Obama Must Think Clinton is #1
Usually when politicians get cocky they puff up their chests, brag about what committees they’re on and their years of public service. In some cases like Sen. Robert Bird (D-WV) they make sure half their state is named after themselves.
Not so with Sen. Barack Obama. Either he’s compensating for a bad debate performance or thinks Sen. Clinton isn’t going to snatch the Democratic nomination out from under him. He decided to flip Clinton the bird.
Here’s a close-up:
His audience got it, and his smirk indicates he did it deliberately. Whether he did or not only Obama knows, and he won’t tell. (That would require him talking to reporters.)
Talk about a “new kind of politics.” When Obama talks about “hope” he means he hopes voters don’t figure out how inexperienced and Left-wing his is. When he talks about “change” it’s cursing with hand gestures instead of words.
Nice way to coarsen our politics.
If his campaign were smart they’d send out an e-mail with the video and some double entendre about bird watching. They’d rake in millions. They might as well turn this negative into a positive even if this will likely be forgotten by tomorrow.
“Obama Fingers a ‘Gotcha’ Debate” [via Tom Maguire]
[video via Hot Air]
[picture via Southernpixel]
Wow, really? It’s come to this? “Ohmigod Obama flipped the bird?” Ha!