"the coolest subliminal cultural reference in the history of American politics"

[Hamlette]

http://thinkprogress.org/attackerman/2008/04/17/you-gotta-get-get-that-that-dirt-off-your-shoulder/

Starting at 2 minutest 20....its Obama dusting off his shoulders from this:

http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/04/dirt_off_your_shoulder.php

(I'm too old...I missed it...in case you did too...it is pretty cool!)

[C_U_L8R]

1. Nothing subliminal about it.

That's as clear as the azure sky of deepest summer.

[Hamlette]

3. only if you're familiar with the song

which makes it more code speak than subliminal I admit.

Still....it was way cool.

[Adelante]

34. I don't know the first thing about rap music

I just thought it was cool, because it was cool. Message received loud and clear, without cultural context, by an old white woman. Gobama.

[DangerousRhythm]

29. Indeed, as an unmuddied lake...

Love that quote. :thumbsup:

[jordi_fanclub]

2. Beautiful!!! (n/t)

[gcomeau]

4. Best comment on the page...

"I am rubber, you are glue. Whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you."?
They guy isn't just Teflon, he's made of Super Ball.

I laughed.

[Bryan]

5. I "got it"

I just thought I was nuts for doing so because it's entirely attributable to coincidence.

[KeepItReal]

6. That was TIGHT!!

:woohoo:

[FrenchieCat]

7. Check out the hand at 1:20 on the Obama video, 2nd link on OP

LOL! :rofl:

[Viking12]

9. Nice catch.

:wow: :evilgrin: :toast: :rofl:

[AZSlacker]

12. lol.. I caught that too

Was going to post about it, but realized you beat me to it.

:toast:

[bigbrother05]

13. I have used that before

nice catch

[Hamlette]

16. uh uh...he didt

that is too funny...missed it first few times.

This one's for you, Hillary.

[MonkeyFunk]

30. Ah! So Obama supporters recognize the gesture

Clinton supporters are being called all sorts of names in other threads for recognizing it. We're told we're insane, delusional, making shit up, etc.

I hope you guys will come to our defense in those threads.

[Maddy McCall]

33. Of course they won't.

They only see what they want to see.

He DID give the ol' fuck you to Hillary...that's why the crowd exploded in applause.

And he did give the "brush off."

He's a master of using his gestures and his words to denigrate people. What makes him masterful is that he does it in such a way that anyone who accuses him is labeled paranoid or crazy....it's all about plausible deniability.

[tbyg52]

8. Will someone explain it to a dialup boomer? ;-> nt

[Viking12]

10. Obama brushes his shoulders to demonstrate how he takes personal attacks

It's a gesture that reference the lyrics, "get the dirt off your shouler" by Jay-Z.

[Diamonique]

11. I was just given a different explanation

A subliminal bible reference. Mark 6:11

"And whoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when you depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them."

Notice how the audience rose to its feet in applause after he dusted off his foot.

[Arugula Latte]

15. When he refers to Clinton, he casually scratches his cheek with a finger ...

Guess which finger? :D

[shadowknows69]

22. I snuck a middle finger shot in a TV commercial I produced once heh.

[Eric J in MN]

14. The phrase "Dust yourself off" is older than Jay Z.

I'm not sure that Obama was referring to a song with a gesture of dusting himself off.

[Hamlette]

17. dust yourself off is, but not necessarily shoulders

it was shoulders he dusted.

When I do "pick yourself up, dust yourself off" I dust my arms more than my shoulders.

We need a body gesture dictionary online.

[merh]

18. He is so right and so very good

:thumbsup:

:yourock:

[Indenturedebtor]

19. LOL thanks for sharing

Here's a quote I found interesting from the second thread there:

"When we look at Obama, we see who we want to be.

When we look at Clinton, we see who we are. And we're douchebags.


Posted by Jake | April 17, 2008 6:08 PM"

[FrenchieCat]

20. I thought that was hilla-rious!

[Cha]

24. LOL...speak for

themselves. I look at Obama and I see who I wanna be more like and I see hilary and I'm glad I'm not her.

[TragedyandHope]

21. Get that dirt!

[Cha]

23. I saw it at work tonight when my friend and

I were watching Obama in Raliegh, NC..it was so funny and so true. Hey, anything he wants to keep his sanity against the hilarys-m$$$fm joint effort attacks.

Miss hilary who lies about Bosnian Sniper Attacks.

[ClayZ]

25. 99 problems

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtWQWuDdkEY


K and R

[Kaylee]

26. Here's a great JZ/Barack - Dirt off your shoulders video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yel8IjOAdSc">Barack Gets that Dirt off His Shoulders

[Frank Booth]

27. That 60 year old white guy standing behind him seemed to enjoy the reference.

[Lord Helmet]

28. too cool for school

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[MonkeyFunk]

32. No, they DID see him flip the bird

and it was cool, before it became "a story". Now they're acting oh-so-offended if anybody notices what THEY noticed.