Video: Obama scratches mouth with middle finger, earns banner treatment on Drudge
posted at 1:44 pm on November 3, 2008 by Allahpundit
An unlikely meme du jour for the day before the election, but you go to war with the content you have. Here’s the video of him supposedly doing this to Hillary in April. To believe it’s intentional, you have to believe The One is either stupid or reckless. Uncomfortably comfortable with radical leftists? Yes. Vastly overrated as an orator? Yes. Stupid and reckless? No.
It’ll be fun watching Drudge follow this dopey tic throughout The One’s term if he wins tomorrow, though. One absent-minded chin scratch with the wrong finger during a summit with Vladimir Putin and presto — international incident.
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Allah is not leaving Hot Air. Period. Get over it and focus on the positive. Instead of jousting with Allah, support McCain and urge others to do so.
ManlyRash on November 3, 2008 at 2:29 PM
Did anyone see HC last night when he introduced Rev. Otis Moss? I said OMG he just flipped the US the bird. He’s so arrogant, God help us!
Rightwaywin on November 3, 2008 at 2:30 PM
Anyway, this is my favorite all time slip-up…
“My fellow Americans, I’ve just signed legislation outlawing Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.”
dish on November 3, 2008 at 2:30 PM
I’ve accused Allahpundit of operating for the Dems several times before. During the primaries he made it a point to write that he was going to vote straight Dem.
There has been far too many times that Allah has taken the task of defending the obvious. It’s most likely the same reason he hides behind a phony screen name.
I have my theories as to why he holds some of the positions he does, but it would be politically incorrect to voice them outloud.
Gregor on November 3, 2008 at 2:30 PM
And he did do that as well to hillary. The reaction by the crowd was to whoop and laugh. You could see the woman in the background who didn’t get it, and then lean over to ask her friend who then whispered in her ear. After that, she was laughing her arse off with the rest of them. If you read the transcript – there was no reason for a laugh line there. It looked completely like it seemed. And he got away with it, with his plausible denyability – Obama: “What? I did nothing of the sort!!” Obama supporter: “He did nothing of the sort!!”
So what does it matter why. he did it. He Did he scratch his mouth with his middle finger at any other time of the speech? Or only when he was talking about McCain?
Stupid and reckless are two words to use in describing this campaign from Obama. It can be both. Along with arrogant. As well as a few other well chosen adjectives that apply quite well.
wise_man on November 3, 2008 at 2:30 PM
Oh, there’s a glowing endorsement:
“I’m voting against Sarah Palin, and I love you man.”
capitalist piglet on November 3, 2008 at 2:31 PM
You know, its time to be grateful for Obama.
He has single handedly put the scary back in liberal.
Americans became angry at GW but that’s being rapidly displaced with memories of how bad socialism has been for us and how terrible radical liberalism has treated the rest of the world.
I think it may well be time to send the Obama campaign a nice thank you card.
Speakup on November 3, 2008 at 2:31 PM
Gotcha media!
lolwut on November 3, 2008 at 2:31 PM
You mean the guy Ms. Malkin handpicked from the moment she started this blog? Yes, yes. I’m sure you’d know better than her.
The only reason you joined up this morning is so you could join the mounting chorus of infants who apparently had no idea AP was always a cynic.
I can’t wait for the election to be over just so the whining will stop.
how nice you think you know me, i’ve always read HA and just signed up to comment, if you research my comments on ace’s blog you’ll see i’ve always been 100% proud anti-allah, but hey you think you know me so why bother. plus nimrod, just because someone you like picks certain people doesn’t mean you agree with them all the time. so take your allah slurping elsewhere and join christoph, got it? good :)
YRM on November 3, 2008 at 2:31 PM
So true and in such a short time.
That’s too optimistic for me. I don’t think they’ll ever stop whining. This new one already thinks he can run Allah out of this site.
I’m glad to be a commentor here. I count it as a privilege. Some of these people though at like it’s their entitlement along with everything else here at Hot Air.
Esthier on November 3, 2008 at 2:32 PM
Back in the days before my LASIK surgery, I used to adjust my glasses by pushing them up with my middle finger. Of course, I only used my middle finger when I wanted to make a “statement.” I ALWAYS knew when I was doing it.
There are times when I miss those glasses. But there’s always an itch that needs scratching, so I’m not expressionless in meetings or other situations where the wanton display of the finger can get you in trouble.
Having said that, I had a nun in High School (late 60s, early 70s) who used her middle finger to make a point or to start a count. I never knew if she did it on purpose or was unaware of what it meant. It always produced a twitter which she never questioned so I think even she knew what it meant.
But today? To not know what the finger means and “accidently” use it? Doubtful…
karl9000 on November 3, 2008 at 2:32 PM
ManlyRash on November 3, 2008 at 2:29 PM
Doesn’t that drive you crazy? Nice fan club you have going on the sign up thread. Congratulations. Why do new folks always want to change the site? You are going to be busy.
Cindy Munford on November 3, 2008 at 2:32 PM
You can take the community agitatior out of the ghetto but you cant take the ghetto out of the community agitator.
What a P.O.S.
Go Mac Go
reaganrules on November 3, 2008 at 2:32 PM
Hey man im a big city new yorker who’s never hunted, believes in evolution, doesnt like the idea of banning books, hasnt gone to church of my own free will in years, and reads foreign affairs religiously…why SHOULD i vote for sarah palin?
ernesto on November 3, 2008 at 2:32 PM
+1
You’re about the best McCain backer I’ve ever seen. Kudos.
SouthernDem on November 3, 2008 at 2:33 PM
Manly Rash is not amused. You are diluting the Manly Rash brand, which has considerable equity here.
ManlyRash on November 3, 2008 at 2:26 PM
you are right, I shall now refer to her as, your_worst_enema
it is a more fitting title,
la.rt.wngr on November 3, 2008 at 2:33 PM
I question the timing.
shaken on November 3, 2008 at 2:33 PM
Come on, YR. Please help the effort to elect McCain. I can’t do this all by myself. Sniping at Allah ill accomplish nothing. Just a few hours till D-Day. Make it happen.
ManlyRash on November 3, 2008 at 2:33 PM
Whether it is intentional or accidental a national leader giving a public speech should learn NOT to “scratch” with his middle finger.
But we all know it was NOT accidental.
He did the same thing to Hillary!
Geochelone on November 3, 2008 at 2:33 PM
Wooptee shit for you.
SouthernDem on November 3, 2008 at 2:34 PM
Ha! That’s pretty funny. Sure I’m an Obama supporter, but our guy looks pretty foolish there. If you can’t laugh at these bozos a little then you probably need to calm down, go outside, breath in and out and recognize that no matter who wins you’ll probably be O.K.
DeathToMediaHacks on November 3, 2008 at 2:34 PM
LOL! Allah, defended by the obsessively anti-God, pro-illegal alien Ernesto.
What a SHOCK!
Gregor on November 3, 2008 at 2:34 PM
I just love America. Now get out there and get out the vote.
Make this happen and let’s bring this shit HOME.
ManlyRash on November 3, 2008 at 2:35 PM
Not accidental. Guy is too calculating for it to be accidental. It’s a message to someone “in the know”. Maybe Michelle, maybe Ayers. I’ve seen many many of his speaches. I’ve only seen this twice. #1 about Hillary #2 about McCain. If you can show me another one, I’d be open-minded about it.
marklmail on November 3, 2008 at 2:35 PM
If you don’t think that was on purpose, go the mirror and try doing the One’s Three Finger Chin Dance yourself. (Index finger, Thumb, Middle Finger) It is not easy to get that middle finger up unintentionally. It is *much* easier “wiping” your chin *again* with the index finger.
Intentional and candid. Yes.
zb42 on November 3, 2008 at 2:35 PM
Allah is not leaving Hot Air. Period. Get over it and focus on the positive. Instead of jousting with Allah, support McCain and urge others to do so.
i like to dream ManlyRash, i’ve been hardat work i got dems and usually not voting people voting Mac with me tomm. morninig, i’ll be there as soon as polls open and then helping my bro and sis in law who live in a diff. distrcit to vote for Mac, i’m in FL & i’m making sure it stays red.
jousting w/ allah is fun though because how much it gets him and his supporters under their skin.
I’ve accused Allahpundit of operating for the Dems several times before. During the primaries he made it a point to write that he was going to vote straight Dem.
There has been far too many times that Allah has taken the task of defending the obvious. It’s most likely the same reason he hides behind a phony screen name.
I have my theories as to why he holds some of the positions he does, but it would be politically incorrect to voice them outloud.
don’t be afraid to voice an opinion, who knows maybe you’ll pursuade me
YRM on November 3, 2008 at 2:35 PM
Are you causing trouble again, Manly?
Battleground states:
FL,MO Tied, NC, OH Tied,
VA/CO….get out the vote. Grab your husband, wife, kid, neighbor, mistress, boss…vote for McCain.
HornetSting on November 3, 2008 at 2:35 PM
I hate to break it to you, but a cynic ascribes the basest motivations to people. If AP were a cynic he would have no doubt, at all, that BHO did this intentionally.
Cynicism is not what AP is about – not from his postings, at least. This is more along the lines of defeatism.
progressoverpeace on November 3, 2008 at 2:35 PM
Yep. There’s a distinct reason why I’ve not bothered commenting much in the past few months.
SouthernDem on November 3, 2008 at 2:35 PM
You know, a month ago I would’ve probably said it was unintentional. But after seeing the way he mocked Joe the Plumber I don’t really put it past him. He is truly arrogant and does not like people who get in his way.
That said, I think we should just focus on the things we can prove he did/said.
thevastlane on November 3, 2008 at 2:35 PM
Looks like we may have to learn the new salute much like the ones Spaceballs gave President Skroob when he entered the room.
44Magnum on November 3, 2008 at 2:35 PM
Christoph, you stole most of my thunder.
AP, if Obama is anything notable, it’s reckless. In the America he grew up in, his associations would have doomed any political career outside of the south side, Berkeley, or Santa Monica – forget state-wide or national.
And once arriving, incredibly and absurdly, on the presidential campaign stage, he proceeds to say/do one campaign-ending thing after another (the coal industry stuff is typical – in it’s own jaw-dropping way).
And that’s just reckless stuff that hurts him. On things, er, above his pay grade – trivial stuff like ongoing hot wars involving his country – he of course is as reckless and despicable as most of his party.
Inexperience accounts for some of it, intellectual mediocrity for some, but recklessness is the most prominent feature Obama has displayed.
Having said all that, I haven’t seen the earlier or today’s finger videos, nor will I (I’m appalled and ashamed of my country enough already, have been for a while).
AP, you’re the wittiest blogger there is (well Tim Blair’s an equal, with a totally different style), but you’d be smart to revisit the ultra-fastidious approach you take to defusing/explaining/rationalizing nearly ANY gaffe, contemptible misbehavior, or outright outrage by a Dem in the public square.
Otherwise you’re gonna be real busy if America ratifies the transition to an unserious and quasi-democratic country tomorrow.
IceCold on November 3, 2008 at 2:36 PM
It would be one of the few things Obama could do to earn some of my respect.
Grafted on November 3, 2008 at 2:36 PM
That’s too optimistic for me. I don’t think they’ll ever stop whining. This new one already thinks he can run Allah out of this site.
I’m glad to be a commentor here. I count it as a privilege. Some of these people though at like it’s their entitlement along with everything else here at Hot Air.
i like saying this in various sites in jest, i suggest uou get a sense of humor though i wont becrying if he leaves the blog
YRM on November 3, 2008 at 2:37 PM
Because the alternative is a Marxist president.
If you have more in common with him than you do with Sarah Palin, have at it.
I just think it’s funny that you prefaced your endorsement of A/P with your intention to help the Democrats tomorrow. In case you haven’t noticed, this is not Democratic Underground.
capitalist piglet on November 3, 2008 at 2:37 PM
Come on, YR. Please help the effort to elect McCain. I can’t do this all by myself. Sniping at Allah ill accomplish nothing. Just a few hours till D-Day. Make it happen.
ManlyRash on November 3, 2008 at 2:33 PM
True but allah is an idiot. Good news from Fox poll. already voted voters are 48-47 for Obama
New fox battleground pools show McCain up in FL, NC, Oh and down by 4 in VA and CO with still a lot of undeciders. No news on PA. the media doesn’t even think PA is going to be close enough to have a poll on.
potential for upset is in the air.
the dems and media are poohpoohing the fox polls. saying they are outliers.
unseen on November 3, 2008 at 2:37 PM
Did you even read what he wrote? He didn’t say you just started reading; he said you just joined likely because you wanted to trash Allah. And your response is to say you’ve been trashing Allah for a long time on Ace’s blog, which would seem to indicate that he’s right about you.
And no, Allah fans should be here. Allah haters shouldn’t. This isn’t your blog, it’s Michelle’s, and she, like most people here, understand what Allah is to this place. Obviously you don’t, but that’s really not our problem.
Esthier on November 3, 2008 at 2:37 PM
OK,I’m an old guy now – born during WWII (where my father died).
I’m happy to have grown up in an America where this kind of snotty gesture by The One would have earned this punk a broken nose.
It’s no crime to be young, but refusing to grow up is simply unforgivable.
warbaby on November 3, 2008 at 2:37 PM
I would just correct this little bit – BHO grew up in Indonesia (ages 5-10), not America.
progressoverpeace on November 3, 2008 at 2:38 PM
How many politicians do you know who make a habit of touching their faces when they speak?
Of course this was intentional. Don’t be such an Eeyore.
daryl_herbert on November 3, 2008 at 2:38 PM
In case you haven’t noticed, this is not Democratic Underground.
capitalist piglet on November 3, 2008 at 2:37 PM
With Allah it’s sometimes hard to know the difference
unseen on November 3, 2008 at 2:38 PM
Wooptee shit for you.
poor baby, i hurt your feelings hehe
YRM on November 3, 2008 at 2:38 PM
capitalist piglet on November 3, 2008 at 2:31 PM
Hey man im a big city new yorker who’s never hunted, believes in evolution, doesnt like the idea of banning books, hasnt gone to church of my own free will in years, and reads foreign affairs religiously…why SHOULD i vote for sarah palin?
ernesto on November 3, 2008 at 2:32 PM
You shouldn’t, Go vote for BO Nov. 5th
la.rt.wngr on November 3, 2008 at 2:39 PM
It’s his way of saying something like one of his mentors.
“No, no, no not God bless America; F U America!”
Brat on November 3, 2008 at 2:39 PM
With Allah it’s sometimes hard to know the difference
unseen on November 3, 2008 at 2:38 PM
amen i love to attack allah and have fun getting his supporters mad, doesn’t mean i don’t spend time trying to get Mac elected, i’m anti-one of your preciosu heroes get use to it
YRM on November 3, 2008 at 2:39 PM
The freshman senator is now the sophomoric candidate for prez.
topdog on November 3, 2008 at 2:39 PM
Esthier on November 3, 2008 at 2:37 PM
sign me up for an allah hater. his coverage of Gov Palin was as bad as any I saw across the right. At times he made KOS kids look like Palin lovers.
unseen on November 3, 2008 at 2:40 PM
Maybe that was a Kenyan custom he learned from Granny Sarah?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on November 3, 2008 at 2:40 PM
YRM on November 3, 2008 at 2:39 PM
My pet name for Allah is the MSM’s bi*ch
unseen on November 3, 2008 at 2:40 PM
This has always been an anti-Mav site.
LtE126 on November 3, 2008 at 2:41 PM
It’s definitely a tell. At the very least he’s being insincere in his kind words for McCain. But more than likely it’s that overly clever side of him that made the pig joke about Sarah Palin.
What will his gestures be in defeat?
EMD on November 3, 2008 at 2:41 PM
I have a sense of humor. You aren’t funny.
Esthier on November 3, 2008 at 2:41 PM
We’ll find out tomorrow night. I figure the messiah will give the signal and Chicago will burn.
HornetSting on November 3, 2008 at 2:42 PM
I got a middle finger for Osama Obama right here.
Ooooh, it’s inadvertent! Yeah, that’s right. You just go ahead and think that, you Marxist jerk.
MrScribbler on November 3, 2008 at 2:42 PM
LOL
At you, not with you.
SouthernDem on November 3, 2008 at 2:43 PM
Too true, but that’s based on rational reasons, wouldn’t you say? Even Ms. Malkin’s always been fairly anti-Mav.
SouthernDem on November 3, 2008 at 2:45 PM
I had issues with allah when hotair started and Michelle came on and vouched for him. I wonder if she still thinks he is a great conservative.
cmc on November 3, 2008 at 2:45 PM
He hasn’t written anything bad about Palin. I don’t know what your problem is.
If you can’t tell the difference between Kos and Allah, that’s your problem, not his. Allah has been pessimistic, but he hasn’t even gone as far as Frum.
Esthier on November 3, 2008 at 2:45 PM
This is the very definition of a troll. You’ve just outed yourself, and so quickly after registering, too.
Buh-bye in advance.
Gilda on November 3, 2008 at 2:45 PM
So, you sign up so you can insult the administrators, and you like doing that in various sites? I suggest you get spellcheck and a dictionary, and perhaps look up “troll.”
I will be. I’ve been an Allah fan since the infamous Howard Dean photoshops, and I think one of Ms. Malkin’s smarter moves was to drag him out of retirement. I disagree with him regularly, but his reluctance not to jump with both feet onto every anti-liberal meme that floats by has never bothered me.
Quisp on November 3, 2008 at 2:45 PM
Barry needs a swift suplex-ing. Off the turnbuckle.
LibertyBoyNYC on November 3, 2008 at 2:46 PM
Best post of the day! Ditto.
Starlink on November 3, 2008 at 2:46 PM
I’ve noticed two other pictures of 0bama, one of them used regularly here, that show him similarly. The one used often here he is pretending to scratch his ear.
The other one was during the primary debates and he seemed to be doing a double ‘flipoff’ Hillary, with only slight subtlty as part of a flourish with his hands.
LegendHasIt on November 3, 2008 at 2:47 PM
Did you even read what he wrote? He didn’t say you just started reading; he said you just joined likely because you wanted to trash Allah. And your response is to say you’ve been trashing Allah for a long time on Ace’s blog, which would seem to indicate that he’s right about you.
And no, Allah fans should be here. Allah haters shouldn’t. This isn’t your blog, it’s Michelle’s, and she, like most people here, understand what Allah is to this place. Obviously you don’t, but that’s really not our problem.
so what you want to shut me up for attacking allah? guess what just like critics storm blogs i can storm this 1, btw who died and made you king we have trolls going around saying worse
i took it as him thinking i never thought allah was this way and i joined to give my opinion and was met w/ a bunch of allah pessimism and fighting hard against the trolls that are using it to their advantage
got a problem with me taking little shots at allah as others do? looks like the guy i told to not be afraid to tell us his opinion has something here, if you attack allah it must mean you’re an idiot
get use to it, i’m not gonna lay down and shut about my criticim of him or any other moby, get overit and talk about something pertaining to this thread
ps: not my blog? nice to know you have the obama dictatorship idead, guess it ain’t my country either. i;m vocing my opinion, get use to it poor baby
YRM on November 3, 2008 at 2:47 PM
He hasn’t written anything bad about Palin. I don’t know what your problem is.
If you can’t tell the difference between Kos and Allah, that’s your problem, not his. Allah has been pessimistic, but he hasn’t even gone as far as Frum.
Esthier on November 3, 2008 at 2:45 PM
OMG. Every article that protrayed Palin in a bad light went up as fast has his little fingers could post it. He did the same witrh Fred but to a lesser extent. I think allah let’s his relgion get in the way when it comes to social conservatives.
unseen on November 3, 2008 at 2:47 PM
Um are you sure you reading HotAir and not DailyKos? Because if I’m not mistaken the folks here at HotAir have outed the “book banning” stuff as a smear.
terryannonline on November 3, 2008 at 2:47 PM
Some people would like to see the election thrown to Obama to a real conservative would – by magic – be elected in the primaries and general election after the devastation that Obama brought to our country in his first 4 years. And his first 4 years might end up being a total of 8 years of destruction along with a democrat house and senate. He can do many things, a lot that we already know about such as appointing very left supreme court justices. And of course there’s all the things that we don’t know about but shouldn’t surprise us when they happen.
Ronald Reagan would not be pleased with the people who have this ‘we need a 1976 to get a 1980′ mentality that will do great harm to our country for their political aspirations that may never come out as they wish.
wise_man on November 3, 2008 at 2:48 PM
He hides behind a screen name because the islamofascists and the left would do him serious harm — while the left not so much these days, the islamofascists would still cut his pretty little head off.
Blake on November 3, 2008 at 2:48 PM
Man, I cannot believe the audacity of this man. If you’re sitting on the fence, maybe this’ll finally push you over to vote for McCain. Obama has done such a disserve to the PUMA’s. Go Macain/Palin!
MomintheFlyOverZone on November 3, 2008 at 2:48 PM
Of course it was intentional. Just like the other times.
I’ve used those clips, along with others, to break into the psyche of the Dems I live with. I had to fight to show Obama isn’t the man they thought he was. He made my case for me, all I had to do was present it.
Another thing I noticed about this clip is how absolutely dour Obama looks. He has his mean face on, and is using his mean voice. Isn’t he on the cusp of winning?
nyrofan on November 3, 2008 at 2:48 PM
This is the very definition of a troll. You’ve just outed yourself, and so quickly after registering, too.
Buh-bye in advance.
cause i defended my attacks on allah? what is this the obamanation and the free republic that got ticked cause i supported the bail out and defined myself as liberal republican like Mac? why don’t you notice my other comments here i agreed w/ someone’s criticism of allah and i have slurpers of his attacking me from all sides, again looks like that guy who warned me of not allowing to criticise him was up to something. out for this thread since you wanted to make it about me agreeing w/ a guy about a criticism of allah, under your skin much?
YRM on November 3, 2008 at 2:50 PM
Explain how – knowing that either Obama or McCain will be the next president – being “anti-Mav”, anti-mcCain is rational. Knowing that the end result of bashing McCain will be to welcome a president Obama for 4 to 8 years.
wise_man on November 3, 2008 at 2:50 PM
No no no. Esthier and I don’t want you to shut up. We just wanted to voice our opinions on your intentions. Why do you so strenuously object to that? Why do you want to silence us?
SouthernDem on November 3, 2008 at 2:51 PM
Oh, Sorry I see other people have mentioned what I did at 2:47. Should have read the comments before posting.
LegendHasIt on November 3, 2008 at 2:51 PM
reallast post:
It’s most likely the same reason he hides behind a phony screen name.
and his supporters seem easy to get ticked for criticising him, already gotten the troll name for speaking my mind, hypocrites much?
YRM on November 3, 2008 at 2:52 PM
This is a signal that decorum in American politics is dead. Democrats have killed it. Bill Clinton obviously didn’t help it, but I don’t remember him publicly doing this to an opponent. (Please correct me if I’m forgetting something.)
You know who else behaves in a breathtakingly indecorous way? Hugo Chavez.
This is a pattern with a certain ideology, and it’s just the beginning in America. The sixties radicals are older now, but they are in a state of arrested development – and they think they’re about to get everything they want.
We can’t let that happen.
capitalist piglet on November 3, 2008 at 2:53 PM
Because folks are still free to vote – or not vote – based on their opinions of the candidates. Make no mistake, I’ve already pulled the lever for McCain. But here in western NC I’ve got some good right leaning and total conservative friends who will not be voting for either because they’ve got some strong opinions on McCain’s voting record.
SouthernDem on November 3, 2008 at 2:54 PM
No no no. Esthier and I don’t want you to shut up. We just wanted to voice our opinions on your intentions. Why do you so strenuously object to that? Why do you want to silence us?
no smart ass, you want to label me a troll for speaking my mind and i have a right to defend myself for speaking my mind. you wanna label me and act like you know based on a comment i made well fine. ignore me then
YRM on November 3, 2008 at 2:54 PM
No, it’s because pretty much every post you’ve put up since you joined this morning has included “Allah iz teh stoopid!!1!”.
SouthernDem on November 3, 2008 at 2:55 PM
I don’t think Michelle has ever thought Allah was “a great conservative. He’s not a conservative. He’s Libertarian.
Although I can’t get into the mind of Michelle and am only giving my opinion … I believe Michelle employs Allah for much the same reason that Fox News employs Alan Colmes. Now I’m not saying Allah is like Alan Colmes. Only to the point that he “balances the blog.”
Gregor on November 3, 2008 at 2:56 PM
I have to disagree with Allahpundit. The gesture seems rather awkward and out of place. It looks pretty intentional to me and he, rather badly, tried to slip it in there with a chin scratch.
I mean, you can obviously tell that Obama doesn’t even want to congratulate McCain on a tough Presidential race, so I’m gonna go ahead and say that I think it was intentional.
Aurvant on November 3, 2008 at 2:56 PM
I’ve never called you a troll. Just an infant.
SouthernDem on November 3, 2008 at 2:56 PM
dunno, looks like he thought about it, and did it intentionally.
thedude on November 3, 2008 at 2:57 PM
Hey man im a big city new yorker who’s never hunted, believes in evolution, doesnt like the idea of banning books, hasnt gone to church of my own free will in years, and reads foreign affairs religiously…why SHOULD i vote for sarah palin?
ernesto on November 3, 2008 at 2:32 PM
Because basic literacy and correct punctuation are both more commonly practiced by Republicans, you pinche pandejo.
TexasJew on November 3, 2008 at 2:57 PM
YRM on November 3, 2008 at 2:52 PM
I don’t think people care whether you like or dislike either Ed or Allah, it that you have come into their house and immediately started asking/telling them that you want one of them to leave. If you didn’t like the site, why sign up? Not logical.
Cindy Munford on November 3, 2008 at 2:57 PM
to all you Allah lovers. riddle me this. On the last day of campaigning. Gov Palin pulls 18,000+ in MO. Biden pulls 400. this is great uplifting news for McCain supporters looking for a ray of hope. yet not a mention by Allah because it makes Gov APlin look good. so the little ateist will not post it.
unseen on November 3, 2008 at 2:58 PM
Troll: To deliberately post false or controversial messages to gain attention for the sake of attention, usually from people who genuinely want to help. The act of posting false messages is called trolling.
You’re desperate for attention so here ya go, have some. Enjoy it while it lasts. It won’t for long.
Gilda on November 3, 2008 at 2:59 PM
True words. That cadence drives me insane. Hoping not to have to hear it much longer.
Entelechy on November 3, 2008 at 2:59 PM
Good God Gregor!!
I thought you got banned that one time when you were trying you’re dirty best to get banned months ago!! Ha!
Mcguyver on November 3, 2008 at 3:00 PM
Can anyone point to a video of him exhibiting this “dopey tick” outside the context of a more or less backhanded compliment to his opponent? I’m open to the idea that is a tick, but that would seem to be something for which there are examples.
Sure, Obama is decidedly NOT stupid and reckless, but he certainly has the “plausible deniability” game figured out, and he knows his media boundaries (almost none?). Why not indulge himself in a little outside-of-the-law, messianic, assholish behavior to relieve a bit of stress in this tense, late hour?
DaveS on November 3, 2008 at 3:00 PM
Fairly? I think for the longest time she wasn’t even sure she’d vote for him.
Esthier on November 3, 2008 at 3:01 PM
Really? Is that why we all know who Michelle is, and Robert Spencer, and Ed Morrissey? I’ve been blogging against Islam for years and use my real name, and I’ve received death threats and had to speak to the FBI about it on a few occasions. But we don’t hide behind screen names because it looks like you’re hiding something and it’s unprofessional.
I think we can agree that Allah hasn’t been nearly as harsh on Islam as Michelle.
I don’t believe that has anything to do with it. It’s something else, and when questioned by readers on many occasions … Allah has simply refused to even respond.
Gregor on November 3, 2008 at 3:01 PM
Yeah of course he accidentally used the lipsticked pig line too. He had no idea there might be political implications to the phrase when the pitbull with lipstick was at the height of it’s popularity None.
The point about all these things is that of course he knows what he’s doing. He’s not stupid. It’s a clever form of recklessness. Look at it logically. The lipstick insult almost worked to perfection for his campaign because the McCain camp handled it just as they anticipated. He uses this stuff to energize his base and to create an unprovable controversy and take more dangerous issues off the table and replace them with his campaign memes of race and unity. He took a step back so he could take two forward and regain the high ground. It also shows his believers how he can do and get away with anything he wants as their glorious Sun King.
Will people be talking less about bankrupting the coal industry now? His biggest concern today was losing the coal states and the election. He can give up a few % of the popular vote as long as he gets the destruction of coal industry out of the news.
econavenger on November 3, 2008 at 3:02 PM
don’t believe that has anything to do with it. It’s something else, and when questioned by readers on many occasions … Allah has simply refused to even respond.
Gregor on November 3, 2008 at 3:01 PM
because he can’t handle the heat.
unseen on November 3, 2008 at 3:02 PM
YRM is a perfect example of why HotAir should not have open comments registration right before election day.
BigD on November 3, 2008 at 3:02 PM
Yeah. His voting record is 80%. And Obama’s is 07%.
Yeah … that’s a tough choice as to who to support, and who to see kept out of the whitehouse.
wise_man on November 3, 2008 at 3:03 PM
Guys, come on, we have our disagreements here but please let’s not fight the day before the election. United front. The stakes couldn’t be higher.
Missy on November 3, 2008 at 3:03 PM
Amen to that. If I never have to listen to one of his boring, vapid speeches again, I’ll be a happy camper.
And yes, of course he was flipping the bird intentionally. He’s a low-class punk; always has been.
AZCoyote on November 3, 2008 at 3:03 PM
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