And the winner is TARC! With the very first post on "handshakegate"

[Barack_America]

This was Tarc's interpretation of CNN's first report on the subject:

According to CNN...Seems that when several of the Senators sitting together tonight reached over to shake each others' hands and say a few words and such, when it was Obama's turn to shake Hillary's, he decided it was time to turn away to talk to Claire McCaskill on his other side...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=4256192

1. We started with this post that reported that Obama turned and talked to McCaskill as Hillary and Kennedy shook hands
2. We sunk into hysteria regarding "handshakegate" and wasted a shit-load of bandwidth in the process
3. We're hearing confirmation that Obama indeed turned to converse with McCaskill as Hillary and Kennedy shook hands

Ladies and gentlemen, we've come full circle. Can we chalk this up to a lesson in how the media spins events and let this end now?

[DURHAM D]

1. No.

We can chalk this up as an Obama supporter shoveling out the shit.

[Barack_America]

4. I believe that Tarc is a Clinton supporter...

But you'd have to ask him/her to be sure.

[DURHAM D]

6. I am not talking about Tarc - I am talking about you. n/t

[Tarc]

12. For the curious

I entered the primary season at; 1. Clinton 2. Edwards 3. Biden 4. Obama, with 1 and 2 being razor-thin close.

[MadBadger]

2. IBTL

Thanks Tarc.

[K Gardner]

3. What would be the point in that? Where's the fun in not posting useless disinformation, smear and

conjecture? Afterall, this is DU, but it might as well be its RW counterpart for all the garbage spewed here.

[Dogmudgeon]

5. We'll see how this plays during the next HRC gaffe

I've always thought it was nothing, too, but I'm one of those pathetic Hilbots I've been reading about all morning.

--p!

[Clintonista2]

7. Congrats to ME for coining the term "handshakegate"

:)

[Tarc]

8. *sniff* You like me, you really, really like me! *sniff*

:)

[Barack_America]

14. Congrats!

You got it right from post #1!

[MNDemNY]

9. Not until the DNA results are in.

[rodeodance]

10. Bad move to call out individual du members.

[Barack_America]

13. It's not a call out. It's praise.

Tarc gave us CNN's immediate response to the event. Which turned out to be the correct assessment.

[Catherine Vincent]

11. ....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4260623&mesg_id=4260623

[Barack_America]

15. Thanks. I missed that. n/t