Thursday, May 17th, 2012

While we’re pointing things out

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel columnist James Causey is pointing the finger at Arizona Governor Jan Brewer for her supposed incivility towards President Barack Obama when she allegedly put a finger in his face during a confrontation on the airport tarmac.

Here’s the uncredited photo:

Maybe she's teaching him to count

Causey pointed at the photo and said,

I have yet to hear an apology from Brewer. Get this, after the exchange, she said she felt threatened.

Really?

She appeared to be the aggressor. Let me play devil’s advocate for a minute. Imagine if Obama would had been the pointer. I can just imagine how that would have been spun..

Well, let’s open our eyes and see. Tucson radio host and occasional WTMJ-AM fill-in James T Harris, the beautiful man himself, points out this little finger photo:

In the immortal words of Tony Soprano, “Those who want respect, give respect.” Maybe Obama just dislikes people of Indian heritage like Governor Bobby Jindal. Maybe he’s raaacist!

Or maybe it’s just that conversations between politicians tend to get a little heated at times.

Causey adds a little heated rhetoric himself:

Several black comedians have come to Obama’s side, saying that the president is being too nice. One even suggested that had Brewer pointed a finger in his face, it would have been the last finger she would have ever pointed.

In light of the Gabrielle Giffords shooting, you would think that death threats against a woman politician from Arizona would be off limits, or would certainly deserve some criticism from Causey rather than being posted in approval.

Let me point the finger at Causey to say that he needs to apologize to Governor Brewer and his readers.

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Comments

4 Responses to “While we’re pointing things out”
  1. John Foust says:

    It’ll be more interesting when you start studying the body language and behaviors of the WisGOP.

  2. Billiam says:

    And the Wis/national dems, and OWS. Shall we continue? No one has cornered the market on decorum lately.

    John Foust Reply:

    I’ll start with Mike Ellis’s indoor sunglasses and hair style.

  3. “No one has cornered the market on decorum lately.”

    Excellent point, Billiam. Very true. The divide will continue to deepen for the foreseeable future despite Obama’s noble efforts (Herculean, really) to unite this great land.