By Shawna Thomas and Catherine Chomiak
This weekend, President Obama will embark on his first trip to Thailand as president of the United States. According to the White House, while in Bangkok the president "will meet with Prime Minister Yingluck to mark 180 years of diplomatic relations and reaffirm the strength" of alliance between the two countries. But he won't be there very long, because in what will only be a three-day trip, he's going to cram in a historic visit with Aung Sang Suu Kyi in Myanmar and participate in the East Asian Summit in Cambodia.
So what's the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok to do if the leader of the free world doesn't have time to really take in the sites of Thailand? The answer: stage a series of photo ops with a life-size cutout of the president in various cultural and tourists destinations throughout the Thailand countryside.
Didn't see that answer coming, did you?
On the official Facebook Page of the U.S. Embassy Bangkok, embassy staff has posted 10 photos of President Faux-bama in front of beautiful temples in Ancient Siam. The caption:
"U.S. President Barack Obama will be visiting Bangkok over the next week. Since he cannot visit all of Thailand's provinces during his trip, we took one of his "representatives" to see examples of Thailand's beautiful monuments and historical sites."
Find the other nine photos here.
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Haven't we already had this meme?
Well, it was a "live" Shrub but for all Dubyas depth it could have been a cardboard cutout. A real cut out probably would have been better for international relations too.
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I see we both thought of the Bush blunders.
Saying Bush blundered is being kind considering the man was completely incompetent in the job and committed gross malfeasance while in office. He was and still is an embarrassment to the country. And the people who voted for him twice are an even bigger embarrassment.
A good republican would have used a real stand-in and claimed it was the president.
Come to think of it if GHW and GW Bush had used cut outs for their visits abroad they would have saved us a lot of embarrassing moments!
I wonder how Faux "News" is going to handle Faux-bama.
I'll wager they'll miss the irony.
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No bet :p
A little anti-aliasing and some border work..
/facepalm.
That's just *bleep*ing stupid.
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Sheesh. I think it's funny. :)
Great, so now the Birthers will be claiming the President is really a carboard figure.
There's also this:
http://www.doverpublications.com/zb/samples/471500/sample1b.htm
You mean a cardboard cut out who is also sometimes invisible and sitting in chairs next to crazy old men....don't you?
Could some one donate a copy of PhotoShop to Thailand, it could improve our image?
All of the clothes I see on the racks are made in Thailand (not the U.S.), so hopefully the Prez can get a nice new suit from Thai tailors while he's over there.
Yo....Obama. WE NEED JOBS!!