In the speech introducing Palin as his VP, we saw McCain look down and to his left (our right).  According to Canadian blogger Toni (http://www.blifaloo.com/info/lies_eyes.php), Visual Accessing Cues come from how the “normally organized” right-handed person looks (from your viewpoint, looking at them).

Assuming that McCain is “normally organized” and right handed then to us he would be looking down and to his left thus to our right.  However McCain is left handed, so according to Toni, a typical left-handed person would have the opposite meanings for their eye-directions.

Thus McCain as a lefty would be considered to be looking in the opposite direction thus down and to our left. Ironic isn’t it?

“Visual Accessing Cues” are discussed by Richard Bandler and John Grinder in their book “Frogs into Princes: Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), go below the fold for more… by Toni regarding how eye direction can indicate the presence of a lie.

I keep wondering what kinesthetic response McCain is remembering if he is looking down and to our left, or if down and to our right, what is he saying to himself?

Eye Movement and Direction and How it Can Reveal the Truth or a Lie

This is a continuation of our previous article ” Detecting Lies”. Many comments by our visitors have asked about how eye direction can indicate the presence of a lie.

So can the direction a person’s eyes reveal whether or not they are making a truthful statement? Short answer: sort of. But, it isn’t as simple as some recent television shows or movies make it seem. In these shows a detective will deduce a person is being untruthful simply because they looked to the left or right while making a statement.

Read more by Toni @ Blifaloo:  http://www.blifaloo.com/info/l…

Great post from an Alaskan blog:

“Is this a joke?”  That seemed to be the question du jour when my phone started ringing off the hook at 6:45am here in Alaska.  I mean, we’re sort of excited that our humble state has gotten some kind of national ‘nod’….but seriously?  Sarah Palin for Vice President?  Yes, she’s a popular governor.  Her all time high approval rating hovered around 90% at one point.  But bear in mind that the 90% approval rating came from one of the most conservative, and reddest-of-the-red states out there.  And that approval rating came before a series of events that have lead many Alaskans to question the governor’s once pristine image.

There is no doubt in my mind that many Alaskans are feeling pretty excited about this.  But we live in our own little bubble up here, and most of the attention we get is because of The Bridge to Nowhere, polar bears, the indictment of Ted Stevens, and the ongoing investigation and conviction of the string of legislators and oil executives who literally called themselves “The Corrupt Bastards Club”.

 This guy bears watching in coming weeks and months.

And here are some reactions from local Republican politicians:

Alaska State Representative Mike Doogan (R): “Either Sarah Palin has talents and skills we were not aware of”, or “John McCain fell down and hit his head”. He also called the prospect of Palin potentially needing to take over as President”pretty scary.”

Alaska State Senate President Lyda Green (R): “She's not prepared to be governor. How can she be prepared to be vice president or president? Look at what she's done to this state. What would she do to the nation?” (Green is from Palin's home town of Wasilla.)

Alaska House Speaker John Harris (R): “She's old enough. She's a U.S. citizen.”

You know McBush's line about how Sarah Palin blocked the Bridge to Nowhere?

Turns out it's a lie.

And even more from the Anchorage papers:

The Alaska governor campaigned in 2006 on a build-the-bridge platform, telling Ketchikan residents she felt their pain when politicians called them “nowhere.” They're still feeling pain today in Ketchikan, over Palin's subsequent decision to use the bridge funds for other projects — and over the timing of her announcement, which they say came in a pre-dawn press release that seemed aimed at national news deadlines.

“I think that's when the campaign for national office began,” said Ketchikan Mayor Bob Weinstein on Saturday.

 And there's more from Mudflats, also cited just above:

Palin is McCain’s Bridge to Nowhere. Thanks, But No Thanks.

Damn.  I was really looking forward to their convention.

Let’s hope for the best for those in this storm’s path.

That is all.

It’s all about them and they show no hesitation about using the suffering of New Orleans to their advantage as a prop.

Unreal,this deserves contempt and derision in the media which is just not happening .The same McCain that was literally eating cake with Bush when Katrina hit New Orleans now needs the City and it’s people as back drop .What total shark jumping foolishness.At long last is there no Republican with any shame ?

ST. PAUL — Hurricane Gustav is blowing the Republican National Convention off course with tomorrow’s proceedings all-but-canceled and John McCain floating the idea that he might deliver his acceptance speech Thursday night from the area blasted by the storm.

……….”As long as we properly handle the Gustavication of the convention, it may be a positive,” said one GOP operative. He added that with the exception of speeches by Palin and McCain “everything else is just an opportunity to make a mistake or distract from the historic nature of the ticket.”

…………Gustav takes much of the focus off of Palin and, even if she does speak on Wednesday night, the tenor of her address will likely be much more in her comfort zone; she is likely to avoid direct partisan attacks and instead talk about the fundamental goodness of the country — a recipe for her speech to be well received by a nation looking for encouragement.

http://voices.washingtonpost.c…

IN voicing his support for the selection of Alaska governor Palin as John McCain’s VP selection, Governor Douglas said, on VPR, that she’s done some great stuff:  for instance, she’s the one who blew the whistle on that famous “bridge to nowhere”–which, the Guv said, was something that “Congress approved.”  

As in, Douglas took the opportunity of a VPR interview to blame the Democratically controlled Congress for one of our era’s most notorious bits of pork-barrel spending, and to praise Palin for pulling the plug.  She’s a hero, right, Governor?

Problem with that:  Palin was a solid supporter of this bit of pork–she flip-flopped later, when the absurd ratio between the cost and the benefit became a subject of some media attention.  And more importantly, the Congress “approved”  the funding for the bridge ONLY because Republican Senator Ted Stevens inserted the funding for it as an earmark into an unrelated bill.  That’s right:  REPUBLICAN Senator Stevens was the guy dipping into the public till for this bit of dubious public works.

So let’s be honest, Governor.  The “Bridge to Nowhere” was a bit of Republican pork all along.  Your attempt to blame it on  a Democratically controlled Contress is either an outright lie, or at best a bit of sleazy campaign-season dishonesty worthy of Karl Rove.  You are going to have to do better than that if you want to retain a reputation for probity, honesty, and worthiness for public office.

It would be great if the upcoming election became a referendum on gubernatorial honesty.  Do Vermonters want a Governor who has no problems joining Bush-Rove-Cheney-Rice in distortion of fact, as long as it serves the party interest?  Or are Vermonters tired of Republican liars?  

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