Obama’s Obscene Gesture Is a Top Story at Fox News
By SusanUnPC on April 18, 2008 at 12:54 PM in ABC News, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Pennsylvania, Qualifications
(Click on the image to see the full screenshot. Or go to Fox’s home page and to the story, excerpted below.)
DID OBAMA GIVE A ‘FLIP’ RESPONSE TO CLINTON ATTACKS?
Just when you thought the Democratic race couldn’t get uglier, Barack Obama is being accused of giving Hillary Clinton the finger at a town hall meeting in North Carolina. …
Fox News’s Embed blog has more: “Clinton To Obama: Stop Whining About Debate.”
Here’s more from the Fox News story (click here to read the full story as well as to view Fox News’s image and its own video of the gesture):
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Bloggers were quick to note that as the Illinois senator scolded his Democratic rival for her performance at the debate, he raised his right hand and scratched his cheek with one finger. That finger.
“This is one of those political moments that really needs few words,” wrote the Los Angeles Times in a blog. “He’ll no doubt deny it later, but that mischievous smile seems to confirm plenty. And the crowd sure sees something.”
Obama started his address in Raleigh, N.C., by complaining that the debate on ABC “set a new record because it took us 45 minutes before we even started talking about a single issue that matters to the American people.”
Then he lumped Clinton in with the ABC moderators, who he said were playing “gotcha games.”
“And I’d say Senator Clinton looked in her element,” he said. He paused. Then he raised his right hand and scratched his cheek with his middle finger. He smiled slightly, and the crowd cheered.
The cheers, of course, could have been for his verbal jab at Clinton.
Obama’s campaign denied the gesture was anything more than a harmless face scratch.
But some bloggers said otherwise.
“Talk about no class: Barack Obama gives Hillary the middle finger,” read one headline on Redstate.com.
“Obama gives Hillary the finger,” reads a post on YouTube.
“Obama fingers a ‘gotcha’ debate,” the Chicago Tribune’s Swamp blog slyly intimated.
Clinton herself has made no mention of the incident, other than to say Obama should stop whining.
In an interview with Fox 29 in Philadelphia, Clinton said of her Democratic opponent, “I know he spent all day yesterday complaining about the hard questions he was asked. Being asked tough questions in a debate is nothing like the pressures you face inside the White House.”
“I’ve been through, what, 23 of these debates?” she said. “As I recall, I was asked some pretty tough questions in nearly every one of them.”
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See all of Hillary Clinton’s remarks this morning in our earlier post here at No Quarter.
Check out our links to other mainstream news outlets — including the Los Angeles Times, Baltimore Sun, and Chicago Tribune — covering Obama’s “gesture.”
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Special thanks to MBolack for the link.
Check out MBolack’s latest story here at No Quarter: Barack’s True Beliefs: Those to Which He “Clings” and “Clings” and “Clings.”
And there’s MBolack’s must-read piece, as thorough a collection of essential information on Barack Obama as you’ll find anywhere: “Barack ‘I-Didn’t-Know’ Obama.”
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OMG! HE DID! HE GAVE HER THE FINGER! HOW STUPID AND CHILDISH! JUST CONFIRMS MY FIRST ASSESSMENT OF OBAMA! NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME AND THIS PROVES IT!!!
How could anyone who watched the Debate not agree that Clinton should be our president? She was articulate, eloquent and a served up a wealth of information on all questions asked! She is the professional in this race! She will be a fantastic president! Let’s get behind and support a qualified candidate for a change!
As for Gibson, the man reminded us what a professional journalist is supposed to looks like.!
Snark? No? OK, then.
It’s worthwhile repeating here that this claim is demonstrably untrue…
http://www.mydd.com/comments/2008/4/18/102120/357/8#8
as are most things said about Democrats on Fox News
You know, the first MSM report was the LA Times … that vast right wing nut organization ….
I’ll see your MYDeafDog and raise you US News and World Report …. Link followed by really important little paragraph however you parse it you waskly wabbit!
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/erbe/2008/04/18/obamas-wayward-finger.html
Obama’s Wayward Finger
“If Obama did this on purpose, it’s a sign of incredible immaturity. If he did it by accident, it’s a sign of inexperience. If a president were to make an accidental gesture like that while talking about a foreign leader, for example, it could cause a global uproar.”
And I’ll re-raise the (pretty pro-Clinton) Media Matters, k?
http://mediamatters.org/items/200804180010?f=h_latest
untrue? Oh really? Then explain his throwing other rap signs like the “dirt off my shoulder” sign. Come on, I wasn’t born yesterday, I know what the bird looks like, even a covert flip. The audience knew exactly what he was doing. He’s a big Jay Z fan and had the unmitigated gal to play 99 problems after NH! He is a sexist pig playing to his homies.How divisive and racist can you get? This behavior is conduct unbecoming of a candidate. He should drop OUT.
Oh, it’s even worse. In the clip posted here yesterday, 26 seconds in he brushes his cheek with the little finger of his right hand. I checked with a lot of people, and they all agreed this is clearly ’street lingo’ for ‘your husband has a tiny, crooked unit.’
Three minutes in, he brushes his cheek with the index finger of his left hand. Again, my street experts agree that’s code for ‘Still leading, baby. Still have more delegates than you.’
Honestly…
He actually made the exact same gestures twice in front of two different crowds yesterday. Youtube it. One crowd is mostly women, the other mostly men. He flips her the bird in the exact same part of the speech. Coincidence? I think not.
You know, many people told me that last night — that there were two separate incidents.
But after searching and searching, we could not find two instances. We did find several different views of him speaking in Raleigh, N.C. yesterday — shot from different angles, so that it can look like he was speaking in front of different groups of people, but it was the same speech.
If you have a LINK to BOTH videos, please share. Thanks.
the camera angles make it appear as it is two different times, but it is one in the same from all the videos, unless Obama has a travelling cast of people he brings to his stumps, which wouldn’t suprise many people, after all those phoney fainting episodes a month ago!
Now I see it - the letters in the backround produce the evidence so I have to say sorry cause yesterday I was wrong
Wow. You folks can be convinced by things like “evidence”? Well, I’ll be darned.
Let’s try this again:
http://www.mydd.com/comments/2008/4/18/102120/357/8#8
Retraction, s’il vous plait?
Post the real link, twit.
Not some comment to another Obamarama site, which I refuse to give the clicks to.
I’d just ask: have you see the rec list at MyDD recently? “Obamarama,” indeed.
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sorry, just scratchin’….
You’re the o’tron putting up a link supposedly showing evidence of two fingers, and I ask for the actual evidence (or link to it) and you sit there scratchin’ your arse.
http://www.ustream.tv/swf/3/viewer.111.s wf?&loc=/&vid=355941
Non-bird-flipping moment comes at 20:50. Enjoy, my artistic friend!
what a painful waste of time for you.
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damn itches.
Ehemmmm…….This hand is drawn poorly. It is out of proportion….. Just a professional opinion.
sniff
I personally never go to Obama’sDD. But maybe somebody else will click. But thanks for playing!
Obama will never be president. I hope you understand this. I would hate to see you have withdrawal.
OK, here’s the video of the speech from Obama’s right side. Non-bird-flipping comes at 20:50 or thereabouts. Enjoy!
http://www.ustream.tv/swf/3/viewer.111.s wf?&loc=/&vid=355941
copy/paste much?
Watch the video much?
http://www.ustream.tv/swf/3/viewer.111.swf?&loc=/&vid=355941
will it be nananana next?
when exactly did maturity stop with you?
your link wasn’t posted right.
i’d watch, if you did your part.
duh.
Sigh.
http://www.ustream.tv/swf/3/viewer.111.swf?&loc=/&vid=355941
This’ll work, I’m sure.
Middle finger is separate from others.
One finger up.
Bird.
Yeesh. Look at the MyDD screencaps, it won’t kill you. They aren’t produced by the site, anyway.
http://www.mydd.com/comments/2008/4/18/102120/357/8#8
I have two eyes.
He raised the middle finger over the others.
It’s a no brainer.
votre lips sur ma grand white tush
I had both videos running simultaneously last night, and it was the same audience, but different audience members were seen in the background because of the different angles of the video recordings. Both videos showed him the same… word for word the same, with the same gestures being made and the same audience responses.
Nonetheless, I do believe that he slyly gave President Hillary Clinton his middle finger. It is sad when a politician running for President cannot control himself. We all know what happened to Howard Dean with his childish scream!
That’s a mighty unhatched chicken you’re counting there, pardner.
I think it’s unfortunate that we realize that is is even POSSIBLE for a candidate for the President of the United States to do this. We have learned in so many ways that nothing is beneath this man, haven’t we?
“I think it’s unfortunate that we realize that is is even POSSIBLE for a candidate for the President of the United States to do this.”
Freudian slip…
yeah, sure. explain why obama ran out and changed ties then. that would be what he had to do if your “story” is correct.
I thought the two angles were different occurrences, because of the banner, and the crowd. yet if you focus on the guy in the blue shirt ….. it helps to see that both angles are indeed the same event (unfortunately)
“You know, many people told me that last night — that there were two separate incidents.”
Thanks–at least someone’s being honest.
Maybe BOBO can learn something yet …
Yes, please point out another event link if it happened. So far, zippo when searching for it. Drop the link here and I’ll pick it up.
LOL…..Susan, you egging on the Obama trolls by chance?
No, but now that you mention it …
This is so embarrassing. Obama should drop out.
No no no! Obama will never drop out of the race for president of God Damned America. He prefers to wait for November’s embarrassing McGovern trashing to learn his lesson. Some people just NEED to learn the hard way.
even if he denies it, enough people will be as offended as if he said “Fuck off Hillary.” and refuse to vote for Obama.
Some people will love the gesture and have a good laugh at Clinton’s expense. Republicans.
Other will love it and pretend he didn’t make the gesture and have a good laugh at Clinton’s expense. Obamacrats.
Fuck off is what he said to the bitter small time voters. So, I guess words, just words weren’t enough …
“even if he denies it, enough people will be as offended as if he said “Fuck off Hillary.” and refuse to vote for Obama.”
He doesn’t have to deny it–it’s already been completely debunked.
http://www.mydd.com/comments/2008/4/18/102120/357/8#8
Oh yeah myDD is a double-plus-good “debunker”.
Sigh…when MyDD isn’t enough of a pro-Clinton source, and Fox News is, then I just don’t know what to tell you. Four of the five “recommended diaries” on MyDD are pro-Hillary, incidentally.
Here’s the original video if you’d like a peek:
http://www.ustream.tv/swf/3/viewer.111.swf?&loc=/&vid=355941
I’m sorry that you can’t hear me laugh. Please come back when you have a CREDIBLE cite. And by that I mean citation … loser.
The news that MyDD is too pro-Obama for some folks is actually sorta surprising. I didn’t think I could be surprised anymore, really.
Well, please come back when the LA Times is running that. ya hear?
my dd? you are actually relying on that blog? it is obama land there. they kick anyone out that is not pro obama.
actually the comments i saw indicated the obamabots were well aware of it and clapping.
qui se resemble s’assemble.
What a whiner!!!
Toughen up, be a man and fight for the nomination. Or roll up your pillow and blanket and drop out of the race.
In the speech he did the “dirt off your shoulder” move that Jay-Z made famous. Check out the lyrics to the song.
I guess Howard Dean, Pelosi, Brazile and the rest of the Obamacrats still think we’ll all ride a pony together off into the sunset, after Senator Unity flips off our candidate.
Where is Howard Dean, here?
This is disgraceful, for so many reasons, least of all Barry is blowing the election, and Howard has left him unguarded.
Rove would never leave Bush exposed this way.
Dean has GOT to go.
Vlade Divac.
I knew someone who hated him, couldn’t even bear to see him play, he thought he was so bad, responsible for every Laker loss…
Howard is off stage hoping no one notices ….
You gave me the giggles.
There is another way of looking at this.
In my single youth I used to sometimes use that bird gesture for another reason in my initial communications with certain girls.
It is possible that Obama may have spotted another potential fainter in the audience and wanted to send her a special message?
I can just hear that song blaring from the Oval Office.
lol….He’s sooo gotta be regretting making a jackass outta himself…but what could we have expected from this detestable fraud? His entire shtick yesterday in NC is mortifying and revealing…Obama–get out and grow up, flowerbaby. Come run for president when you get more bruises and man-up.
So Fox News is now a Clinton supporter and a friend to Democrats?
Maybe you should take a more modernist appraoch to the troll, you’re quickly becoming irrelevant.
Truly, Americans are known for progress, those who don’t change become obsolete.
No, Fox is exposing the truth about Obama, and gaining votes for McCain.
And it would have been up to the democrats to dump the little cretin, if they were serious about hte election, but they didn’t, and here we are.
The democratic elite hierarcy is full of stupid people.
Every day that goes by is one more day Clinton should be grateful she’s not associated with that mess.
I doubt that! But since the GOP and Fox News assumes that Obama will become the Democratic nominee, they are taking this opportunity to fire a shot at the presumptive Democratic nominee (at least, from their seats) for president.
NO !!!!! No one with a brain thinks that. They just happen to see what an easy mark Obama is and will be in a General Election. And they just want some fun at his expense now. This story just gives them more ammunition for the fall.
And I have been thinking about this some. A good speaker and a good presenter always keep the audience in mind. And when you are in front of a group that large a seasoned presenter would be very careful with every single gesture or movement of their body so as not to give off any negative suggestion.
If he had an itch, why would he scratch it with THAT finger? That gesture is so known that anyone who even half started to scratch an itch like that would have pulled back. DO YOU REALLY WANT ME TO BELIEVE THAT HE IS THAT STUPID OR UNAWARE? That requires a total suspension of rational thought.
I’m waiting to see some serious site post this headline:
Hillary gains 8 points over the last 5 days in the Gallup polls!
It looks like the BO flubs, lies, and obfuscations [and now "the finger"] are beginning to take their toll on “The One.”
Gallup has no credibilty, none of the polls do, with one excpetion, and even that’s suspect.
All commercial information outlets are some general, or some would be generals, troop.
No thanks.
Some are a lot better than others.
Why is Obama’s Merril Mcpeak called “tony?”
Your right Gallop is only has credibility when it is showing a trend for Obama. The rebublicans can’t want to get a hold of Obama
which finger are you using for one? just askin’
does Obama have a pattern of scratching with
his middle finger? any other tapes of him
doing this? i despise his politics and his
tactics, but i find this so hard to believe that i
want more information.
but if he has done it before, and the finger comes
in context, then i think that rap song’s lyrics
have more importance, and it links to Ayers and
Wright in theme.
Amalia, I totally agree with you about this! I really have developed a distinct distaste for Obama, but this business of “flipping the bird” in the middle of a speech seems like a real reach.
There are so many things that Obama has done to irritate people who have not drunk the Kool-Aid that this whole thing really seems to me to be “over the top” grasping for things that the man has done wrong. In short, I’d rather stick to issues and Obama’s tainted background with respect to Rezko, Wright, and Ayers.
he was giving her the finger. obama is that arrogant and stupid.
Yes… he did it in the previous debates, and look around, you’ll see him doing it in other interviews. Geez people… get a grip
I can’t say I really follow his finger waggin’
I do know he’s a lefty (like JFK, dontcha know) and he used his right hand yesterday … that much we don’t need to leave to speculatin’
In the same rally obama scratched his face with his pinky finger. This was a deliberate flip off, the audience new it and so do we.
That’s a whole lot a scratching for someone standing in front of an audience that he hopes will take him seriously. It’s very street , very ghetto and mainly junkies do it.
This is a very stupid man with an identity problem. I think he thinks this makes him look ‘down’, cool. All it makes him look like is totally unqualified t do the job.
Why would any American send him out to the world to be our representative?
oh, and it would be part of a pattern
with Obama, which is to do things
that are “street” when he goes to
states with larger African American
populations….
Mississippi….the okie doke comment
NC…. even just the shoulder slapping
brushing things off himself was
very odd and late night tv clownish
if I were African American I would find his
changing accent, words and gestures to
“fit” a community insulting.
“if I were African American I would find his
changing accent, words and gestures to
“fit” a community insulting.”
But you’re not, and as even Sugar would point out - sometimes a lot of us spend our lives putting forward a different affectation depending on the situation. Versus the more relaxed tone and affectations we have when talking w/ people like us.
I speak slightly differently and use different mannerisms when I’m w/ friends than I do at work… same as I do when talking to strangers or making a presentation vs. talkin’ w/ the fam.
Call it what you will, but it’s a sad reality.
african american? maybe the hokey dokey comment. but giving hillary the bird? naw! that’s obama.
“if I were African American I would find his
changing accent, words and gestures to
“fit” a community insulting.”
Believe me, I do. I have been trying to tell these dimwits that what he did opened him up to all sorts of speculation, including whether or not he’s using drugs. I don’t think he is, but geez, could he be more out of touch with AA people. He thought he was being cool with that shit yestereday. He was sending out ‘code language’ to the brothers like he is so authentically black he could dare send Hillary a ‘fuck you’ in public.
He’s a biracial asshole. He is so confused.
seems to me that his thinking he’s acting “black” in front of aa’s by using the “bird” is insulting to aa’s, in addition to the target of his “bird.” seems like he’s saying aa’s don’t have the same values and manners as everyone else, so the “bird” is ok….
of course, he really doesn’t have a clue what it means to be aa. he’s just acting.
So now you’re using Fox News as an objective source about Democrats? LOL
You guys probably fed them this “story”.
Every news outlet round has the obama talking points on how the debate moderators where unfair to his royal highness. Axelrove is the king of media manipulation
1- no one thinks fox is any more or less objective than MSNBC.
2-many bloggers sent that video to many media outlets.
that is very often how a news company knows something is NEWS, ie people are talking about it.
3-Obama is a schmuck. I can cite evidence.
Actually any media outlet with an ounce of integrity reports actual news, not what right-wing CIA sponsored bloggers send them.
His actions are speakin’ for themselves.
You telling me that there’s no defense circle jerk goin’ on over at the Kos or the HoPo? Really?
Considering Fox is the only one out of the three cable networks to be fair in their type of coverage, why the hell not? Name one other media outlet that has trashed both candidates, and not tried to influence this race on the Democratic side?
The One will return dignity to the White House. As the Democratic nominee, he can flip off McCain. Once he becomes President, who can say who he will be flipping off? It is the change that we all are hoping for. The middle finger will become the American salute! Even now, we should begin calling it “giving an Obama.”
I love it !!!!!!
Giving the Obama. LOL The American salute. Will he salute Ahmadinejad that way? Or hey, why not the Queen of England. Take the royal stuffing right out of her.
Don’t insult the Queen.
The Queen is Ok…
Heil!!!
oh and BTW, ladies is pimps too, so Hillary, go ahead and brush YOUR shoulders off!
(this is SNARK, based on a song lyric)
You people are insane if you believe that Obama, however much he may have wanted to, used an obscene gesture when discussing HRC. Keep on drinking that Kool-Aid and engaging in that wishful thinking. And now I know why 28% of Americans think GW is doing a heckuva job. Think, people, think — for yourselves and your country.
What you doing here? We didn’t see it so why you here? Run along now and report another non event to non people with no opinions. Run along now … there you go.
I just sent you the “OBAMA SALUTE”. Can you feel my love?
HE GAVE HER THE FINGER. ANY HIGH SCHOOL KID COULD RECOGNIZE THAT ONE FROM A MILE AWAY. BUSH ALSO FLIPPED THE BIRD IF YOU ALL REMEMBER. OBAMA IS GEORGE BUSH III—ELITIST, CONDESCENDING, WHINY, NEVER WRONG AND EVERYTHING IS ALWAYS ABOUT HIM.
actually i don’t drink koolaid, and don’t insult my intelligence. got it!
The headline says it all… and further highlights the absurdity of your obsession with a non-event. You can go back to previous interviews and in previous debates and see him do the same thing.
You’ve written 3 stories on this… what, none of the substantive things occuring on either side of the debate is worthy of comment? You can only attempt to fan this weak spark into a flame?
Pretty sad Susan… pretty sad.
Well to have any sort of dialog about the debates, Obama would of needed to answer something without the BS attached to it, which pretty much summed up his answers to everything, aside from his increasing payroll taxes and capital gains taxes!
Otherwise, he doesn’t like his judgement to be questioned, or his words, so what is left aside from his negative/not so positive stumping, his lies in his ads are all spoken about, so the character of the guy is what is left, since he is the one carrying out the gestures!
and here you are, kevin, fanning the flames yourself.
how so, pointing out how ridiculous this is? just stating my opinion, I certainly don’t think it’s going to stop you or a lot of commentors here from running with this ’cause as usual, you’ve made up your mind about the reality of a situation.
You go, you do… just don’t expect everyone else to blithely agree
NO, Kevin, it’s a psy ops, remember?
Who is being trolled here?
I mean, do0d, Duh.
Doesn’t really matter - actually I hope sites like NoQuarter and outlets Fox keep it up… please go ahead and continue pressing these non-issues; it’s not helping Hillary and merely diminishing the effect of your “ammunition”.
Rock on…
Kevin …. when this sad affair ends badly — and it will if BOBO is the force fed choice of the Democratic party — spend the resulting four years of McCain looking for real answers.
In the meantime, I am going to share just two little lines from Leonard Cohen’s “Anthem” …
‘ There is a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in ‘
Maybe you can learn something when you start to let the light in.
you’re killin’ me, but thanks for the Friday chuckles… got lots to share at happy hour.
You know why the GOP are salivating for an Obama nomination? He is a real time GOP 527 group.
And on that note, did everyone see that Sam Nunn endorsed Obama today?
Sam Nunn.
Who?
God, I thought he was dead. I am not sure. Isn’t he?
Your reactions explain why Hillary lost.
Was expecting it actually.
I was seeing the tactic Obama’s camp is using. He’s playing the GWB game, and it’s going to backfire and sink the party for about 30 years.
Now the only one left is Zell Miller (wonder why Obama will promise him)………..
I saw the clip. While watching it my thoughts were the only thing he is having advantage on ( speech) is now shot down. he could not come up with any comprehensive argument against what went on the debate except brushing off his shoulder. he looked soo incompetent, sleez and just not presidential. What is wrong with people
Now I see why you people don’t work for the CIA anymore. You’re terrible at propaganda.
Truth isn’t propaganda. Its a concept that I am sure you can’t fathom.
And what year is it you are repeating in High School, 9th or 10th grade?
You bought it, “Satan.”
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
Well you should know who’s the best at Propaganda. He got you to “believe”. Being good at propaganda is NOT a compliment. If you need propaganda, you are an undesirable who is trying to hide it with propaganda. Those who need it most are always best at it, you know. Propaganda was helped Hitler to get so many young people to chant with him.
Susan, now that I recall it… we had an exchange long ago where I predicted that “next someone’s going to accuse him of flipping someone off” when he scratches…
I was half joking… but apparantly more correct than I thought. Too funny
Kevin why don’t you try a bring up some positive things Obama has done or some positive actions towards bring the troops home or insuring their safety. Clinton sure has but I haven’t seen anything from Obama since he came to the Senate.
You come here employed by the Obama campaign just to put everyone down with your air of arrogance and superiority but do nothing to raise the quality of the debate. I think its time for you to go back to class.
what is it with you people that anyone who doesn’t agree w/ your views on Obama or challenges obvious silliness is instantly branded either an employee or a ‘bot?
Rhetorical question - obviously it’s symptomatic of narrow minded and purposely shallow thinking.
I make a point - and rather than address that you choose to challenge me to provide you w/ something that I know I could never do… you wouldn’t accept it anyway.
Too funny.. I asked a question, yet I’m the one being arrogant - and please, what frickin’ debate???? There is no debate - only mindless praise support and worship of your chosen candidate - exactly the behaviour that’s constantly decried on other sites supporting your opposition.
Way to go Deke… keep up the good work.
…Looks around this blog and all of the drive-bys…
Because it’s TRUE!
My GOD … maybe YOU’RE the prophet!
OMG Kevin is psychic!!!
Nope… just a student of human behavior and the reality that people tend to devolve to the lowest common denominator and wallow in self fulfilling accusations. Easier than questioning one’s views.
people tend to devolve to the lowest common denominator
Thus, you. Thanks for clearing that up.
I just love cherry picking. And trolls make it so easy that it’s almost sinfully good ….
considering that you’re one of the more vocal people constantly attacking versus attempting rational discussion let alone debate…
keep on projectin’ bee… that seems to be all ya got aside from flinging poo.
But again, thanks for being consistent.
He’s not attacking rational discussion. He’s attacking your comments. Big difference.
Kevin, you wouldn’t last 10 minutes in a rational debate. Your presence proves it.
Obama is such a phony. Everything is an act with him. He will get out of this situation with a silly little smile or a lie. He is like a little frat boy still in college trying to impress his audience whoever it may be.
He is no more ready to be president than I am. What an embarrassment to the United States to send him anywhere. I think he might have some psychological problems. When I see him performing at his rallies, there are times when he actually giggles like a little girl.
Of course I realize there are females who think he is hot but it is embarassing when you are expecting to see an intelligent, articulate, classy man who is running for the highest office in our country and you realize how immature he actually is upon further examination. A real let down.
I do not if Obama’s gesture was by mistake or not. Overall, the way he spoke and his behavior is childish. He is not fit to be our president. He is so defensive.
Hillary 08
I have scrolled through all of this and one person said something that needs to be repeated:
He got up there and bitched about 45 minutes of no policy discussion and how mean everyone from “Washington” was to him.
No one was on that stage with him. What does he do? Talk about his WONDERFUL ideas? No. Tear people down. So the next time you hear him start up with “Poor BOBO,” remember how he uses his rebuttal time. He’s a nasty little shit. Policy is his middle finger.
A real leader would have changed the subject.
Obama couldn’t do it.
“Stop picking on Barry Obama!” sob sob sob. “He’s a CHANGE AGENT!” snivel gulp sob. “He didn’t mean to flip the bird!” bawl sob. “He’s so far above you cretinous hicks who live barefoot in trailer parks and go to church and stuff, you don’t see THE CHANGE when it’s in front of you!”
Whine sob gag snivel.
Don’t mean to be a pest, but “change agent” was actually one of Hillary’s 12324 slogans, not Obama’s. Have a great weekend!
Obama won’t.
HTH
I love these “Leave Obama Alone” comments. It is a funny way to state the facts about some of his supporters and their blind allegiance to him.
It does conjur a visual of a kid in the candy aisle, throwing himself on the floor and having a tantrum doesn’t it?
We can all have our own opinions about whether or not that was the “bird,” but for someone who was whining about the trivial matters or distractions addressed in the debate, he certainly wasted a lot of time on unprofessional gestures and complaints (the knife twist, the shoe wipe, and the shoulder brush — I half expected him to morph into Rev. Wright).
Regardless of whether or not he gave her the finger, it certainly looked like he was having a passive aggressive temper tantrum (moms recognize these behaviors right away, we see this stuff happen when children become overwhelmed).
Kind of like the kid in the back seat telling to other kid STOP TOUCHING ME!
Too bad we can not put him in time out for a couple of years so he will have time to grow up and act like a man and not a boy.
“he certainly wasted a lot of time on unprofessional gestures and complaints (the knife twist, the shoe wipe, and the shoulder brush — I half expected him to morph into Rev. Wright).”
To all but the most hardened of Clinton supporters/Republicans, those gestures represented a form of good humor. That was why the crowd laughed.
Oh good. You DO recognize that Republicans will be voting in November! This is progress!
Absolutely! It took me a while to figure out why I was coming to dislike him, not merely disagree with him. Then it hit me - he was just like my younger brothers at their most obnoxious.
“Mom, he flipped me off.”
“No, I didn’t. I was just scratching my face.”
I hope for his sister’s sake he was a less obnoxious brother than a presidential candidate.
This guy makes Bush look mature and in charge.
That said, if this is how he responds under such slight pressure could you imagine how’d he behave under real attacks by the GOP 527’s in the GE?
Will he crack up or resort to drugs to going?
Imagine what he would do when faced with a serious decision and he can’t vote “present” or AX isn’t there …. We have a puppet now, and I was kinda looking forward to a person who could think for themself. But hey, that’s just me. And say what you will about Laura Bush. At least she’s not an entitlement snot like Michelle.
That’s easy. He’ll just call Hamas and ask what to do.
If we needed evidence that BHO did exactly what he appears to have done (i.e. flipping Clinton the ‘bird’), the sudden increase of the Obama troll infestation provides that evidence.
Bingo!
If it wasn’t true the trolls would be doing a circle jerk at big orange instead.
Your logic is IRREFUTABLE! The fact that people are proving you wrong…
http://www.mydd.com/comments/2008/4/18/102120/357/8#8
…is proof that you’re right!
Wow thats fast and desperate on your part.
You protest too much and it makes you side look weak.
A better tact is to keep quiet.
Wow thats fast and desperate on your part.
You protest too much and it makes your side look weak.
A better tact is to keep quiet.
and again with the shit websites … You prove the point of how BAD it is. We’ll know that it is really really bad when the first string shows up and you guys leave.
All over each other.
Nothin’ but class over at No Quarter, eh? Here’s to ya.
You’d better get back. You might miss the next episode.
Never really spend much time there, actually. You?
BOBO hasn’t learned yet — God, was the SanFrancisco treat just last week — that you can’t piss on people and tell them it’s raining.
I doubt there is anything he could do that wouldn’t prove your pre-conceived idea of Obama or his supporters.
Talk about Kool-Aid drinking. Everything on this blog is definitive proof of Obama’s inherent shittiness and Hillary’s unbridled awesomeness. When you pair that with a bunch of people defending their superior maturity by calling other people names, you’ve got yourself one hilariously entertaining blog.
4 stars! Funniest internet reading since michellemalkin.com went live in ‘04!
bubblewrap:
Does that give us hope that you have been reassigned to another website? Please say yes! Give a girl hope!
OOH! bubblewrap, I love it! A “funny” permutation of my screen name!
I’ve changed my rating - you get an extra half-star for that one!
Just marginally more flattering than bubblebutt, but I could change it if you want …
bubblebutt would probably have pushed you up the the 5-star mark — see, it’s much more immature, and therefore that much more ironic for you to use it in a thread smearing Obama as immature.
Unfortunately in comedy timing is everything. The 4.5 star rating still holds, but that’s certainly nothing to sneeze at!
Isn’t beezelbud normally with you?
They make these charming dolls in Russia. One side is a princess and the other side is a witch. The skirt hides the once not visible at the time. The way you two always show up simultaneously, I figured you were the troll doll version of the Russian doll … so are you “princess” or is he?
‘Fraid I don’t know what you’re talking about but I’ve certainly been called princess more than once in my life.
You know, as I re-looked at his “speech” I almost expected to see spit balls shot thru a cafeteria straw flying around the room.
http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/pennsylvania/pennsylvania_democratic_presidential_primary
“The Democratic Presidential Primary in Pennsylvania is getting even closer. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state shows Hillary Clinton with 47% of the vote and Barack Obama with 44%. This election poll was conducted Thursday night, the night following a nationally televised debate between the candidates. Last Monday, Clinton was leading Obama 50% to 41%.”
Obama may win the battle but will lose the war. Spending the kind of money he is and will probably lose PA does not bode well for the general election particularily when he has trashed the state and Clinton supporters. He and his supporters maybe the dumbest campaigners of all time.
His spending in PA will break records for the amount spent in one state in any election. Unbelievable
And you know what the best part is: He’s still gonna get his snobby ass wiped across the electoral map come Tuesday!! Woo-hoooo!!
Deke these children don’t understand the difference between a battle and a war. But they will.
Please name me one voting state where Rasmussen was correct … Can you find their Ohio numbers?
Also, take a close look at the methodology for their polls. Oversampling is for kids.
yeah CNN calls during the day when all the leachy kids are home and their parents are out working.
Yeah. Just like it as even in Ohio. I remember CNN so well saying Rasmussin had them NECK AND NECK! Then …well….Obama was AHEAD! Then Hillary kicked his ass and SurveyUSA was right on the button!
Any reasonable person seeing those videos would see that the crowd’s response was way out of proportion with the comment he made about Hillary “being in her element”
I still think it says a lot that is nasty comments about her being in her element, and ” It was not an off-the-cuff reaction to the debate, it was pre-written FOR him. Axelrove knows the trigger words and phrases and actions, as Obama does, they are Alinky-methoding his fans and they don’t even see it.
I watched the video for the first time yesterday. I laughed along with the crowd at the “in her element” line. Today was the first day anyone (the ridiculous postings here) pointed out that he scratched his face at the same time. The crowd’s response was not out of proportion. The line itself “in her element” was a jab enough to elicit those titters.
Her element is knowledge, his is arrogant bufoonery.
Yeah, and I have a bridge to sell you. The response was totally inapproprate for just his words. It was the obscene gesture that caught their eye and the knowledge that they were in on the joke. He is crass and not elite.
Aren’t you just tired, Jeff? I mean bone rattling tired?
You have a nice, middle America sounding name. You probably come from a relatively sane background. You speak well. Doesn’t sound like you have any substance abuse issues. Is it the money? Are they paying you that well? Doesn’t it just frost your ass to have to spin this kind of crap for someone who would just as soon flip you the bird as not?
I mean really?
Any reasonable person seeing those videos would see that the crowd’s response was way out of proportion with the comment he made about Hillary “being in her element”
I still think it says a lot that is nasty comments about her being in her element, and “twisting the knife”, was not an off-the-cuff reaction to the debate, it was pre-written FOR him. Axelrove knows the trigger words and phrases and actions, as Obama does, they are Alinky-methoding his fans and they don’t even see it.
No media attention on poor OBAMA’s 2007 tax returns. He made only $4.1M , he is very poor.
No media attention on his comment in the Israel forum. Obama: ‘I’m a Pretty Darned Good Politician’
http://embeds.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/04/16/obama-i-am-pretty-darned-good-politician/
Ha!
There is always someone paying attention to his Israeli comments, don’t doubt it for a second.
And thank god.
You bet. And the Democratic party will feel it when it comes to fundraising. No doubt.
They are already down. The DNC ended last year with red ink. They were able to pay off bills in February, and as of march they are WAYYYY behind the republicans.
Basta, as we Garlic Noses say.
Reverend Wright: The gift that keeps on giving.
I know. I saw that. Poor baby Jesus!
I will say agaian, when it come to a white person, or anyother than African American says or speak the truth about him and if any of the word sound uncomfortable, the word code is used by every African American journalist(most of them not all) and those that sings Obama’s song will tell you and explian to the best ability how codeded that gesture or that word is, even a common word used amongst friends. When President Clinton spoke the truth in SC, everyone of them that has an avenue to say something did so to condemned President Clinton.
Now the question is what are they saying now, where is there outrage?
All we asked is a balance and fare coverage. Or is that too much to ask?
Wake up Amarica!!!!!!
Try not to worry about it Ugo. November won’t be codified. It’s one person, one vote, no savages allowed within a thousand feet. He won’t be president. Unfortunately we will have given up the opportunity for a better economy again and universal healthcare. But neither of these things would have occurred under Obama anyhow.
Try not to worry Ugo. Obama will never be president. November is one vote, one person, no savages allowed within 100 yards. Unfortunately we will be giving up universal health care and a good economy again. But those things would have never happened under Obama anyhow. He is not a proponent of universal health care, which hardly even makes him a democrat. We shall just have to suffer through McCain for four stagnant years in order to get rid of Obama.
But then what?
Three times they will have gone down to defeat.
Twice with candidates that are so unappealing to Democrats that they can’t seal the deal.
If this was a marriage and they were the husbands, we’d all be virgins.
The party will be a MESS. Actually, there won’t be a Democratic party. There will be the remains of the Obama machine and the Little Red Hens of the formerly known as Democratic party.
Is Nader still running?
yeah, i believe he is. i bet he gets more money and attention now.
Very Good…I say go viral with the Vid–SLOW-IT-UP, get it at different angles and let people make up their own minds…it’s pretty obvious he’s in his preacher man bamboozling hoodwinked Malcolm X mode, with a little Cartman from Southpark for good measure –just get it out there!! They always said his this pissant’s arrogance would be his demise.
It’s a nasty video.
He criticizes Hillary for slash-and-burn tactics while using them himself. Nice guy.
We’re so lucky he’s running for Prom King.
That’s my point. With or without the finger, it was a childish display from a sophomoric immature moron trying to control his temper tantrum.
At this point Obama reminds me of the kid in class who was always sucking up to the teacher (read: media), who was always threatening other kids with his tough “friends”, and who was a verbal bully but could never stand up for himself when called out for his rotten behavior. And then went running to his mommy for being “picked on.”
Notice that when Hillary had a complaint during the debates (why do I always get the first question?) she did it then and there, confronting the problem and its perpetrators. Obama? He was too much of a coward to do it Wednesday night and waited to whine until he was surrounded by his fawning supporters. I’m sorry if my attitude is sexist, but I do not want a wimp in the White House. There is something effete and unattractively passive/timid about Obama. I’m not at all surprised by his wife’s overbearing manner–she is exactly the strong opposite these men always marry.
Did anyone see that Dean has picked the 25 to help determine who wins the nomination. I count only 5 in Clinton’s corner.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0408/9698.html
“Did anyone see that Dean has picked the 25 to help determine who wins the nomination. I count only 5 in Clinton’s corner.”
Good–he’s wrapping this nonsense up. Clinton has already lost, anyway.
So has Obama. just a bit later is all.
“So has Obama. just a bit later is all.”
Well, isn’t that interesting?!
Yes. Very. He will never be president.
He will never be president. Guess you will just have to go to work.
“Guess you will just have to go to work.”
Oh, but I thought we were just “paid Obama shills”. Now, I’m unemployed. Which is it?
Dude, that’s a dumbass argument. I’d drop it.
Fact is McCain would beat OBama.
Handily, and especially since Obama is delusional and actually thinks we Hillary people will fall at Baby Jesus’ feet. We aren’t going to vote for him.
“Handily, and especially since Obama is delusional and actually thinks we Hillary people will fall at Baby Jesus’ feet. We aren’t going to vote for him.”
Well, no one can force you to vote in your interest. If you want the Supreme Court to become radicalized, abortion rights to float away, permanent war to become further engraved in our national fabric, more 1000’s of Americans soldiers to die, by all means, vote against your country.
Last I heard, there is still a Congress and a little thing known as mid-term elections.
Co-equal stuff and all.
this line of bull being spread all around the net by the obamabots is getting tiresome.
btw, we’re grown up voters here and we know exactly what we’re doing. we don’t need propaganda and insults to “guide” us.
vote against your country.
For me to do this I would half to vote FOR Obama.
Obama is an enemy of the Constitution.
Change is the way of the universe. It can not be forced.
I am living in a fascist dictatorship. Giving anyone like Obama the reins of power is a treasonous act. That is what I see.
Sen. Obama has been vetted and the verdict is in. Guilty, on all counts.
Treasonous act? What’s up with Teak you think?
I ask you then, what is the value of a vote? What does it mean to not to be able vote?
A singular personal act, guaranteed in the Constitution of this country.
Shall I cast it for an individual who seeks to deny others the same?
If I do, I am condoning denying the rights of others, an act that injures the Constitution and by definition is treason.
I will not be a party to this.
WIN WITHOUT ME!
WIN WITHOUT ME!
The American People will be the Big losers..and its a long way to 2009..
I don’t think this is that offensive. I can tell you from first person experience that man can do some amazing things with that finger.
[DISGUSTING REMARKS REMOVED BY ADMINISTRATION].
Mmmm. There’s that ol’ No Quarter touch I’ve been hearing about.
Can someone draw up a best-of compilation? I think it would read vaguely like an unintentionally funny version of “The Aristocrats.”
Whoa. Trolling with someone else’s real name is pretty low. Can a moderator delete the comments of teh person impersonating Taylor marsh?
Obama people are trash.
I agree can you take this off, The Obama slugs are so afraid of Taylor now they are going all over the web saying disgusting things in her name.
Yes Obama really brings out the best in his supporters,
Someone call Supernanny.
This is from PoliGazette. It’s apparently more than just giving Hillary the finger. From what this says, quite a few of his gestures are in code.
Did he have a predominately black audience?
POLIGAZETTE
“Watch the video, and longer ones; he didn’t just give Hillary the finger, he also ‘brushed the dirt’ of his shoulder (imitation of rappers) and, and this is insulting, he made the move that indicates that he takes the shit off his shoes (Clinton). So, he basically called Clinton ‘dirt,’ shit’ and gave her the finger.”
http://poligazette.com/2008/04/18/more-on-obama/
i’ve been reading about this too. at first i just had the usual obama is disgusting reaction. but the more i thought about it the angrier i got. he is obviously disrespecting hillary. but he is also disrespecting the entire country. and the thought of someone with this gutter kind of behavior in the white house is just horrendous. it’s low class, ghetto, gutter, juvenile, “gangsta” crap that i would expect from a rapper but not a presidential candidate.
of course, he didn’t put on this act in pennsylvania. coward! he did it in north carolina, apparently thinking they would be receptive to ghetto crap. so he also insulted north carolinians.
the fact that the koolaid drinkers cheered doesn’t make it any less disgusting - just makes it more sad that the level of our society has declined so badly.
i realize my use of words like “gangsta” and ghetto will bring out cries of racism from obamabots. however, it is obama who is racist by trying to establish his “cred” with this sort of behavior. of course, he’s also trying to distract everyone from his pitifully embarrassing performance in the pennsylvania debate. seems to be working.
So is Obama an elitist or a terrorist.
Whoever he is he’s now breathing down Hillary’s neck in the Penn. polls. Hillary is so wonderful she’s blown a double digit lead.
Y’all have a great weekend,
j
Indy don’t lose that number … it’s the only one you’ll see …
Honey.
Learn to read a poll.
They explain their methodology.
If you are going to come here and soil this space with your comments, try to bring some I N F O R M A T I O N ….
Rasmussen was so right on in Ohio that he lost by how much? Right. AP/Yaho “weights” their data. WashingtonPost/ABC added 300+ additional AA’s and 300+ additional catholics (Bill Casey, anyone?)
Aren’t you going to be just ROCKED when she SMACKS his behind on Tuesday. Don’t say you didn’t hear it here first.
Now run along. Mom’s got dinner on the table.
Just like she blew it in Ohio. Yup.
Throw in racist and inept and we are on our way.
“Comment by buckskin711 | 2008-04-18 17:12:31
if he was’nt flipping hillary off, he was rubbing his magic negro nose full of crack[cocaine…”
Actually…..You can be both elitist and terrorist, the two are not mutually exclusive….If you think about it an extreme snob who would say employ any measure to rid him self of those he finds objectionable could easily resort to terrorism. Osama Bin Laden for instance uses the guise of religion to justify attacking those he finds objectionable. He is an elitist willing to kill anyone, even other muslims who are not purists as he defines purity. It is a false argument….. Find another…
This is the best joke of the day. I’m still laughing after 10 mins.
good one! he is a post turtle — well, we’ll give his supporters a pedestal turtle but he will have to be brought down.
Very funny. One question, Is the turtle as dumb as a post.
I’m not sure if anyone has mentioned this yet, but why is it that the trolls are out in record number on this issue? Wow, I’ve never seen such an effort to deflect,distort and support for one of his many “errors” shall we say. Pathetic. Go the hell away.
I’ll say it’s because this is a pretty easy thing to disprove for any reasonably sane person who clicks through to this site. All it takes is a picture!
http://www.mydd.com/comments/2008/4/18/102120/357/8#8
Reasonably sane people don’t go to myDD anymore.
They come out in force when they think they are losing or when they think their leader is hurting. I always judge the impact of an event by their screams.
Rasmussen had him 5% within Hillary and she beat him by 10%
Do your math.
Have a good day Tuesday.
Someone have their calculator ready so that we can figure out what he spent PER VOTE. Should be a fascinating look at lousey political investment.
He is spending in PA like there is no tomorrow!
Your lips and God’s ears.
[raise middle finger] “Fuck you . . . ” [rotate hand 90 degrees with middle finger still extended] “. . . and the Unity Pony you rode in on.”
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if he was’nt flipping hillary off, he was rubbing his magic negro nose full of crack[cocaine and i am not kidding. if you watch him closely, it becomes obvious. america’s first drug addict president. i hope he over-doses.
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