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MADem

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12. Doing it in the MIDDLE of a response by the opposition is RUDE.
Fri Apr 8, 2016, 01:44 AM
Apr 2016

And no--that's not how it works. They give the rules about how long people have to answer, and how long the response from the other candidate will be, at the beginning of the debate.

Sanders "wags" NOT when he's trying to call attention to himself in a crowd--he does this when it's just himself v. Clinton. He wants to cut off her answer, pull the attention away from her while she is speaking, and reduce the impact of her remarks.

It's very arrogant, what he does, and people have noticed and remarked on it. It's also boorish and unpresidential--in fact, it's lousy conduct for a Senator.

If people just wagged their finger when they wanted to talk, debates would look like customers in a restaurant summoning waiters.






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Benjamin ArmbrusterVerified account
@benjaminja · Mar 7
When Bernie’s talking, Hillary looks at him and pays attention.

When Hillary’s talking, Bernie looks ahead and waves his finger in the air
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@traveler4life2 · Mar 7
I give #Hillary a lot of credit because if Bernie waved that finger at me I would have already grabbed it & broken it #disrespectful
He wants the WH for himself! oldandhappy Apr 2016 #1
Born schoolmarms. dchill Apr 2016 #2
Gotta little link for ya.... MADem Apr 2016 #3
Perfect! NanceGreggs Apr 2016 #6
Really, even you can't tell the difference? ViseGrip Apr 2016 #9
I'll give you that they both need to stop but I don't think Bernie does it with malice NWCorona Apr 2016 #7
I think he does it deliberately as a device to stomp on Clinton's responses. MADem Apr 2016 #15
He does know but I don't think it's a sexist in nature NWCorona Apr 2016 #17
Look, if HRC can be accused--by the Sanders campaign--of being too "ambitious" -- MADem Apr 2016 #18
Never in anger towards another person. No he has not. When he speaks he does that. ViseGrip Apr 2016 #8
LOL--that's why he got so many love notes about his wagging! MADem Apr 2016 #19
Under the debate scenarios, a candidate raises his or her finger to signal they want time to respond Samantha Apr 2016 #11
Doing it in the MIDDLE of a response by the opposition is RUDE. MADem Apr 2016 #12
I didn't mean to imply this was the formal rule, but it certainly was the signal the Democratic Samantha Apr 2016 #20
The quiet raising of a finger when someone is finished their remarks is very different from this, MADem Apr 2016 #21
sanders wags his finger more than anyone. no only does he DesertFlower Apr 2016 #13
Bernie Sanders doesn't jab his finger in people's faces ... bjo59 Apr 2016 #14
No, he wags it back and forth, making little "Unnnnnh" and "Ummmmmmf" noises MADem Apr 2016 #16
Brilliant! K&R Firebrand Gary Apr 2016 #31
Unbelievable! Bernie points and wags fingers at everyone .. Bluestar Apr 2016 #4
At everyone NWCorona Apr 2016 #5
Inventing sexism. Got it. Welcome to ignore. Zira Apr 2016 #26
It's that thumb gesture that looks so practiced & phony that gets me. pacalo Apr 2016 #10
You noticed this too, hmm? shanti Apr 2016 #22
They're going for the mannequin look to match the fake rhetoric. pacalo Apr 2016 #23
I believe it came from Bill imagining he's talking with a slide show bobbobbins01 Apr 2016 #24
We talk a lot about privilege, but the Clintons are the face of super-privilege Cheese Sandwich Apr 2016 #25
Out of touch super privilege. Zira Apr 2016 #27
Bill gets like that when he is trying to hide something or he is telling a whopper. Kalidurga Apr 2016 #28
Reasons/excuses PATRICK Apr 2016 #29
I would tell him to stick a sock in it, but, well....you know... nt silvershadow Apr 2016 #30
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