McCain - "Lower ranking monkey" in the debate last night re: not looking at Obama [View All]

[housewolf]

:rofl:


From TMP:
And here's another note from TPM Reader TB. I guess I'm really not sure quite how to characterize it ...

I think people really are missing the point about McCain's failure to look at Obama. McCain was afraid of Obama. It was really clear--look at how much McCain blinked in the first half hour. I study monkey behavior--low ranking monkeys don't look at high ranking monkeys. In a physical, instinctive sense, Obama owned McCain tonight and I think the instant polling reflects that.

So McCain may have given away his status as a low-ranking monkey. I'd never even considered monkey rank.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/220226.php


I don't know about monkeys, but I do know about dogs... in a pack, the non-alpha dogs show their subservience to the leader by not looking at him directly, the alpha uses direct eye contact to re-inforce his dominance.