Are their pictures of ANY past president holding hands with a foreign head

[patricia92243]

of state or diplomat.

Out of the millions of pictures of Presidents all the way back to FDR, you'd think there must surely be at least one.

NOT photo shopped, please.

[shoelace414]

1. you might be able to say FDR

but only because he couldn't stand up.

[Radio_Lady]

15. Ed Schultz referred to a photo of Bush sent to him by his sister today --

What photo was he referring to???

[Cleita]

2. I vaguely remember a photo of Arafat kissing

someone in a previous administration, but I could be wrong. It was many years ago.

[Sanity Claws]

3. I doubt it

I remember the fuss when Carter kissed foreign dignitaries on the cheek, per custom in certain countries. I think I would have heard had he held hands.

[sabra]

4. Poppy Bush

I will look for the pic...

[City Lights]

21. Any luck finding a picture of big bush? n/t

[ltfranklin]

5. Well, there was the picture...

...of Hillary Clinton Kissing Soha Arafat.

[ltfranklin]

7. Oh, yeah, and this....

...the Right made a big thing over this, as well as Hillary...

[uppityperson]

6. You realize that men hold hands in Arabic countries?

Unless you have a pict of Mr.bush holding hands with someone who doesn't accept this as their cultural normal, it doesn't do more except give some of us a giggle and others roll their eyes at us.

[Boomer]

8. WE don't accept it as the cultural norm

So it's really quite odd to see Bush, the ultimate macho bully, displaying this level of cultural sensitivity.

If nothing else, it illuminates just how deep are his ties with the Arab ruling class.

[patricia92243]

9. Good point. I'd still like to see pictures of other Presidents displaying

cultural sensitivity. Were all our past Presidents so insensitive that there are no pictures?

I'm not even sure how to go about Googlng this.

[City Lights]

11. So where are the pictures of past presidents doing it?

I've only seen pictures of the happy chimp.

[emulatorloo]

12. Yes, President Bush is sooooooooo culturally sensitive to foreign leaders

or is it just to the Saudi Royal family.

[uppityperson]

14. He's compassionate too.

that's sarcasm. I know. Makes me wonder who took who's hand first?

[Boomer]

16. Bingo

That's what makes ME so uneasy about that photo.

[City Lights]

10. Glad you posted this as I wondered the same thing and

mentioned it in another thread. I googled images for Clinton and big bush, but couldn't find any of either of them kissing or holding hands with Saudi royals.

[Sapphire Blue]

13. Mitterand & Kohl

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/image/0,1587,1376290_6,00.jpg

Late French President Francois Mitterand and former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl hold hands during a historic meeting in 1984 at a soldier's cemetary in Verdun, a major battleground during World War I.

[Boomer]

17. Different context, however

This is a symbolic gesture, at a formal occassion, showing a bond between the two countries.

It's NOT Mitterand and Kohl strolling through a park and holding hands because they like each other.

[Sapphire Blue]

20. Yes, it is... but isn't it nice to see a dignified display of unity

... between the leaders of two countries, rather than photos of a prince & a self-perceived king holding hands, joined in an unholy alliance?

[patricia92243]

23. French and German - not an American President. Hand clasp is not the

same thing as holding hands.

By the way, were their fingers entwined? Somehow that makes it more brrrrrrrrrr

[Sapphire Blue]

25. Well, heck, you didn't specify past 'American' presidents

I just thought Mitterand & Kohl were a nice contrast to the recently published photos of the current WH Resident... I am just so sick of him, I just can't stand it.


Personally, this photo warms my heart... the President who wasn't inaugurated with the First Lady who should have been... sigh.

[donheld]

18. It's not the hand holding that's the problem!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Boomer]

22. Got that right

It's the mutual back-scratching that is the problem.

Now wouldn't THAT make for a great photo op! ....ewwwwww....

[muriel_volestrangler]

19. It could lead to dancing

[sakabatou]

24. It looks like Ray Gun is wearing a mask in that photo