You’re seeing what you want to see. And if he hadn’t paused or smiled you’d no doubt be saying how hiw moving right on and keeping a straight face was an attempt to cove up what he’d just done and not draw attention to it.

If you want to find some criticism to make of Obama, fine. Tell us what’s wrong with his health care plan. Tell us what’s wrong with his plan for Iraq. But don’t tell us what’s wrong with the way he scratched an itch.

This powerful speaker, this great communicator, this astounding orator knew EXACTLY what he was doing.

Oh, clearly he’s just another homeboy with the manners of the ghetto. I don’t know how we were ever taken in by this guy!

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Seriously, Farris. Come ON. I can’t begin to count the number of times I’ve seen people absentmindedly do exactly this same thing. Or use their middle finger to push an elevator button. Or even to point.

You going to tell me all those times the person was actually flipping off Otis Elevator Co?

That’s not flippin’ the bird, mate. This is flippin’ the bird!

… he says right after watching Obama flip the bird.

I don’t recall you praising Cheney for his “poise, honesty, and optimism” right after he told Patrick Lahey what to do with himself.

Barack Obama: same old Politics as Usual.

Wow. Just…wow.

Perhaps she missed that national intelligence estimate a few months ago, which said that Iran’s nuclear weapons program was scrapped years ago?!

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/03/iran.nuclear/index.html

Perhaps she forgot how Bush and Cheney were roundly laughed at by Democrats when both of them tried pushing the “Iran is a nuclear threat” spiel right after that report came out in December?

I believe that Hillary Clinton has the kind of proven experience we need to (mis)lead this country into war… again.

I’m not saying; I’m just saying.

When even Jonah Goldberg says that a presidential debate was just watercarrying for the Republican party, you know it’s a shit debate.

Of course, there was also this handy condensed guide to the first forty-five minutes of the debate:

ABC SHITHEAD: Senator Obama, are you a racist elitist Marxist who hates the flag?
OBAMA: No, and what does that have to do with anything?
CLINTON: I’m not saying that Obama is a racist elitist Marxist or anything, but boy, doesn’t he sound like a racist elitist Marxist?
ABC SHITHEAD: Answer the question, Senator. Which are you? Racist, elitist, or Marxist?
OBAMA: You realize this is retarded, right?
ABC SHITHEAD: But you didn’t answer the question.
OBAMA: It’s a stupid question. You know it’s a stupid question.
CLINTON: I’m not saying we shouldn’t be discussing actual policy issues, but wow, how about all the bad people Obama has met at one point or another?
OBAMA: This is idiotic.
ABC SHITHEAD: Let’s move on. Senator Clinton, I note since we’ve spent so much time discussing Senator Obama’s ties to terrorism and how he hates America that you haven’t had nearly as much chance to talk as he has. Would you like to make up that difference in the policy section later?
CLINTON: Yes, please. I’m all about the issues.

The Obama Administration may stumble, it may be flummoxed by inherited problems so ridiculous it can’t do anything positive for years, but we just HAVE to make sure it takes the reins. When you’re in a hole, you really need someone who knows which way is up.

“Obama reacts to last nights debate” I have it set up on Digg here: http://digg.com/politics/Obama_reacts_to_ABC_debate_last_night

I hope people will “Digg” it up.

Obama was in Raleigh NC today when the video was made. This was a town hall event. He reacted to last nights debate, but more important - he explained HOW we could get Universal Health Care. Now I see how he can do it.

His plan includes a lot more transparency in govt then I have ever heard of. That would be the key to making the tough changes that the American people want. So if you haven’t seen the town hall, he talks about health care in the middle I think. The folks in Raleigh were super excited about him visiting, so they show it throughout the video. We love Obama in North Carolina.

PS. Taiwan instituted it in the mid 90s and they spend half of what we do on health care (percent of their GDP)