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Jul 10, 2009 06:30 EDT
Barack Obama | Italy | men | president

It’s time once again for an episode of our popular feature, Stuff Maybe We Should Have Mentioned in the Caption, But Didn’t.

Yesterday they shot the group photo of the world leaders who participated in a summit in L’Aquila, Italy.

Our actual caption on this photo here tells us that President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy  “take their places with junior G8 delegates for a family photo…”

I guess it didn’t occur to us to mention that something far more interesting is going on here, and that Obama and Sarkozy aren’t giving their fullest attention to finding their places for the group photo.

I don’t believe that chick is the leader of a country, not even a little-bitty one, so she must be one of those “junior delegates.”

I couldn’t find her in the group photo of the real leaders, but maybe she was voted out of office just before they snapped the picture.

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U.S. President Barack Obama (C) and France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) take their places with junior G8 delegates for a family photo at the G8 summit in L’Aquila, Italy, July 9, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Reed

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Jul 10, 2009
12:35 pm EDT

Well, I can’t say that I blame Obama or Sarko… what strikes me as suspicious, though, is Sarko’s little smirk while Obama is fully distracted by the young ladys’ … shoes, of course!

Is that the way French diplomacy is now working, by sending conspicuously dressed young women to distract world leaders into signing important documents? Clever! Very clever, mon chèr!

Posted by M | Report as abusive
 
Jul 10, 2009
2:15 pm EDT

Well, this should make for some interesting ‘Michele’ time later on…

Posted by Bandage | Report as abusive
 
Jul 10, 2009
2:19 pm EDT

But aren’t we all just one big happy family?

Maybe they’re doing the hokey pokey!

Posted by Bill | Report as abusive
 
Jul 10, 2009
2:52 pm EDT

It looks to me that Sarko is smirking at Obama for looking.

Posted by drewbie | Report as abusive
 
Jul 10, 2009
2:55 pm EDT

Wait — Where’s Berlusconi?

Posted by John C Abell | Report as abusive
 
Jul 10, 2009
3:18 pm EDT

John, If we can get a Photosynth together from all the reporters footage and photos of this moment I am sure we can find him.

Posted by Mans Shapshak | Report as abusive
 
Jul 10, 2009
3:50 pm EDT

haha yes where is silvio fo real?!!

Posted by Verbal | Report as abusive
 
Jul 10, 2009
8:39 pm EDT

Hey, Obama’s a man, and not a hyprocrite like the Republicans who claim to be Puritans, but leave their wives for someone younger at the drop of hanky.

The rest of the world has laughed at the USA’s sexual hyprocrisy for years. Now they’re smiling with us!

Posted by Henry Mu | Report as abusive
 
Jul 10, 2009
9:28 pm EDT

I’m sure that Obama seen a penny on the ground and wanted some extra good luck…

Posted by bby_70 | Report as abusive
 
Jul 10, 2009
9:54 pm EDT

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Posted by Perhaps We Can Work Wis Zis American After All! « Bandage Bloggage | Report as abusive
 
Jul 11, 2009
3:11 am EDT

I think the girl in question is only 16-years-old. Not that the President or anyone else could possibly tell that from her appearance.

Oh . . . and Henry Mu? You’re a moron.

Posted by Rob | Report as abusive
 
Jul 11, 2009
4:22 am EDT

Looks like reporting standards at Reuters are slipping!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbifTbJtg JA

Posted by Danes | Report as abusive
 
Jul 11, 2009
5:20 am EDT

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Posted by allAfrica.com: Africa: G8 Nations Propose U.S….. Q+A: Obama’s…. | Australia News | Report as abusive
 
 
Jul 11, 2009
9:22 am EDT

Stupid media a$$wads, you guys need to go back and (re)learn the basics of journalism.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/ 2009/07/when-in-rome.html

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Jul 11, 2009
11:00 am EDT

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Jul 11, 2009
11:01 am EDT

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Jul 11, 2009
11:21 am EDT

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Jul 11, 2009
4:10 pm EDT

The full video shows that obama was waiting to walk a young lady down the stairs, probably watching where they would step.

Posted by Danny | Report as abusive
 
Jul 11, 2009
8:38 pm EDT

Oddly Enough.
News, but not the serious kind

…interesting! nothing serious for a leader like Obama.

Posted by Siraj | Report as abusive
 
Jul 11, 2009
9:33 pm EDT

exactly, watch the video. nice one, reuters… really professional!

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