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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 04:46 PM Original message |
What the hell does "looks presidential " mean ? |
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notalemming (154 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. It means a little bit more than simple physical appearance. |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. It means "doesn't looking like an angry, blinking, smirking old |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Don't you just hate it when you make a stupid mistake and |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. Obama's got the look. |
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AirmensMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. I take it to mean |
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yella_dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. Not like Bush. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
6. Looks like an actor who can help the ratings. nt |
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Caliman73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. I agree that it is simplistic |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
8. It's a matter of comparison |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I honestly don't recall this term ever used until 2004 n/t |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Oh, it has, it's always been a part of the parlance |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
10. Looks Presidential=Acts Presidential |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. Poised, calm, cool and collected. |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I think a better term would be has presidential qualities |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 05:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. it's just a short-hand way of saying "has the qualities of" |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
14. It means like a doctor. Always has an answer. Just naturally takes charge in a crisis. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
15. A five-dollar phrase meaning "white" |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
18. Someone who instills convidence and appears sane, reasonable and competent |
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