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Proud2BAmurkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 10:54 PM
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AP PHOTOS of Obama refusing to shake Mrs. Clinton's hand
Edited on Mon Jan-28-08 11:00 PM by Proud2BAmurkin
:wow:

Photo 1, Obama standing next to Kennedy LOOKING at Clinton

Photo 2, Clinton reaches over, shakes Kennedy's hand, Obama turns away

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iwAZfoVaIxMG3gK2KY4tpS9QN0NQD8UF9GT01
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 10:58 PM
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1. Dumbest.Controversy.Ever. n/t
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lisainmilo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 02:15 AM
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23. I have to agree with you Mojambo!
voted dumbest controversy EVER!
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Unsane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 10:58 PM
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2. stupid, and a dupe.
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roguevalley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:30 PM
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15. OH SWEET JESUS! JUST LIKE WHEN HE DIDN'T SALUTE
Edited on Mon Jan-28-08 11:34 PM by roguevalley
THE FLAG! HUSSEIN SHOWS HIS HAND! (insert ah-oogah horn here and little fez men running in circles in their little shriner cars)
:evilgrin:
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Clintonista2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 10:59 PM
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3. Check your PMs
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:32 PM
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16. So you Hillary supporters ARE coordinating your crap!
LOL!
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NJSecularist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 10:59 PM
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4. We don't know what happened before this
Did Hillary just pass him by?
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libbygurl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:00 PM
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5. Well, the AP reports it as Obama turning away from her, and...
...that is not good. No sportsmanship, and they're supposed to be on the same team.

Will one ever get behind the other if the other becomes the nominee, I wonder?
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tabatha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:05 PM
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9. Looking at the two pictures, it
seems as though Hillary skipped Obama and went straight to Kennedy.
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libbygurl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:09 PM
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11. Could be. Although the AP tends to be more sober than other media outlets, I do wonder...
...if they're playing up this incident for 'news', just like the rest.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:01 PM
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6. You should start a thread about it.
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liberalmuse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:04 PM
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7. Oh. My. God.
He refused to shake her hand!!!!!!! Like, he totally snubbed her! In public, even. That does it. I'm SO not voting for him!
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Quixote1818 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:05 PM
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8. Why did she go past Obama to shake Teddy's hand?
This could be played both ways. She obviously homed in on Teddy because of the recent endorsement and Obama probably wanted to give them space in such an awkward moment. She should have reached for Obama's hand first since he is her opponent.
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Tellurian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:37 PM
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19. So, even if she did.. why did Obama hide?
shouldn't he have been sportsmanlike and shook her hand?

not very presidential!
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Skip Intro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:05 PM
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10. Rude ass jerk, isn't he?
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indimuse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:12 PM
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12. Disrespectful PIG!!!
NOT Presidential behaviour!!! I am livid!

He would shake Bush's..He would shake Rezko's..He would shake Farrakhan's...LO_bama will never be a uniter...sorry..
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milkyway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:12 PM
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13. Wrong yet again. Are you William Kristol? AP report clearly says the initial action was Hillary
crossing the aisle to shake Kennedy's hand. Obama was between them, so she must have ignored him, reaching to him. Classless. Obama did a common thing when being deliberately dissed like this--he turned away and allowed her to have her conversation with Kennedy.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8UF9T503&show_article=1

<snip>

Clinton, clad in scarlet, crossed the aisle between their seats on the House floor and reached out a hand to greet Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the Democratic icon whose endorsement she had courted only to lose it to Obama.

Kennedy shook her hand while Obama, wearing a dark suit and standing between the two, turned away.

<snip>
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Proud2BAmurkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:13 PM
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14. William Kristol supports Obama
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goldcanyonaz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:35 PM
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18. Touche!
:rofl:
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Quixote1818 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:34 PM
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17. Well put. nt
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imaginary girl Donating Member (345 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 02:20 AM
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24. Elder statesman
Look, I'm for Edwards and generally fairly neutral between HRC and BO, but you don't shake hands with a peer first and then an elder, more powerful person. No matter how you're standing. Age and power first.
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dkf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 01:51 AM
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20. Hillary is looking at Kennedy. Geez this is bogus.
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Jed Dilligan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 02:09 AM
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21. Why is she making eye contact with Ted Kennedy
while supposedly trying to shake Obama's hand? That's as rude as turning away...
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Zynx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 02:11 AM
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22. Small gestures can speak volumes.
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