I would like to see Obama gesture with his hands less

[woolldog]

I don't think it's particularly effective. It makes him look weak when he responds to questions. And sometimes his gestures are out of sync with his words, which looks odd. I noticed it in the debate last night.

Anyone else notice this?

[rzemanfl]

1. Yeah, if he could just do things right he could win primaries by

30% instead of 20%.

[Hieronymus]

2. He shouldn't mess with success. He rocks.

[woolldog]

5. There's always room for improvement.

This should just be a small tweak.

[sniffa]

3. I think he's trying to appear Italian

so he looks less like the black candidate.

[Binka]

14. I Think He Is After The Hand Vote!

To the tune of The candy man


The handy man can......

Sing with me!

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

24. LOL My bourbon just went flying with that one ;)

[Binka]

25. Welcome To DU!

:hi:

[rzemanfl]

17. He should spend more on pizza then, Hillary does. n/t

[babylonsister]

22. Yep; that's the ticket.

:spray:

[Cha]

23. Well, Frank Jackson, the

Italian-African American mayor of Cleveland did endorse him.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samgrahamfelsen/gGCPjj

[Sparkly]

4. I've always liked his gestures.

Seriously! I remember thinking, when he gave the keynote at our last convention, how elegant his movements seemed.

(Having said that, I'm usually listening and not watching lately.)

[woolldog]

9. I'm just talking about debates

when he's speaking extemporaneously. His gestures during speeches are fine, imo.

[high density]

6. Hand gestures help some people talk

It's probably not something he's thinking about, it just happens. As long as he's not giving people the middle finger I think it's fine.

[Peregrine Took]

16. This is true. I used to be a big hand gesturer when I was growing up but

then my hyper critical older brother alerted me to that fact and said it was weird and that I should cut it out - which I did.

Now I never or very rarely use my hands but I'm a lousy verbal communicator and I get very anxious speaking - and I talk way too fast to get it over with.

I've tried going back to using my hands (which seemed to be a natural thing for me to do) but now I am too self conscious about it and it seems phony.

[fadedrose]

7. I noticed Hillary talking with her hands a lot,

In fact her hands never stopped.


but all I noticed about Obama was him trying to make the paper be still that apparently was in the direct breeze of a fan.

[woolldog]

12. the paper blowing constantly was funny.

I'm not a HRC supporter so I don't care what she does. I am an Obama supporter and I think it undermines his communication a bit.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

8. I think he should glue googly eyes to his knuckles.

And do all of his speeches using hand puppets.

That'll make it a little more fair for his opponents.

[Saturday]

10. Yes, I noticed and he seemed to have incredibly long fingers.

I noticed because his hands were always in view.

[Binka]

15. His hands are beautiful

They are elegant, just like the rest of him. He is a joy to watch.

[Peregrine Took]

18. Yes, very graceful. He could me a hand model, like George!

[LakeSamish706]

11. Thats better, finally got it to work... I wish he would use this one more...

[dailykoff]

13. For some reason there was a stiff breeze blowing his notepad

last night and he had to keep anchoring it down. Just his, not Hilly's. Accidental I'm sure.

[tularetom]

19. Should he shake his finger in your face like Bill Clinton?

When he heatedly denies having sex with that woman, compares Obama to Jesse Jackson, whines about how unfair the press is to Hillary or whatever.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

20. Hillary uses her hands too

[woolldog]

21. Who cares what she does?

She's not going to be the nominee. I want him to be the best candidate possible. The frequent and out of sync hand gestures have got to be toned down.

[DemCam]

26. Hahahaha..that's funny, don't care what you say

[H2O Man]

27. legalize lonnie anderson's hair

[Schema Thing]

28. Don't worry, once he's secured the presidency,

he'll start gesturing with his hips.

[Raine]

29. Bill has always pointed with his finger

some people don't like it especially when it's pointed right at them :evilgrin: but it never hurt him and I always liked it. :-)

[madrchsod]

30. he`s just do`n the hand jive!

I know a cat named Way-Out Willie
Had a cool little chick named Rockin' Billie
Made a heart of stone Susie-Q,
doin' that crazy hand jive too
Papa said "You will ruin my house.
You and that hand jive have got to go''
Willie said "Papa, don't you put me down,
Been doin' that hand jive all over town.''
Hand jive, hand jive, hand jive, doin' that crazy hand jive

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOrQTh_Cq7U&feature=related
YouTube - Hand Jive - The Johnny Otis Show