Comments on: That’s Not a Bird

By: More Fallout from the Debate : Barack Obama 2008 | positively Barack

More Fallout from the Debate : Barack Obama 2008 | positively Barack — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:56:34 +0000

[...] That’s Not a Bird via Comments From Left Field Seriously, if you’re one of the bloggers or pundits who really is getting up in a stir over this bit of nonsense, I want you to do me a favor. I want you to walk to your bathroom mirror, look at yourself, and say, “Am I being a reasonable adult right now?” [...]

By: Kyle E. Moore

Kyle E. Moore — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:38:04 +0000

You know, I’m going to take a whole new approach to this. I’m going to, for the time being, pretend the whole primary is already over because at this point, neither candidate is being well served by this kind of crap. Because Obama is in the lead, and likely to win, I’m just going to take my writing from here on in in a direction that assumes the general election is between him and McCain.

By: Bostondreamer

Bostondreamer — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:30:36 +0000

Talk about nuts. The commenters over at No Quarter and Taylor Marsh are declaring that this will at last drive him from the race and should cost him his senate seat. There is even analysis of whether the pink finger scratch from earlier in the video means anything. How crazy are these folks? How, well, deranged? Obama Derangement Syndrome must be catching.
And if he did flip her off, who cares? Grow up and grow a pair. If you get offended by that, what will Clinton supporters do when Republicans flip them the figurative bird in the fall, if she is the nominee?

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:10:21 +0000

You’re right. Sometimes a scratch is just a scratch. But, it’s curious to note that you proudly display BAGnewsnotes in your blog honor roll, when that Blogger practically lives for taking still photos (mainly of conservative targets) and putting a partisan pseudo-psychoanalysis spin onto the dark intentions of the subject.

I guess it depends on who is doin’ the scratchin’.

By: Kevin Hayden

Kevin Hayden — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:27:03 +0000

Hmmm, was my last comment held in moderation?

By: Kevin Hayden

Kevin Hayden — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:25:15 +0000

Thanks, Geek. Saw that photo at Balloon Juice, too. This is how a proper flipping off is done.

By: Kevin K.

Kevin K. — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:43:52 +0000

Lambert, he also used the word “the” several times, which I’ve heard in many Geto Boys tracks. I think GG Allin used it as well. Disgusting!

“You know, the blogosphere was at least partly intended to keep the media from being silly. Who will come along to do the same for us?”

Kyle, I vote for either TBogg or Roy Edroso to head up a commission.

By: Geek, Esq.

Geek, Esq. — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:05:58 +0000

Here’s a definitive angle for Taylor Marsh, Lambert, and the rest of the Flying Monkeys:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/geekesque/79695420le6.jpg

Please, you’re embarrassing yourselves. If you’re capable of shame.

By: The Moderate Voice

The Moderate Voice — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:34:40 +0000

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By: Geek, Esq.

Geek, Esq. — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:52:53 +0000

Lambert:

Yglesias is referring to the Jay-Z reference, not the finger.

Please seek help for your ODS.

By: Larry Mac

Larry Mac — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:52:47 +0000

Will the naive youth of America quit whining like their saviour Senator Obama and realize he is a crude person who could and did flip a bird at Senator Clinton in response to her debate with him the night before. Instead of being fully prepared for a real debate where for the first time the narrators quit treating him with kid gloves, he whines, complains, blames others and performs a juvenile response. That’s called not being experienced enough to be or run for President – and he is not. You should be thankful ABC gave him a warmup session Wednesday night, because the Republicans, unlike Senator Clinton who has been quite nice to him in comparison, will bring up every dirty deed he has ever done, including Larry Sinclair’s allegations that he had adulterous homosexual sex and did hard drugs with Obama as late as 1999. These allegations have already been made on Puerto Rican television where Obama may end up losing almost all the 55 or so delegates there and Larry Sinclair has made a number of radio talk shows in the U.S. When mainstream media quits, like ABC, treating Obama like a baby, they will cover Sinclair and you will finally see if he can respond to pressure, or like flipping a bird to Clinton, cave under pressure. A vote for Obama is a vote for McCain, because according to Joe Scarborough, his talks with Republicans quietly indicate they really hope Obama wins the nomination, because he is easy pickings.

By: lambert strether

lambert strether — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:41:06 +0000

Hey, Matt Yglesias says it’s “pretty cool.”

http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/04/dirt_off_your_shoulder.php

That makes it intentional to me, and if our “creative class” says something, who am I to argue?

By: ChrisK

ChrisK — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:42:19 +0000

And the truth is — he’s scratching his face with two fingers! Here’s the speech filmed from the side angle instead of the front.

At 20:56 : http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/355941