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  • Paul Rahe: Obama's gestures, part 2

    06/30/2009 6:11:04 PM PDT · by SonOfDarkSkies · 21 replies · 1,043+ views
    Professor Paul Rahe follows up on his post "Obama's gestures": Just under three weeks ago, I wrote a Power Line post drawing attention to a photograph released by the White House, showing President Obama nonchalantly leaning back in his chair with his feet on the desk, the soles of his shoes clearly visible while speaking on the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In that post, I noted that some in the Israeli press interpreted the release of the photograph as an expression of contempt intended for Arab consumption, inspired by the hurling of a shoe at President Bush...
  • Judge to Blagojevich: Stop gesturing at trial

    06/10/2010 8:59:19 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 17 replies · 99+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 6/10/10 | Mike Robinson and Michael Tarm - ap
    CHICAGO – A federal judge says the famously demonstrative former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich will have to learn to sit still and not express his emotions at his corruption trial. On the second day of testimony Thursday, prosecutors complained that Blagojevich made gestures and comments the day before during testimony by Blagojevich's former chief of staff, Alonzo Monk. Prosecutors say several jurors clearly took notice. Testifying for the prosecution, Monk painted a picture Wednesday of how he, Blagojevich and three others concocted a scheme to make money illegally. Judge James Zagel told the defendant not to make any facial or...