McCain says Palin is absolutely NOT capable of being President
IF you watched the 60 minutes interview with John McCain (http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=9827930&ch=4227541&src=news)
and really watch the whole thing. You will see where John McCain gets asked by the reporter “In your opinion, can you see Sarah Palin as President of the US?”.
McCain’s verbal response “Absolutely”.
Now, if you were just listening to the words, which most people do then that’s all well and fine. But if you are really observant and recognize that nonverbal communication is actually 93% of the communication and words only 7%, then you will see him clearly shaking his head “NO” during that answer. Watch the video. It’s as clear as day.
If you pay attention to people, you will see that their body does not lle. And at best that’s a very incongruent response from McCain. Incongruent meaning his words and actions do not match. And if you pay attention to body language long enough, then you’ll begin to appreciate that the body responds first and then the words come second. And it’s CRITICAL to pay attention to the body language. It makes up the whole of the communication.
When you get 2 different responses ALWAYS go with the non-verbal response first. In this case, McCain’s words and body language are clearly communicating two different things.
Politicians are the most fun to watch during this process as they are usually incongruent as hell. A congruent repsonse would have been him shaking his head up and down (for yes) instead of left to right (for no).
I just hope if McCain is elected that his health holds up and that we never have to find out if Palin is ready to President, because clearly McCain honestly doesn’t think so.
Also, the question is really being asked to the wrong person. How would McCain know if Palin was competent to be President? He hasn’t even been President. A better person to ask would be Clinton, or God forbid W. At least they could give a more qualified answer.
So if we are not careful, we might miss the nonverbal communication and miss the presuppositions in the questions and answers given during this process. I am sure more will come up to blog about. Until then, enjoy the drama….
