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Related: About this forumAmericans died. Romney smirks.
Take a look at the smirk on Mitt Romney's face at the conclusion of his disastrous press conference basically accusing the president of sympathizing with the people who attacked and killed American embassy personnel in Libya:
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Mitt's smirking disaster
Wed Sep 12, 2012 at 08:01 AM PDT
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/12/1130743/-Mitt-s-smirking-disaster
The Magistrate
(95,268 posts)There is something deeply, profoundly wrong with this person....
pinto
(106,886 posts)Seriously off. The disconnect with the context and his gloat, if that's the right term, at taking a political pot-shot at the President is chilling.
MFM008
(19,837 posts)JRLeft
(7,010 posts)HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)I'm one of those people that can read expressions very very well, including micro expressions.
Here's my take. Obviously, he was reading someone else's words. He had an exact cadence to when his head went up, and when it went down. They were not his words of condolence, it was entirely scripted. Also, he had these micro expression sometimes when he looked up. It was a brief moment of "are they buying this?" almost a smirk almost like "how is this going over??" There was a feigned expression of seriousness and gravity, that was punctuated by micro expressions of a smile that he had to control.
The smirking at the end, and the full smile as he left, appeared to be something of a "they bought it," look. Not laughing at the deaths, as much as an inability to comprehend what had just transpired or what he had just read, more of a "got away with it" look that he's used every time he's lied. I recognize that expression from him. It's a reflection of how his brain works, not a conscious thought, more of a thought process of a narcissist.
Romney, I contend, is motivated by winning. By winning by any means possible. A narcissist, which I assuming he is, justifies and enjoys their lies because they have no respect for other people. They have an inflated moral surety in themselves, that renders others less important, unless they're filling a need (like being yes-men.) He is simply saying whatever he needs to say, to get elected, and it's becoming apparent.