Bloggers are speculating as to whether this YouTube video of Barack Obama speaking at a Raleigh, N.C. event shows the senator giving Hillary Clinton "the finger," when discussing Washington-style politics.
From the L.A. Times blog:
Watch the video right then. The presidential candidate raises his right hand to seemingly scratch his cheek. He doesn't use his whole hand though. Just one finger. Briefly. A couple of strokes. He pauses. He smiles slyly as the crowd begins to mumble and then he
tries, somewhat distracted, to continue his remarks, smiling as the
buzz spreads through the crowd. He'll no doubt deny it later, but that mischievous smile seems to confirm plenty. And the crowd sure sees something.
Man oh man, Barack is just so cool! Geez, he gave Hillary the finger -
that has to nail down the Beavis and Butthead crowd. Hope and change
or you can go, well, hope yourself.
Before I had actually read it, I have watched that clip several times, the first time while reading my colleague Dustin’s post on the speech earlier, and during none of those times watching that debate did I think, ‘Oooh, he’s flipping her the bird.’
Perhaps he let his guard down, or maybe he didn’t even realize he made
the gesture — but despite its subtlety, the crowd certainly recognized
it.
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Do you people want to live in an Idiocracy? If not, grow up. We have a middle finger for many more reasons than to flip someone the bird like for scratching our faces...
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Do you people want to live in an Idiocracy? If not, grow up. We have a middle finger for many more reasons than to flip someone the bird like for scratching our faces...
Posted by: magicmary
| April 18, 2008 2:04 PM
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