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I’ve given some thought now going on “years” as to what I would do if confronted face to face by Obama with him extending his hand. Would I be a hypocrite and gutless and just shake his hand and smile?

Answer still coming back to me is...... “I don’t know.”

Most likely, you would. And so would I. It's a conditioned response among well-bred people to shake a hand that's offered, regardless of what we think of the person extending it. Shaking Obama's hand would disgust me, but I fear that I would do it anyway.

This reminds me of a passage in "The Caine Mutiny" (the book, not the movie), where Lt. Keith had wrestled with exactly the same question in regards to the despised Captain Queeg. It turned out that Queeg did indeed unexpectedly offer his hand at one point . . . and Keith sheepishly shook it.

I was in the capital for school back when Hilary was a senator. We were sitting in an underground corridor between the Hart Building and the Capital tram thingy. Our professor came of and excitedly said that Hilary had just walked by us. I immediately felt disgust that she was just a few feet away from me. I know I wouldn’t offer or accept any feigned pleasantry to 0. I know he hates me and wants to imprison/kill me and take my kids away. I live in light of that fact.