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In reply to the discussion: Rahm Emanuel is in Deep, Deep Trouble [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Something always bothered me about that, and I just figured out what it is.
Hillary is mimicking Obama's gesture of wiping off her shoulder. That is supposed to suggest that she is just wiping an insult or a hurt or something intended to insult or hurt off of her like a duck shaking water off its back. It's supposed to suggest that she is unaffected or unperturbed by the insults and accusations being thrown her way.
But her face and the rest of her body communicate anger. They communicate that she is not at all relaxed in the face of the nasty criticism of her. She looks stiff and angry.
And that is why that video does not communicate the calmness that the gesture Obama makes and that Hillary is imitating at all. To the contrary, it communicates a sense of angry arrogance. That is one of the traits that makes Hillary so unappealing as a candidate.
That video says a lot. Hillary has a temper problem. And that is not good. Not good for her as a candidate. Not good for America's future should she be elected. Her temper is riled when SHE is attacked or criticized.
In contrast, Bernie's temper is riled when he sees injustice.
That short video of her pretending to wipe something from her shoulder captures the precise problem with Hillary and the reason that her negatives are so high. She should not be running for president. She does not have the temperament or lack of ego that job requires.