Posted on 04/19/2008 1:11:54 PM PDT by Anti-Hillary
The Obama campaign denies that Obama gave Hillary the infamous one-finger salute:
A spokesman for the presidential campaign of Illinois Sen. Barack Obama has criticized The Ticket for making a "false and childish accusation" in an item Thursday that the candidate's one-fingered gesture during a speech that day might have been the finger aimed at his Democratic Party opponent instead of an innocent finger aimed at brushing his cheek or scratching a scratch.
As displayed in a video clip, Obama was criticizing Washington for its gotcha politics in general and New York Sen. Hillary Clinton specifically as being "in her element" there. As he mentions her name, he brushes his cheek twice with the middle finger of his right hand.
I disagree.
It's a VERY big deal.
This is a man who aims to the President of this country - and he's acting like a 12=year old punk.
It goes to character - and, yes, Virginia, character counts.
We need to make sure Hannity, Rush etc get this to bring up on Monday - BOTH clips. Once, "maybe" - twice...deliberate.
Actually, am wondering if anyone has taken time to look back at past footage; don't know the context; but am sure I have seen that finger message in 'speeches' past.
Now, will Brit 'go here' with two video's confirming that this scratch is not at all, in any way. . .defensible or innocent?
“People better start imagining the guests hanging at the White House with Obama.”
If “the people” felt it wasn’t any of their business as to the usage of a cigar between Bill and Monica in the people’s Oval Office, they sure aren’t going to care about who Obama invites to their WH. America is doomed and will be non-existent as we know it within 15 years.
We did the same thing for our class photos.
Check my year book!
IM SERIES!
Hannity and Rush yes. . .now O'Reilly can explain things away; easily. . .but don't think 'twice'. . .same gesture; timing. . .name; that even he, could give Hillary the doubt. And surely not his 'body language' expert, Tanya Rilman or 'whomever'. . .(who tends to go a little easier on the Libs. . .IMHO).
Rev. Wright would not have like it otherwise. . .Obama not only listens to Wrights teachings on Black Liberation Theology. . .; he 'shares' them.
you guys are too quick to cast the first stone. I’m sure somewhere out there there is a clip of me flipping Hillary off too.
great pick up
Not even a half-hearted apology "if anybody was offended..."
Or "I could've framed the gesture differently..."
That’s what I saw. The same speech but from two different camera angles.
Both clips at two different locations and times showing him doing it at the same time with the same crowd reaction is PROOF that he was “flipping off” Hillary.
THAT IS SO LOW CLASS.
Classless yes.
But I can see how hard it could be to resist.
I know it’s low class and all,but I pretty much flip him and Hillary the bird everytime they show their face on TV.
On one hand, I hate liars.
On the other, I too have flipped off Hillary more than once.
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