Bill Clinton flips the bird

By Libby

Bill held a rally in little town near here today. I found out when I stopped at the convenience store on the way home from the doctor. I had time enough to drive there but after almost passing out during the thin needle aspiration -- yes that's just as much fun as it sounds -- I wasn't up for standing around on a soggy ballfield.

One of the local teevee stations covered it though and reported about 300 people in attendance. Watching the video at the link, that looks like a good guess. They seemed kind of subdued, but that wasn't the funny part. I had to watch the video twice to be sure I saw correctly the first time, but about one minute in, Bill scratches his eyebrow with his middle finger, while he's talking about Obama. I'm not saying that implies a thing, just noting in light of the recent flip-off silliness, that it is rather common for people to scratch their face when they're talking.

What did irritate me though, Bill at that moment was trying to paint Obama as having chickened out of the cancelled debate. Nobody applauded the line. That proposed debate was well covered here for over a week. I suspect I'm not the only one who knows that it was originally proposed for an earlier date on which Hillary refused to participate. Besides, I don't think anyone but the hardest core junkies care about seeing any more of them.

On another note, the guy who told me about the rally, literally sneered that Obama was never going to win this state. He was as blue collar as they come but I don't think he's a Clinton supporter. He was sneering at her too. He was dressed in a filthy work uniform of some kind and had a really deep tan, so I assume he's a road worker of some kind. He was there playing scratch lottery tickets. I mean he's one of those people who hang around for a while and scratch off the tix in the store and then go buy some more. I didn't ask, but I'm pretty sure he's voting for McCain in November.