Drudge Losing It: Claims Obama Flipped McCain The Finger
By Logan Murphy Monday Nov 03, 2008 2:00pm
The corporate media and the right wing blogs have followed The Drudge Report for years, looking for talking points and proper GOP framing for their reporting. As you can see from the above picture, and the headline "Obama Congratulates McCain," it appears Matt Drudge, along with the Republican Party is in complete meltdown.
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http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/03/obamas-gran...
Really sad that she couldn't have just one more day to see him win.
That really sucks, just as her grandboy was on the edge of history.
I'd like to think that she felt Obama had this thing won and didn't need her any longer.
leaves a hole in your heart and the wind blows through it. What a conflicted day this has been.
He'll always need her, just like he probably could still use advice from his mom. At least he had a chance to see her before she went home.
the woman basically raised him
I just saw this on another website. I was really hoping that she would see him inaugurated. My sincerest condolences for Barack and his family.
*sending good wishes*
That's more the kind of thing the First Dude would do.
This is something I'd expect to see on one of those tinfoil hat conspiracy sites.
Oh wait...
Like when Rumsfeld flipped off a student at Kansas State.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im-vJokdoeg
Someone flipping McSame the bird has got to be an everyday occurrence by now.
I've been doing it every time he comes on my TV for months.
gesture by a guy seeking the WH. I would expect it from GWB. I also believe he did the same to Hillary. It shows low class. LOW CLASS.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBMdWxcFXQg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhkq11UExcw&NR=1
from someone who does sophomoric gestures.
Did you ever think that he scratches with his longest finger?
Nah, I am sure you didn't.
Sophomoric mind you have there.
Obama has too much class for that.
You have some nerve complaining about a baseless charge against Obama considering the horrid, despicable, lying, deceptive campaign that McCain and the GOP have unleashed upon Obama - a fellow presidential candidate. I suppose you have no outrage for that?
And the racist bigoted comments on the links that you gave show the true sickness of some of McCains supporters.
where the reporters were and then got angry or scared when they started doing their job and Obama - who approached them on his own - didn't like it so he ran away like a little girl along with his little girl. Geeeee That just seemed so cowardly and I bet his daughter was wondering what he was frightened of that caused him to flee like a little coward. Yea that was very impressive also. Real presidential. The alpha dog.
People who try to protect their kids suck.
You're right. I am so voting for McCain. He wants to put ALL kids at risk by sending them into more war.
WAR, BABY, WAR! VOTE MCCAIN. He will kill your kids.
You, sir, are an ignorant jackass.
for Obama and You fail at sarcasm.
I should take the stance that Obama is the God when compared to McCain. If he is so perfect though, he should stop scratching with the cock finger. If not for clarity then just from a point of social decorum.
Protecting his child? He approached the group of reporters that his camp had invited to the area. He could have had an aide instruct the reporters that there would be no photos or questions after the initial photo op occurring. And when he ran away he was not holding her hand nor was she in his line of sight, since she was at his back.
It was a little like the interview he had with his wife and children and him and then when he came out all - no more - no more interviews with the children. The guy is kinda wishy washy isn't he.
Sartcasm is not a valid argument. You should learn this.
...your own bullshit. If the type of crap you speak of is important to you, maybe a vote for the POW(after all, we owe him, remember) or the dumb pig with lipstick would have suited you better.
Do you actually believe that this TMZ bullshit is an issue at this late date?
You know it's all over.
....your dumbass! Halloween??? Dude the real trolls will flood this site complaining of your false(and stupid) representation. Lol!
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After all the b$#!* that McCain/Palin have thrown at Obama; I hope he was doing on purpose. None deserve it more.
He also sometimes farts in McCain's general direction.
http://www.jokes.thefunnybone.com/waves/fart.wav
that's why at the debate
mcfuckhead had his tongue out.....
rushing in for that wet one......ooh la la !!!!
I fart in McCrap' direction.
My farts have lumps in them.
Come Wednesday, I'll be using it in reply to all the whiny-assed repugs I come in contact with along with the simple phrase, President Barak Obama.
It's the perfect bumper sticker for the GOP! When Obama, if we are fortunate enough, becomes the 44th president of the US, it will be the perfect picture for their bumpers. It'll replace the little brat pissing on Ford or Chevy and it'll replace all the petty little symbols placed on any number of bumpers and its meaning will not be hard to follow. GFY!
I'll put my Obama Salute sticker right next to my Darwin fish.
Just because he's been in the state legislature and the U.S. Senate doesn't mean he knows how to behave. /racism and sarcasm
For Christ's sake, one day before the election and this is what they've got?
a small piece of me hopes that Drudge was right.
Kiddo.
... how to act vice presidential.
He was in the middle of carving an "M" into his cheek, so he could blame it on a McCain volunteer while he was at the ATM.
In other words: Suck it, Drudge. You're desperate.
when Obama wins the election tues.
we can ALL salute mcfuckhead and the gop
reichwingneocons with two hands.
People are really showing their true colors as this election heads down to the wire.
I keep waiting for the big November surprise and the repigs keep coming out with this middle school crap. They really are beyond pathetic.
I don't think Drudge has an agenda. His behavior reminds me more of the online high (pot) teen who goofs on saying/posting stupid shit just to rile people up.
I think Drudge is just a pot-head. I offer his hat as proof.
Hoooooo Agggghhh!
As a pothead, I resent that.
Pot smokers aren't nearly half as delusional as right wingers.Frightwingers are right up there in crackhead territory.
All I know about these screeching right-wing headcases is that I don't want some of what they're smoking.
This might be something drudge and his ilk might do, but Senator Obama is an adult with manners.
Dick Cheney, yes. Barack, no way.
Dick Cheney and george bush. These two are of a lower scale when it comes to decency and manners. We could all aspire to follow Obama's example.
Obama's grandmother died this morning.
http://thinkprogress.org/
This is such sad news...
My Granny brought me up too.
Win.
"RNC Hits Obama For Visit To Sick Grandmother
Leaving no potential avenue of attack unexplored, the Republican National Committee has decided to bash Barack Obama over his October visit to see his ailing grandmother in Hawaii.
Of course the visit itself is not being criticized, but rather the way the campaign paid for the nominee's unscheduled detour. On Monday afternoon, the RNC blasted out a complaint from the California Republican Party charging that "Obama for America violated federal law by converting its campaign funds to Senator Obama's personal use" for the trip. That proposed issue for the FEC to investigate is one of five violations alleged by California Republicans in their complaint (which you can read in its entirety here)."
He's just saying "Hey, McCain, you're #1 with Me!"
hahahaha
No more than McSame and Failin deserve!
What a fucking dickface! All this time he's been disguising himself as a "nice guy!" That lecherous demon spawn, Barack Obama!
C'mon, Drudge, you can do it! You can matter to someone one day, I'm sure. Just hang in there!
I have been flipping off Republicans for years, it always make me feel better. My heart goes out to the Obama family on the loss of their loved one. I would like to knock Limbaugh on his ass and while standing over him ask if he has something more to say about Obama's grandmother.
Oh, please can I help?
I used to be a nurse, and I know a lotta things that REALLY hurt!
I'll bring my own scalpel and needles...
just kidding...
a little.
; I just recieved a wingnut email about a PBS poll on whether "Do you think Sarah Palin is qualified to serve as Vice President of the United States? "
http://www.pbs.org/cgi-registry/poll/poll.pl
Linkie no workie
that link sent me to a page that said, Oops, you need to go back to the pbs site.
I've heard about Drudge for years and seen his website a few times. I still don't really know who he is or why he has so much influence with people who are allegedly professional journalists. Can anyone explain to me what the deal is?
I can't help you because I feel the same way you do. Don't know who he is or how he carries such clout.
is that he is a self loathing gay man who used to sling shit at the Clenis.
But I refuse to go to his site.
He was supposedly the first guy to break the Lewinsky "scandal" because Newsweek wouldn't print it. That's how he got his name made for him.
i call on the gay community, especially those that have pics of drudge with a dick up his ass to please post those pics online
enuf is enuf
Besides what's wrong with being a homosexual?
...you run with bigots and men afraid of their own penis.
Well I think we should clear any ambiguity... FUCK YOU JOHN MCCAIN... get ready to get your ass kicked!
I remember seeing Obama do that same gesture during the debates and other events. Although it would be funny if that was a subtle jab at McCain. :)
So what? McCain deserves the middle finger. Here's to you, John McCain, and your butt boy Matt Drudge (double birdie finger salute).
I'd be glad if Drudge was right. It's not like McCain doesn't deserve it.
Here are the choices America.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rUAFUoz3jc
Republican Party Files a Complaint Agaisnt Obama for Visiting his Sick Grandmother
The day Senator Obama losing his Grandmother to Cancer the RNC Files a complaint against Senator Obama for visiting her in October, how incredibly outrageous!!!
These people have no Souls!!!!!!!!!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/03/rnc-...
The day Senator Obama losing his Grandmother to Cancer the RNC Files a complaint against Senator Obama for visiting her in October, how incredibly outrageous!!!
These people have no Souls!!!!!!!!!
That's just fu*king sick, I don't care which party is doing it. If the situation were reversed and Sen. McCain had gone to see a loved one before his or her death and the dems did this, I would feel the same way.
I hope someone gets word to Keith about this.
Good Lord! I am speechless (and as everyone here knows,that's a first for Me).
These guys are experts at launching stuff that blows up in their own face.
You're right these people have no souls because they already sold them to the devil. I would even wager calling them sociopaths.
Just another reason to loathe the GOP.
Obama has too much class for this. On the other hand, McCain......
EXACTLY! Too much class and too much respect. He has manners and you can see it especially when he is with his wife. He goes to her door when she is getting out of the car. He usually has his hand on her back as they walk together. Way back during the primary times, he was at some function where ladies were sitting at a table. He stood up and helped each out of their chair while he was still talking. It just came natural to him.
...was a value transmitted to him in his upbringing by the grandmother who sadly has died?
Obama may have turrets...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhkq11UExcw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoOFp-RDpvM&fe...
McCain's joe the tax evading non plumber has been flinging sh*t at Obama and your making a big deal over Obama wiping his face?
Desperation gets ugly on the right.
Ya hafta laff.
I for one hope that was intentional. My only regret is that he didn't do it in the debates.
I'm sure he'll be quoting DL Hughley in the next 24 hours...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gWEo02nFVY
and saying, "I told ya so..."
they're now actually devoting a whole segment to talking about the possibility of a tie. I read that the probability of such an occurrence stands at 0.5%
Ridiculous.
WeALL will be flipping the bird at RePug pondscum. personally,I will Moon Them! (not a bad sight,actually. heh)
The fact that this was one of the gigantic headlines on his page shows how juvenile and ridiculous that site is.
uh oh someones' gonna call that a terrorist finger jab.. All joking aside they're a lot of digging lately by the GOP and its disciples.
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I don't think he flipped off McCain at all. From the looks of it, it was innocent.
Now I'm already 99.44% percent sure I voted for Obama in Ohio about a month ago. As a "constituent," at this point (win or lose), I wish he would powerfully flip the dude off ASAP.
It's not like he would have pushed an old woman in a wheelchair or anything.
What about Pol Pot? Would you not flip him off, if you had the chance? (h/t)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v637/Rokket...
People need to get over themselves.
uppity.
Drudge now has a caption that the picture was from the primary and was tarteted to Hillary. But the picture is disconnected from that caption. What a dick drudge is.
about time he gave back some of the shit the republican camp is throwing at obama....
here's another one for mccain
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like this guy:
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http://www.shannacompton.com/uploaded_images/...
http://flipdabird.files.wordpress.com/2007/09...
This bird's for you.
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Getting more and more desperate, aren't they?
This is ancient news/story/amusement sort of.
Drudge must be totally cracking up and in need of medication,
theres also a nasty article on Drudge slagging off WcCain and his Keating five S&L affair, and how WcCain prob was the one sneaking leaking to save his own skin.
which appeared yesterday. Came across it via Reddit.
Now is Drudge for or against Obama/WcCain !!!???
You cant be against both Matt, thats psycho. Unless you are now for Ron Paul
http://www.drudge.com/news/114484/mccain-firs...
Now correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't publishing a Keating Five WcCain story on how WcCain was super-grassing everybody else,
two days before a general election, count as stabbing the Republican candidate in the back.
I could be wrong the subtleties might be beyond my poor simple brain.
Has Drudge now has made himself an 'enemy of the GOP' ?
Here's a two finger salute for you arsehole!
I would gladly flip any of these reichwingers the bird anytime!
...acting like a bunch of George Costanza's, imagining they're getting the finger every time someone employs their middle digit for something other than a crude gesture.
Mitch61 writes, "...acting like a bunch of George Costanza's, imagining they're getting the finger every time someone employs their middle digit for something other than a crude gesture."
That's exactly what came to my mind -- that hilarious scene in the coffee shop where the waitress kept using her middle finger to point to things on the menu when she talked to George. He was always so obviously insane and obsessed with stuff like that. I can't get KeithO's show in real time because I don't have cable, but it'd be fun to use that clip from Seinfeld -- it was an NBC show, so they could easily get rights.
What should be taken into account is the number of people who think it would be inappropriate to give McCain the finger vs. the number of people who think it is a good idea, and one they wished they had thought of earlier.
It isn't like Obama is Carlton Fisk, giving the Yankee dugout the finger when he threw out the first ball in game 3 of the 99 ALCS (which was awesome).
Bobby Kennedy was the hope of my generation and I didn't think I would see it happen again. Read the Last Campaign and you will find out just how much of Bobby's message is carried by Obama. I must have received 15 emails today mostly off color and mostly racist by "my friends". I could not be more embarrassed to see this kind of Drudge politics.
It is time to listen to our better angels!
The middle finger, being the longest finger is ideal for clearing away schmutz. The chin, tends to drop the the other two beside it, especially if you don't want to muss your entire hand.
the finger is an add-on the distortion on the face is a lightening, de-colorized effect. I.E., the pic is a plant. End of Story.
This ones for Fox News
I guess this is what Drudge calls news? It sounds like, if Obama wins, a lot of right-wing hacks will be going out of business.
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