That tears it.

Pikki Rikki '08!

True happiness is knowing you are a hypocrite. -- Ivor Cutler

I doubt either are being very straight in their discussions of NAFTA.

Brian A.
I'd rather be cycling.

Tongue gestures and pauses on conference calls are actually being passed off as legitimate bases for choosing a President. Obviously this election has entered the insanity phase.

Usually you don't need a "tell" to know when politicians are lying, you just have to see their lips move, right?

So this clip just shows what a great candidate Obama is. He's not lying all the time!

;-)

Ok, so what is Hillary's tell ?

Bush has a "tell"
SK Bubba, 2/28/2003 11:00:00 AM

You remember the old joke: How do you tell when Bush is lying? His lips are moving. Well, that's not entirely fair. Sometimes he tells the truth. But sometimes it's hard to tell.

I just caught a few seconds of a speech he was giving, and he said something to the effect that "I can assure you that the FBI's top priority is fighting terrorism".

Then I noticed it: Bush has a "tell".

A "tell" is a gesture, expression, or affectation that gives away the fact that the speaker is lying. I'm told that it's very useful in poker as a way of knowing when the other guy is bluffing.

When Bush lies, he twists his mouth around to the side and bites his lip.

Police interrogators have studied the art of lying for years. They note that moving ones hand near the face or covering the mouth while speaking is a "tell". The theory is that the person is unconsciously trying to cover the lie, or keep it from coming out, or capture it and push it back in. (Clinton touched his eye or his nose when he lied).

It seems to me this theory would also apply to biting your lip -- trying unconsciously to keep the lie from escaping. (Interestingly, mispronouncing words is also a "tell"). This should not be confused with the famous "smirk", which he exhibits when he says something that even he knows is either incredibly stupid or arrogant.

Anyway, I am bringing this to your attention as a public service announcement. Pay close attention the next time Bush speaks and see if you can spot it, too. It might help you better interpret his remarks.

I just wish the WhiteHouse.Gov archivers would insert "(bites lip)" in his speech transcripts, similar to how they insert "(applause)". It would help those of us who miss his TV broadcasts better understand what he's really saying.

OK, then.

Funny,

Here we are, as "free people", voting on people who wish to rule us!

And not only that, our "freedom" is defined for us.

"If you're not affected, you're not paying attention."

You mean she was against NAFTA after her husband was for it.

All her supporters say in person she is warm and humorous.

I remember very well a few one-on-one conversations that I had w/ her in the 80s, a thousand years in political time. I especially remember when she shouted at me across the LR equivalent of Market Square shortly after BC announced in '87 that he would not be running for pres in '88. I was on the other side of the pedestrian mall. She called my name, and I was surprised to see it was her who wanted to talk w/ me. So we approached one another and she asked me how I was doing. It was a very relaxed and funny conversation, must have gone one for 20 minutes before I told her that I needed to go ahead and get my vacation plane tickets and get back to the office.

But whether she has a tell, hummmmmmm, probably that laugh. It can be irritating.

I'm w/ Rachel though -- let's get it over w/ and get ready for the fall.

Pam Strickland

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." ~Kurt Vonnegut