Obamarama: lefties on the left
I just noticed, in this rather poignant photo of Barack Obama autographing his book for an old woman who is holding his other hand, that Obama appears to be left-handed. So I googled, and discovered that Obama and McCain are both left-handed, and that people are making a way bigger deal about Obama's left-handedness than seems needed."Lefties For Obama" has informed me that James Garfield, Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, and Bill Clinton were all left-handed.
As a high school student too young to vote, I once campaigned for Bill Clinton (by standing on a street corner with the rest of the Cox High School Young Democrats waving signs to all the passing cars), and thought it hilarious when our club president suggested that, as liberals, we all treat the cars to a "left-hand wave."
posted by JenIsFamous at 5/19/2008 01:12:00 PM
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As well as many of the recent US presidents being southpaws, a disproportionate number of history's most famous military and policital leaders have also been left handed. For example, Alexander the Great, Charlemagne, Napoleon and Winston Churchill to name but four.
I'm surprised that the Right haven't accuses Obama (and McCain) of witchcraft. Isn't sinistrality a common myth for those who consort with the devil? The three Abrahamic faiths historically place the left hand for signs of evil and the right for justice. Hence the wedding ring is worn on the left hand to fend off evil.
Of course these are superstitions but it would not surprise me if North America saw a return to those days of mysticism.
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