Comments on: Debate video: It’s ‘Minnesota Nice’ as McCain’s ‘my friend’ tic fails to mask animosity http://minnesotaindependent.com/12244/debate-video-its-minnesota-nice-as-mccains-my-friend-tic-fails-to-mask-animosity News. Politics. Media. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:43:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Publiuuus http://minnesotaindependent.com/12244/debate-video-its-minnesota-nice-as-mccains-my-friend-tic-fails-to-mask-animosity/comment-page-1#comment-13772 Publiuuus Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:35:08 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=12244#comment-13772 I thought the "handshake that wasn't" was just McCain introducing Obama to his wife, for presumably the first time. Barack didn't then introduce Michelle, and I was assuming that the wives had already met. What happened at the end, when Tom Brokaw made them move from in front of his teleprompter? On C-Span, it looked like they half-hugged each other, and were standing there shoulder to shoulder. I assumed that hug was the "handshake." What did it look like from the front? I thought the “handshake that wasn’t” was just McCain introducing Obama to his wife, for presumably the first time. Barack didn’t then introduce Michelle, and I was assuming that the wives had already met.

What happened at the end, when Tom Brokaw made them move from in front of his teleprompter? On C-Span, it looked like they half-hugged each other, and were standing there shoulder to shoulder. I assumed that hug was the “handshake.” What did it look like from the front?

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