MARBURY reads the New Statesman claim that “following his brief meeting with David Cameron in July, Obama exclaimed, ‘What a lightweight!’”
I’m sceptical. It just doesn’t sound very Obama-ish. Whatever he thinks, he doesn’t make a habit of deriding individuals in this manner, even fierce opponents (in fact I can’t think of a single example right now). The story’s author refers vaguely to “diplomatic sources”. Even if Obama was going to insult the Tory leader, it would be very out of character for him to do so in front of officials that weren’t people he knew and trusted. And as we know, Obama’s aides aren’t leakers. Well, we’ll see. But this may not enhance the already less-than-stellar reputation.
They disappear leakers, don’t they…
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December 5th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
all this from an idiot who has promised the american people just about everything
December 5th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
‘On meeting Cameron, Obama was, according to diplomatic sources, “distinctly unimpressed”, contrary to some reports (excitedly spun by the Conservatives) which suggested that the two men had formed an instant “bond”. ‘
Given a choice between an instand bond and distinctly unimpressed, I’ll go for the middle way; Obama had a hell of a job trying to prise Cameron’s glue-like hands off his hitherto immaculate suit, and will welcome a non-EU Britain’s contribution to the global economy, along with that of Iceland.
It might help if the Tories found someone to actually read Obama’s speeches, bearing in mind that Obama certainly has someone who has read Cameron’s. That stuff of his about supporting the risk-takers in the financial markets at the Tory conference has marked him down as almost as deluded as Alan Greenspan…