anybody else notice that Palin wrinkles up her nose like a cute little bunny during speeches

[npincus]

often at a moment of maximum snarkiness? Wonder if she'll be similarly adorable tonight?



http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/nosewrinkling.php

Nose-Wrinkling

Ah, the style feature. Sarah Palin is approaching the debate podium, y’all, so call in the body language experts, the voice modulation analysts, and the communication consultants. A 2,040-word missive in the Washington Post explains to the watcher of tomorrow night’s debate not only what to expect (she’ll wrinkle her nose!), but also how to watch (she’s really expressive On Mute too!) and how to feel (confused, because she’ll “leap through the camera into your living room”). And then there’s this:

These physical and rhetorical habits set Palin in relief to Hillary Clinton, who projected great strength but much less of what one Democratic political consultant calls “traditional feminine warmth.” Which was why it caused such a splash when Clinton once told a crowd, “I’m your girl” — there is little that’s girly about Hillary Clinton’s public persona. Palin calls herself a “gal” and it’s utterly believable.
So to confirm, relevant background for the debate is, duh, to compare (Mary Tyler Moore in “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” Sally Field in “The Flying Nun,” and Gidget, subbing for Mr. Smith, in a movie about going to Washington) and contrast (Hillary Clinton in Not Quite A Girl, Part 2). If comparisons are in order, shouldn’t Biden, not Hillary, be the opposing quantity to Palin’s “huggability”?

And we’re told that it’s Palin’s cuteness that’s “disarming” and yet “infuriating.”

[Boz]

1. SMASH BUNNY

[YOY]

16. Where have I seen that before?

Dungeons and Dragons? Ravenloft?

[Critters2]

2. Yeah. I hate women who basically flirt with their audience.

I know a pastor who does this, and I always want to walk up to the pulpit and slap her. But her congregation thinks she's adorable! :eyes:

[npincus]

3. I'm thinking a female moderator might throw off her bunny-schtick.

[Critters2]

5. I think that's very possible. I think Ifill will want to keep her on task,

and Mrs. Moose won't like that one bit!

[lurky]

11. Aha! That explains the Couric melt down.

She couldn't giggle and bat her eyelashes whenever she got a stumper.

[Jade Fox]

15. Yeah, even Couric didn't let her get away with distraction cuteness.....

I know this has been said, but when Katie Couric is kicking your butt, how pathetic are you?

[stray cat]

4. the highschool flirting gesture

[madmax]

6. she's an actress

and btw what's the ratio of men to women in Alaska? She's master the art of 'coy'.

[nini]

10. That's EXACTLY what I was thinking the other day

She's playing to the audience and nothing more.

[TwilightGardener]

12. I think you've just explained how she got elected there, and why her

approval rating was so high until recently--has everything to do with a male-dominated electorate drooling over the beauty queen, nothing to do with her abilities.

[maxsolomon]

7. John McCain always flirts, too!

it's very effective on female voters. :puke:

[bushisanidiot]

8. She also likes to show her tongue by licking her lips and licking her

finger. What other presidential candidate has done that shit??
She's acting like a high school kid with those tricks.

[lurky]

9. She's actually trying to do an "I Dream of Jeannie" magic spell.

"Make me qualified!"

[foo_bar]

23. you're thinking of Bewitched, Jeannie's powers originated in her bosoms

I think madmax/wiener (good band name) have the right idea upthread:

- Alaska led all states with the highest male-female ratio (107.0),
followed by Nevada (103.9), Colorado (101.4), Wyoming (101.2), Hawaii
(101.0), Idaho (101.0) and Utah (100.4).

- The lowest male-female ratios were recorded in the District of Columbia
(89.0) (a state equivalent), Rhode Island (92.5) and Massachusetts (93.0).

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/000440.html

[MadrasT]

13. That is an insult to rabbits everywhere.

Bunnies are way cuter than Caribou Barbie.

[Hekate]

14. It's rat-like cunning. Cute nose, twitchy little whiskers. Watch out. nt

[demokatgurrl]

17. RATS do that too.

just sayin'

[speedoo]

18. Cuteness (well.... relative cuteness anyway) is all she's got.

And she's cute only relative to McBush, Joeblivion, Lindsey Graham, etc.

[kestrel91316]

19. It's not cute. It's a meanspirited sneer masquerading as "cuteness".

Every time she does it, what she's really saying is "Neener neener neener".

[Vinca]

20. This is a woman who uses her looks to get ahead . . . end of story. nt

[npincus]

21. I concur

as a woman, whe's an embarrassment.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

22. She needs to bring a giant kid's lollipop on stage and lick it like a brat

when she's wrinkling her nose and making sarcastic asides about grown-ups.

[jberryhill]

24. What bothers me are the little rhetorical pellets she leaves scattered all over the carpet /nt