Bush sets a record=blinking 84 times=

[mshasta]

"The fidgeting clearly corresponded to the questioning. When Lauer asked if Bush, after a slow response to Katrina, was 'trying to get a second chance to make a good first impression,' Bush blinked 24 times in his answer. When asked why Gulf Coast residents would have to pay back funds but Iraqis would not, Bush blinked 23 times and hitched his trousers up by the belt.

"When the questioning turned to Miers, Bush blinked 37 times in a single answer -- along with a lick of the lips, three weight shifts and some serious foot jiggling."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/04/11/LI2005041100879.html

how many times can you blink in a conversation...? :yoiks:

[louis-t]

1. Watch Falwell sometime.

Blinkingest mf on the planet.

[mshasta]

4. lol

so * has a competition! :D

[Richard D]

2. Excessive blinking . . .

. . . is a sign of lying. I know, duh, but it's there.

[Neocondriac]

3. F.A.S.

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Big Barb apparently thought olives were a food group.

[opihimoimoi]

6. Oh Yeah, have to suspect that BIG TIME....Peeps in those daze

weren't aware about the long term effects on the kids....

[opihimoimoi]

5. Blink Rates have long been studied in the field of psychology

...the study of psychos...if I may.

Usually indicates prevarication levels are way up there....due to extreme nervousness, etc.

[porphyrian]

7. It's morse code! Hold on, I'll translate...

"I...am going...to be busted...as a traitor...oh shit...I need a bump...better call my dealer...shit...Karl didn't say...anything about this...happening...now he's going down...shit...I'm calling about blow...and going to the ranch...for a month...at least...shit..."

[whalerider55]

8. ewww, yer narsty.... n/t

[mshasta]

14. you....are....evil....doer....

:evilgrin:

[damntexdem]

9. But average Dubya out with Roberts, and the numbers of blinks ...

are likely in the normal range.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

10. He was just trying to hold back the tears!

...because he cares SO MUCH about those affected by Katrina. You can tell how much he's been crying, just look at that puffy, red nose!

[AlphaCat]

11. Isn't this kinda silly?

To focus on this--when there's so many other, serious, things upon which to focus about him, makes us look childish.

[MercutioATC]

12. Actually, there are whole sections of psychology devoted to this.

Granted, he could just suffer from dry eyes, but physical cues have long been used to gauge sincerity.

[AlphaCat]

13. Perhaps...

Yes, there ARE psychological studies that deal with this subject; I'm not sure this article used any of them except in the most superficial way. This is opinion--not fact. I'd rather talk about the facts concerning Bush. We need to stay credible.