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It's called double entendre, not "Did he mean this?" or "Did he mean that?"

Also see innuendo and FLASH: Obama intended to give Hillary the finger, fresh analysis indicates.

You'll remember during the Dem primary when Obama's middle finger came up and scratched his face while talking to a crowd of supporters about Hilary Clinton, at a particularly tense moment in the contest between the two. 

Here's the video:

Classy.

Obama did this on purpose.  He's from Hawaii.  This is precisely how this maneuver is executed, in just this type of situation.  The index and ring fingers can just come up so far, curled at about 60% total length, to give you enough room to make the excuse that you didn't mean it.  Similar calculating algorithm is functioning to decide Obama's positions.

Apparently, Korean War POWs put out the finger in DPRK propaganda films...

The finger became an integral part of our anti-propaganda campaign. Any time a camera appeared, so did the fingers. A concern grew among us that sooner or later the Koreans would notice this and ask questions. It was decided that if the question was raised, the answer was to be that the finger was a gesture known as the Hawaiian Good Luck sign, a variation of the Hang Loose gesture.

Obama meant to give Hillary the bird.  There should be zero doubt about this small point.  The people in the audience seemed to understand the moment's meaning precisely.

If Obama did this on purpose, it's a sign of incredible immaturity. If he did it by accident, it's a sign of inexperience. If a president were to make an accidental gesture like that while talking about a foreign leader, for example, it could cause a global uproar. [USNEWS]

Barnicle seems like he was pretty close to Russert's best friend.  Imus does a great job with the interview as usual, and we get more detail of that last day.  Barnicle happened to be taking over for Chris Matthews' hosting duties, and ended up sharing a last lunch with Russert that day.  [Starts around 17:00]

Somewhat off-topic, but it's part of where we are in media & politics.

ICYMI: Worth seeing footage of some odd light formations recorded by US Marines in Iraq.

Maybe light refracting through some pressure layers, with some dust and moisture to pick up the beam from the source.

...and where we're going.

"This Much We Pledge" & MSNBC Laughs at McCain

File under "John McCain is more like JFK than Obama" and "MSNBC has been falling apart for a while" or "Obama is their last hope for sanity." Especially after Russert's unfortunate passing. A huge loss, especially at NBC/MSNBC where he was clearly one of the stabilizing forces.

Note Tom Brokaw's reaction in there; incredible that this guy is now running MTP. WTF.

Just a quick, rough video made right after McCain's victory in the New Hampshire primary in January 08.

This one is also pretty good: Obama 4 McCain (in a roundabout way)