ABC video clears Obama of girl-watching
The European press is having fun with a photo that appears to catch both President Barack Obama and French President Nicholas Sarkozy taking a second look at a young lady:
But ABC News has video that argues the above photo is a trick of the camera — the president was in the act of turning to the woman behind him, to help her down the stairs.
On the other hand, Sarkozy, the video indicates, has no such excuse.
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FALCON JOSH
July 10th, 2009
4:04 pm
get you some!!!
Ericthagreat
July 10th, 2009
4:05 pm
Funny!!!!
C. M. Thornton, III
July 10th, 2009
4:13 pm
The girl in question is only 16. He may have been in the act of turning, but he was also in the act of leering…
Christopher
July 10th, 2009
4:13 pm
And as usual, Sean Hannity spent half his show talking about the President looking at the girl’s rear, knowing that it was, as usual, a lie.
KW
July 10th, 2009
4:14 pm
So what if he did…why does this make the news??? I’m sure there are better things going on in the world to read about!
Mike
July 10th, 2009
4:18 pm
No one really knows if he was really checking her out or not. Get off your high-horse about whether someone is telling a lie or not. He is just as likely wrong or right as you are.
He's a Man
July 10th, 2009
4:19 pm
We are weak creatures. Who can fault him even if he did look at that girl’s butt. It looks like a nice one. I’m more impressed with Obama than before this photo because it confirms to me that beneath his ability, he’s a red-blooded American male, just like the rest of us.
cajdawg
July 10th, 2009
4:21 pm
You know what is really funny:
Adding a cap and trade tax to an economy that is in a recession. Wait, wait- it gets better, add healthcare taxes to a crippled economy, too. I am really laughing now.
You want to roll on the floor with laughter- how about the impending unfundability of social security, medicare and medicaid.
Glad to see the press is focus on this and not the President looking at a 16yr old,s a__s.
bushwacker
July 10th, 2009
4:23 pm
I guess the teleprompter forgot to tell him, “DON’T GET CAUGHT CHECKING OUT THE YOUNG GIRLS!”
Gator Actual
July 10th, 2009
4:24 pm
He’s a Bill Clinton in training!
Becky
July 10th, 2009
4:25 pm
Who cares, it only makes him more human…Never heard the old saying that “just because you’re on a diet, doesn’t mean you can’t look at the menu”?
Heavenly creature
July 10th, 2009
4:26 pm
I’d look at her ass too.
Bubba
July 10th, 2009
4:30 pm
At least he ain’t gay!
Dan
July 10th, 2009
4:31 pm
Who knew! I have something in common with the celebreprez
BiteMe
July 10th, 2009
4:40 pm
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZX…………..
TIWAS
July 10th, 2009
4:41 pm
As this child passed I’m sure the President could see in her face that she was indeed a child, therefore the thought of leering wouldn’t have crossed his mind. This is another attempt by a media organization to find something to smear this President’s character, since they haven’t found anything. This is merely tabloid journalism and ABC should be ashamed for reporting this mess.
PervPrez!
July 10th, 2009
4:42 pm
The worst part is the girl is only 16! Can you say child molester?
Dan
July 10th, 2009
4:42 pm
The video makes it even more clear he was looking at her, the only argument is there is a possiblity that he was watching her go by so as not to have a collision with the woman behind, but the video makes it quite clear he was watching her. Hey it is the first thing I have agreed with him on
MKDWinLGA
July 10th, 2009
4:42 pm
Its actually funny when you look at the picture. It does appear he was checking out the woman’s behind.
I thought to myself…well, he is a real man first, so why not check it out if you can sneak a peek. This was too funny!!!!
Tim
July 10th, 2009
4:44 pm
Hey, Prez just wanted to check out a lil white tail. What’s the big deal????
JJMB
July 10th, 2009
4:49 pm
The idiot is leering at a 17 year old, while in the midst of a throng of people with cameras. Yes, I saw the video, and he was looking. He just tried to cover himself.
If he does this on the public stage, just think of what he does in private. Cigar, anyone?
Obama: the sexual primitive.
Don'tBelieveIt
July 10th, 2009
4:53 pm
Did anyone see that awful dress she was wearing? I would have looked too to see what that mess of a dress was she had on. I don’t believe for once he was looking at that child’s rear. In fact, what rear? He has too much class for that. JJMB, did I read that you called President Obama an idiot. You are the idiot. He has more education & intelligence in his pinky than you do in your ENTIRE BODY. Get a life!!
dawgystyle
July 10th, 2009
4:57 pm
i guess you can tell which half of his bloodline is coming out of him in this act?
will jones and the prozac parade of stars
July 10th, 2009
5:02 pm
Actually, after careful examination of the video (and relevant assets), prezbo Obama really wasn’t learing about the heiney. Must give apologies when due.
I’m off to see the popester, the wonderful wizard of pope!
NRB
July 10th, 2009
5:07 pm
Well OF COURSE ABC rushes in to clear the name of His Majesty…after working so feverishly along with the rest of the worthless mainstream liberal media in getting him elected.
I mean…if it was Bush we know we’d hear about it for days how he’s a pervert etc.
But since it’s Mr. Perfect, well he gets a pass.
Thanks Jim for proving that liberal media bias is real.
Buzz
July 10th, 2009
5:08 pm
Don’tBelieveIt,
I believe President Bush also had a good bit of education but he was called an idiot.
Another Old Hippie
July 10th, 2009
5:21 pm
Did any of you take the time to really look at the video? He’s walking down the stairs, helping people, and then turns to help the woman behind him down the stairs. He happened to turn in the same direction as the girl who was walking up the stairs. With freeze-frame photography, you can pretty much take any situation and freeze a frame right at that exact moment to try and prove any point! You all need to get involved in fixing the problems with this country instead of spending all your time on trivial criticism! Grow up!
gatorman770
July 10th, 2009
5:33 pm
I hope the Messiah had the band playing some Jethro Tull “Aqualung” in the background!
arlene
July 10th, 2009
5:36 pm
Enter your comments here
GaNative
July 10th, 2009
5:36 pm
What was that young girl doing their flaunting her stuff??
arlene
July 10th, 2009
5:38 pm
Get real! Do you really think he would do something as stupid as that with the whole world watching his every move? As usual, the press is making a big deal about nothing!
Lee
July 10th, 2009
5:53 pm
So what?
gatorman770
July 10th, 2009
5:55 pm
He might just be evaluating the soon to be announced White House Intern Czar.
Julie
July 10th, 2009
6:00 pm
Whatever. If the guy wants to take a look, let him. It’s not like he’s Governor Sanford flying down to Argentina to have an affair while not telling anyone where he was going over Father’s Day. Oh, wait, that’s right he was hiking in the mountains!
Pete
July 10th, 2009
6:49 pm
This is how “Slick Willie” worked………….
JJMB
July 10th, 2009
6:57 pm
Don’tBelieveIt, I’m going to take a wild guess and say you’re a Michael Jackson (the pedophile doper) fan. I’ll go way out on a limb and say you watched the entire memorial with tears in your eyes.
Have a nice life.
The Walking Boss
July 10th, 2009
7:20 pm
Bill Clinton 2.0
Michelle, Hillary and Gov. Sanford’s (soon to be ex) Wife need to go on Oprah and have a good cry and group hug.
Men Are Doga
July 10th, 2009
7:23 pm
“I did not have sex with that woman” – Bill Clinton
“I was hiking” – Gov. Sanford
“I did not look at that woman” – The Savior
Same song, different verse. Men (or boys) never change.
David
July 10th, 2009
7:42 pm
At least the media isn’t reporting on Michael Jackson. Hopefully we will never have to hear about that loser again.
MH
July 10th, 2009
7:53 pm
“Mr President” is probably just tired of his wife’s big “junk in the trunk” and want to check out something a bit smaller.
LMAO at all you Obama worshippers
MH
July 10th, 2009
7:56 pm
Don’tBelieveIt – You sound like you graduated with honors from the Bill Clinton School of B.S.
Fred
July 10th, 2009
7:58 pm
The sad part of all this is ABC falling all over themselves trying analyze every aspect of the video to prove that their messiah is innocent. Then they try to divert attention to Sarkozy, accusing him of the same…with the same “questionable” video.
It would be funny if it wasn’t so pitiful.
MH
July 10th, 2009
8:07 pm
Shocking news of late with all the celebrity deaths. Guess which family got a special note from President Obamagod? You guessed correctly – the one and only Michael Jackson. Pedophiles are a tight bunch.
Way out Willie
July 10th, 2009
8:19 pm
WHEW! A real man in office, helping a woman down the steps. No restroom romance here. When in France do as the French do–this ain’t news it is American Goodwill.
Sam
July 10th, 2009
8:37 pm
The Messiah would never leer at a woman. I knew that the mainstream media would not sit by and allow such an accusation to be made against “the one”. I am happy that they can sleep now knowing that his perfect image is still intact. It’s funny that they investigate this accusation but don’t bother investigating his ties with ACORN, his lack of producing a birth certificate, ties with Bill Ayers, etc. The media will cover for him regardless of the accusation made and it’s unethical and disturbing. I haven’t heard of the mass media looking into the accusations made against Palin in order to clear her of any wrongdoing. It’s hypocritical and unbelievable at the lack of journalistic integrity these days.
Heywood Jablome
July 10th, 2009
9:03 pm
Its amazing how the wacko right wing nutjobs from the Sean Hannity School of Hate still believe in the Obama is not American. He won, get over it.
At the rate the Grey Old Party is going, Obama (or Mabus to you conspiracy buffs) will be in for a full eight year term, so get used to Obama being there.
CROOKS AND HOMOS IN THE PULPIT
July 10th, 2009
9:13 pm
NEW BOOK- CROOKS AND HOMOS IN THE PULPIT
http://WWW.REUBENARMSTRONGSHOW.COM
EXPOSES CREFLO DOLLAR, EDDIE LONG, T.D. JAKES
Amicus
July 10th, 2009
9:14 pm
Beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder. Looking at such should not be dishonorable. Was she a white girl?
tab
July 10th, 2009
9:31 pm
trick photography. we all know that!!! The ones that have any common sense!!!
neelabea
July 10th, 2009
9:46 pm
ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT “YOU ARE ALL SICK AND GOD RULES AND REIGNS”.
Linz
July 10th, 2009
10:02 pm
Hey Pres. you are just like Clinton but he was better looking than you…But of course with your wife you should be looking Yikes she’s very manly looking…
MARS
July 10th, 2009
10:09 pm
I think you are all forgetting that the President is Gay according to Larry Sincliar. He just came out with his new book. Check it out http://www.LarrySinclair.org. He said that his been with Barrack Obama back in 1999 and he is goes in detail. So it must be true!
MARS
July 10th, 2009
10:11 pm
Oh and another thing I think he was really looking at her shoes because they didn’t really go with that dress. The young girl in the photo is wearing sandles and they were all wrong for that dress.
Rob
July 10th, 2009
10:27 pm
What came first? The photo or the video. TMZ showed this crap first. They took video, freeze framed it just as he turned when the little girl walked by. He was only concerned about helping the other Black girl down while the first girl was going up. But as you ALL saw the video, he was just beginning to turn back to the other Black girl to aid her down the steps….
Jodie
July 10th, 2009
11:46 pm
Mercy….. Not about the FACT that he was checking her out, but what ABC will stoop to in order to explain away whatever he does….
Maybe he did sneak a peak….. he doesn’t come across as anyone who would act on it. But leave it to ABC to dutifully report that he’s simply watching the step of someone else. Or maybe he sees an endangered Italian Field Ant that is about to be crushed, and he is simply showing his concern.
Continuation of the healthcare-infomercial?
Jean
July 11th, 2009
12:07 am
The president was looking down at a piece of paper on the steps. If you watch the whole frame on the video, there is a piece of paper on the steps. His eyes are pointed down directly at the paper. Pictures are not always what they seem.
csquared
July 11th, 2009
12:39 am
he actually saw a piece of Hannity on the steps and didn’t want it on his shoes. If this is as good as they can do, they’re going to be in for a long 8 years. Messiah, Savior, Annointed One, ya’ll need to get some serious anti-depressants and possibly mix them with alcohol. Ya already know where you can score some prescriptions, right Rushie?
Teen Girl Gone Wild
July 11th, 2009
12:42 am
Well thank god something happened to take Michael Jackson off the front page of the “news”.
Michelle will straighten his a## out behind private doors. She’s a big woman.
And lastly, can’t the Messiah find a necktie other than the “JFK Blue” one that he trots out over and over again? Ooops, I forgot, the Holy One is ruled by focus groups – some pollster must have told him to wear a blue tie.
Victoria
July 11th, 2009
12:51 am
Jodie, get a life.
boots
July 11th, 2009
1:35 am
The video does not “CLEAR” Obama of anything. The dude was clearly checking out the 16 year old teen’s butt. He should be more worried about 10% unemployment, North Korea, Iran and Mexico. As usual, the media (this time ABC and Yahoo) rally to the cause to confuse the truth and cover the libs ethical lapses. And, btw, Republicans are just as big of jerks, but the difference is the media hammers one side and covers for the other.
outspoken
July 11th, 2009
5:14 am
With a fugly mate like Godzilla, no wonder Obama’s leering at a teenage hottie.
elaine
July 11th, 2009
5:51 am
you all really, I mean really need to get a life. So what if the president was looking, what’s the harm.
Curly Girly-man
July 11th, 2009
7:20 am
Like most GOPers, men and women, I love looking at Obama. And drooling.
Curly Girly-man
July 11th, 2009
7:23 am
After eight years of a not-so-closeted homosexual in the White House, we’re not used to having a heterosexual at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Jim
July 11th, 2009
7:26 am
ABC was not trying to clear him. They were doing it tongue in cheek. Of course he looked at her. And it is not that Obama is not interested in real issues, the media, including this blog, are the ones who are focusing on this, rather than important issues. Michelle will take care of this on her own.
CROOKS AND HOMOS IN THE PULPIT
July 11th, 2009
7:28 am
NEW BOOK- CROOKS AND HOMOS IN THE PULPIT
http://WWW.REUBENARMSTRONGSHOW.COM
EXPOSES- JOEL OSTEEN , CREFLO DOLLAR, T.D. JAKES, EDDIE LONG
http://WWW.REUBENARMSTRONGSHOW.COM
The REAL GodHatesTrash, Superstar
July 11th, 2009
7:29 am
Oh, you poor southron morons. If Obama had checked out a white girl’s butt 40 years ago, you could have hanged him from a tree and gotten away with it.
But this is the 21st century, you silly hillbillies, not the 19th.
Deal with it.
will jones - the antipapist, prozac popping provocateur of the fifth pillar
July 11th, 2009
8:04 am
Hey morons, she was a light skin mahogany babe. I’d hit it like rippin’ into a wet paper bag.
Curly Girly-man
July 11th, 2009
8:14 am
Like most GOP men, I don’t see why any man would want to look at a woman’s butt, when there are so many fine look man butts out there.
Like most GOP men, the thought of having sex with a woman (unless she’s blood kin) makes my skin crawl. I want to vomit.
I have to be really drunk or have a gun to my head to get it on with the ladies.
(Uh, oh. The wifey bought a twelve-pack, and her pistol is on the nightstand…)
kool$kat
July 11th, 2009
8:29 am
he should have never been in Russia in the first place…he trusts the Russians, bad move…
Ray
July 11th, 2009
8:37 am
What’s funny is that the AJC has more liberal posters than my hometown Seattle Times.
Sigh. I guess it makes sense. Black=Democrat=Liberal.
America will be a memory VERY soon. Socialized medicine. Cap & Trade. “Diversity” instead of assimilation. Sigh.
TurdFerguson's Turd
July 11th, 2009
9:07 am
“America will be a memory VERY soon. Socialized medicine. Cap & Trade. “Diversity” instead of assimilation. Sigh.”
Who cares? America is a dump & the people are morons. Losing nothing.
Producer
July 11th, 2009
9:23 am
Who cares if he looked at her butt? Heck, it’s a nice butt! I’d be more worried if he didn’t look at it. Sarkozy surely enjoyed it.
Bill Orvis White
July 11th, 2009
6:14 pm
Just like Gov. Sanford, Hussein Obama had lust in his pants, but there is a difference. Gov. Sanford supports free market principles while Lil Hussein believes in taking your money, guns, cigarettes and DVD copies of “An American Carol” and “Stroker Ace.” So, Sean is right to devote his excellent radio show on how Lil Hussein’s lust affects his job which going very bad. Hello all of you McFlys: The stimulus package is failing big time!!!!! Is it possible to recall this installed president?
will jones & Frank Zappa! Rockin' your little world with the hits
July 11th, 2009
7:19 pm
What orville mcCletus didn’t bother to explain that while OBAMa is truly a thieving socialist, Sanford believes stealing YOUR dough for a round up in SA is just fine. And sean hannity (along with boortz) merely tags along for the ride, not like they are interested in fighting a war or anything. Good God, too much $$$ to be made. Neither party gives a rats-ass about any of us.
Trob
July 11th, 2009
8:25 pm
LOL! This is stupid… So what.
Odumma
July 11th, 2009
11:22 pm
I couldn’t care less if he reached out a slapped her on the rear. I DO care that he is destroying our country with his Marxist agenda and dismantling everything that made this country great.
melanie
July 12th, 2009
8:33 am
Are you Obama lovers for real?!! He is looking at her for God sake! He is a mortal! He looks at other women & got caught! ABC (ALL Barrack Channel) cleared him of looking…PLEASE!!! Get a grip Obama lovers….he is not above the regular guy…HE LOOKS!
Lucy Bloom
July 13th, 2009
12:42 pm
I can’t believe anybody cares.
Hacker
July 27th, 2009
3:28 am
even if he looked so what? he is mortal. i do look even when am with my woman, its not like he was touching. he just looked and its free. so get a life live Mr. President alone. i still like the sarkozy is looking looks like this guys cud mek a gud comedy.