[Vision2020] Watch Bush's "one-fingered victory salute"

[Shawn Clabough]

>From Salon.com:
Oct. 27, 2004  |  You heard him call New York Times reporter Adam Clymer
a "major league asshole" back during the 2000 campaign. Now watch
President Bush -- back when he was Texas governor -- salute loyal
advisor Karen Hughes on video, with his middle finger. 

You can watch the video here
(http://anon.salon.speedera.net/anon.salon/media/2004/10/BushUncensored.
mov). Salon obtained the video from Texans for Truth, an Austin-based
advocacy group that's kept the heat on Bush about his missing time in
the Texas Air National Guard. Texans for Truth is also hosting the video
on its site. 

According to the group's sources, the segment was part of a video
session shot while Bush was governor. The clip shows him smoothing his
hair for the camera, complaining about an off-camera aide believed to be
Hughes. "She's still tellin' me what to do," he says, before he flashes
his middle finger. As worried aides murmur about whether the camera's
running, Bush dismisses his gesture as a "one-fingered victory salute." 

There's nothing wrong with a little playful obscenity among friends, but
our preacher in chief has worked hard to hide the smirking frat boy
within. The video isn't likely to energize the evangelical base the
White House cares about most.