NEW YORK, Oct.3, 2008
He Looked Presidential, She Looked Mayoral
Assessment Of Body Language Expert Joe Navarro On Veep Debate; He Says Both Did Well
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Joe Biden and Sarah Palin at their debate (AP)
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Play CBS Video Video VP Body Talk Joe Navarro, author of "What Every Body Is Saying," explains to Harry Smith what Sen. Joe Biden and Gov. Sarah Palin said to the public with their body language.
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On The Early Show Thursday, body language and political imagery expert Joe Navarro, author of "What Every Body Is Saying" and a former FBI criminal profiler, offered his observations of the candidates' non-verbal communications during their face-off.
"I thought they did really well," Navarro told co-anchor Harry Smith, "you know, so much different than the presidential debate we just saw, where you saw a lot of tension, you saw a lot of distancing between the major players. Here ... they shook hands very closely. They deliberated for quite a bit of time. And there was a significant difference in how they cease addressed each other: They faced each other.
Asked by Smith if Palin seemed more aggressive in terms of how she addressed Biden, Navarro responded, "I think she had an agenda of things she had to get out verbally. And so, you know, she was trying to get that message out. Aggression? I don't think she was as aggressive as some people thought she might be."
Biden, said Navarro, "looked very confident. He looked very attentive to details. He was -- it was a great performance. We've seen him before Congress before and he's always very dynamic, and he held to very short statements, so it was -- somebody got a hold of him! But we listened time to him, because he changed his (sometimes longwinded) manner."
"On the other side of the coin," Smith remarked, "there was a very low bar for Sarah Palin to get over. There was a lot of curiosity how she would do. She didn't so well in some of these interviews the last week or two. What'd she do last night?"
"She did remarkably well," Navarro replied, "and I'll tell you why. Because there was a national/international audience. There was so much pressure on her. Joe Biden is a tough person to go up against and she held up extremely well."
"There was a lot of sort of nervous smiling last night," Smith said.
What did Biden's smile tell Navarro?
"We use that nervous smile to shield us when we're under a little bit of stress and so forth. Everybody does it, and some people hold it longer than others, but it's very useful for that."
Smith said, "The pundits graded it as a draw. But on the overnight polling, it tended to favor Biden by a significant margin. Why would that have been?"
"One of the things we look for is comfort and discomfort," Navarro explained. "He made us feel comfortable. He looked presidential. She looked mayoral."
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See all 46 CommentsAll of you are going to elect a President and Vice President based on appearance. Not on Performance (record). Not what they say, not what they look like, but what they have done.
So now you want to elect another President and Vice President based on appearance, like the President Bush (both of them). Yes, "U" Stupid of America.
Look at who owns the Politicians, Lawmakers, Justice Department, US Military, etc.. Corporations Incorporated at Delaware protected by the Court Of Chancery.
Especially, who owns the two corporate lawyers. What are lawyers trained to do? Twist the facts to match what they want the facts to be. Trained in oration.
If it is beauty you seek in a potential leader...then you are just another one of the stupid masses that send their children off to war that has no known purpose, gets to pay more taxes than the rich or super rich, has trouble affording education for your offspring, has no real health care in the event you are ever really sick...You are one sorry individual, if you think Ms. Palin really gives any intellectual thought about our nation and it''s people...she is power hungry,(one to expand constutional powers to VP position, stupid in her ready assessment of the BUSH and MCSame position that US Troops may never see an end date to the WAR....THE mission there has been a dismal failure we have managed to destroy a country and their culture(ie., the IRAQ Museum was destory after thousands of years that its treasures were intact by the Iraq people. Please get more informed about the issues and do not be brainwashed about the Ms. Palin and her supposed beauty. (First, please be for real.... she is a 40ies year old women of five kids for gods sake....)I would rather have Ms. Clinton who is far superior in experience, intellect, and wisdom) VOTE SMARTER, OBAMA/BIDEN 08
Appearance is in the eye of the partisan.
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Posted by sbNilsson at 04:59 PM : Oct 03, 2008
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This is a campaign common..hasn''t yet be proven as a fact. You guys just don''t get it.
Come on America, only we can make change stick. %u201CWe the people%u201D...not the government, nor the media.
Laughing is healthy and usually we do it when we are happy or sometimes nervous. It is also a natural reaction to fear. I laugh sometimes when my kids get caught in a fib but not the individual that 50% or so of you think can lead our country.
It is also typical for those who want to believe something so bad or get their way to create a reality that is false. "Draw"??
Unless we stand up and change our tolerance and expectations of politics, change will not last or be effective no matter who is elected.
You tried that for the last two elections.
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