Did Barack Obama give Hillary Clinton the finger?
At a campaign event in North Carolina on April 17, the day after his worst debate so far in Philadelphia, Barack Obama scratched his cheek with the middle finger of his right hand, while discussing Hillary Clinton’s same old Washington politics.
There is certainly no love lost between the Democratic hopefuls
Was this a discreet and ungentlemanly gesture? Judge for yourself. The crowd seemed to think so and loved it. My verdict is yes but with very plausible deniability. If only he’d done it straight into the camera, then we would have had a real ‘fingergate’ to follow ‘bittergate’ and ‘pastorgate’.
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COMMENTS
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As you say, yes but with plausible deniability. How very unpresidential is this! And how bloody juvenile. Should he be elected, will he do the same at international forums when he loses an argument to another country’s Head of State?
This has got to be all over YouTube. I can’t wait to hear the denials from his camp about yet another "distraction" from the issues.
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I think yes as well. A cheap shot, but he knows his audience.
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BO’s been slagging Hillary right from the beginning, uhh…… right down to her "MONTHLY" period of presumed moodiness. Sexism and chauvinism are still rampant in the USA. "You are wearing me out, brother…"!!!
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Douglas Chalmers,
Hillary is 60 years old. If she still menstruates, write it up and publish in Nature. It’ll look good on your CV.
What is your source for this?
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http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Brush+your+shoulders+off
I found this reference elsewhere on The Telegraph.
We are showing our age and seclusion. And dare I suggest, we are projecting our hate and aggression onto BO?
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Normally, I’d say he was just scratching himself, but his smiling and pausing and smiling sure seems like he was alluding to something.
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My err, "source for Hillary’s sauce" is Barack Obama……. the video’s there somewhere…. but try this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2nIIIUoEUE
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This is the most despicable behavior I have seen from any Presidential candidate. Sure looks like politics of new kind, the "gutter" variety