Why They Will Hate Us Next
This must be what they meant by inexperience. Obama reaches out to foreign heads of state. Only one problem. Blair explains.
It’s an old joke. Unclear whether the joke’s supposed to be on us or if its on the Indian press, though. Here’s ABClive. Looks like a real Indian news site. And here’s the copy. Charmingly colloquial effort to explain something in boldface appears to refer to complications delaying the call. At Last Manmohan Singh Gets Call From Barack Obama:
(ABC Live): At last Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh got call from US President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday.
In his telephonic talks with PM, Obama termed US-India strategic relationship is a “very important partnership”.
US President-elect further assured Singh that his administration wants to work together with India on all important global issues.
It is to mention that both leaders could not able to communicate with each other as the Prime Minister was traveling in airoplane when Obama called him on Wednesday morning.
It is to not mention Obama holding telephonic receiver upside down could also not able to communicate.
Indian Prime minister congratulated Obama on his historic victory and said his success would be an inspiration for the oppressed people all over the world, according to PMO sources.
The Prime Minister said that the relationship between India and the US was “very good” but “we should not be satisfied with the status quo”.
Singh conveyed his best wishes for the success of the Obama administration in meeting challenges that face the world.
The Prime Minister also invited Obama and his wife Mitchelle to visit India
All good clean Obama-wacking Peter Sellers “Birdy Num-Num” fun. Snopes with the upside down phone shot last April shows the digital manipulation. Either some Indian wag is having fun, or some hapless Indian photo editor used the first Obama-with-a-phone shot that pops up on Google images.
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 8:01 pm Comments (2) on Wednesday, November 12, 2008
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November 12th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Speaking of digital manipulation, someone is groveling for a job in the background I see.
November 13th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Well put, Cid.