[FoxNews.com]
Fox News notes today the furor created by Barack Obama when he chose to scratch his face with his middle finger—coupled with a “mischievous smile"--while deriding rival Hillary Clinton at a town hall meeting Thursday.
The Obama campaign dismissed the incident as an innocent face scratch, but as Fox notes, many bloggers are unconvinced.
“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.”
According to Fox:
“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.”
Concurring with the Los Angeles Times Blog’s “finger” interpretation of the gesture and smile are RedState.com [“Talk about no class: Barack Obama gives Hillary the middle finger.”], and the Chicago Tribune’s The Swamp [“Obama fingers a 'gotcha' debate”].
We have posted the video clip from You Tube (above) so you can judge for yourself.
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