Posted on 09/14/2008 8:51:25 AM PDT by connell
"Ha haYou got your arms broken and a bayonet plunged into your groin"
Sweetness and Light has noticed something disturbing. In this video, Obama can clearly be seen (at 12:20) doing a physical imitation of John McCain.
At a moment when describing a McCain ad, Obama adds a somatic gesture to create an image of John McCain. That gesture involves changing his stance and arm position to imitate the way McCain stands—a stance the Senator developed as a result of the injuries he suffered while he was a "guest" at the Hanoi Hilton.
Since Obama has already done the middle-finger-scratch gesture at Hillary and made the "lipstick on a pig comment," it is entirely reasonable to see this as intentional mockery.
The gesture was clearly an imitation of McCain—the context makes that plain. Obama makes no other such bodily gestures EXCEPT when he's creating a picture of McCain in the windmill commercial.
Obama may not have been directly saying "ha, ha, you got your arms broken and a bayonet plunged into your groin and I didn't." It doesn't matter. His way of imitating John McCain is by imitating the man's physical stance.
Barack Obama is a puerile, emotionally under-developed little man. It's appalling to think that he could be this close to the presidency.
When he loses this election—and please God, let him lose this election—some will say it was because he's black. But it won't be. If people had a problem with him based on nothing but his skin color, then he would have been down in the polls all along. Instead, he is slowly sinking as people get to know him and learn what a mean-spirited little child he is.
I had to keep check on my gag reflex for the first 12 minutes to see a fraction of a second this asshole did a “bent arm” thing to mock Senator McCain........ what a complete classless hack obama is.
Is B. Hussein Obama really Malcolm XI?
I did not think that Obama would be so stupid as to mock McCain’s disabilities and was about to say so in a post. (No way would I listen to a 20 minute Obama speech to find out for myself). Thanks to the poster who indiccated that the incident was at 12:20, I watched the alleged mocking..
It was patently obvious that Obama was mocking how McCain has to hold his arms. IMO, Obama is a juvenile pretender with worse judgment than I had ever thought. (And I thought his judgment was quite poor). UNBELIEVABLE!
True, but that worked for Bill Clinton.
best advice yet. It's misleading leading people to a link that will just give obambi more coverage - a long free commercial.
Let's not help drive up the number of hits for his video
Or a post to a moderator to request a fix to the incorrect video link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhkq11UExcw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoOFp-RDpvM
Note different people in the background.
He sure as hell did.
I try to be fair. Watching the Biden gaffe, I thought Biden handled it very well after an honest mistake anyone could have made.
But this video of Obama imitating McCain’s physical limitations, it’s there, it needs no interpretation, it’s obvious and it’s very offensive.
It’s just like the lipstick thing. Obama goes to the edge and that’s all he has to do, with his audiences. They understand what he leaves unsaid or implied.
I think it’s the same event, caught at two different angles.
This is painful listening! Am now up to ‘l4plus’ - cannot go on. Anyone have the timer number where this occurs?
p.s. Must be subtle. . .went well past 12:20!
If Obama’s speaking before his home crowd, mostly black, he’ll windmill his arms every all he wants. He doesn’t value McCain’s military service and sacrifice. He’ll make fun of it ‘til the cows come home, and the dolts will think he’s a genius. Will the MSM discuss it? Uh, no. But if someone videotapes it and it shows up on Youtube, don’t be surprised. The big O is going down hard.
It’s there, that little movement, easily recognizable, but which Obama can call perfectly innocent. The fact is Obama loves adulation and applause. He can’t get enough of it, and he thinks the rule of propriety doesn’t include him. Why should it? He’s black and entitled. Get out of his way. Oh, and if you complain, you’re a racist.
Early Monday morning use the best tool we have to sink the campaign:
Call and email as many talk show hosts and local TV producers as you can (tell your friends to help) and tell them about the Obama 1982 ad mocking McCain’s non-use of email. Unlike the ‘lipstick’ comment, the SINGLE theme of this ad was to RIDICULE Senator McCain, a true hero. Let them know that Obama was BRAGGING about how large is campaign staff was last week and this qualifies him to be the POTUS because of his “executive experience.”
Then, let them know about the Forbes 2000 and other articles that list McCain’s use of the net, email, wartime injuries, etc.
You can’t claim to be an ‘executive decision maker’ and leader of thousands of people running a multi-million dollar campaign and yet not know a thing about your rival.
THAT is how you get him. He will have to waste time denying his intent.
His polls will drop and never recover. Plus, he and his staff will have to walk on eggshells until November.
Sneakyuser
“barack obama is a puerile, emotionally under-developed little man...”
correction: “democrats are puerile, emotionally under-developed little boys and girls...” (not to mention scu&bags)
IMHO
“I think its the same event, caught at two different angles.”
I agree
We get more of: "What I want to do is...get rid of all the fat cats in Washington!"... crapola.
I don’t mind candidates hitting hard at each other’s records but this stuff is school yard immaturity and shows the level of 0bama’s maturity.
He is really hard to listen to for any length of time. Umm, uhhh, stilted language. Brrr.
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