MSNBC reporting "fingergate" in a few minutes.....

[cliffordu]

Here comes the Friday Dump someone was asking about a while ago....


:banghead:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

1. "Dump" is fitting.

[NJmaverick]

25. LOL! Good one!

[ecstatic]

2. I thought I had heard wrong...

:puke:

[democrattotheend]

3. Seriously?

They are seriously going to report on the fact that he scratched his nose?

[Blue Diadem]

10. heh..even asked "what did he mean by that?"

DUH..like the man can't scratch an itch without having it mean something.

[DarienComp]

4. So this primary season is basically an unending "Seinfeld" episode, I guess...

[ericgtr]

7. I swear it's like they just can't kill Obama off and they are reaching for everything in their path

it's really sad and pathetic.

[anonymous171]

5. Hopefully they will show the other angle. If this becomes "big" Obama will win.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

6. LOL! It was debunked.

What gives here?

[2rth2pwr]

8. He has an itch he just can't scratch.

[JoFerret]

28. Bunch of tripe

but the photo does catch a strange motion. Try scratching your face that way.

[2rth2pwr]

33. I can't, my fingers get all tangled up.

[cliffordu]

46. Will you be leaving right after she steps down or will you

Be hanging around until the General Election??

[JoFerret]

64. And your problem is?

.

[cliffordu]

74. Just wanted to know when the vituperation and innuendo were

going to slow down....


Do you have to pay for your own coffee or do they provide Dunkin Donuts espresso??

[JoFerret]

78. My particular vituperation and innuendo?

Can you give me some examples of that?

Plus your own brand....shall we see that coming to an end or will keep keep being a sore winner?

[Terran]

55. I just did.

Seems perfectly normal to me (and my fingers don't get "tangled up"). I even tried with both hands, in case you're left-handed or something. Why do you find it "strange"?

[haymakeragain]

61. He scratched the same spot with his pinky about

20 seconds prior. what did that mean?

[scheming daemons]

62. He's a communist pinko?

:shrug:

[2rth2pwr]

67. bingo!

Candidates are always sending hand signals.

[rurallib]

69. I do it all the time.

always have.

[Adelante]

71. I personally do scratch my face that way

Maybe it depends what shape and length fingers one has.

I can hardly believe I'm having this conversation, though.

[Window]

77. Huh!!

:rofl:

[crankychatter]

9. omfg

goddamn it

wtf?

Well, General Electric's warmonger investors finally got the better of General Electric's "provide pretend balance and if he wins, maybe he'll be soft on nuclear power plant expansion" investors.

it'll go downhill from there

How long till they put a muzzle on Olbermann and Maddow, ya think?

[Vinca]

11. I'm sorry, but that's just funny. Scratching his face is now a scandal?

I swear I saw Hillary picking her nose the other night, but I could be wrong.

[anonymous171]

12. This may play into Obama's strategy.

[scheming daemons]

15. HRC: "You can pick your pastor, and you can pick your nose.. but you can't pick your pastor's nose."

[cliffordu]

29. ROFL

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[PBS Poll-435]

57. *Sigh*

Now I have to return the favor you gave me last week. :eyes:
















JUSTKIDDING

Well played. Very well played.

:thumbsup:

[EmilyAnne]

I saw her pick her nose and flick it across the stage at Obama!

Then again, I notice that Obama keeps picking his nose and wiping boogers on the debate podiums.

Up next: Boogergate!

[SteveM]

24. I heard it "splat!"

[Bucky]

13. This is not simply a spontaneous overreaction. This is canned smear tactics

It would be useful if someone could track back the hyping of this story. Who reported & spun it first? Whoever started this is running a true "kitchen sink" smear on Obama. I don't think the Clintons are behind this act of desperation... Democrats just aren't this inventive.

[TexasLady]

14. oh no they didnt.

lol. stewpider and stewpider. der der der.

[ecstatic]

16. Thank goodness, the anchor brought up silly season nt

[scheming daemons]

17. I'm sorry... this is funny as hell... and will work well for Obama.....

..

Nobody will take this seriously....

[Occam Bandage]

18. Odds they show the other angle, in which the other fingers and thumb are clearly visible?

[cliffordu]

20. They didn't - they just showed the bad angle.....

Beneath contempt.

IF hillary steals this I want to see riots in the streets.

[jenmito]

19. HOLY COW! THAT IS HUGE!

:sarcasm: Contessa Brewer just showed it, said maybe he just had an itch-they don't call it "silly season" for nothing." :rofl:

[SteveM]

30. You mean the booger?

[ErinBerin84]

21. Ok, I wrote about this in another thread, but

on Morning Joe, they were showing side by side clips of Bill Clinton (one from yesterday when he was talking about Obama's "whining", and another one of Bill from when he was talking about Bosnia last week), and both times, he gave the exact same gestures. He scratched his face, and then tugs his ear. They were like "Haha, what does that little tug of the ear mean? How come he always does that when he's trying to defend Hillary?" At least they do it in a joking fashion.

Please tell me how "fingergate" is being reported. I hope not seriously.

[ericgtr]

22. Cliff, please let those of us not around a TV know what happens

thanks, good for a little afternoon entertainment :)

[jenmito]

31. Nothing happened. Contessa Brewer played the clip, said maybe he just had an itch, called it

"silly season," and moved on.

[cliffordu]

34. Yep - Friday - I'tll have legs by Monday, mark my words...

Particularly with the Hillary dead enders here on the board. I might have to use my 'ignore' function.

[jenmito]

39. This has NO legs. It's ridiculous to think he's giving her the finger. They're laughing because he

was saying something sarcastic.

[cliffordu]

43. I completely agree....

I am soooooo disgusted about the coverage.......

Someone wondered in another post what the "gate" for the weekend is, and I think this is it.

For those of you who think this will be dropped, I give you flag-gate.

[jenmito]

52. I knew you did...

and I agree with YOU that this will be a "gate" HERE on the DU, but that's all.

[cliffordu]

58. Cool - I must be getting too cynical about DU

Who would guess that???


:rofl: :rofl:

[jenmito]

63. Nah-

your cynicism is valid. :hi:

[SteveM]

23. I smell GOPer in the house.

[scheming daemons]

27. Who... the OP? Or the MSNBC anchor?

[SteveM]

76. OH, I see. Not the OP, but MSNBC, MSM, GOP, Rove, etc.

[cliffordu]

37. You talkin' to me?

HUH? you talkin' to ME??

I don't see anybody else standing here, so you MUST be talkin' to me.....

[City Lights]

26. Wha?

Hey m$nbc - Obama put DISTRACTIONS on notice last night! Did you clowns not learn a thing from the uproar _abc is facing from trying to make something out of nothing? :eyes:

If you could see me right now, you'd know exactly what getting the finger looks like.

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

32. get ready, everybody: he's gonna BLOW HIS NOSE!!!

[MoJoWorkin]

41. Sorry, that one was already reported back at a Dallas, TX rally

when Obama had a head cold. He had to stop during his speech and said, "I am sorry everybody, I have a slight head cold and need to blow my nose."

They reported the above, and then went on say snidely that the crowd cheered him even when he blew his nose.

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

42. good Lord, I missed it. I'll youtube it for me and my cult friends to watch.

:p

[Straight Shooter]

35. You've got to expect that a media that gives you a horse race will also give you horsesh*t. n/t

[ericgtr]

40. That's a good point they don't care who or what as long as they get ratings

[Straight Shooter]

68. Advertising $$$ and infotainment. n/t

[Lucky 13]

36. What part of: NO ONE CARES ABOUT DISTRACTIONS don't they understand?

I mean seriously. Is no one paying attention? The American people have said loud and clear that they are SICK of this kind of "journalism". And it just keeps getting WORSE!

[Unsane]

38. Does this stuff make anyone else want to leave this country as much as me?

[cliffordu]

44. CANADA!!!

[goldcanyonaz]

50. Canada is no longer within reach, our dollar is at par. Mexico is still in sight.

[Catherine Vincent]

45. Fingergate? LOL!

nt

[Thepricebreaker]

48. hheheheh Oh boy... I think thats the name of a porno site...

[Jed Dilligan]

47. I think they may be spending the last of their credibility with the public.

Maybe these absurd non-scandals will spell the end of MSM hegemony.

We can only hope?

[cliffordu]

51. Yep - I love the viral nature of the internet most of the time -

it does render the MSM useless

[RiverStone]

56. Even if I tried, I could not make up...

...anything more stupid then "fingergate" - but as Obama said, it's silly season.

[scheming daemons]

49. I *SERIOUSLY* hope this is what the MSM talks about all weekend......

That will be hilarious..... like a story in the Onion, only with straight faces.

[JoFerret]

66. It's certainly keeping everyone on this thread busy.

.

[dragonlady]

53. I thought this sort of thing was put on notice last night

Right, Colbert Nation?

[underpants]

54. How about "debacle-gate"?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3176850

[Swamp Rat]

59. McCain wants to continue the war in Iraq for 100 years.

[cliffordu]

60. Yeah, he's going to write it in his will

he's so old he'll have to put it there....

[Swamp Rat]

65. We'll be lucky to have an election come November, as Bushler might bomb Iranian targets before then.

Meanwhile, foolish people argue over meaningless, trivial things.

[PBS Poll-435]

70. Bravo Swamp Rat!

Bravo! Great use of color.

That is strangely mesmerizing.

[Swamp Rat]

72. dupe-gate

[Swamp Rat]

Thanks... I had a seance the other night... Hitler told me to "vote for McCain."

I told him to go to Hell, but he replied he was "already there."

[PBS Poll-435]

75. Eww...that one is good too!

When a normal person has an idea, a light bulb turns on.

When John McCain has an idea, a nuclear fission explosion.

[Harry Monroe]

73. It ought to make a great Bond flick

Barack Obama as Dr. Flickerfinger.