There is a picture at Media Matters allegedly showing that it wasn’t a little birdie that Obama was offering to Hillary.

Gee, a still photo, from another angle, shows something different?

How do we know where his fingers were immediately before and after the still picture?

What’s the provenence of the picture? Is it even the same rally? The same point in time in the rally?

Look at the faces of the crowd, they aren’t cheering and laughing like you can hear in the video.

Sorry, the evidence is no evidence.

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“Real ponies don’t oink” - Patrick McManus

I don’t think so.

And “in her element” isn’t an applause line.

[x] Any (D) in the general. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.

Why not a cheer for scratching an itch?

You’re looking for rational from the OFB? And citing what they do, in the way of cheering, as evidence for something concrete? Half the time they cheer for him and all he’s done is stutter.

And “in her element” is indeed an applause line; not a screamer, but when you’re mocking the quality of the questions, saying the event was an absurdity, to say your opponent was comfortible with that environment is a mirthful campaign dig; not nice, but inbounds.

All Obama needs to do is produce nasal mucous to get approval. Would that it worked for us all.

acknowledged that’s what it was (see Yglesias, Matthew).

when the video went viral and they realized people outside the OFB clubhouse weren’t amused.

It never occurred to them that lots of people would find it offensive.

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“Real ponies don’t oink” - Patrick McManus

the whole performance was smirky and pandering, like W on his game. So whether or not it was really a “one-finger victory salute” seems incidental to me. Maybe even a bit of a red herring. The arm gesture twisting the knife, the shoulder brushing, “Senator Clinton was in her element” and take a beat for applause. The flip was there metaphorically in all of that.

Ben Smith

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More than a few outlets picked up on the line immediately. If that wasn’t an applause line, I don’t know what is. Still, surely some idiots cheered because they thought it was the finger - but this does not speak to Obama’s intent. His reaction is what you would expect upon getting applause from an applause line.

besides the kool-aid drinking OFB?

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“Real ponies don’t oink” - Patrick McManus

It is but a symptom. The entire speech smacked with the perception that he sees Clinton as nothing more than nasty shit, that must be stepped in and scraped off, or flicked away from the shoulder. It bespoke of a man, attempting to denigrate his fair and equitable opponent, the day after she agreed to support him in whatever manner possible should he get the nomination. He is attempting to dehumanize, and the fact that all those outlets fell for it with whooping glee, demonstrates all you need to understand about them.

I have also figured out why he won’t commit or even consider a Unity ticket, and that’s because he has already chosen his running mate. I don’t know who, but I think he will go with a Red State Democrat.

In other news, Sen. Lieberman has stated that he would speak at the Republican National Convention. Can we give him minority status now?

Bill Clinton for First Dude!!!

Thanks. That was what I was trying to say. To argue over whether it was “the bird” or not is a red herring. The whole clip was a metaphorical fuck you.

In other news, Sen. Lieberman has stated that he would speak at the Republican National Convention. Can we give him minority status now?

No.

This has been a very special “Harry Reid” episode of simple answers to simple questions.

In many ways was the least offensive part of his entire spiel or at least it’s the “fuck you” in the rest of the crap he’s spewing that makes any claims of flipping the bird seem credible.