Hooray For Snot!

[zabet]

Who applauds snot, really. :shrug:


"About a half-hour into a speech here, the Illinois Democrat announced that he had to take a quick break. 'Gotta blow my nose here for a second' Obama said. Out came a Kleenex (or perhaps it was a hankie), and he wiped his nose.

The near-capacity audience at the Reunion Arena, which his campaign said totaled 17,000, broke out in a slightly awkward applause." - The Baltimore Sun - February 20, 2008

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/martin-lewis/life-of-barack-obama-b_b_87858.html

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. "I was doing so well."

Bill Clinton, as he stumbled over a few words during one of his State-of-the-Union address, drawing a standing ovation from congress.

[Bicoastal]

2. Snot funny.

:evilgrin:

[zabet]

5. LOL

No, it's snot.

:rofl:

[FrenchieCat]

3. Is this what Politics means to you.....is this what it is all about?

or are you just being ridiculous? :shrug:

Using your 1 of your 3 threads to speak on this really says more about how much you care about snot over much else.

[thevoiceofreason]

9. That snot what's important, you mean!!!

I, for one, love this thread!

[Bucky]

4. OMG! Hankiegate!

[Seabiscuit]

8. The manufacturer of that hankie would probably make a fortune using video

of the nose-blowing and audience cheering in future TV advertising.

[zabet]

10. Boogergate

and Hankiegate!
A double scandal!

:rofl:

[Seabiscuit]

6. Because it was symbolic of the fact

that his supporters like snotty people because they're in love with their own snottiness. Naturally, they'd cheer snot itself.

[zabet]

13. I just find it funny

that they applauded him
blowing his nose. OMG if
they saw him brush his teeth!

:D

[cali]

20. Except they didn't. You've been snookered by the media

He said something like "I've got a cold but I'll be fine". That's what they applauded.

[zabet]

22. I dunno, I wasn't there.

This is the original report
in The Baltimore Sun...

"And about a half-hour into a speech here, the Illinois Democrat announced that he had to take a quick break. "Gotta blow my nose here for a second," Obama said.

Out came a Kleenex (or perhaps it was a hankie), and he wiped his nose.

The near-capacity audience at the Reunion Arena, which his campaign said totaled 17,000, broke out in a slightly awkward applause."

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/02/even_blowing_his_nose_obama_ge.html

[Adelante]

7. Did you never have a cold?

You're awfully healthy.

[blogslut]

11. Yes

Barack Obama has a cold.

Remind me to do the happy dance when you get sick.

PS: Cloth handkerchief, like a proper gentleman.

[Patsy Stone]

12. eBay!

:)

[zabet]

14. Big bucks for 'bama boogers!

:evilgrin:

[Patsy Stone]

19. It's sure to beat

the pretzel shaped like the Virgin Mary.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/02/21/harrington.virgin.mary.pretzel.kval

[11 Bravo]

15. $5,000,000 will be bid for the snotrag on ebay before dawn! (Probably by ...

the guy who has the "Obama image in a Frito". This should complete his collection.

[zabet]

17. A new campaign fundraising scheme

in the making.

:D

[Straight Shooter]

16. If he belched, he would probably get a standing ovation.

I've certainly heard some belches that are worthy of standing ovations. :)

[zabet]

18. ...

:spray:

[GPSrulesall]

21. Yea

Can you imagine what they would do when he passes gas or has to use the bathroom? It's probably a rapture among the Obamatologists.

[NanBo]

23. welcome to DU

Sounds like you'll have a lot of positive things to add to the discussion!

[idovoodoo]

25. The visiting Englishman observed "You Americans are strange

you boil the tea to make it hot then put in ice to make it cold, you put sugar in it to make it sweet, and lemon to
make it sour. When somebody belches, they say "pardon me" but when someone farts, everyone laughs!"

:D

[zabet]

26. So true and funny.

:D

[dionysus]

24. poor bitter shillbot...

try again...

[tammywammy]

27. I was there, no one clapped because he was blowing his nose

He said something like "I'll be alright" after blowing his nose and that's when people clapped.

:eyes: