At G8, Pictures Not Worth a Thousand Words

So, the picture of President Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy supposedly leering at a woman as she steps behind them onto a platform isn't the only one of its kind that circulated Friday. Ben Smith over at Politico has a similar picture posted, only this one features both Sarkozy and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who appear to be snickering together like a pair of 12-year-old boys as a different woman bends over to pick up some papers.

Of course, Smith also points to another view of the same scene printed in an Italian paper, where the woman appears to be barely in their view. But Sarkozy and Berlusconi still look like 12-year-olds -- mostly by virtue of how awkward they look in their suits.

Honestly, all three of these photos make me think of supermarket tabloid photographers snapping hundreds of images of celebrities, hoping to catch different expressions so that one shoot can suffice for both this week's "Angie's Jealous Rage over Brad!" and next week's "Angie and Brad 4Ever!" -- which is a shame because there's actually some serious stuff going on at the G8, especially regarding climate change.

The video Bonnie points us toward seems to show pretty clearly that Obama wasn't checking anyone out -- though I'm also in agreement with Mia that, if he was looking, meh. Mostly, though, I'm just hoping that the next G8 headline I come across doesn't read "Gr8: Barry and Nick BFFs!"