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Obama's Wayward Finger

April 18, 2008 03:28 PM ET | Bonnie Erbe | Permanent Link | Print

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You have GOT to be KIDDING ME!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bon-Bon, dearest...Slow day at the office???

Haven't you ever seen someone make a tongue-in-cheek comment about something or someone and then lightly scratch or touch their face to indicate sarcasm?

I barely know what to write because I am truly, truly disgusted. Where in the world did journalism go?

Anyway, this is really sad. I am really disappointed, Bonnie. The same disappointed I had in Hillary in mid-season, when she started whining about the "boys" being tough on her. As a women in the engineering, I expected more character and class out of a person who aims to be commander-in-chief. And I expected more out of you.

M O RO N S

what does this moron have to do with barracks fingers.If you ever went to school by chance you might know of one thing called INVOLUNTARY ACTION,where you move a part of body unknowingly,whether a middle finger,index finger or your lips.who requests you to stretch your arms down while falling or close you eyes when a fly speeds past them.M O R O N S.

Why the underdog always comes out better

I was going to vote for Hillary....But while I was watching this election process I noticed how she turned into a back-stabbing... bitter .. confused.. and lying person... sure most politicians lie to us, its a power thing.. but this middle finger thing is more of what Hillary supporters do... Make up a story to make Obama look bad...I was watching the Early show this morning and Hillary was blaming Obama for MUDSLINGING when it was actually her who started it.. and use's it as a way to bring this man down... Look I know im going to get slammed on saying this but...Women start it .. get all up in a man's face .. point her fingers call him worth-less .. ect.. ect...and when the man has enough and he tell's her shut up.... all of a sudden he is mean... an abuser.. a MUDSLINGER....SO.. just look at the writer of this article... Sorry to all the LADIES

finger Huh!

Your middle finger should always stick up higher than the others. It's natural, thats why it is called the middle finger. Is your pointing finger supposed to stick up the highest, Akward!!! Try to scratch your face in the mirror and see for yourself. If you don't like Obama offcourse you are going to look for something. Childish!

News media and campaign

Hello some news media. Why you do not want your country to survive? Are you that hateful and don't like your country to stand together, live together, and stop being so dishonest. My four year old grandson has more sense that some of you who would complain about a fly landing on your head, knowing that they land anywhere, than to speak the truth. Why don't some of you grow up, take a deep breath, and talk position, not only for our going down country but for our children that see all this junk on TV. Stop acting like a bunch of cry babies. I sometimes wish we did not have news to show and tell all kinds of stupid things in this wonderful and beautiful world and our country. After a while, your big mouths will keep us from keeping this country. We are just about sold out now from the last eight years of BS and crap.

Wake up and stop sleeping and dreaming. God is still in charge and He can do anything but fail. He sees all you are doing and He will fix it. Take that to the Bank.

what idiots!!

No wonder our country is going down the tubes. This finger business is simply a disguise for finding anything to tear this fella down, no matter how trivial.

Provocateurs

It just kills me when some of you pretend to be African Americans. Boy, the things we do when we think we are anonymous (but G-D sees all)...LOL!!!!

This is truly sad....

The simple fact that while our country is at war (much love to my brothers and sisters in arms) in on two different fronts losing patriotic lives daily, hard working families are losing thier homes, gasoline is nearly unaffordable now, and healthcare is not available to many who need it, we are discussing whether or not a candidate did or did not give a intentional gesture during a speech... Now this is really a sad day when this is what we spend time discussing.

The current president was overheard cursing during an event, President Clinton and Hillary nodded off at a function, Senator Obama scrached his face (and he doesn't bowl well).......now how much of this will effect the economy or foreign policy in America. It is time to get real and stop looking at idiotic sidelines before our country falls to a point of no return. Some Journalist fuel these meaningless issues unfortunately, and petty-minded people take them and blow them up beyond proportion and now we have another stupid sideline to take away from issues that deserve our undivided attention.

Let's move on to real issues people.....cause this ain't one of them!!!

From South Africa

Like a lot of SA's, I follow the US elections closer than I do those in Zim. Its sad to see that your reporters concentrate on stupid stuff like finger gestures while the world burns.

Not universal

Google "Hawaiian Good Luck Sign." Whatever he was saying about Hillary, he wasn't being entirely honest- but he was signaling to his allies that he was under duress.

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About Bonnie Erbe

Bonnie Erbe is a contributing editor at U.S. News & World Report and hosts PBS's weekly news analysis program, To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe. She also writes a weekly syndicated newspaper column for Scripps Howard News Service.

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