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MADem

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16. No, he wags it back and forth, making little "Unnnnnh" and "Ummmmmmf" noises
Fri Apr 8, 2016, 01:54 AM
Apr 2016
while his debate opponent is talking.

It's the height of rudeness.

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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