‘Twittersphere’ Erupts With Putin-Obama Caricatures After Op-Ed Publication

[Purveyor]

WASHINGTON, September 13 (by Karin Zeitvogel for RIA Novosti) – When Russian President Vladimir Putin had an op-ed published in The New York Times this week, Twitter erupted with all manner of depictions of the Russian leader, many showing him besting in one way or another his US counterpart, Barack Obama.

Here is a sampling of some of the visual imagery of Putin and Obama making the rounds on Twitter since Thursday:



Many Twitter posts make Putin look powerful and “on top of his game” – and even on top of Obama, who just hours before the opinion piece was published in the Times put US preparations for a military strike on Syria on hold to favor a diplomatic path put forward by Russia.



“Wait a minute! He’s stealing the show,” says a cartoon of a tutu-clad Obama standing off on the sidelines while Putin dances, 1980s’ movie Saturday Night Fever style, under a spotlight.



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[Tx4obama]

1. President Obama has been working toward a diplomatic solution since at least June 2012

... I wish the media would tell the WHOLE story when reporting the news.

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According to a senior Senate aide, Obama told Democrats that he had asked Kerry to reach out to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and offer the diplomatic solution.

"He mentioned that that occurred during the G-20 meeting (a year ago), when he met with (Russian President Vladimir) Putin -- that he would assign Kerry to discuss diplomatic alternatives," added Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.).

A senior administration official confirmed to The Huffington Post that Obama and Putin first discussed the concept in Los Cabos at the G-20 in June 2012. After the first plenary session, while world leaders were mingling, Obama and Putin went to a corner of the room and spoke for nearly half an hour about Syria.

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Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/10/john-kerry-syria-solution_n_3901863.html

[Voice for Peace]

2. ++

but they love the drama and games

[sufrommich]

3. And by erupts we mean Russian news source scours

Twitter for he- man Putin images and finds a treasure trove of conservative "humor".