soxfan
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March 8th, 2014 at 1:24:48 PM permalink
"Negotiating with Obama is like playing chess with a pigeon. The pigeon knocks over all the pieces, shits on the board and then struts around like it won the game."
-Vladimir Putin


I'd say that brother Putin is one perceptive and shrewd cat, hey hey.
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March 8th, 2014 at 1:39:50 PM permalink
Putin's characterization of Obama couldn't be more right on.......Putin is one shrewd cat. Great quote of the day!
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March 8th, 2014 at 1:52:43 PM permalink
Quote: soxfan

"Negotiating with Obama is like playing chess with a pigeon. The pigeon knocks over all the pieces, shits on the board and then struts around like it won the game."
-Vladimir Putin



What is your evidence he said that? I don't believe it.
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March 8th, 2014 at 2:06:44 PM permalink
Quote: Wizard

What is your evidence he said that? I don't believe it.


We can agree that it's a bad comparison. Most pigeons have functioning brains.
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March 8th, 2014 at 2:10:36 PM permalink
Claim: Vladimir Putin described negotiating with Barack Obama as being like "playing chess with a pigeon."

FALSE

Read more at http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/pigeonchess.asp#qROce84AZ5JZZTzF.99
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March 8th, 2014 at 2:13:10 PM permalink
Quote: Wizard

What is your evidence he said that? I don't believe it.



That's been an internet meme for a while now. I think someone got suspended from this site a month or so ago for sharing the usual image with a text that read "arguing with re*ards is like......." In other words, of course Putin didn't say it.

And, in other news, aside from the game theory of negotiations it has nothing to do with Vegas or gambling.
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soxfan
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March 8th, 2014 at 2:15:35 PM permalink
Quote: Wizard

What is your evidence he said that? I don't believe it.



I received it in an email, ostensibly a quip he made to Russian media. And a while back another Russian official likened obama's policy in the mideast to a monkey with a hand grenade. Them Russian cats are pretty candid, hey hey.
http://satireworld.com/world-news-headlines/201308281352/russian-official-says-obamas-syrian-policy-is-like-a-monkey-holding-a-hand-grenade/
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March 8th, 2014 at 2:19:19 PM permalink
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And a while back another Russian official likened obama's policy in the mideast to a monkey with a hand grenade.


That was retracted after a monkey complained.
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March 8th, 2014 at 2:23:24 PM permalink
I will be closing this thread since it obviously had no motive in celebrating great quotes but was just another excuse to bash Obama. Please take that over to DT.
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