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Microphones accidently left on after G20 meeting pick up private conversation between US, French presidents. Sarkozy admits he 'can't stand' Israeli premier. Obama: You're fed up with him? I have to deal with him every day!
| Good lord, they sound like a pair of seventh grade girls talking about their best friend. One wonders how catty they are about each other... |
French President Nicolas Sarkozy
...23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. Sarkozy is married to singer-songwriter Carla Bruni, who has a really nice birthday suit...
reportedly told US President Barack I inhaled. That was the point Obama that he could not "stand" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and that he thinks the Israeli premier "is a liar."
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According to a Monday report in the French website "Arret sur Images," after facing news hounds for a G20 presser on Thursday, the two presidents retired to a private room, to further discuss the matters of the day.
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The conversation apparently began with President B.O. criticizing Sarkozy for not having warned him that La Belle France would be voting in favor of the Paleostinian membership bid in UNESCO despite Washington's strong objection to the move.| "You witch! You knew I was going to wear my sparkly pink 'Hello Kitty' t-shirt!! It's so mean that you wore your purple one and sparkly hair clips!!" |
The conversation then drifted to Netanyahu, at which time Sarkozy declared: "I cannot stand him. He is a liar." According to the report, Obama replied: "You're fed up with him, but I have to deal with him every day!"
 "I hate Suzie -- she's such a lying beeyatch! And she wore her pink, sparkly 'Hello Kitty' t-shirt yesterday, pretending she thought of it first."
"I know, right? I hate her, too! She lies sooooo much! She tells everyone we're friends just 'cause I told her last week we were BFFs when we were listening to her new Justin Bieber CD!" |
The remark was naturally meant to be said in confidence, but the two leaders' microphones were accidently left on, making the would-be private comment embarrassingly public.
The communication faux pas went unnoticed for several minutes, during which the conversation between the two heads of state -- which quickly reverted to other matters -- was all but open to members the press, who were still in possession of headsets provided by the Elysée for the sake of simultaneous translation during the G20 presser.
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"By the time the (media) services at the Elysée realize it, it was on for at least three minutes," one journalist told the website. Still, he said that news hounds "did not have a chance to take advantage of this fluke."
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The surprising lack of coverage may be explained by a report alleging that news hounds present at the event were requested to sign an agreement to keep mum on the subject of the embarrassing comments. A member of the media confirmed Monday that "there were discussions between journalists and they agreed not to publish the comments due to the sensitivity of the issue." |
