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Neetzan Zimmerman ?@neetzan 13m13 minutes ago
Perfect RT @gwenifill: @dorseyshaw @dariansymone this happened right after he sat down from applauding VRA.
cilla4progress
(24,791 posts)She's a great lady of American history!!!! A pioneer, a trailblazer. We are blessed for her sacrifices, serving as first lady - the first African-American first lady, in these troubled times.
blm
(113,129 posts).
bigtree
(86,013 posts)...before trading his veto for a release on the filibustered vote on Clarance Thomas for Supreme Court engineered by republican senator John Danforth. That extension allowed court-ordered redistricting to double the number of districts with black majorities.
Cha
(297,935 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)He reacted just like a small child, almost in tears, if not actually crying. He looked up at her in awe.
I'm sure he wished Michelle had been his mother instead of that hateful, foul mouthed woman who gave him birth.
The man always struck me as brain damaged, and I don't mean that in a discriminatory way. Many people have been and their personality changes. Some tend to get angry, others weep.
GWB was never up the job of POTUS, and I'm sure he was keenly aware of it.
Just sayin'
lame54
(35,343 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)This bias is attributed to a metacognitive inability of the unskilled to recognize their ineptitude.
Conversely, highly skilled individuals tend to underestimate their relative competence, erroneously assuming that tasks which are easy for them are also easy for others.[1]
As David Dunning and Justin Kruger of Cornell University conclude: "The miscalibration of the incompetent stems from an error about the self, whereas the miscalibration of the highly competent stems from an error about others."[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
The fact that many of his supporters rated ability to be POTUS based on who they'd like to have a beer with, and thought his poor academic and business record made him more sympathetic, is what led to what we have today.
That he was foolish enough to think his brother Jeb's trickery in Florida, along with the rest of the cabal, was necessary to win the POTUS as he couldn't win it honestly, says a lot. His alleged glee at the victory showed he set his sights in life pretty low. His swagger and bravado were just overcompensated for what he didn't possess.
I have to admit I fell into that later category in the Wikipedia entry. It's been a long time waking up and I might have done a lot of things differently in life had I not had high expectations for the wisdom of others. Not that I did anything much more than curse whenever any of the Bush administration showed up on television, though...
Schema Thing
(10,283 posts)bigtree
(86,013 posts)...obviously not familiar with 'side-eye'.
Schema Thing
(10,283 posts)it's not who she is. and B), I'm every bit as familiar with the side eye as you are, and I'm VERY familiar with photography. She's not looking at Bush. Deal with it.
bigtree
(86,013 posts)Cha
(297,935 posts)doesn't suffer fools too well. Rofl
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)speak volumes!
lame54
(35,343 posts)it appears she is looking at him
elias49
(4,259 posts)What a drag for the First Lady.
Rex
(65,616 posts)Reminds me of a pic I saved so many years ago.
leveymg
(36,418 posts)Angela Merkel also sensed the approach and touch of Dubya, The Creepy, and nearly jumped out of her chair:
Rex
(65,616 posts)His 8 years were so strange, never once did it feel like he was the actual POTUS. Felt more like some cheesy C list actor doing a bad imitation of a president that has no class or brains.
leveymg
(36,418 posts)Gerald Ford also seemed to have neurological issues, but he was more like an affable jock who had suffered head injuries. Betty came across as sharp and kind, and she had to be one of the most patient Washington wives.
Rex
(65,616 posts)I LOVED Jimmy Carter as a small child, I thought he was the most decent man I'd ever heard. A true gentleman. Ronald Reagan was a shock to the system. Just the opposite of Carter - arrogant, small minded and like you said...a bad actor trying to pretend to be POTUS.
Vinca
(50,323 posts)"You know we ain't even invite you right?" RT @occupythemob: #Selma50
840high
(17,196 posts)not there.
bigtree
(86,013 posts)...done that.
Democratic party is well represented by our current president and family.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)malaise
(269,256 posts)In other words, he spoke.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Gothmog
(145,794 posts)BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)She's not a pol and she's trying to be civil to this wanker. Look at the expression on his face--he knows what a fool he is.
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leveymg
(36,418 posts)than others do in an entire career.
2naSalit
(86,898 posts)of POTUS' speech when all the dignitaries were greeting each other she delivered a couple others that I thought were pretty telling. This "look" is good though.
Dreamer Tatum
(10,926 posts)...everyone's an expert on body language and knows from that one fraction of a second what's going on in their minds.
She probably doesn't care for him. He probably doesn't care for her. They were near each other. Someone took a picture.
Yet life goes on.
(psst - neither of them remembers nor cares about that moment)