McCain not looking Obama in the eye = Gore's sighs....

[Bread and Circus]

[LonelyLRLiberal]

1. Body language is very important -

What does not looking at your adversary mean?

Too chicken?

Know you are lying and won't do it mano-e-mano?

What?

(Matthews is talking right now about McCain's refusal to make eye contact.)

[ROakes1019]

3. barely contained anger

I had a student who made me so absolutely furious that, when he was giving an oral report, I could not stand to look at him. I heard the other students whispering that I wouldn't even look at him. I know now what a mistake that was but I can say that I know what McCain was doing. He was absolutely furious that Obama dared to challenge him. McCain's ego is exceeded only by his senility.

[27inCali]

6. when I'm deeply angry at a person

but biting back on it, it's hard to look them in the eye.

[liberalmuse]

2. Exactly. Thank you.

And I did hear a couple of sighs from McCain as well.

[ailsagirl]

5. And muffled sounds of protest. But I loved Obama's laugh

Obama at one point looked at someone (the moderator?) and gave a knowing, kind of amused look while mcpin was speaking. It was early on.

[LonelyLRLiberal]

7. He had to just laugh lots of times, knowing that McCain was lying his ass off, and

there was not enough time in the world to straighten him out.

[ailsagirl]

8. And it was not a smirk-- his face just would break into a big grin

from time to time which I found very appealing. As one of the pundits said (on MSNBC - not gregory), Obama seemed to be having a good time while mclame was seething and sending out the most VILE vibes...

[renate]

4. I hope you're right

Those sighs seemed like just a distraction at the time (well, to me they did, since I was screaming at the places where Gore was just sighing) but they become blown up into this Huge Thing.

I wonder if the microphone had been placed in just a slightly different place and the sighs hadn't been so magnified, whether he would have had a margin of victory big enough to even make up for what happened. (For want of a horseshoe, a kingdom was lost.... )

Anyway, I hope you're right about how a fairly small thing will turn into a major criticism of McCain.

[MANative]

9. Mr. MANative had to work last night and didn't get home until

after 11:30. I turned on a station that was repeating just a small clip of the debate - maybe 45 seconds. Hubby says "What's with McShit? Why won't he look Barack in the eye?" I had not prompted him in any way. It was very noticeable and a definite negative for the Pug camp. :bounce:

[FatDave]

10. Not just the lack of eye contact

Also the "you just don't understand" and the muffled grumbling. McCain came off looking like a total dick. The only thing the Low Info Voter tkaes away from these debates is likability, and McCain's just a crotchety old asshole.