Obama Gave Hillary “The Finger” In N.C. Speech

Barack Obama. He’s one classy guy. The screenshot below is from a speech earlier this year in which Obama references Senator Clinton, raises his middle finger up to his face, pauses, then chuckles with the crowd for his clever, not so discreet, flicking-off maneuver.

He’s talking critically about his opponent, Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York, and the kind of distasteful gotcha politics that occur in Washington. And he says, “That’s all right. Sen. Clinton looked in her element.”

Watch the video right then. The presidential candidate raises his right hand to seemingly scratch his cheek.

He doesn’t use his whole hand though. Just one finger. Briefly. A couple of strokes.

Democratic presidential candidate and Illinois Senator Barack Obama touches his cheek with one finger while criticizing his opponent New York Senator Hillary Clinton April 17, 2008 during remarks in Raleigh, NC

He pauses. He smiles slyly as the crowd begins to mumble and then he tries, somewhat distracted, to continue his remarks, smiling as the buzz spreads through the crowd.

He’ll no doubt deny it later, but that mischievous smile seems to confirm plenty. And the crowd sure sees something.

Now if only the LA Times would provide a critique of that much more interesting video of Obama. You can watch the speech here.

Source: LA Times

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