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mojo84 wrote:I don't know if Hillary was giving hand signals or not. However, the Snopes blurb does nothing to legitimately refute the claim it was. It was obvious they were both working hard to try and look in calm and in under self control, in other words presidential. I can see how her giving a hand signal to Lester in order to get him to give her the microphone so she wouldn't have to try and talk over or interrupt Donald would be a viable way of doing this. Whether or not that is what was happening, I have no idea. Would I say she and Lester are above that, absolutely not.

Putting too much credence into what snopes publishes could make one look pretty silly.

JALLEN wrote:

dale blanker wrote:Ok, well just in case there's an interest in reasoning about the hand signal conspiracy, see http://www.snopes.com/debate-secret-hand-signals/

That is hardly a convincing refutation of the original premise by Snopes.

Whether it is actually true or not, we'll never know as the people involved, the only ones who actually know, will be marinated in sheep poop before they confirm it.

Is it plausible? Of course. Plausible deniability? Don't leave home without it!

dale blanker wrote:

Lynyrd wrote:
You might want to check into Snopes before you swallow everything they have to say.

I've always been impressed with their thoroughness and objectivity. They provide evidence for their conclusions, not just opinion.

I like Wikipedia, too:
"Critics have accused Snopes of having a liberal bias.Jan Harold Brunvand, a folklorist who has written a number of books on urban legends and modern folklore, considered the site so comprehensive in 2004 as to obviate launching one of his own. David Mikkelson, the creator of the site, has said that the site receives more complaints of liberal bias than conservative bias, but insists that the same debunking standards are applied to all political urban legends. FactCheck reviewed a sample of Snopes' responses to political rumors regarding George W. Bush, Sarah Palin, and Barack Obama, and found them to be free from bias in all cases. FactCheck noted that Barbara Mikkelson was a Canadian citizen (and thus unable to vote in US elections) and David Mikkelson was an independent who was once registered as a Republican. "You'd be hard-pressed to find two more apolitical people," David Mikkelson told them. In 2012, The Florida Times-Union reported that About.com's urban legends researcher found a "consistent effort to provide even-handed analyses" and that Snopes' cited sources and numerous reputable analyses of its content confirm its accuracy."