re: The Starbucks salute

I wish I had the inclination to express my faux-outrage every time "Barry" does something so heinous.

Good lord you people have a lot of time to bitch about nothing.

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A salute is not required when carrying something in both hands, so Bush's salute is not required and simply an extra gesture. Obama could have easily held the cup with his left hand and returned the salute with his right.

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Keep digging.

This is so ridiculous. People (confronted with their own hypocrisy) now try to draw some sort of distinction between Obama's half-assed salute and Bush's half-assed salute. "Bush's wasn't near as terrible because...."

Had Obama done the dog salute and Bush the coffee cup, you'd say "at least bush had the decency to look him in the eye". If you're outraged over this, you cannot be swayed by facts. Your mind is made up.

They were both bad, but I think somehow the country will survive salute-gate.