Would you like to play a game?

[DearAbby]

Last edited Sat May 12, 2012, 04:42 PM - Edit history (1)

I had posted in another thread about Body Language and how important it is. Here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=679601

The game: Watch this video of Romney. Try to be as unbiased as you possibly can, watch closely and then tell us here what Romney is really telling YOU via his body language.

Note: I went to youtube and just picked a video by random, I didn't want to force you all to watch a huge ass long speech.

Let's play.

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Keeping both videos for fairness

New Video:

[DearAbby]

1. Two minutes into the video

note a smug little smile, the bounce. Entitlement.

[malaise]

10. It's all about Rmoney

It's all about him= the entitled little prick

[DearAbby]

2. At the 3:13 point

Romney is about to launch into how bad these economic times are...His facial expression changes, awkwardly. He is going into a role.

Tells me FALSE.

[Mnemosyne]

3. I got a message 'embedding disabled by request'.

[DearAbby]

8. I believe you can still watch on YOU TUBE...

Darn, let me see if I can find another version of this.


Edit:
Op has another version of the same speech.

[Mnemosyne]

13. Thanks Abby!

[XemaSab]

4. I never had a big problem with Romney

until I saw him in one of the debates.

He doesn't talk like a man who believes what is coming out of his mouth.

I've heard sales pitches from clerks at Best Buy that were delivered with more heartfelt conviction.

[DearAbby]

6. Exactly, and he doesn't engage his audience

He just robotically continues his speech, right where he left off.

[FogerRox]

12. Saw him in New Hampshire just before the 2008 primary

Reminds me of Ted the Anchorman from Mary Tyler Moore show. An empty suit.

[DearAbby]

5. Again a smug smile, and leaning the head

looking out of the corner of his eye...also feels false.


The topic of the thread in the OP was about lip smacking, Note he does not do any lip smacking when he is reading off a teleprompter...at least I hadn't noticed. It could possibly be a nervous quirk he has when he is off the cuff. Like his laugh. I bet he isn't even aware he does it.

[DearAbby]

7. The tilting of the head to the side

IS REALLY STARTING TO BUG ME. He tilts his head like a grandmother with that look, there there, don't bug me right now. Smile says one thing, the eyes say something else....know what I mean?

[laundry_queen]

9. So I watched it without sound

as I wasn't particularly interested in what he had to say, LOL.

And his expression doesn't really change much during the whole speech. His position shifts from the left to the right and back to the left again robotically, spending almost exactly the same amount of time in each position. When he does smile, he eyes don't. His wife looks like she's just gotten a whiff of some unpleasant smell. The whole production looks SO fake. Not a real emotion on that stage.

[DearAbby]

11. Oh good idea -Watch it without sound-

I got the exact same feeling, his smile says one thing, his eyes says something else. It's robotic, stiff.

[ZombieHorde]

14. Are there peer reviewed studies on body language? nt