As Twitchy reported, President Obama and Mitt Romney met today at the White House for a lunch summit. While the media were sadly kept away from the summit and forced to dream up lunch conversations, we were fortunate enough to eventually get a peek at Obama and Romney making nice in the Oval office.
The White House barred reporters from the event, but released an official photo showing Obama giving Romney a tour of the Oval Office.
— boatgirl (@boatgirl) November 29, 2012
Photo of Pres Obama and Gov Romney in Oval Office: http://t.co/cS3jjK3P
— petesouza (archived) (@PeteSouza44) November 29, 2012
The men reportedly promised to keep in touch. Just like buddies!
Politics aside, this makes me proud. Handshake between opponents.
PHOTO: Pres.Obama & Mitt Romney in Oval Office todayhttp://t.co/RjsmGIoa— (((Charles Fishman))) (@cfishman) November 29, 2012
Obama and Romney do their best impressions of two people who may kind of like each other. Photo of the day @theweek http://t.co/BQMQHiIW
— Lauren Hansen (@myLaurenHansen) November 29, 2012
Romney still doesn't look over it. RT @huffingtonpost: PHOTO: Obama&Romney meet for lunch http://t.co/yQpg0bxm pic.twitter.com/izCZMn2o
— Joanne Tombrakos (@joannetombrakos) November 29, 2012
https://twitter.com/timmybeaverhaus/status/274259969895985153
Is this from Earth 2 where Romney won? MT @charliespiering: WH photo of Obama and Romney shaking hands in Oval office pic.twitter.com/XcZDnwfc
— James Pethokoukis (@JimPethokoukis) November 29, 2012
The Twitter consensus seemed to be that the photo could best be described as incredibly awkward:
KNEEL BEFORE ZOD!!! RT "@mollyesque: This is an impressively awkward photo of Obama and Romney. pic.twitter.com/BAGRE1EI"
— William®️ (@MiltownBucky) November 29, 2012
Woah. Awkward. RT @BostonGlobe: PHOTO: Mitt Romney and Barack Obama in the Oval Office: http://t.co/ERa8uvTy #thelunch
— Sharon Reilly (@violacay) November 29, 2012
*awkward* RT @pfeiffer44 Here is the @petesouza photo of President Obama and Governor Romney in the Oval Office today http://t.co/7QdPIEzS
— joel (@joelvanharen) November 29, 2012
@Bashirlive Mitt Romney looked awfully awkward in that photo of him and President Obama at the Whitehouse. I beg that was stuff for Romney
— Sharon Jones (@sharblom) November 29, 2012
#awkward RT @marykbruce: WH releases photo showing Obama & Romney chatting in Oval Office following their private lunch http://t.co/Bewdaiis
— Doug Main (@Douglas_Main) November 29, 2012
https://twitter.com/WhatTheBeach/status/274265814780227584
https://twitter.com/Xriseabove/status/274266354457141248
Gah, this photo is awkward. http://t.co/hWHtkzI0
— Jared Mercier (@jh_mercier) November 29, 2012
A body language expert apparently agrees with that assessment:
PHOTO: Body Language Expert Says Romney-Obama Lunch Meeting "Awkward": The former Republican nominee shares an u… http://t.co/9U9SFTRw
— Adam Cross (@Adam__Cross) November 29, 2012
Maybe so. But the body language isn’t the only thing about that picture that didn’t sit well with people. Some notice that there was something else about the photo that seemed … off:
https://twitter.com/c_heller/status/274251349842071552
There’s definitely a creeper in the background here…“@HuffingtonPost: PHOTO: Obama & Romney meet for lunch pic.twitter.com/55i9z6zI”
— mikayla dreyer (@mikayladreyer) November 29, 2012
The Romney/Obama photo. Is anyone going to tell me who the dude lurking in the background is?
— Mike Hayes (@michaelhayes) November 29, 2012
Just who was that mysterious doorway lurker?
https://twitter.com/jblumgart/status/274253100053827586
https://twitter.com/ArthurDelaneyHP/status/274252336069758976
Perhaps Photoshop can shed some light on the mystery:
Well guess who dropped by Obama-Romney meeting today: yfrog Photo : http://t.co/wQSTOTBW
— Jesper P. Pedersen (@jpackert) November 29, 2012
Or maybe it’s this guy:
Definitely could be him. Even though the president is all set to jet off to Hawaii for a three-week vacation, the fiscal cliff is always lurking.
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