Next up: tea leaves.

What do you do when your main story line about disunity gets crushed by a passionate speech that enraptures the entirety of the convention?

Come up with a new story line? No, that would take effort.

Let's just pretend it fits our previous story line and run with it.

(CNN) -- What did Hillary Clinton's body language give away at the Democratic National Convention?

Dan Hill, a body language expert and author of "Face Time," told CNN that even while the words Clinton delivered offered an unequivocal endorsement of Barack Obama, her body language was much less affirmative.

"When she spoke about Obama, she really did not emote very much," Hill said. "The only thing she showed was a very weak smile, the cheeks didn't tend to lift very much, it was really almost what I would call a 'crocodile smile' where even the slight corners of the lips sometimes raise into a little bit of a smirk."

"I don't think that helped move the 30 percent of her supporters who say they won't vote for Obama," Hill added. "What she did do was appeal to voters at large, that she did more emotionally."

"Less affirmative"? So she believes what she's saying but is slightly less forceful in her remarks? Even if it was true, is this even news?

So far today, I've seen Rudy on Fox saying Hillary called Obama unqualified by not calling him qualified, a report on MSNBC about how an anonymous Obama delegate was told by an anonymous Obama donor that Hillary didn't do enough (which, from the reporter's caveats, sounded like the one person in Denver who was unhappy) and now CNN is looking at her body language. Let's see: does Hillary support Barack?

But remember, before we can keep going, we have to get going by electing Barack Obama president.

We don't have a moment to lose or a vote to spare.

Nothing less than the fate of our nation and the future of our children hang in the balance.

Yeah, that sounds pretty wishy-washy.

Shall I grab the original written copy so we can do handwriting analysis? Shall we bring out the sodium pentathol and have her give the speech again? Are there any phrenologists in the house?

Or can we admit that maybe, just maybe, she meant what she said and give credit where credit is due?



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*Groan* (2.00 / 4)

I suppose on the flip side, they'll be doing all of this "they don't really mean what they said" stuff for the Republicans next week too.

Right?

Right?


by TCQuad on Wed Aug 27, 2008 at 05:29:04 PM EST

Re: Next up: tea leaves. (2.00 / 1)

The MSM are desperate. They are just trying to stir the pot.


by ObamaGurl08 on Wed Aug 27, 2008 at 05:37:11 PM EST

Re: Next up: tea leaves. (2.00 / 2)

Thanks for pointing out this hillarity.  You document why so many of us have turned the teevee off and the intenet on.


Purity! Or else!
by ChitownDenny on Wed Aug 27, 2008 at 06:16:48 PM EST

And the asshat olympics continue (2.00 / 1)

Let's see, in the asshat dash, Fox News took the gold by a nose over Pat Buchanan, who earns the silver. Fox News also took the bronze in this event.
Moving on to the asshat gymnastics. It appears that CNN is certainly in the running for the most contortionist explanation as to why Hillary doesn't support Obama. Do we have any other challengers?
by EvilAsh on Wed Aug 27, 2008 at 07:23:23 PM EST


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