AP reporting on the Obama handshake snub - w/ PICTURES

[bidenista]

Edited to add pictures. Judge for yourselves:

No Chitchat Between Clinton and Obama
By LAURIE KELLMAN – 26 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — So close, yet so far away — and so bitter.

Rival Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama came within a foot of each other just before President Bush's State of the Union speech Monday night and managed not to acknowledge each other, and certainly not touch.

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.

More: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iwAZfoVaIxMG3gK2KY4tpS9QN0NQD8UF9GT01

[Proud2BAmurkin]

1. No class.

[southern_dem]

3. Either of them? Yes I agree. n/t

[jasmine621]

4. Much class on Hillary's part. Obama beginning to show his

true self in many other ways too.

[Lucinda]

8. Very cool of her to go greet Kennedy!

:)

[neutron]

18. You get a sense of who he is

when you stay in the blogs a while.
His supporters are ruthless about sliming.
After all these months he knows what's going on and
could put a stop to it, and he doesn't.

HRC does not do this crap.
I realized I do not like Obama supporters, and if these
are Obama's people, I don't like Obama.

His classless shun is no surprise. And I suspect
he's ashamed as well.

[Cant trust em]

26. Staying in the blogs is a terrible way to get a sense of anything n/t

[Tom Rinaldo]

16. This may be a small gesture in the larger scheme, but it was classy

"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."

[neutron]

21. It was also smart

Obama is a nothing.
Too bad Kennedy won't spent enough time with him
to realize that.

[avrdream]

66. Kennedy endorsed Obama because he knows he will be spending

MUCH more time with him in the Senate when he has to go back there after losing the nomination!

Regarding the OP: Hillary is and always has been classy about this kind of stuff. She shows her maturity.

[NashVegas]

28. It Really Does Say a Lot

If Obama can't face Clinton, how on earth is he going to carry on a campaign when the Repukes start throwing shit at him?

[aquart]

58. How will he deal with foreign powers who have nuclear weapons?

This was both petty and cowardly. The day was all triumph for him. It is always for the victor to be gracious and merciful. But the gracious one was Hillary Clinton, as she has always been.

[goldcanyonaz]

44. Ted and Obama, yeah I agree. They look like bullies.

[ErnestoG]

22. I agree. Hillary is becoming known for that,

[CyberPieHole]

40. Obama has no class...but then what can one expect when his parents abandoned him...

I guess his behavior is par for the course. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

[ErnestoG]

45. Oh good!!! Go for the personal! Typical Hillarite....

[CyberPieHole]

49. Typical Obamabot reply...you call Senator Clinton "class~less"...but don't think that's "personal"..

Pot. Kettle. Black.

[aquart]

59. LOL!

Sometimes it's just irresistible.

[THUNDER HANDS]

2. heh

[Island Blue]

5. OMG. You cannot be series. This is HUGH!!

N/T

[Onlooker]

6. Was Obama really that stupid?

Does he think it will help his campaign?

[shayes51]

yes

[aquart]

61. That's the scariest part. And it may be a PATTERN.

After Iowa, when his fans were hailing him as the messiah, he made that dreadful "You're likable enough, Hillary" comment in the debate. It disgusted the women who had to vote in NH.

Now he's had a stunning victory plus the most glorious endorsements in America delivered, not quietly, but as a major national event. He was hailed as the heir to America's fallen hero, JFK.

And he does this. Something so easy to avoid, something that could have been another glowing example of his gloriousness, instead voids it all. He could have greeted her instead of turning away.

I actually caught myself wondering if he was gonna blow the triumph of SC the way he did Iowa. I dismissed it as a fluke. I never thought he would make such a basic error. But he did.

I don't like him. The more I learn about him, the more uneasy I get. But I was willing to concede it might be wishful thinking.

Two incidents isn't enough to make a pattern. I'll wait to see what happens after his NEXT triumph.

[VotesForWomen]

67. hey, rock stars don't shake hands with just anybody. nt

[bidenista]

7. i hate to admit looking...

But this is now the lead story on Sludge.

[Clintonista2]

9. There's that Obama charm! I guess Hillary wasn't "Likeable enough" tonight...

[dailykoff]

10. Come on, he just got through gangbanging her this afternoon.

What does she think he is, a machine?

[bidenista]

12. not funny

That some moron at NOW trivializes rape doesn't give you the right to do so, asshat.

[dailykoff]

24. Moron at NOW or Carville stooge, as if there's a difference.

I'd be a little reluctant to shake her hand too.

[AX10]

11. This is how Bush handles his opponents.

Not good.

[Coexist]

13. who the fuck cares.

they are both democrats engaged in a political struggle.

ease up.

Did that SOTU not make you all get a glimpse of the bigger picture? because it did for me.

[jackson_dem]

14. He wants to unite with the rethugs but can't shake a Democratic candidate's hand?

I bet he shook the hand of every rethug who came his way with a smile plastered to his face.

[CyberPieHole]

41. Obama cares as much about being a "uniter" as bush cares about being "kinder and gentler". n/t

[jackson_dem]

42. Yup

[loveangelc]

15. except it doesnt say she reached out to him...

[Maven]

17. Look at the picture for Christ's sake

it's clear he was avoiding her.

[sandnsea]

23. She clearly reached right past him

Otherwise she would have reached to him first, you can tell by the angle she is coming from. She's the one who did the snub.

(I can't believe this is an issue.)

[Andromeda]

30. Nice try...

Don't you ever get dizzy with all that spinning you do?:wtf:

[kelligesq]

46. spinning of the grade of booooooosh n rover himself - wow expert kids at

this already

[alittlelark]

31. It is only an 'issue' if the MSM convinces us it is -

at which point flaming posts will be lobbed all over the internet and the Corporate media will give each other 'high 5's'.

[tishaLA]

19. why'd she reach PAST obama to get to kennedy?

she's too good to shake the hand of the gentleman closest to her first and instead reaches past him? so klassy!

[sandnsea]

25. That's how the pic looks to me n/t

[joshcryer]

You save your last handshake for the one you want to talk to. It would've been rude...

...to shake Obama's hand and then talk to him while Ted stood there waiting to be acknowledged.

[tishaLA]

32. ha! she wanted to talk to sen obama?

why, did she have a shiv with her?

[NashVegas]

33. That's Kind of Assuming Kennedy Wanted to Be Acknowledged

Hillary's move was all about chutzpah. Obama blinked.

[debatepro]

51. keep smoking

dude(tte).

If someone walks over two people... the lady to clinton's left then Obama.... to talk to Ted... then you give them room... it's obvious!!

[Nailzberg]

60. She's pretty rude.

You don't reach across people. I can't believe her.

[dsc]

20. Governor Ann Richards

That is how she won when Clayton Williams refused to shake her hand at a debate. It made him look crass.

[bidenista]

27. kick. only this thread can meet all your handshake needs.

[sjdnb]

29. Rather calculated and mean for the candidate of "Hope" and "Change"

Looks like more of the same old to me.

[southern_dem]

34. This isn't enough to make a judgement

we need slow-motion video replay to get the true story. :eyes:

[bidenista]

35. i bet there'll be one on youtube in the next 24 hours

:D

[CATagious]

36. yeah... get the video up on the telestrator....

this is the dumbest 'issue' i've read on here... i can't believe how stupid DU has become. Very sad.

[Fresh_Start]

37. KO said the photographer saw CLinton extend her hand

and Obama ignore it

Don't blame Clinton
blame the uniter

[Triana]

38. Contempt ...

...is what I see in the first one.

Yoiks.

[cooolandrew]

39. Shake, rattle and roll.

[kelligesq]

43. immature. he should know better-lawyers tear each other apart in

the courtroom and then walk outside laughing and have a drink together

His behavior is juvenile...

the senators do the same thing - talk againt each other and then socialize...

he's not doing himslef any favors

[debatepro]

47. He is clearly moving out of the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He is looking at the ground to find a space to move and let Ted shake Hillary's hand... Look at the lady on hillary's left... Is she backing up to let Hillary pass by to shake Ted's hand as well... she must have heard the same thing Ted DID!!!!

[Cameron27]

48. Terrible attitude from Obama,

lovely gesture from Hillary.

[kelligesq]

50. Yep, Hillary & Ted looking good - Obama may just have

undone all that Ted n Caroline did for him today when that picture hits every
newspaper's front page tomorrow morning !

[shireen]

52. this is getting ridiculous ...

maybe Hillary and Obama didn't see the need to warmly greet and acknowledge each other because ...

they had been hanging out in the cloak room just before entering the House chamber, comparing notes over coffee and croissants. Barack was complaining about all the weight he's gained during the campaign, and Hillary's not getting enough sleep because she just gotta catch the overnight Dr. Phil rerun. Meanwhile, a couple of tables down, Michelle and Bill were engrossed in a game of checkers while munching on some McChicken McNuggets from McDonalds.

Why not? It's just as likely as all the other crap I've been reading on DU.

They're human beings, not super-heroes! These campaigns can't be easy on them, give them a break and stop judging them!

[CitizenLeft]

54. ah, a voice of reason.

:thumbsup:

[oasis]

53. Note to Barack: Actions speak louder than words.

Pitiful, just pi-teee-ful.

[DesEtoiles]

65. That's what I think about HIllary's Nevada voter suppression.

[Hieronymus]

55. There was no video of this .. look to me like he was looking the other

way and applauding. Did I miss something?

[LVjinx]

62. You DID miss something.

"There was no video of this .. look to me like he was looking the other way and applauding. Did I miss something?"

There are 2 pictures. If you see them together, you'll see what happened. The first one shows Obama glaring at Hillary's back. He was standing in FRONT of Kennedy at this time. The second picture shows Hillary coming their way, and Obama has now moved all the way BEHIND Kennedy, looking away, with the same scowl on his face.

[TheDonkey]

56. Bad move by Obama

just like the "likeable enough" non-issue Obama needs to realize he is being closely looked at. If Hillary is stomping towards him shaking hands he should at least nod rather than obviously run away. He should know that haters are looking for ammo against him like this. Bad move on his part.

[Tom Strong]

57. Hillary's a gracious lady. Obama sucks lemons.

[DesEtoiles]

64. She is even gracious when she lies!

[DesEtoiles]

63. HoLY SHIT! This is the biggest story EVAH!