Reply #32: you don't see it [View All]

You aren't seeing what I am, which is fine.

I sure remember a lot of "I'd have his baby" posts about Kerry.

Watch the body language, listen to the voices. FDR had a "command" presence. Watch the hand gestures and listen to the tone of voice. LBJ, FDR and the Kennedys stabbed the air, leaned forward, and spoke in declarative and forceful sentences. The backward leaning, the sweeping gesture, and open hands, the rhythm and pauses that I see Gore, Kerry and Obama use are all in a nuanced professorial style rather than a command style. It surprises me that more people who are close to politics can't see this, or aren't aware of what it is they are seeing. Everyday non-political people pick up on it immediately and talk it about it frequently. Kerry, Gore and Obama have no strong command presence, and that causes people to tune them out and be skeptical about them right from the start.

There is a big difference in style, and I am convinced that style influences voters perceptions dramatically. Just look at it and listen to it, don't analyze it.