looks like ugly betty...huge nose. The only thing missing are braces. Guess that's why she's jealous.
It's funny how you express your self...and at the same time i was checking the banner it's on this webside... "Inspiration. Spirituality. Faith" Fist of all, the first thing you learn is to watch where you walk. Secand, why do you need to talk about his wify? was she doing something? i think and feel that you're just fill of hated towards people. I'm pretty sure is not your fault, being lonely, and with a traumatic life you must had... to be this way... not your fault. ***
You are just jealous because you are so obese no one would want to check you out! LoL
I love the couple right wing nut jobs saying if this was President bush it'd be all over, uh it is all over its the front page of most online news outlets right now. Also if it was Bush it probably wouldn't have made the news. I would guess things like "Bush surveillance went far beyond wiretapping" would be more important.
It's interesting that President Obama is castigated for being "a bit of a pig" for looking at a beautiful woman regardless of her age. If women didn't run around in G string thing bikini bottoms with their tits hanging out, maybe men wouldn't look at them. Perhaps you should speak with the girls mother for not instilling modesty in her daughter. Girls that flaunt it get what they ask for, so stop being such a collective of hypocritical and pretentiously innocent whining little twats.
Oh boy...this is scary...it is more and more evident that Europeans and Americans are growing apart, following almost opposite paths...
Who cares in Europe if you look at a nice car, a nice jacket, a nice house or a nice posterior of a woman? Are we talking about humans or other beings who have no sexual instinct? Leave both men alone for they are just human.
LOL you seem to be getting a lot of positive feedback.
What is the problem?
watch is a natural instinct,touching probably different if not consensual.
I am tired of you puritans with a perverse mind, old goats!!
Arietta...so you are blaming the girl? My guess is that her mother is very proud of her 16 year old daughter who is at a G8 summit. What about you? what have you done? what about your daughter?
Your argument is similar to say that if a man beats a women is beacuse the women did something to deserve it. That sounds to me very "Taliban"....
Arietta...so you are blaming the girl? My guess is that her mother is very proud of her 16 year old daughter who is at a G8 summit. What about you? what have you done? what about your daughter?
Your argument is similar to say that if a man beats a women is beacuse the women did something to deserve it. That sounds to me very "Taliban"....
So what is wrong if Omaba was checking her out???? at least he is looking at a woman instead of a man like many Republicans.
Arietta...so you are blaming the girl? My guess is that her mother is very proud of her 16 year old daughter who is at a G8 summit. What about you? what have you done? what about your daughter?
Your argument is similar to say that if a man beats a women is beacuse the women did something to deserve it. That sounds to me very "Taliban"....
So what is wrong if Omaba was checking her out???? at least he is looking at a woman instead of a man like many "Anti-gay" Republicans.....and by the way...if he was looking at a man... that would be OK also...as long as he is honest about it.
LOL! The ABC video seems to have gotten Obama mostly off the hook, though you still have to wonder, how could he NOT look? Sorry puritans, but that is an example of what makes Brazil famous... the best "back" on the planet! And as to Sarkozy, he's busted.
Do you people have anything better to do? Oh yea, you could try growing up. You whine like little children about everything President Obama does. The man could crap solid gold and fix the economy and you’d still find something to complain about. Calling the President a pig. That’s typical of people that don’t have a valid point to make but just want to hear their own voice. Disgusting. Don’t ever refer to yourself as an American in my presence.
Why do i get the feeling that YOU, the writer of this article have big muscular arms yourself. What do you weight ... 190, 200, 350???
"Of course the Obama lapdogs are already defending the president against charges of leering."
And I'm supposed to take this post seriously with a comment like this. How amusingly ridiculous. Oh, Lordy! Obama glanced at a girls behind for a second! Impeachment!
You don't even bother to comment on Sarkozy, who stared for almost a full minute.......How.....Ironic.
You're going to see what you want to see now that your mind is made up that he's a perv. Get your facts straight and next time you won't have to pretend to be right when so clearly you've been proven wrong.
She probably also thinks that those black kids that got kicked out of the pool club were there to cause trouble just because they're black. Oh boy, The bad things people can dream up.
Well, well, well...Michele takes offense at a black man taking a glance at a young woman's hindquarters, but hardly gives mention of a white man nearly falling over backwards to start at the same woman.
Racism? Nah...white Christians would never play the race card. They would never suggest that the black man could not control his libido around other women. We know you are better than that, Michele.
Having now seen the video, what I see is Obama helping another young woman negotiate what are rather steep steps while Sarkozy acts like a total pig.
If the President took any notice of the young woman, it was about 1-2 seconds worth(go ahead and time it) which hardly constitutes an ogle, unless you're just desperate to find something...anything...to harp on.
Honestly...is this the best you've got?
BTW...Since Michele hasn't bothered to provide the video (for reasons which may no be obvious. Here it is.
Judge for yourselves http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=14430477&ch=4226716&src=news
There ought to be a pill for people who reach levels of prudishness this pathological.
Michelle; it would seem to me you are the "pig" with mud on your face for looking at a picture and rushing to judge him before you know the full truth.
I hope you take a lesson from this. You put into print a judgement of another person who was innocent of your perceived offense, not very Christian if you ask me... we see this kind of stuff all too much from media.
Think like a Christian not like the world Michelle.
Michele, you owe your readers a retraction or at the very least an apology on this one for calling the President a “pig” and your tantalizing misleading headline, if you want to be taken seriously as a writer. The headline should be “Obama Caught Assisting a Woman Down the Stairs”. After seeing the video, it is not at all what you are making it out to be.
Now, now...don't get all upset at Michele. She was just commenting on what she saw in the picture just to poke a little fun at the lefties here. I'm sure she will tell us to lighten up and not take things too seriously.
I'm certain she would never imply that the President was some sort of sex-crazed mandingo.
Michelle, it's hard sometimes to admit that one was wrong when jumping to a conclusion based on flimsy evidence. That said, trying to defend such mistakes makes one look even more desperate. Right now, you look pretty desperate. Just fess up that you made a stupid mistake because you have a tendency to speak before you think and you'll feel much better...
Garbage blog
Pharisee! You don't get many looks, do you? Too bad. King David did worse. This is not even newsworthy except to those with an axe to grind
against the President. Grind on sinners!
Ms. McGinty.........GET A LIFE !
spero che voi cristiani contrarrete presto un qualche virus che vi elimini tutti dalla faccia della terra, voi e la vostra morale schifosa! siete delle merde!!
certo che se lo stesso virus si portasse via anche i mussulmani allora sarebbe il paradiso in terra tanto per parafrasarvi!!! merdacce
The girl had a beautiful well-shaped 'B-side' as we call it in Italy.
Something like that has never hurt anyone, down with Puritanism!
Obama is even more nice to people's nice now.
Bravo Barack!
what do you expect from a man that let's his kids kick off their shoes for the whole world to see.
He lets his kids kick off their shoes? OH GOD!! He's the spawn of Satan!
Michelle needs to stop eating cause she's getting too fat. Love the comment about her looking like ugly betty...ha ha ha. If she stopped shoving face with hamburgers and pizza, maybe she could see the truth. She's just eating herself into fatness because she's jealous that the girl's got a nice butt while hers look like the cottage cheese that it is..ha ha ha.
Michelle speaks before she has the facts . . nothing new there. One isolated picture can not show the "whole picture" and other photographic and video evidence completely dispels what Ms McGinty was so quick to jump on and pass judgment. But then again this reveals McGinty's obvious immaturity, hate mongering and prejudice more than saying anything about Obama. If I wanted to stoop to Michelle McGinty's level I could state who the real pig is here but I won't do that. I'm a gentleman.
Michelle
You and your zombie followers are so stupid! You CAN'T watch the video and not realize he is helping another person. You people force the worst views of society on unsuspecting people looking for spiritual guidance. There is a special place in hell for your kind.
Jim
Michele will never admit she was wrong. She has never admitted she was wrong in the past and she has been wrong many times. Michele thinks she knows more than God; therefore she ignores all the comments.
She gives all Christians a black eye. All her schooling has not taught her the very basics to being a Christian, such as treating your neighbor the way you want to be treated.
I cannot believe Beliefnet continues to allow her blog. Belief net probably sells advertising based on the number of page hits and comments, which means everyone should stop reading and commenting on her non-Christian blog.
Michele's comment on Michelle Obama's arm demonstrates her ongoing clueless and petty non-Christian behaviors. Michele is a sad and sick person that needs to learn Christ's teachings. She is only fooling herself that she is a Christian.
Michele will never admit she was wrong. She has never admitted she was wrong in the past and she has been wrong many times. Michele thinks she knows more than God; therefore she ignores all the comments.
She gives all Christians a black eye. All her schooling has not taught her the very basics to being a Christian, such as treating your neighbor the way you want to be treated.
I cannot believe Beliefnet continues to allow her blog. Belief net probably sells advertising based on the number of page hits and comments, which means everyone should stop reading and commenting on her non-Christian blog.
It strikes me that what is truly shameful here is that a group of desperate Obama bashers took this moment, when he looked in the direction of a 17 year old delegate to the conference for a total of THREE SECONDS, while clearly turning to help another young woman down a steep step, and turned it into something which now makes her the “butt” of all sorts of jokes.
The young woman is trying to be a responsible citizen who makes a positive difference in the world. Now, people whose own political leadership is rife with all sorts of sleazy sexual scandal, have used her to try to portray President Obama as a “pig.” She must feel humiliated, and I think that is shameful.
Michele, have you ever applied that term to Newt Gingrich, Robert Livingston, Henry Hyde, Rudy Giuliani, John Ensign, Mark Sanford…or any Republican philanderer?
Having reviewed many of the responses, I will say that I am also disgusted by the shallow, mean-spirited attacks on Michele's appearance.
There's a lot of growing up that needs to be done on both sides.
The best way to respond to a shabby argument is NOT with a shabbier and meanner one.
If you don;t want her judging people based on appearnces, I suggest you not do it either.
Mother Theresa was no babe, either.
Dear Miss, I seem out of their head. We hope that the likes also to touch, otherwise it would not be human, but an asshole as Bush, who wants to appear benevolent, but also sends its young citizens to die in war. Like the man or six mats only lesbian?
A warm Vaffanculo from Italy!
Why apologize when one is "elect?" It doesn't matter what you dirty sinners think of Michelle. She's going straight to the bosom of Gawd when her sad, sorry, meaningless existence here is done and she shuffles off this mortal coil.
Meanwhile, she comforts herself in the knowledge that she'll be serenaded to sweet sleep for all eternity by the screams of the tortured souls in hell as their flesh is flayed from their bodies by demons for having not had the good sense to be predestined.
Welcome to the sick and fevered imaginations of God's Frozen Chosen.
Wow, a man checking out an attractive woman, really! Are we that repressed as a society now that we can't even look at other people we find attractive. Grow up people, it's called sexual attraction, it's normal. Everybody does it.
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