Reply #3: It matters only to the extent people allow petty crap to take precedence over real issues. [View All]

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

I don't know what really happened. There's only a still photograph and the whole incident is subject to a variety of interpretations. But that's not the point. Even assuming Obama did intentionally avoid Hillary, WHO THE HELL CARES? Parsing the meaning of some petty spat that might not have even occurred* doesn't get us decent health care or housing for the poor or end the war. I've been hiding these stupid threads about this stupid incident all morning, and I'm really sick unto death of all the attention this media-inflated non-event has been given. If you want to spin it for Hillary, go ahead; it just encourages her opponents to pick up on the equally nasty stuff she and Bill have been pulling. Ultimately it doesn't mean a damn thing. We need to get over this kind of crap, NOW.

You've always been so rational and sensible. I'm a little surprised you allowed yourself to get suckered into this discussion at all.

*Update: Looks like all the spin is exactly that. From Politico: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0108/8178.html

"Or maybe, as Obama tried to convince the media today, it was an averted gaze at the exact second that Clinton sought to make peace with Kennedy.

“I was surprised by the reports this morning,” Obama said. “I was turning away because Claire asked me a question as Sen. Kennedy was reaching for her. Sen. Clinton and I have had very cordial relations on the floor and off the floor.”

“Claire” is Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), who just happened to be traveling with him today as his campaign headed to Kansas and Missouri. She stood to his left Monday night – and behind him today, vouching for his version of the story.

“It was not a snub,” she said. “It was one of those accidents.”"

So can we PLEASE let this stupid thing die and get back to business?