Preview.... dagnabit... preview.
Posted on 07/29/2005 8:22:06 AM PDT by VictoryGal
At yesterday's press gaggle, Scott said this:
MR. McCLELLAN: Ken, go ahead.
Q Scott, last night on the Tonight Show, Jay Leno, who apparently is subbing for Johnnie, displayed a video of the President at the Capitol yesterday. In that video, the President walking away from the press lifts his hand and raises a finger. Mr. Leno interpreted it as, shall we say, a finger of hostility. Each of our fingers has a special purpose and meaning in life. (Laughter.) Can you tell us what finger it was he held up?
MR. McCLELLAN: Ken, I'm not even going to dignify that with much of a response. But if someone is misportraying something, that's unfortunate.
Q Well, it was not a finger of hostility?
MR. McCLELLAN: Ken, I was there with him, and I'm just not going to -- I'm not going to dignify that with a response. I mean, I haven't seen the video that you're talking about, but I know the way the President acts. And if someone is misportraying it, that's unfortunate.
I thought it was a thumbs up, too, because of CAFTA. I only got a quick glance, though.
It sure looked like a middle finger in the stills I've seen, although I don't believe Bush would do that (as much as he might want to!)
I guess I don't get 'journalist' humor.
Preview.... dagnabit... preview.
er, that should've said "than a middle finger" rather than "than in the video"
From the sticking out the tongue incident, way back when.
LINK TO THE TEXT OF PRESS BRIEFING
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/07/20050728-3.html
Really. Leno doesn't "sub" for anyone. This is twisted.
That line creamed out. "Subbing for Johnnie"!
When did this take place, 1992?
I would.
It was funny even though it was a thumbs up.
If Leno was subbing for Johnny the then President they're talking about must've been Clinton.
Then that is one unusually long thumb.
Noting the title of that image... Wonkette must have short stubby digits. My thumb looks just like that.
It was a thumbs up.
As a baby George Bush liked to watch the evening news. Here he is pictured as he watches Dan Rather.
Watch the video frame by frame. As the hand twists, it becomes quite obvious that it is his thumb.
If you look closely, you will see that it is a thumbs up.
DARN IT ALL! I bet he feels like giving the media the bird (as do most of us).
It took about 10 viewings, but it looks like a thumbs up now.
Yep, definitely a thumb. It does look funny though.
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