Obama and the false tale (tail?) of the Brazilian temptress

Yesterday, several Web sites posted a photograph of U.S. President Barack Obama allegedly, erm, well, checking out a passing woman (a teenage junior delegate from Brazil) while at the G-8 conference in L'Aquila, Italy.

This meant Christmas in July for headline writers at the New York Post, among other publications. Some sample phrases from its article: "Tail to the chief," "Baby got Barack," and, most memorably, "Yankee Doodle randy." (A phrase previously deployed for baseball player Alex Rodriguez, naturally.)

But today, ABC News posted a video exonerating the commander-in-chief. He was, in fact, turning around to help another woman take place on a set of steps for a photograph. French President Nicholas Sarkozy, though, looks a bit suspect.

See it for yourself, here.