SPREAD IT! Video of McCain refusing to shake hands!!

[NYC Liberal]

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. McCain is a thug

[Cattledog]

2. McCain's a lowlife.

[wicket]

3. THANK YOU

K & R

[Danger Mouse]

4. Here, shake hands with my trollop of a wife, 'that one.'

[angee_is_mad]

5. Thanks

K&R

[stillcool]

6. mo-fo...

I just want to slap 'that man' upside his head. I might have to go outside and scream.

[workinclasszero]

7. McBush is a lowlife POS

racist bastard! What a f'in jerk!

[Erin Elizabeth]

8. Oh. My. God.

Looks RIGHT THE FUCK AT HIM and just puts Cindy up there to shake his hand. McCain should know Cindy doesn't even LIKE shaking hands.

You know she's tearing him a new one for making her touch the scary black man.

Do you have the video in real time?

[Cosmic Charlie]

9. Cindy must be constantly embarrassed living with this man

[Bucky]

38. We all dig our own graves in life

Perhaps in her case, however, my choice of metaphor is a little too tacky.

[Erin Elizabeth]

10. Michelle didn't see it. I bet she wants to smack McCain

right in his ugly mug.

[City Lights]

11. I've never seen anything so rude in my life.

He's not only unfit for the presidency, he's unfit for public service, period.

[WA98296]

12. McCain is unbelievable, what a poor sport.

[Hepburn]

13. Ooooooooh, doncha know...the black might rub off....

...right, John? :puke:

You fucking racist POS...you will not shake hands with a black man. Guess what, asshole? You are NOT fit to lick his shoes!

:grr:

Gawd, I hate that racist bastard McCain!!!!!!

[Obamarulz11]

14. Watch the head reaction from the people on the front row.

[Doremus]

Coward. He won't shake his hand but he offers his wife's (injured) hand instead.

Real hero.

[bdamomma]

15. yup, caught that, and Cindy put out her hand.

[JBoy]

16. Ho-ly- fuck. I missed that, and cannot believe it.

That will kill McCain.

[MindMatter]

25. Wow. Did he really not shake his hand at all, or is this just a snippet out of context?

[Bucky]

42. While he shook his hand later, this is not out of context. McCain feels humiliated.

He's taking this bad polling far more personally than any candidate in recent memory. Dole, Kerry, even Gore, all dealt with their losses as a result of the people and process of democracy playing itself out. This spring Romney, Clinton, & Giuliani all handled their final wind-downs with more grace. They may not have liked losing, but none of them ended up being so impetuous about it as McCain is now.

I think the most recent bad sport in presidential politics was Poppy Bush in 1992, who apparently went through a major depression following his loss. But at least he waited until after the election before turning into a poor sport. McCain has already gone into anal retention mode. It's pretty sad, really. He's not the happy warrior type. I expect Sarah Palin to be perky as a chihuahua in her concession speech. I expect John McCain to be wan and doing a bad job of putting on a brave face that same night.

Despite being a sure thing, there's a pretty good chance he might not seek reelection.

[Cosmic Charlie]

17. Cindy must be constantly embarrassed living with this man

[bdamomma]

18. looks like John backed off rather quickly.

[Ichingcarpenter]

19. Great Catch........ I captured your image and plan to send it out. n/t

[Lorien]

20. He actually takes a STEP BACK away from Obama

at least Cindy can still act like a grown up.

[vaberella]

21. It pissed me off!! I hated that....n/t

[Kaleko]

22. It'll be seen as a snub by an elitist snob by the majority of viewers.

[weezie1317]

23. Wow!!!

[spanone]

24. piss on him

no class

[tinrobot]

26. I guess McCain must have preconditions for a handshake

What an ass.

[Borgnine]

27. Freepers: His war injuries prevent him from shaking hands!

What a turd. Barack has more class than I could ever muster dealing with that bastard.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

28. What a fuck!

[BREMPRO]

29. now there is some bipartisan spirit McCreep!!

He was acting like an immature bitter sore-loser, where Barack was confident and gracious. The old codger is rusty and needs to be recycled.

[MaineDem]

30. They DID shake hands earlier. This is taken out of context. n/t

[OneBlueSky]

31. agreed . . . they shook hands and embraced right after the debate . . .

this is indeed being taken out of context and made into an issue where there isn't one . . . I can't stand McCain either, but let's criticize him for real deficiencies (there are plenty), not those that are made up . . .

[AnotherMother4Peace]

32. Not made up - Obama approached him with an outstretched hand & McSame rebuffed him. nt

[MaineDem]

33. No, not made up but taken out of context

When I saw it happen it looked like McCain wanted Obama to greet Cindy. That's what occurred. This is not a snub. As much as I would like it to be.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

34. Nope, he went up to McSame, & McSame looked at him & stepped back, refusing

to reciprocate. That is when Obama turned to Cindy, & Cindy was gracious enough to reciprocate.

[President Decider]

36. Yep, this is what I saw too ..... McCain is a 1st class JERK!

[traveller]

41. try not to make the Democrats look silly. McCain did shake hands.

see this. The Democrats and Obama are doing great. Lets keep it that way

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7368090

[Arkansas Granny]

39. They were shaking hands and talking when Brokaw told them he couldn't

read the screen behind them.

This thread has pics.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7368090

[President Decider]

35. I didnt' catch this last night .... glad you posted it. I'll make sure it gets out.

What a loser Mccain is ....

[Arkansas Granny]

37. They shook hands immediately after the debate. See this thread for pics.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7368090

I don't know why McCain backed away in this clip, but they did shake hands and speak earlier.

[President Decider]

44. Some of you can claim McCain shook his hand prior all you want, but it doesn't excuse the fact ....

McCain rebuffed a man, any man, who extended his hand in respect and kindness.

Sorry, this isn't how my parents raised me and it's probably not how you were raised either.

When you see a person putting his or her and out to you out of warmth, respect or kindness, you put any differences aside for the moment and shake the fucking hand being extended.

[Canuckistanian]

40. McCain backs away from him like he was radioactive

And even raises his LEFT hand as if to wave off Obama.

Pretty damned rude.

[Bucky]

43. Not rude, intimidated.

McCain later mustered the courage it took to bravely shake his colleague's hand. This isn't an expression of his contempt, it's a display of his fear and humiliation. He simply can't emotionally accept that he's not the alpha of the pack.