April 21, 2008

Barack Obama & the Wisdom of Forrest Gump

By Lee Cary
The simple yet profound wisdom of the movie character Forrest Gump -- "stupid is as stupid does" -- has entered the Democratic race for the nomination.  This time, though, the lesson is: arrogance is as arrogance does. Thanks to American Thinker's Rick Moran and his analysis of a video from an LA Times blog, even better displayed in another camera angle posted by the Baltimore Sun, it's clear that Senator Obama delivered a common obscene gesture in Senator Clinton's direction as he spoke to a crowd of his loyal followers in North Carolina the day after the Philadelphia debate.  He shot Hillary the bird, only slightly surreptitiously.  Visit the links above to see it happen. Obama's explanation of how the debate questions represented "Washington" playing "gotcha politics" is telling by itself.  Whining does not become anyone who aspires to be the President of the United States of America, as Obama likes to voice the complete title of...(Read Full Article)