Bush is that way.

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Bush is that way.

SDAI-Tech1 — 7/21/2006 7:55:48 PM (archived)

He's a touchy-feely person and seems to go out of his way to make human contact with people in the room. Handshakes, pats on the back, high-fives, massages for women's shoulders, Fist knock-secret handshakes, reaching out and touching your shoulder, etcetera.

It's not a sexual thing, or a control thing as most people think - it's a trust thing. He does it intuitively and part of him watches how people react to it, sub-consciously.

Bush is big on trust. Personal contact implies trust on the part of the recipients. If you flinch or act shocked, he'll back off and be wary. If you return the pat or contact with one of your own - the circle of trust is completed.

Robert would probably go into some primate comparison with discussions of mutual grooming at this point and he would be right. It's a pack thing. You have to remember Bush owned a ball club and there's a lot of physical contact there. Pats, hugs, rubs, etcetera.

Merkel was offered acceptance into the Bush inner circle of primates.

;-)

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Did I miss any comment on the Angela Merkel incident? - FrankC - 7/21/2006 3:21:00 AM
- Aussies do it better (or worse) - nick hoffman - 7/23/2006 2:19:09 AM
  - Off with his head! (n/t) - Queen Victonia - 7/27/2006 2:39:07 PM
- Instantly overexposed - Robert - 7/22/2006 8:01:02 PM
- Bush is that way. - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/21/2006 7:55:48 PM
  - Touchy feely primates - Lindy - 7/22/2006 2:16:01 AM
    - Not defending him... - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/22/2006 5:29:46 AM
- Merkel's best possible response (said with a big smile) - sz - 7/21/2006 3:41:25 PM
- At least he didn't lift her shirt and kiss her stomach - Scott Evil - 7/21/2006 1:41:27 PM
  - Like Putin and the young boy? - Lindy - 7/21/2006 2:17:58 PM
    - It's a Russian thing? - ER - 7/21/2006 5:01:16 PM
      - Quite the contrary... - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/22/2006 5:16:56 AM
        
        I'm delighted to have disappointed you. - ER - 7/22/2006 5:35:04 PM
        
        Crying babies are meant to be paddled. Gotcha! ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/22/2006 10:22:06 PM
        
        Whining preschoolers are meant to be put in time-out. - Mary Anne - 7/22/2006 11:51:47 PM
        
        "If you need to know now...." - azstrummer - 7/23/2006 3:55:44 PM
        
        ...where angels fear to tread. - ER - 7/23/2006 1:31:13 PM
        
        Different schools of thought on this - Lindy - 7/23/2006 2:49:42 PM
        
        Jean Kerr - Mary Anne - 7/23/2006 3:43:52 PM
        
        re: Jean Kerr - Lindy - 7/23/2006 5:11:29 PM
        
        re: Jean Kerr - azstrummer - 7/23/2006 10:09:27 PM
        
        Those little red rubber balls were the first to come off - Lindy - 7/24/2006 12:41:07 AM
        
        They have wings. They don't have to tread. - Mary Anne - 7/23/2006 2:48:03 PM
        
        Again, agreement. - Tom Brosz - 7/25/2006 8:19:45 AM
        
        Another parent voting with Mary Anne - Tom Brosz - 7/23/2006 1:58:41 AM
        
        So how's that drum set working out? ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/23/2006 2:03:29 AM
        
        Son never touched it. - Tom Brosz - 7/23/2006 4:29:20 AM
        
        LOL - Lindy - 7/23/2006 2:32:08 AM
        
        HZ Moms of the World Unite! (n/t) - Lindy - 7/23/2006 1:07:39 AM
        
        Amazing how we differ here. - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/23/2006 12:59:13 AM
        
        Let me get this right.... - azstrummer - 7/23/2006 11:14:14 PM
        
        re: Let me get this right.... - Lindy - 7/24/2006 12:43:36 AM
        
        Chicken and the egg & The big monkey cage - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/24/2006 12:20:31 AM
        
        re: Chicken and the egg & The big monkey cage - azstrummer - 7/25/2006 2:54:41 AM
        
        Show me a child who acts like an adult, and I'll show you a child who should be treated like one. - Mary Anne - 7/23/2006 3:16:55 PM
        
        re: Show me a child treated like an adult, and I'll show you a child who acts like one. (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/26/2006 3:48:21 AM
        
        Yeah, right. You have no clue. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 7/26/2006 5:11:47 PM
        
        Show me a todler treated like an adult...... - Lindy - 7/26/2006 3:48:24 PM
        
        Adults. - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/26/2006 10:22:11 PM
        
        You think a *two-year-old* fears death??? - Mary Anne - 7/27/2006 4:14:41 AM
        
        Apples and oranges - Lindy - 7/27/2006 3:42:01 AM
        
        re: Amazing how we differ here. - Lindy - 7/23/2006 1:19:32 AM
        
        So, what kind of kid were you?? - Lindy - 7/23/2006 1:11:15 AM
        
        I was the child of hard working flower children... - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/23/2006 1:56:37 AM
        
        re: I'm delighted to have disappointed you. - Lindy - 7/22/2006 6:13:33 PM
        
        Quit picking on liberals.... - Lindy - 7/22/2006 4:46:40 PM
      - An Armenian thing... - FrankC - 7/21/2006 5:21:35 PM
        
        Not common with the Armenians I know (n/t) - alcaray - 7/21/2006 5:41:40 PM
        
        I don't know any... - FrankC - 7/22/2006 2:13:05 AM
        
        Armenians - alcaray - 7/22/2006 3:58:51 PM
        
        Although, they do a lot of cheek-kissing (n/t) - alcaray - 7/21/2006 7:23:50 PM
      - In Bush's defense - ER - 7/21/2006 5:10:17 PM
        
        "They not only .............. - Lindy - 7/21/2006 5:57:22 PM
- Sorry, very improper - Lindy - 7/21/2006 3:46:03 AM
  - How do you know it was unsolicited - FrankC - 7/21/2006 5:15:01 AM
    - re: How do you know it was unsolicited - Lindy - 7/21/2006 2:23:09 PM
      - What was Bush thinking?? - LJK - 7/21/2006 8:47:09 PM

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