No Love Lost
At first, John McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin as vice-presidential candidate made great sense: someone young to balance his age; a beautiful woman to his distinguished man; someone who could deliver a “first” in American history. But then they started spending time together and that façade quickly vanished. Was anyone fooled into thinking that these two – who could barely stand to look at each other – could come together to run the country? Especially during these times? Body language tells us much more than empty words, and they spoke volumes about these running mates. Fortunately for all of us, the American public listened. I discuss this odd couple in my blog at the Huffington Post.
Posted October 30, 2008 | 10:36 AM (EST)
The romance is obviously over. If John McCain could have gotten away with not hugging Sarah Palin on stage at the rally in Hershey, Pennsylvania, he certainly would have done so. His body language spoke loud and clear as they fake hugged: “Let’s get this over with. You’re the worst… Read Post
I just read your post regarding Palin and McCain. I thought I was the only one who noticed all that you summed up in your post. You are very perceptive it seems, which is good. On the other hand, sometimes being perceptive gets your feelings hurt. You notice little facial and body gestures and suble nuances that others overlook. I notice every furtive glance, stiff upper lip, clenched hand, nervous movement and volitile cough or moan of disaproval it seems. The result is that if you don’t like me or feel uneasy with me, I know it. Others may disagree with me, but I know what I see. Maybe the power of perception is wrought from twelve years of studying acting. . . or a lifetime of Sherlock Holmes. What ever the reason, I find it miserable to notice every little thing.
@ February 19th, 2009 at 08:02