Politicsmatters:

Certainly no one can know what was in Narcissus' juvenile thoughts when his middle finger extended to scratch that itch at the very moment that he made the comment "Hillary Clinton was in her element."

But the audience seemed quite willing to presume his middle finger was part of a deliberate gesture. Their response is clear--they were reacting to the gesture.

And, whatever you may think about retarded people, I suspect even low-functioning people would get the picture after the middle finger, the JayZ brush-off and the shaking the dog poop off his shoe gesture.

So, you may not be retarded; just obtuse.

Barack Obama responded like every narcissist. When criticized, they respond with aggression. This was passive-aggressive behavior by definition.

With just enough plausible deniability.

I think TD is serious....  although, personally, I do not think Obama was flipping the entire electorate off, just the Clinton supporters...  /snark.

Do you?

the gesture HAD to be intentional..

LOL!!!!! Amazing

Yeah, they were responding to the speech.

You should take a look at the book "CNN's Tailwind Tale: Inside Vietnam's Last Great Myth"  While the subject is Vietnam, it also about why people believe what they believe - from a Amazon review

What Lembcke provides is the cultural atmospherics that make some people believe anything that supports their predispositions. Most alert people already know this, but rarely do we see such outrageous claims go unchallenged by pros.

You don't like Obama, find him and his supporters naive, childish and arrogant, so you believe that he is giving the finger and the crowd reacting.  

Instead of looking for that, take a look at the longer clip and ignore the gesture.  Listen to the speech, the crowd reacted because of the words being said.

Jay-Z!

The video link below shows the truth. He used two fingers. But don't let the truth stop your bullshit.

Actually, I'm 55 and I know it's a flip off. That's the way you do it when you are trying to hide it from "straight" people, or your BOSS who could fire you.

Doing that has been around for many decades now in the counterculture.

Tiny, invisible straws that don't exist.

the fact we are wasting time on this.

but like I said this needs to be pushed, once the supes see MSM talking about stuff like this?

yeah they will end the primaries once and for all

The diarist is not trying to assume the worst of our Democratic Presidential candidates...  just trying to smear Obama by any means necessary....

The flip of the bird is debatable and for the most part, a non-issue.

That being said, the clips you provided are a different viewpoint BUT none come even close to resembling the original image presented in the diary. Tell me, which side view pic goes with the direct view pic?

Aw. You spoiled the childish fun for the diarist who wants a grown up to be president. What a crock this diary is.

Consolaton is you have to be the frontrunner in a big way to get this kind of scrutiny.  

That'll be a relief.

Don't speak for Europe.

Nobody gives a crap about somebody itching their face.  Nobody except this diarist.

Sweet Lord you cannot be serious....

I have seen a lot of manufactured outrage on this board in the past month or so, but this sets a brand new standard....

Next he'll be scratching his balls in public.  Yikes!

Well said, Joey.

Although I believe his gesture was conscious and intentional.

(Great diary, TexasDarlin.)