Yes, I worded the question to suit my intended audience. In fairness to you, I didn't stop to consider that I'd come off as a rabid conservative with no consideration for the possibility there might be another category not mentioned in my post (there is). My opinions were immaterial as far as that goes.
Interestingly, given the catalogue of behaviors associated with lying that I found in the docs I was reviewing, President Obama doesn't peg as a liar. In fact, his mannerisms, facial expressions, eye movements, etc. indicate he is extremely truthful. If all the information I reviewed isn't BS, then it would follow that posters who chose megalomaniac are better judges of character and intent (as much as my half assed question could prove anything, which it can't because it was indeed half assed). It could also be that those posters are less partisan, more objective, don't have a rabid or blind devotion to their party, etc. and maybe their choice had nothing to do with innately being capable of recognizing a liar without knowing the queues. The only particularly interesting tidbit (probably only interesting to me) is that those posters who chose 'megalomaniac' are generally in my opinion, more objective and reasonable. Meh, it's all anecdotal and of little (no) use except to me (thanks all who answered). Maybe tomorrow I'll move on to "why aren't all of our fingers the same length?" or "why do too many men wait until they exit the men's' room before the check to see if they're zipped up?" or something equally gripping....
VoiceOfReason wrote:Once wrote:Okay, just a quick bit about me. I'm not a conservative and certainly not a devotee of Fox News. In fact, you'd be hard pressed to find one self admitted conservative on this board who thinks I swing their way, including A-Guy, Oak, Upstate, or any of the other folks you've been debating. I'm unapologetically liberal about most issues and they all know that.
That said, I'm not brain dead. Things I know about this forum:
Right leaning (for the sake of explaining to VoR let's not quibble with percentages or scales or marks on the spectrum to quantify how far right the board leans as that historically leads us all to crouching in the dirt using sticks to draw rough pie charts illustrating our views). So, I already KNOW a majority of the posters here believe he falls roughly into one of the categories I provided (see "I am not brain dead" statement above). After 11 years of posting with some of these guys, I don't need to be clairvoyant or agree with them to understand that. Don't give me a valid reason to start referring to you as the Voice of Wild Speculation.
Once -> Thank you for your level headed and reasonable response. You are right. I do not know you or your leanings. I sincerely apologize for any implication that I made which mis-characterized your true beliefs. My post was an attempt at satire, not intended as a personal characterization. But I do realize that I did not effective make that distinction in my post.
Voice of Wild Speculation... I like it.
So... you worded your question in terms that you yourself do not agree with? You like feeding red meat to the wild animals?
(Kidding... Kidding...)