Such nonsense from the right about the President "bowing down" to Raul Castro. Mr. Castro is very

[monmouth3]

short, he was speaking and the President bent down to hear him and they exchanged pleasantries. They really are desperate to grab onto such ridiculousness...

[MADem]

1. Only an idiot would be concerned about such a thing!

Castro looked thrilled, like a little kid who has just gotten a tickle!

[catbyte]

3. Cue the faux bagger potrage in 5..4..3..2..1

[avebury]

2. It is easier for them to criticize Obama for

talking to Castro then to have to praise him for his great speech and the wonderful reception that Obama received in South Africa.

[LisaLynne]

6. Yeah, they were going to find SOMETHING.

At least this thing makes them look super pathetic.

[monmouth3]

9. Oh yeah, it must have killed them to hear that roar. Gawd how I loved it..n/t

[SummerSnow]

4. Why are they so upset?

They said Obama is a communist anyway. So why are they suprised?

Unless they know he isn't one and they're just being asses. lol. And they do know he isn't one.So asses they are.

[octoberlib]

5. This exchange happened on Twitter.

Chuck Todd ?@chucktodd 8m
Really? An entire segment on a handshake? Good grief; pandering to an audience


John Podhoretz ?@jpodhoretz 7m
@chucktodd hey, fella, you work for MSNBC--glass houses and all that where pandering to an audience is concerned


Chuck Todd ?@chucktodd 6m
@jpodhoretz I don't pander to an audience.


John Podhoretz ?@jpodhoretz 4m
@chucktodd never said you did. but that's like my complaining another magazine is too Jewish, or a newspaper is too tabloid.

https://twitter.com/chucktodd

[Ganja Ninja]

7. Just imagine if he were caught doing this.

[Rex]

8. The corporate media is garbage.

nt.