Since the very moment Barack Obama was declared the winner of the election, the president elect's phone has been ringing non-stop with advice, suggestions and requests from leaders around the world. The Russians, the Europeans, even the Taliban want to weigh in and start hounding the president-to-be. Though aides insist that Obama is strictly in "listening mode" until Inauguration Day, efforts from abroad to sway Obama's foreign policy are especially strong due to the historic nature of the election.

But hey, Obama's a modern president in modern times. Why stick to the phone when you can gather all the world's leaders together in a chat room. Yeah, we can't imagine anything going wrong with that...

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