Obama stood icily staring at Clinton during this, then turned his back and stepped a few feet away

[agdlp]

did Obama snub Clinton? The Chicago Tribune seems to think so.

http://weblogs.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/blog/2008/01/by_frank_james_president_bush.html

"Sen. Barack Obama refused to make himself available to greet Sen. Hillary Clinton before the speech. When members of the Senate entered the chamber, Obama came in before Clinton. He went out of his way to greet as many House members as possible and walked halfway across the chamber to greet members of the Supreme Court, the president's cabinet, the military joint chiefs. That made what happened next even more striking. Obama returned to stand by his seat next to Sen. Edward Kennedy who endorsed Obama today in a widely watched event that reverberated across the political world.”

More: “As Clinton approached, Kennedy made sure to make eye contact and indicated he wanted to shake her hand. Clinton leaned towards Kennedy over a row of seats and Kennedy leaned in towards her. They shook hands. Obama stood icily staring at Clinton during this, then turned his back and stepped a few feet away. Kennedy may've wanted to make peace with Clinton but Obama clearly wanted no part of that.”


http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/29/617290.aspx

[MNDemNY]

1. Later seen stomping his feet and whining like a six-year-old.

He was tired and needed his blankie.

[tekisui]

2. blah blah blah.

I'm ready for the next episode of the Soap Opera.

[zanne]

4. Really. He can't look straight ahead....or sideways....or make a joke....nt

[calmblueocean]

3. Obama's already said he wanted to give Kennedy and Hil a private moment, but we'll see if the lie

spreads faster than the truth.

[tekisui]

5. Who the fuck cares, is any of it really travelling anywhere?

[calmblueocean]

12. it's exactly the sort of mindless crap cable news loves

I expect it to show up there any minute now, if it hasn't already.

[zanne]

6. Why is there no video of this?

When he was accused of "responding angrily" to Hillary during a debate, at least they gave us the video so we could see it was a bunch of crap.

[KennedyGuy]

7. reminds me of another petulant baby who currently occupies the WH

[Kittycat]

8. Cool. Another Handshakegate thread!

:eyes:

[ellacott]

9. I can't believe people are bicthing about this

This is so very childish. So what he didn't shake her hand. I wish we had a more grown up electorate.

[MethuenProgressive]

10. "Obama also maneuvered himself to shake Bush's hand."

Obama also maneuvered himself to shake Bush's hand. They exchanged smiles and, in the true Texas style of governors greeting legislators, Bush said, "Hey, buddy, how's it going?"
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/01/realpals.html

[BigDDem]

11. but didnt you hear?

her husband has been mean to him! poor widdle baby

[dionysus]

13. dupe, x 50 jesus...

[mzteris]

14. shooting his ownself in the foot.

again.

:sigh:

And I had SUCH HOPES for a Clinton/Obama ticket. . .

[Tatiana]

15. We certainly don't have enough threads on this topic... n/t

[ShortnFiery]

16. B.S. Interpretation of "non-verbals" is always suspect. WHO has direct Eye Contact with TED here?!?

http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,5864770,00.jpg

You are making shit up again and it's deplorable. However, why should we be surprised when we *all* know that The Clintons thrive on "divide and conquer" smarmy politics?

Neither you NOR I know what was going on *inside Obama's mind,* therefore, the adjective "icily" :wtf: is NOT an observation but your (and politico.com's) SMARMY SPIN. :thumbsdown:

[kid a]

17. agdlp = moran

if you even know what that is - i wioll be surprised

agdlp meet my ignore button

=)