Comments

1. Joan Flores wrote:

   Did Obama just go and brush his shoulders off?

   I can’t help but be inspired by him. I hope the promise of a new participatory politics will stand true when he is president.

   On the other hand, is this just a sly political move because the debate was less-than-stellar? Argh, too cynical.

   Posted 17 Apr 2008 at 6:50 pm ¶

2. LaSmartOne wrote:

   LOL! Obama’s first official rap lyric!

   Posted 17 Apr 2008 at 7:16 pm ¶

3. Arturo wrote:

   The bigger question is, is the lowest common denominator voter going to brush off that debate so easily?

   Posted 17 Apr 2008 at 7:21 pm ¶

4. technophobicgeek wrote:

   I just had another Obamorgasm!

   Posted 17 Apr 2008 at 8:12 pm ¶

5. chi wrote:

   i SEE you Obama!!

   Posted 17 Apr 2008 at 9:49 pm ¶

6. kd wrote:

   I’m sorry I cant just help but think that the more I hear him speak, the more disgusted I am by him and I will NEVER vote for him.

   Posted 17 Apr 2008 at 9:51 pm ¶

7. Lala wrote:

   I agree with you kd.

   ( I know we are in the minority here)

   Me and all my sorors already got McCain bumper stickers. It has his face on one side and says “War Forever” next to it. Frankly, Obama and Hilary just aren’t tackling the issues responsibly.

   Posted 17 Apr 2008 at 11:35 pm ¶

8. Eric Stoller wrote:

   You’re right, this video is AWESOME!!!

   Posted 17 Apr 2008 at 11:38 pm ¶

9. Cat wrote:

   Go’on brush your shoulders off, Obama.

   Posted 18 Apr 2008 at 12:47 am ¶

10. Colin wrote:

    What’s disgusting about him? He doesn’t kneecap people? He doesn’t think McCain is more viable than his Democratic competitor? He doesn’t complete antipathy to white women like a certain other person may have shown to black men?

    Posted 18 Apr 2008 at 1:23 am ¶

11. Colin wrote:

    Correction: He doesn’t SHOW complete antipathy….?

    Posted 18 Apr 2008 at 1:23 am ¶

12. Lv99 Slacker wrote:

    Somebody from the NeoGAF forum made a pretty cool .gif out of Obama dusting his shoulders: http://i27.tinypic.com/21l3n88.gif

    Posted 18 Apr 2008 at 2:39 am ¶

13. islandgirl550 wrote:

    Yes, Barack…keep dusting your shoulders off. The Haters are waiting in the wings, lookin’ to pounce. And if you get elected, trust, you WILL be held to some UNBELIVEABLE STANDARD where you aren’t EVER allowed to make mistakes. Better you that me, brotha! Oh, all the people who were never going to vote for you still aren’t…

    Posted 18 Apr 2008 at 2:50 am ¶

14. Ike wrote:

    I’m *not* liking the part where he takes jabs at Clinton for taking jabs at him. Joan, your cynicism was probably right.

    Posted 18 Apr 2008 at 3:44 am ¶

15. Lala wrote:

    To kd and the Obama supporters:

    I lied. I’m really a hardcore Obama fan. I only wrote that comment snarkily poking fun at you kd (: /) to show you what kind of people you are siding with if you find Obama disgusting. I didn’t make up those “War Forever” bumper stickers, though. I’ve actually already seen one on a redneck’s pickup in Alabama.

    Posted 18 Apr 2008 at 9:50 am ¶

16. T.O. wrote:

    At 1:18, is he just scratching his face? Was it an unfortunate slip of the finger? I think so, but some people are reading a lot into it. =\

    Posted 18 Apr 2008 at 11:31 am ¶

17. The Cruel Secretary wrote:

    @ Joan Flores–perhaps he’s dusting off both: the debate and his less-than-stellar performance. Any way I look at it, it’s a classy move from a classy man.

    @ T.O.–I think he scratched his face, too, but the way this campaign is going, if Senator Obama scratched his nose, the pundits and other people will scream, “See?!?! Barack Obama is suggesting that Hillary Clinton is a booger!”

    Posted 18 Apr 2008 at 12:50 pm ¶

18. Anonymous wrote:

    Cruel Secretary/T.O.: This BS is already on the main page of Fox News.

    http://www.foxnews.com/

    Posted 18 Apr 2008 at 12:59 pm ¶

19. team wrote:

    OMFG re: the Fox News thing. Absolutely ridiculous.

    Posted 18 Apr 2008 at 1:18 pm ¶

20. The Cruel Secretary wrote:

    …yeah, the Fox News train(wreck) ain’t never late. *Eye roll*

    Posted 18 Apr 2008 at 1:59 pm ¶

21. growinglotus wrote:

    I really wonder if Obama asks his people to tell him about the nutsy stories the media is rallying over that day. I mean what’s the best tactic of not letting it drive you insane? The media is going to ask you about it anyway, but it wouldn’t show much concern for this problem with the media by being uninformed about what they’re doing.

    Posted 18 Apr 2008 at 2:08 pm ¶

22. The Cruel Secretary wrote:

    @ growinglotus–Chris Matthews, in his “College Tour” series, sort of asked Obama this question about the “horse race” the media keeps feeding between Clinton and him. Obama smiled and responded that when it gets to him, he simply turned off the cable news. Matthews got a little snotty and said, “You know, I got another set of questions in the back…”

    Whatevs, Matthews.

    Posted 18 Apr 2008 at 2:27 pm ¶

23. CG wrote:

    @ T.O. — Yes he did! I don’t think it was intentional, though.

    Posted 18 Apr 2008 at 5:57 pm ¶

24. wendi muse wrote:

    latoya didn’t call him the “hip hop candidate” for nothing. he must have been taking notes

    p.s. the scratching the nose bit bothered me…mainly b/c when you learn about body language, they say touching one’s nose or pulling one’s ear during speaking is a hint that someone is lying or not disclosing 100% of the information in question lol. oops.

    Posted 19 Apr 2008 at 7:07 pm ¶

25. dalia wrote:

    did he just… brush some dirt of his shoulder?

    *dead*

    hiphop for president. that was awesome.

    Posted 20 Apr 2008 at 11:27 am ¶