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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 01:18 PM
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Isn't continual blinking a sure sign of lying. Isn't that one of the Tells
they use in interrogation to see where they should go with the questioning?

Every time I see McCain answer a question he is blinking like his life depended on it...

Blinky McCain, the least trusted man in politics...

I wonder how that would sound with James Earl Jones doing the voice over...
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countingbluecars Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 01:19 PM
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1. I'm sure that there is a POW
related excuse for this.
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cyndensco Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 01:27 PM
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12. There has to be.
POW status excuses everything. :D
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bunnies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 01:29 PM
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16. "5 years in a box... now the sun hurts my eyes".
POW POW POW. :eyes:
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bunnies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 01:20 PM
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2. We had a blinker.
Not sure if I'd touch this one.
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 01:22 PM
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5. I'm trying to figure out who you're talking about?
Clinton wasn't a blinker.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 01:24 PM
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9. McCain is...
Watch him...
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bunnies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 01:24 PM
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10. heres a hint:
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 01:25 PM
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11. Well yea, he has pretty much proved the theory to be true.
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bunnies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 01:28 PM
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14. Sadly, you are correct. nt
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 01:21 PM
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3. Seems to me that I've read that...
James Earl Jones lends much classiness to whatever he does...

So much gravitas!

:hi:
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tblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 01:21 PM
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4. Yes, it's one of the "Seven Signs That You Are Being Lied To"
2. BLINKING. A person who is lying will blink a lot,as blinking seems to correlate to the amount of mental stress we are under. In a normal conversation where a person is attuned to you, he will blink at roughly the same rate as you, often at moments when you pause in your speech. Be wary of someone who is blinking frantically as they speak with you.

http://www.contactomagazine.com/articles/liarsigns0808.htm


Here are the rest:


- Speech Errors

- Speech Hesitations

- Hand Shrugs

- Increases in Vocal Pitch

- Pupil Dilation

- Self-touching


http://www.essortment.com
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 01:23 PM
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8. Thank you for the excellent links!
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nc4bo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 01:27 PM
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13. hmmm..he definitely comes across as a whiney biatch when he starts yapping about his pet project....
Edited on Mon Aug-25-08 01:29 PM by nc4bo
WAR.

Now the speech errors, speech hesitations could be a sign of a mental problem developing too but that blinking should be like a neon blinking railroad track warning sign for America.

This guy is a filthy lying POS.

Geez, almost forgot - he whines when he starts harping on DRILL, DRILL NOW! too.

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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 01:29 PM
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15. Describes every interview with Condileeza Rice to a "T".n/t
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tblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 01:33 PM
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22. I wouldn't know. The second I see her face or hear her voice, I turn off the tv/radio.
But I do believe you are absolutely right.
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nc4bo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 01:22 PM
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6. Fast blinking is usually associated with a liar, I've read that somewhere. Either that or
his one-eyed, good ole boy winky version had a serious malfunction.
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goodgd_yall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 01:23 PM
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7. Edwards used to blink a lot
Sorry, if that offends anybody, but he did, remember? Now we know why.
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 01:29 PM
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17. Not really.
It could be a case of dry eyes or being sensitive to lights.
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 01:29 PM
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18. I'm sure he was questioned in prison. So, being asked questions is difficult for
him and triggers his PTSD.

:evilgrin:
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rateyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 01:31 PM
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19. Watch his eyes flapping here:
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 01:41 PM
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24. Boy are those people gullible.
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dbonds Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 01:31 PM
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20. If I recall, everyone has different 'tells'.
The one true way to tell if someone is lieing in micro-expressions. Small, almost like a small tick, expression on their face that is quickly suppressed. It is most notable around the eyes and mouth. These are hard to see on a television screen though.
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kerry-is-my-prez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 01:32 PM
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21. yes - it is a tell (unless they blink a lot normally)
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truebrit71 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 01:34 PM
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23. Bushit does that ALL the time....more often when the lies are bigger...
...which, all things considered, is most of the time...
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EC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 01:42 PM
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25. Yes, little kids do it a lot
plus the 3 points of white in the eyes is a tell used by professionals....rather the pupil is just kinda floating there with 3 areas of white showing...
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