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Obama media sees peaks, valleys on Europe trip

Saudi King appears to grab President Obama by his necktie and jerk his head downward. “ Obama mugged for the cameras with Russia's Dmitry Medvedev, chatted with Chinese President Hu Jintao, and kept tea time at Buckingham Palace. His few stumbles included giving the queen an iPod on the heels of widespread mockery over his earlier gift of a *DVD set to Brown, and appearing to bow upon shaking hands with Saudi King Abdullah, an image that has had right-wing blogs on fire since the summit's conclusion. But even though some in the British media panned Obama, who said he was suffering from a cold, as less than the great orator they'd imagined, and even though he went into the summit facing opposition from Germany and France over more stimulus packages, Obama managed to convey his message that he is the leader of the free world -- but not a unilateral one. *Alas, when the PM settled down to begin watching them the other night, he found there was a problem. The films only worked in DVD players made in North America and the words "wrong region" came up on his screen. ” I like the part where he "appeared to bow ... . "  In related news ...  Democrat Voter Grip on Reality Lowest in Modern Era