Posted on 02/08/2016 10:57:30 AM PST by TigerClaws
I’ve listened to clips of Cruz on the radio and was impressed by his logic and eloquence.
But when I see Cruz on TV the combination of the voice, the cadence, the gestures and the facial expressions make me want turn the channel.
The nut in the room is the one who is expecting a sh*t eating grin and bright 'moonie' eyes, not the guy who looks serious.
Life is full of people who will smile in your face and stab you in the back.
Maybe the other guys are smiling because they are screwing America and getting away with it.
Someone with a serious demeanor would likely have a handle on the gravity of the situation.
FReepers didn’t used to cite Leftist academics spouting pseudo science to bolster their point. Interesting this PhD has never made any observations on facial tea leaf reading for Clinton, Obama, or any other Democrat.
Have you found anything from academia that ties Cruz to global warming yet?
Wish I could get over it but I don't know if I could watch any one-on-one debate with him vs. Hillary....Gaud, that would be masochistic! Don't know if I could get used to the idea of voting for him.
Likeability carried Reagan over the top. The man had charisma. I was a terrible liberal teen during his first administration and even I admitted at the time that he was a likeable man.
I will vote for Cruz if given the opportunity. But I can’t deny that charisma makes a difference in electability, especially with the razor thin margins we often see.
No, Lincoln and Washington would not win squat today. Theirs was an era of newsprint and untelevised debates. It’s a different world, now.
I don’t think you have to be pretty. But I do think you have to project a certain charm or likeability, ideally.
I find him likeable but not on a Reagan scale. Reagan was one in a milion.
My assessment: Cruz doesn’t suffer fools well. He’s trying not to show his disgust at the incredulous comments coming his way. He’s the smartest guy in the room and he knows it. He has to check demonstration of his internal emotion because people are intimidated and threatened by his intellect and their own ineptitude in attempting to relate to him. This is a norm for intelligent people.
The problem with the Voting Public can be traced back to the Nixon - Kennedy Debates. The first Presidential Debates ever Televised.
Those who listened to the Debate on the Radio thought Nixon won hand’s down. Those that watched it on Television thought Kennedy won hands down.
Optics, optics, optics. The other issue is that Cruz’s voice grates on some People just as Palin’s or even Hillary’s voice grates on some People.
We must look outside the FR Bubble if we have any hope of understanding the typical American Voter.
I say this as a Cruz Supporter with Trump as my second choice, so I don’t have a Dog in the hunt for those who want to refute my Opinion. I believe the facts side with me in this situation, like it or not.
Heck, even FR Members can’t agree on things and we all are Political Junkies who rely on fact based information.
Is this facial impairment typically comorbid with the type of memory problem that could cause someone to forget to report million dollar loans?
Funny how the Shrikes at “Pshrink Today” would be the first to tell us all and condemn us all that we shouldn’t “judge a book by it’s cover” or that we should NEVER hold in disdain some schmuck who has a face covered in tattoos and bits of metal.
Funny how the Pshrinks over there are telling us to Judge Ted Cruz by the look on his face.....
How very non-judgemental of the Liberal Pshrinks over there. /s
Are they gonna attack Donald Trump next for his facial expressions? Probably...
Dr. Cytowic is a neurologist who gained attention with a book on a rare disorder synesthesia involving the senses being mixed up (”seeing” smell, for example). In this comment, he is speculating about body language, a cultural phenomena. The fact that Ted Cruz is of mixed, Hispanic and Irish-American upbringing, argues against the kind of generalization Dr. Cytowic is attempting. The doctor should at least acknowledge the fact that Ted Cruz disagrees with the party establishment tactic of “go along to get along,” is a plausible alternative hypothesis to explain his being dislike by the Republican establishment. He should also point out the facility some people, e.g., Bill Clinton, have, in being able to lie to people because of their mastery of communication including body language.
Since we are engaged in pop psychology, I thought I’d share the following: Donald Trump seems utterly transparent, well, if you discount his tendency to exaggerate. It’s not just his politically-incorrect language. It’s his body language. Could this all be an act? If it is, he’s great at it.
[ Why so much negativity toward a (western) Canadian? Itâs not like the guy is from Quebec... ]
Everyone Canadian I have met who lived in the provinces between British Colombia and Ontario has been VERY conservative. In fact a former Boss of a my Boss was from Saskatchewan originally and he CAME to the U.S. in order to fight in Vietnam in the early 1970’s when he turned 18.
I have no doubt the people in liberal Canada Hate the people in their “Fly over country” just as much as New York liberals do.
You need to write a catechism for Ted.
Ever hear of a poker face?
He’s not my first choice, but if he gets the nomination I will vote for him. Maybe Cruz can get the Rubio people to program his face like they’ve programmed Rubio’s face and voice box.
Cruz/s perennial doleful, woebegone expression is a dead giveaway.....he thinks it makes him look sincere.
And those Count Chocula eyebrows....yikes.
I always knew that Clinton and Obama were monsters, because they were Democcrats, and therefore pro-abortion.
I am amazed how many “Christians” and “conservatives” think you need to listen to pro-abortion politicians to find out whether they are “honest” or have “integrity.”
Dogs are good judges of character.
Anything is better than whats on top of Trumps head.
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