The post debate handshake that wasn't.

[Fuzz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI0iIOqPGak

[GinaMaria]

1. OMG!

That is appalling. New name McShame

[Eric J in MN]

2. They posed with their arms around each other after the debate.

Tom Brokaw asked them to break it up since they were blocking his teleprompter.

[Postman]

3. McCain is a snake in the grass.

[Stinky The Clown]

4. "Disdain" .....

..... is far too kind a description.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

5. I Knew He Didn't Shake His Hand. I DIDN'T Know That He Pointed To His Wife As If Saying

"I ain't shakin your hand, shake her hand if you want".

But I don't care about any of his disrespectful and dishonest bullshit anymore. Come election day, it will be Obama who is victorious. I can't fuckin wait! It will be the happiest day of my adult life outside of family moments.

[Mind_your_head]

9. Thanks for pointing that out - you're right

Also, did you notice that mcCain tapped Barack on his LEFT shoulder, even though McCain was standing behind and to Barack's RIGHT? Kind of like that trick that little kids do to get you to 'turn and look the wrong way' and look stupid? Barack didn't fall for it though.

[spoony]

19. "take my wife, please"?

:P

[loudsue]

20. Me, too, OMC!! I can't wait! n/t

[roguevalley]

22. I think he sees the world as me and the rest as the enemy. he has to

hate the enemy to take him on. what a messed up man.

[doublethink]

6. This was me on the response there ......

McCain = Asshole = No Class = Loser.

[elizfeelinggreat]

7. ugly

ugly, ugly.

There is no honor to be found in McCain, he should not treat a colleague that way.

[Mind_your_head]

8. Wow - didn't see that while watching in 'real time'

At least Cindy was gracious enough to reach out her hand to Barack (after walking around with her hands behind her back keeping them unavailable to the 'crowd' in general).

Old man McSame shows himself AGAIN to be a total ass.

[doublethink]

10. Kick ....

:kick:

[tylerdee]

11. This video already has 46 Diggs! (link included)

http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/McCain_Refuses_to_Shake_Obama_s_Hand

[beac]

14. Now has 109, including mine!

Thanks for the link!

[thatone]

16. Now it has 122

[riverdeep]

12. I'm guessing that he felt that the handshake when they were in front

of Brokaw's teleprompter was enough. That one only gets one handshake, then Cindy takes the runoff.

[BrklynLiberal]

13. I saw that move while watching it live. It was such an outrageous move...

[crickets]

15. Geez, McCain did the "tap the opposite shoulder, made you look" maneuver

that never fails to entertain grade school kids. That's just... sad.

[Duer 157099]

17. What this shows is how oblivious (out-of-touch) McCain is

It looks like he doesn't.even.notice that Obama extended his hand.

So rather than portraying this as a snub, it's probably more accurate to portray it as how utterly oblivious this asshat is.

He's gonna find frikken bin Laden when he can't even see a hand in front of his face???

[snot]

18. total f*ckin' a**hole.

pardon my l*ng**ge.

[ProgressiveFool]

21. whoa, that's bizarre... I mean, the natural reaction, unthinking, is to shake someone's hand

It's instinct - I could go up to a stranger on the street, say, "Hey, how's it going," and put out my hand and he'd shake it. McCain had to consciously decide not to shake Obama's hand. How fucking insulting.

[OneBlueSky]

23. one more time . . . they DID shake hands and embrace briefly . . .

right after the debate ended . . . the video is up at http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/222684.php . . .
(scroll down to the second youtube video) . . .

[Fuzz]

28. Thanks

[madokie]

24. Check this out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K_MKwVBZRY&feature=user

[geiger]

25. thank you. i didn't want to think the worst.

[Fuzz]

27. Well that's good at least. Thanks

[MiniMe]

26. I think they shook when they were blocking Brokaw's teleprompter

But it wasn't shown. Fair is fair.