I thought Gov Palin had good hand gestures in the debate with Charlie Gibson.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

She used her hands effectively to emphasize certain things.
She used wider hand signals to indicate bigger things, like
democracy and free-thinkingness, and brought her hands together
to show how things should be focused more, like when she was
talking about efficiencies in agencies. Charlie wasn't as good,
only circling his loafer a lot and staring into space while
she was talking like he forgot if he locked the door or paid the
gas bill. All and all, Gov Palin won that part of the debate
quite handily, in my view.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. *snarf*

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

31. double snarf

Come on, her hand jestures and kicking feet showed nervousness. That's what I took away from it.

[Muttocracy]

2. Her hand gestures DISTURBED me, though I can't quite say why. nt

[A-Schwarzenegger]

6. I think partly because they were crisp & efficient and reminded one of another admirable debater,

President Bush I, whose mere simple and eloquent looking at his watch became a landmark of debate highlight moments.

[dbonds]

13. Has someone hacked this account?

No way you could say that with a straight face.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

16. I certainly could & just did.

Let's be fair and objective if you may.

[dbonds]

18. You going for a satie DUzzie?

[A-Schwarzenegger]

22. I'm going for a long walk to absorb the thrashing I'm getting for being fair & objective.

A lots of people don't know how important hand signals are in
reaching the unconscience of the voter.

[Cha]

43. What about the wink and the nod? What

do make of that, oh fair and objective one..if you may?

[A-Schwarzenegger]

46. I believe she may had had something written on her eyelid.

Since that was the only time she closed her eye.
The nod was to distract from the wink in order for
the message on her eyelid to go deeper into the
subconscience of both Charlie and the billions viewing.

[volstork]

54. LOL!

[Cha]

57. Yeah, she's a regular

brainwasher, that one. Thanks for your ever astute analysis, A!

[Name removed]

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[StopTheNeoCons]

78. ORIGINAL POSTER = simpleton

[A-Schwarzenegger]

81. ORIGINAL POSTER = mirror

[Beetwasher]

84. Why Are You So Biased

Against hands? I for one applaud hands.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

85. What is the sound of one hand

not knowing what the other hand is doing?

[Beetwasher]

93. I Did That Onced

And almost poked my eye out.

[Zhade]

115. Hitler was expressive with his hands, too.

Palin, with her pro-book banning fascism, is on her way to being a Nazi.

[Ellipsis]

117. Yeah but his lipstick was just too drab.

I wonder where the actual list came from... I doubt it originated from her, had come from her church or some other "fundy" influence.

[skipos]

3. Are you serious? She won the "hand gestures" part of the debate?

1st of all, it wasn't a debate.
2nd the only think she won was the contest to see who could lie more.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

14. I think we should be fair and give credit where credit is doo.

She trounced Gibson in hand gestures.

[NYC_SKP]

24. Don't forget her eye gestures, she kicked his ass...

She maintained eye contact regardless of how truthful she was being, and she only diverted her eyes when seeming to look contemplative.

And, she totally outblinked him, sometimes with the "what did you just ask?" blink, at others she used the "and that's the truth" double-blink.

You've got to give her credit on these, too.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

33. Also, once she grabbed her bare knee with both hands

during the Bush Doctrine questions. This was to indicate that
the Bush Doctrine was the policy that the USA had the
right to have a first exemption on invading another
country. Hands together means the military, the knee
means America and protecting it against foreign invasions
like Charlie's questions. All of these are ways to get to
the viewer's subconscience without the other lobes becoming
involved.

[NYC_SKP]

42. Sometimes I grab my bare knees with both hands, and, like Sarah,...

...it happens when I'm working hard to, pardon the expression, pass a big turd.

And, I fully agree with your last point.

[leftrightwingnut]

95. ...

[demokatgurrl]

108. Blinking is sign of lying

Just watch a video of Condi Rice. She's almost spastic.

[Eyes_wide_ open]

134. She may have an advantage there

I believe the reptilian type of alien has much more talent in that department than us mere humans.

'You must act Charley ... you must not blink'

[amitten]

44. "where credit is doo"...? You've GOTTA be a Rethug.

What are ya doin' here?

[A-Schwarzenegger]

49. "If you can read my mind, why must I speak?"

[amitten]

50. I can't read your mind. But your spelling speaks volumes.

Or am I just a "moran"?

[A-Schwarzenegger]

66. No, no, no moran. Maybe a litle too litteral is al.

[olegramps]

68. All you have to do to see where this goof-ball is coming from is to read his screen name

[A-Schwarzenegger]

71. Hay, is goof-ball a insult?

[Starry Messenger]

72. Or click his sig link.

That would be more helpful I think.

MPK

[polichick]

4. It wasn't a debate. Is this a joke post?

[rgbecker]

8. Or a Posted Joke?

[demwing]

104. OH MAN. Someone gets it, finally.

Must admit, I've been laughing my ass off. Ah well, nothing golden stays.

On Edit: I take it back. The comedy continues...

[dailykoff]

5. Yes her body language spoke volumes.

If you watched carefully, it showed you that she is much more trustworthy and patriotic than the Democrat guy.

[EC]

7. That's one of the first things taught to their up and comers

obviously, since they all use them...I think they teach them to use gestures to deflect from what they are saying, not emphasize...

Remember she her college degree was in broadcast jouralism. I'm sure there were all kinds of speech and communications classes...

[grasswire]

9. I don't think so.

Her finger jabbing and grasping and fake "prayer hands" signaled a lot of pent-up hostility and authoritarianism to me. I'd like to hear what a true expert in body language thinks.

[dbonds]

10. Debate? This was a softball interview.

It was a forum for her to show who she was, she did. And people were not liking it. The only looser in this is sanity.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

35. "The only looser in this is sanity."

Gestures are not about sanity.
Gestures are about feeling the subconscience of the voter.
The subconscience cannot go insane,
only the surface of the mind can go insane.

[dbonds]

41. A proponent of Neuro-linguistic programming

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuro-linguistic_programmi...

[Greyskye]

11. You're insane!

If you think you can get away with that without a sarcasm tag.

As already demonstrated by previous posters.

[ibegurpard]

12. ROFL

thanks for the laugh

[progdonkey]

15. maybe you should add a "sarcasm" smiley at the end...

It's clear some people need it spelled out a bit more clearly. (Even though your post has dead-on tone. Very nice.)

"She used wider hand signals to indicate bigger things, like
democracy and free-thinkingness, and brought her hands together
to show how things should be focused more, like when she was
talking about efficiencies in agencies."

I can't imagine how much more obvious that could be, but anyway....

[CTyankee]

21. People here are understandably less patient with that kind of humor.

Of course, it was a send up, and under normal circumstances, we'd all "get" it, laugh and that's that. But people are on edge. I know I am. I am a mess sometimes over this election. Sorry, but it's true. Sometimes I cry. I rant. My poor spouse who has to listen to me at dinner every night! And he's a staunch Democrat!

So, give folks at DU a break here. Just not in the mood for irony or satire, that's all.

Me, I'm having a sinking spell and need to lie down...

[SmokingJacket]

25. I think A Schwarzeneggar is the funniest poster on DU

As dry as they come, though!

[yellowdogintexas]

59. amen to that.

if you need to know what the OP meant, I would say that you never met Oscar

[A-Schwarzenegger]

142. Thanks, you two. There's a lot of material these days.

[dbonds]

67. The only problem with the post is the freepers are really calling it a debate.

And they are saying Gibson cheated by wearing an ear-piece. The OP wasn't unique enough to be thought of independent of that, thus it lost the funny factor. My first though was one of the freepers hacked the account and was posting their spew here.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

70. Well, nobody has accused Gov Palin of wearing an earpiece!

So she won two parts of the debate, hand gestures and earpieces.

[dbonds]

73. She was wearing Jesus fish earrings. Now that I think about it...

I bet the shape of them acted as a capacitor, catching radio waves and translating them to sound waves only she could hear.

[Mimosa]

107. You're right!!!

I was trying to remember what the shape was. I love Jesus. I trust Jesus. But political Christians are bad. Political Christians are poseurs.

[leftrightwingnut]

96. or a hairpiece

[A-Schwarzenegger]

98. A tasteful librarian exploding waterfall wig does not count as a hairpiece.

It is a accessory.

[SmokingJacket]

76. I couldn't care less about the freepers.

Actually, I'm pleased they're wasting their time on a DU joke post.

I wonder why they think Gibson would need an earpiece? He wasn't answering any questions!

[dbonds]

77. The funny thing, it wasn't about the DU post. They have serious post over there about that.

I stuck my nose over there this morning to see what they were saying about the Palin interviews. It basically falls into two camps, Gibson cheated, and They edited the video to make her look stupid. They are demanding to see the unedited version.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

82. Be careful what they ask for.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

80. There are nothing funny about politics.

Nor about having my prostate tooken out.

[Beetwasher]

86. "Nor about having my prostate tooken out. "

You shoulda had my view. Really. It was funny.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

88. Burn that tape.

[Beetwasher]

94. The Surgeon Had No Idea

What hit him. I laughed for hours.

[SmokingJacket]

102. Marry me!! nt

[A-Schwarzenegger]

103. Was it the prostate?

[A-Schwarzenegger]

23. I'm can't imagine too but I'm for people making up their own individual mind.

We are a free people, a free-thinking people, a free country
full of freedom.

[KT2000]

32. Wink, wink , WINK! n/t

[AtomicKitten]

17. My hand gesture for Ms. Palin.

[JackBeck]

19. She could have let out a big "sigh", like that fascist Gore.

Then there would have been something memorable that she said or did that everyone would be talking about.

Otherwise, all in all, that was a very enlightening debate. I can't wait to see how she does in the debate with Obama.

[everything-bolt-up]

20. fair or unfair......

[ladyVet]

26. Oh, I agree completely!

I believe her open and forth-right gaze allowed us to see the purity of her soul. Two thumbs up for Gov. Palin! And shame on Mr. Gibson for trying to trip her up,









::::where's the sarcasm smilie hiding?:::::

[grantcart]

27. a very effective hand job

[NYC_SKP]

29. Don't get me started...

...I'll "go there". I will.

I.will.go.there.

[grantcart]

30. bring the tissue

[NYC_SKP]

62. tissue? Bring a camcorder!

[A-Schwarzenegger]

38. Thank you.

[grantcart]

52. I knew thats what you were waiting for and was surprized that it had to go to 27 replies

for it to ejaculate itself

[A-Schwarzenegger]

60. It never came into my mind.

In fact, if it had, I would never have mentioned
that she did indeed use a familiar and unladylike
repetitive gesture with her right hand while her
right elbow rested on the arm of the chair that
I did notice my subconscience perked up at and went,
"Eh?"

[Eyes_wide_ open]

135. LMFAO

[MarjorieG]

28. Lots of praying symbolism, with the wolf ad also.

[1corona4u]

34. LOL...very funny stuff.

You should do stand-up. Really, you should.

[KT2000]

36. Dear A-Schwarzenegger,

I have found your candidate reviews so helpful, first the hair and now the hand gestures.

I hope you will give us the rundown on the shoe selections of the candidates. As a friend remarked about Sarah's open-toed high heels - "hey - those are f@#K me shoes!!" But this friend is neither fair nor balanced.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

138. I'm thinking maybe what books are on their night table.

Or their favorite hat.

[progressivebydesign]

37. WTF? Is this supposed to be satire? I can't even tell anymore on DU..

we have so many republican posting here regularly now.

[Beetwasher]

39. No. Hand Movements Are Essential

No president in the last 600 years got anywhere w/out hands. She's a weiner. I mean winner.

[beac]

51. She will be McCain's hands. She completes him.

I mean, they are "soulmates".... er, "mavericks." Whatever, she gives good hand.

[volstork]

56. Maybe she and mccain are

"identical hand twins." If so, look out, 'cause there's NO WAY we can win against that!

[senseandsensibility]

40. It wasn't a debate

eom

[A-Schwarzenegger]

145. It certainly wasnt much of one.

You cant win a debate just swirling your loafer around all night.

[jillan]

45. Whatever - just keep those hands away from the button.

[beac]

47. Hand-Jive!

[A-Schwarzenegger]

55. Oh my! Willie, get in here you gotta see this!

[NYC_SKP]

69. Hand Jive? Jive Talkin!

Jive talkin

Its just your jive talkin
Youre telling me lies, yeah
Jive talkin
You wear a disguise
Jive talkin
So misunderstood, yeah
Jive talkin
You really no good

Oh, my child
Youll never know
Just what you mean to me
Oh, my child
You got so much
Youre gonna take away my energy

With all your jive talkin
Youre telling me lies, yeah
Good lovin
Still gets in my eyes
Nobody believes what you say
Its just your jive talkin
That gets in the way...

[beac]

74. Since Heart doesn't want them using "Barracuda" anymore, I think

"Jive Talkin" would be an EXCELLENT theme song for McPalin!

[beac]

79. Thanks.

Not the greatest Photoshopping in the world, but I couldn't bring myself to spend a lot of time making and rotating several different sizes of Palin head. That crazy face will turn you to stone if you look at it too long.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

83. I think it's great. You know the Johnny Otis song?

[beac]

100. Yup-- that's what I was originally thinking of when I went Google image searching.

I was hoping to find just a snap some teenagers doing the Hand Jive and use that as is--- but when I found that demo, I was inspired screen-capture and get to Photoshopping.


I kind of feel bad that McPalin won't win. They are SUCH rich mines of parody GOLD!




(edited to add YouTube link to Otis performing "Hand Jive" for those who might not be familiar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEeeGMpM_Nk )

[Starry Messenger]

87. Hand Jive

If this is going to be stuck in my head for the next two days, you're all going down with me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYpkbSarV08

Video and song.

[beac]

116. Hey, better than that GAWD-AWFUL 'Raisin' McCain' Country-Western POS that keep popping into my head

ever since the RNCC. Then again, it also makes me think of the sign held up by some GOP doofus who neglected to include the ALL-IMPORTANT apostrophe.


Google image search let me down on trying to find a pic of that marvelous bit of signage, so instead I had to resort to this VERY weak Photoshop:

[Starry Messenger]

121. I like the song a lot...it's just a major earworm for me! n/t

[NYC_SKP]

63. Oh, perfect!

Just perfect!

[CitizenPatriot]

48. she sucked?

her hands put lipstick on the pig.

she has tracy flick hands- and you know how tracy got her way. wink wink cherlie. grab the knees. wink wink cherlie. Policy smolicy. Let's talk the universal language of pitbulls the world over. wink wink. cherlie.

or is that churlie?

[leftrightwingnut]

99. No, no, no! It was a hand job!

[book_worm]

53. funny you should mention that. I was giving her plenty of hand gestures as she was speaking.

[dbonds]

64. This gets my vote as the best reply.

[Starry Messenger]

58. .

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

61. Her lipstick looked pretty good, too

Looks like her handlers did a very careful job in getting her lipstick to look just right. After all, lipstick is her brand and her basic message in this campaign.

[leftrightwingnut]

97. What about the glasses?

The glasses are a very hot item right now.

[blogslut]

65. She got a 10+ on usage of the "fist point"

Closed fist but sorta pointy. So much less aggressive an action than actual finger pointing.

[Metric System]

89. What does Maria see in you?

[A-Schwarzenegger]

91. Flabbular musculosity.

[beac]

125. 'Flabbular Musculosity' would be an excellent name for a band. n/t

[Dystopian]

90. OMG! WTF!

The best of bizarro! Thank you!

[pnorman]

92. "Debate"????

pnorman

[samuraiguppy]

101. how do you read her

winks and the thing she does with her tongue? I personally think she is trying to appeal to the men --give em a woodie and they will give her their vote?

[crazy_vanilla]

105. there is one hand gesture I would loooove to show her

a middle finger, that would express my feelings for her completely:

[leftrightwingnut]

118. Be sure to jerk it vigorously with a scornful grimace.

Remember, Sarah really knows how to use her hands. A wimpy bird just won't cut it.

[crazy_vanilla]

119. you've got it

I am taking out the resistance bands and squeeze balls and starting firming those arms and hands right away

[Mimosa]

106. 1 of her multiple DEMON personalities inhabited her body and did the interview

I saw it. Either sarah was coached by an actor or a demonic persona took charge.

[leftrightwingnut]

120. That one is named "Primape".

He is useful for deceiving interrogators. He did a good job disguising his voice.

[Vattel]

109. That's it, I'm voting for Palin-McCain

It's not the hand gestures, it's the hands. She has the hands of Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa probably wants them back, but I think it's a sign from God that He wants her to be in the number two slot. If God wants to, He can smite McCain and move Palin and Teresa's hands up to the number one slot. Judging by McCain's health, it looks like God is already in the process of smiting him; so I think the divine plan is unfolding just as the prophets fortold long ago. Recall the words of Nostradamus: "The Old Fish stinks of Death, but the Scarlet-lipped Pig shall cross a Bridge to Nowhere and sit on the Throne of the Chimp." Come on, that prophecy can't be a coincidence.

[crazy_vanilla]

126. makes you wonder what John was smoking

John the apostle, not McCain, when he wrote Revalations

[mccain_pwned]

110. I disagree. But don't let anyone bully you into Group Think.

It shouldn't be considered blasphemy to say such things.

[TooRaLoo]

111. And I always find it so endearing and honest

when she earnestly tucks her lower lip in to emphasize her truthiness. Like she's waiting for the back-pat. And then she cocks her head back and to the side, as if to say, "What? You're not performing circle-jerks in my honor yet, for that profound statement I just made?!"

[leftrightwingnut]

123. Don't kid yourself.

Many American males were undoubtedly honoring her even while the debate raged!

[Imagevision]

112. Palin was extremly perplexing and "Charlie" visually displayed this.

[leftrightwingnut]

124. I feel bad for him. To be assaulted with perky naivete can be stunning.

Kind of like thinking you are going wading and you stumble into water over your head. And I'm sure he did not want to appear to damage poor Sarah.

[beac]

127. 'Perky Naivete' would ALSO be an excellent name for a band.

They could play at McInsane's concession party or Palin's secession party, whichever comes first.

[Ellipsis]

113. I agree. Assertive feet too...

an almost Nancy Sinatra like delivery, very appendage savvy, if she were double jointed It would be a debate tri-fecta.

[TNMOM]

114. how about the lip-licking part of the debate?

I think she won that part, too.

[leftrightwingnut]

122. Charlie is hopeless there.

When he does it, it just makes him look nervous. Sarah simply outclasses him there. It must take hours and hours of practice in front of a mirror to get it just right.

[DearAbby]

128. I was enthralled with her intelligence

I had no idea. Her vast experience in Foreign Policy made me stop and think about the trip I made to El Paso in 1998, I looked across the border, instantly I became an expert in Foreign Policy.

I plan a trip to Washington, circle the Supreme Court four times, and become a Supreme Court Justice. She has given me a new lease on life! ::tilt head:::rattle rattle:::blank stare:::

[Hugin]

129. I'm going to be an Astronaut!

Having actually seen the Moon on numerous occasions!

[A-Schwarzenegger]

130. Another good gesture she had is holding her breath with her eyes.

This also involves not blinking and being very still
with a half-Buddha smile. It is the visual equivalent
of trying to stop time so that a answer could have
the chance to start forming out of the inner mist.

[Hugin]

131. Good observation, very naturalistic.

I've seen the squirrels living in my yard practice that move while contemplating the East.

In fact, they do it for hours sometimes. I worry for them. What if they forget to breathe and suffocate!

[A-Schwarzenegger]

132. You can get so good at it you actually breathe through the pores of your eyeballs

and hair. It's also involved in the theory of self-invisibility, in which everybody can see you but you.

[Hugin]

133. That must be how they do it.

I still worry though, especially when it's practiced by someone who aspires to the second banana's seat.

Can't have a second banana who isn't breathing.

[Eyes_wide_ open]

136. what's even scarier

is for the second banana to be breathing while the first is not

[Eyes_wide_ open]

137. Your right

We do have to hand it to her ...

[A-Schwarzenegger]

139. Is she waving, or drowning?

[Eyes_wide_ open]

141. going down for the count n/t

[Fire1]

140. Looked more like SIGN LANGUAGE TO ME!!!

[REP]

143. I love you, man

I typed this in a beer-commercial tone, but I mean it in nothing-but-coffee-all-day way.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

144. I love you, too, man, although I am drunk

on life & life's gestures.