Putin is no friend of Obama. He proved it, once again, today.

If I have my facts right,  wannabe tough guy,  Barack "The Bruiser" Obama has shaken Vladimir Putin's hand just once.  Putin is the first Russian president to own a black belt in Karate and the hand shake came within hours following Putin's first snub the American president, but more on this in a moment.    

First, this:  it was announced, today (May 9),  that Putin has better things to do than attend Obama's G-8 meeting,  in Chicago,  so he is sending Prime Minister Medvedev,  instead.  This is seen as a "snub,"  by the American press and is Putin's second show of disrespect toward Obama.

What many have forgotten,  including the Marxist Media, is Putin's first snub of the new American president.   In the hours just before a European meeting between Obama and Barack,  Putin sent George W Bust greetings.  It is believed that Obama was actually in flight [in the air] when this memo was sent to Bush.  Here is how Reuters reported the matter:

This from Reuters:

Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin praised the hospitality and openness of U.S. former President George W. Bush in a telegramme sent hours before meeting his successor Barack Obama."During the last years we have been working on strengthening Russia-U.S. cooperation. Although there were differences between our countries, I always valued your openness and sincerity," Putin said, congratulating Bush on his 63rd birthday on July 6. "With special warmth I recall your hospitality in the Crawford ranch and your family estate in Kennebunkport," Putin wrote, referring to their 2007 meeting at the Bush family vacation home when the two leaders went fishing and ate lobster.

So there you have it,  another world leader with better things to do than  to show Obama the respect he must have as leader of the free world.