1 September 2013

Obama Face Palmed

Gesture experts would observe that hands to face of half of these 16 listeners to Obama (with two more on screen) indicate negative thinking: hostility, disagreement, squelched, doubt, boredom, sleepy.

The eight, counterclockwise: Biden, Naval Officer, Kerry, Holder, McDonough, Clapper, Monaco, Blinken.

President Barack Obama meets in the Situation Room with his national security advisors to discuss strategy in Syria, Saturday, August 31, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Biden again.

President Barack Obama talks on the phone in the Oval Office with Speaker of the House Boehner, Saturday, August 31, 2013. Vice President Joe Biden listens at right. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Biden and Kerry again, Holder tempted.

President Barack Obama meets with his National Security Staff to discuss the situation in Syria, in the Situation Room of the White House, Aug. 30, 2013. From left at the table: National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice; Attorney General Eric Holder; Secretary of State John Kerry; and Vice President Joe Biden. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Now Obama and Lew.

President Barack Obama meets with from left: Rob Nabors, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy; Kathryn Ruemmler, Counsel to the President; Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, and Chief of Staff Denis McDonough in the Rose Garden of the White House, July 31, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)