Clark gaining in the polls

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  • Reply 41 of 57
    buonrottobuonrotto Posts: 6,368member
    Charisma, cheeriness, some artificial camaraderie with the interviewer. It just screams at me every time I see her or hear her, especially when I hear her. She over-acts. I'm not saying she's any different than 90% of other politicians out there, mind you. No need to be defensive about it.
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  • Reply 42 of 57
    scottscott Posts: 7,431member
    She's a big yankeesmetsgiantsjetsnicksislandersrangers fan.
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  • Reply 43 of 57
    shawnjshawnj Posts: 6,656member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by BuonRotto

    Charisma, cheeriness, some artificial camaraderie with the interviewer. It just screams at me every time I see her or hear her, especially when I hear her. She over-acts. I'm not saying she's any different than 90% of other politicians out there, mind you. No need to be defensive about it.



    I thought I asked a pretty straightforward question. I didn't intend it to sound anything more than probing. But, yes, you did answer it straightforwardly in return. Thanks. Of course, I can't argue with your perception of things. I neither understand it nor think it's a particularly valid perception, but eh. I think *being* phony is way more important than *sounding* phony.
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  • Reply 44 of 57
    buonrottobuonrotto Posts: 6,368member
    My apologies. I was defensive myself in that reply.
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  • Reply 45 of 57
    rageousrageous Posts: 2,170member
    My perception of Hillary is that she comes across as scripted more often than not. You can really tell when she's speaking off the cuff, primarily because she comes off as more passionate when she does. But most of the time she is very careful about what she says, how she says it, and it ends up giving off a disingenuous vibe to me.



    You can see it in someone's body language when they are being upfront and direct with you in an unscripted way. Their eyes narrow slightly, and you get a strong focused look from them directly into the eyes. They face you directly with square shoulders and tend to stand with their feet planted. But she tends not to focus, shuffles her body around ever so slightly and sort of wavers where she's looking and the positioning of her body. Also I've seen her on many occasions give a quick look up before answering a question, which is a dead ringer that someone is trying to remember something.



    I don't think this makes her dishonest in any way. I really believe she's a strong enough person to mean the things she says. But the scripted speeches and body language do hinder the effectiveness of her messages at times, as far as I'm concerned.
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  • Reply 46 of 57
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    That may be so, but it's certainly a step up from our current president, who has a 5th grade mastery of the English language.
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  • Reply 47 of 57
    rageousrageous Posts: 2,170member
    Jeez, I hate when a thread is going well and someone has to spout off and make unnecessary comments.



    I've just lost all interest in this thread.
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  • Reply 48 of 57
    rageousrageous Posts: 2,170member
    I don't expect anything. I was merely stating my opinion of how she comes across publicly. What do you want me to say?
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  • Reply 49 of 57
    homhom Posts: 1,098member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Scott

    She's a big yankeesmetsgiantsjetsnicksislandersrangers fan.



    Wow, me too.
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  • Reply 50 of 57
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    rageous goes on and on about Hillary's flaws, I point out that Bush can barely speak English and he gets sand in his vagina.



    Lighten up, outrage boy.
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  • Reply 51 of 57
    fellowshipfellowship Posts: 5,038member
    Just a reminder this thread is about Clark in the polls.



    Thank you
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  • Reply 52 of 57
    rageousrageous Posts: 2,170member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by groverat

    rageous goes on and on about Hillary's flaws, I point out that Bush can barely speak English and he gets sand in his vagina.



    Lighten up, outrage boy.




    Just for the record, I pointed out no flaws of Hillary's. I commented on why she comes across as lacking charisma and disingenuous to me. Perhaps you should pay better attention. You think I somehow care that you have an unfavorable opinion of Bush and would feel the need to get ruffled by the fact that you made a childish and asinine remark about him, when in actuality I was turned off by the fact you felt the need to make a snide comment about him in some sort of ill-conceived defense to what I said, assuming that I am pro-Bush and anti-Hillary.
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  • Reply 53 of 57
    trick falltrick fall Posts: 1,271member
    Hillary = Lightning Rod I'm now more confident than ever that heads would explode!
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  • Reply 54 of 57
    scottscott Posts: 7,431member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by FellowshipChurch iBook

    Just a reminder this thread is about Clark in the polls.



    Thank you




    He's falling.
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