Posted on 10/01/2012 8:43:59 AM PDT by kingattax
President Obama has a number of "poker tells" which he displays when answering questions. They betray an increasing distance between his reply and the truth.
Talk show hosts love when the president gives one of his very rare press conference or any other occasion when he is off prompter. That is when these "tells" surface, giving all veteran Obama observers the verbal heads-up that the president has entered the land of thinly disguised fantasy or obvious dissembling.
First, the president begins a pattern of "ahs" and "uhmms" which are as embarrassing as they are revealing. The awkward pausing punctuated by these semi-stutters increases in frequency as the president senses his own flailing about.
Next, the president begins filibustering. His average length of answer in every press conference is already epic, but he has been getting worse as the presidency has dragged on. Pressers are not battles between the "reporters" and the president. Very few not named Jake or Ed bother the president with fastballs. The struggle is simply between the president and the effort he has to land the plane anywhere near where it took off, so far does he wander as he rambles through the minutes he is obliged to spend appearing to take questions.
The president will allegedly be subject to time limits on Wednesday night, but his contempt for most such rules almost guarantees he will blow through every limit and dare the moderator or Mitt Romney to challenge him.
If either does, we will be treated to "tell No. 4," the president's feigned outrage that anyone would interrupt or question him. When this happens, his countenance displays a disapproving sneer and his voice clouds with displeasure. It is practiced. It is also profoundly anti-democratic and arrogant, and if he plays this card on this stage, it will backfire.
Watch as well for nonresponsive self-pity, verbal essays on how difficult it was when he took over and how hard he has been working. Self-pity and self-regard are not designed to endear him to the unemployed or even the economically fragile, so he will be coached to try to avoid displaying his sense of outrage at being thought a failure or "in over his head," but the president's sense of his own immensity is so great as to blow past such base political calculations.
Finally, watch for the parade of straw men, the president's favorite rhetorical trick. He will set up arguments that have never been made in the service of Republican goals that have never existed, and then he will denounce both. If the appearance of a straw man serves as a trigger in a drinking game, many bottles will empty by the end of Debate No. 1.
So the president enters the debate a prohibitive favorite to clobber Mitt Romney. But if Benghazi or the unemployment rate surfaces, if the president's failure to remedy joblessness, spark a serious recovery, or in any way pose an obstacle to Iran's nuclear ambitions are brought up in the course of Wednesday night's first big debate, then watch for these verbal ticks and know that Romney is scoring.
Oh, puhleeze. The corrupt MSM “moderators” will do everything humanly possible to carry Obama to the 15th round.
I wish Newt was coaching Romney
Take a swig every time he says “folks”, you won’t make it past the first question.
The corrupt MSM “moderators” will do everything humanly possible to carry Obama to the 15th round.”
...that’s why Romney has to turn softballs into hardballs. If he debates the way he did in the primaries, he’ll mow him down.
me too!
Mr.b asked if this household would be watching the debate and if so would I be please refrain from yelling at the tv.
He whistles through his teeth when he talks, but I’m wondering if that is mostly when he is on the teleprompter? Has anyone noticed if he does this when he is speaking off the cuff?
I don’t watch enough debates to know or remember...
Will we be able to tell without counting that Hussein has 30 seconds left, or does the leftist “moderator” have a signal we can see to indicate this?
I am sure Romney’s handlers and Romney himself know all this. the question is whether such knowledge means that Romney will avoid these sources of embarrassment to the kenyan.
He has an Amish fit.
The fix is in already. He has the questions so all he has to do is follow Jarrett’s note cards.
The anti-American leftist freaks are spinning this HARD away from Hussein:
Did Obama say in his book I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction?
Yes and no. This is what he actually said:
“. . .
“Whenever I appear before immigrant audiences, I can count on some good-natured ribbing from my staff after my speech; according to them, my remarks always follow a three-part structure: “I am your friend,” “[Fill in the home country] has been a cradle of civilization,” and “You embody the American dream.” They’re right, my message is simple, for what I’ve come to understand is that my mere presence before these newly minted Americans serves notice that they matter, that they are voters critical to my success and full-fledged citizens deserving of respect.
“Of course, not all my conversations in immigrant communities follow this easy pattern. In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans, for example, have a more urgent quality, for the stories of detentions and FBI questioning and hard stares from neighbors have shaken their sense of security and belonging. They have been reminded that the history of immigration in this country has a dark underbelly; they need specific assurances that their citizenship really means something, that America has learned the right lessons from the Japanese internments during World War II, and that I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.” [Page 260-261] . . . “
So the answer is, NOT REALLY, even though he said it!
FU Hussein Heads!
I haven’t really noticed. Though I do refrain from watching or listening to speakers and rather read transcripts.
What I do notice and this goes in general for Obama, Pelosi, and Reid is that they transfer and project. Meaning they take something stupid the Liberals do or have done and transfer and project it on to the GOP.
If it were me, I’d casually interrupt the Obama every chance I got. Nohing pisses off an immensely popular legend in his own mind like Obama more than taking him lightly. Just interrupt him with the truth at every opportunity and watch him blow a gasket.
“There are those who say”.....”But I say”......
Yep. Expect questions about rape, birth control, the 47%, offshore bank accounts, tax returns, etc.
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