Althouse: No one knows the mind of Melania.

२९ ऑगस्ट, २०२०

No one knows the mind of Melania.

This was so weird. #RNC2020 pic.twitter.com/YHReTl0bfT
— Dana Goldberg (@DGComedy) August 28, 2020

८० टिप्पण्या:

DINKY DAU 45 म्हणाले...: FAKE PEOPLE THE WHOLE GROUP OF THEM "OJAYS" SAID IT BEST ..They smile in your face....the backstabbers.... :(; २९/८/२०, ९:१७ AM
JAORE म्हणाले...: No opinion too low. No subject too trivial. Mind reading fully endorsed.

Just so long as it proves Orange Man Bad.; २९/८/२०, ९:२२ AM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves म्हणाले...: Are we going to Nick Sandman Melania now?

Meanwhile...

@BrandonStraka
· Aug 27
"I haven’t endured an anti-gay attack like this in probably 10 years. #BlackLivesMatter
activists physically assault me & Mike Harlow on our way into our hotel, calling us faggots & threatening us. The one girl comes back & knocks my friend’s phone out of her hand."
#BLM= violence; २९/८/२०, ९:२९ AM
tim maguire म्हणाले...: She looks tired. She'll put on a happy face when talking to someone but doesn't have the energy to keep it up between people.; २९/८/२०, ९:२९ AM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves म्हणाले...: If I had to attempt a mind read - I bet she is over it and wishes she could get the fuck out DC.

Do you blame her?; २९/८/२०, ९:३० AM
hombre म्हणाले...: Maybe she’s tired or stressed. Although God knows there is no reason for any member of this family to feel stressed, is there? Why is this video important?

My Portlandian son, unbidden, offered up his reason for opposing Trump. Trump’s tweets demonstrate that he is “a divisive billionaire bully. That’s it! Maybe we should dislike Melania because she is a frowning billionaire’s wife.

I am so embarrassed by the puerility of these TDS people, particularly my son.; २९/८/२०, ९:३१ AM
R C Belaire म्हणाले...: Bottom of the barrel. The Left must be packing up, ready to give it up.; २९/८/२०, ९:३३ AM
Clues? म्हणाले...: Dana projecting again. The usual; २९/८/२०, ९:३४ AM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM म्हणाले...: Weird?? Weird your ass--

...I dont talk about my ass!!

FLOTUS quickly resumes official composure after momentary familial ease; २९/८/२०, ९:३६ AM
Kai Akker म्हणाले...: A riveting 0:03.; २९/८/२०, ९:३८ AM
Virgil Hilts म्हणाले...: Its a trick of the light, I think. Her eyeballs are where they should be, but some weird lighting effect/shadow makes it looks like they are dropped and frenzied.; २९/८/२०, ९:३८ AM
Karen म्हणाले...: Ever stood in a receiving line where you smile for long periods of time? I have. Every once in awhile you have to stretch your facial muscles in between people. If you go frame by frame with anyone, you’ll catch odd micro expressions.; २९/८/२०, ९:३९ AM
wendybar म्हणाले...: This is ALL they have....They can't deny Trump gets things done, whilst Joe has been in the game for 47 years, and gets NOTHING done, and now has some type of mental delusion, so he has to hide away in the basement. Get real.; २९/८/२०, ९:४२ AM
Ice Nine म्हणाले...: Weird? That's a fairly standard fleeting facial take when confronting and absorbing the enormity of something unusual. Seen it. Done it. BFD.; २९/८/२०, ९:४३ AM
Matt Sablan म्हणाले...: What expression was she making BEFORE she gave a polite greeting to whoever walked by? My guess is she was making something closer to the face at the end than the start, was polite to whoever that was, then returned to her status quo.; २९/८/२०, ९:५१ AM
Lucien म्हणाले...: Someone had just told her “don’t worry, only two hours left tonight”.; २९/८/२०, ९:५४ AM
LilyBart म्हणाले...: Maybe she was just re-adjusting her face to her favorite (in pictures) expression. She's a model and knows how she looks best. Its probably that simple.; २९/८/२०, ९:५५ AM
BamaBadgOR म्हणाले...: Was that Ivanka walking by?; २९/८/२०, ९:५५ AM
Matt म्हणाले...: Oh, wow. A lefty Jew's 'hot take'. How unique and unexpected.; २९/८/२०, ९:५५ AM
Wince म्हणाले...: I got a "What was with her?" vibe. "So cold, I tried to be nice... [small eye-pop, smaller head shake] Whatever."

Against what they're trying to imply: Melania's initial smile wasn't dishonest. In that reception line setting, it is simply communicating a greeting. Meanwhile, her reaction was honest.

Women who keep their poise while quietly revealing their inner struggles with doing so is attractive to men. It emphasizes their strengths and vulnerabilities, which is humanizing.

So, instead not knowing the mind Melania, I felt like I got a look, and I liked it.

All of which would have been concealed by a mask by the way.; २९/८/२०, ९:५६ AM
Conservative ideals म्हणाले...: It’s quite frustrating to have these micro-videos that lack context. You can edit a video and make it appear the exact opposite of what was actually improving. Please include links to more substantial videos when you post micro-videos so that it’s easier to see what the overall context of the glance is. The most effective method I’ve seen is posting the micro video that is the subject of comment, as well as the larger video with a “the clip occurs at the 2:04 mark”

A micro-video by itself means nothing.; २९/८/२०, १०:०३ AM
Amadeus 48 म्हणाले...: She was greeting Ivanka. The catty meme of the day is that Melania hates/fears/disrespects//is jealous of Ivanka.

No word on who the mirror declares to be the fairest of them all, although CNN is all over it, with Brian Stelter claiming that even in Trumpworld, it is Michelle O, with Hillary a close second. Anderson Cooper says he is not in a position to judge, but when thousands of mostly peaceful protesters are liberating purses from Gucci that should mean something.; २९/८/२०, १०:०३ AM
Joe Smith म्हणाले...: It looks like one those 'deep breath, focus, you can do it' moments.

The woman is 50 years old and still hotter than the sun.

But Michelle got all the magazine covers because she was sooooo beautiful : ); २९/८/२०, १०:१६ AM
Temujin म्हणाले...: It was pretty weird.; २९/८/२०, १०:१६ AM
rcocean म्हणाले...: Mind reading Melania. She's evil, she's stupid, she hates her husband. She's a prostitute, she has bade taste, and she ruined the Rose Garden. She has a thick accent, she's a foreigner, she's a space alien. And worst of all...

She might be a Republican.; २९/८/२०, १०:२२ AM
Readering म्हणाले...: Folks, you don't have to comment.; २९/८/२०, १०:२७ AM
effinayright म्हणाले...: Karen said...
Ever stood in a receiving line where you smile for long periods of time? I have. Every once in awhile you have to stretch your facial muscles in between people. If you go frame by frame with anyone, you’ll catch odd micro expressions.

******
Best "receiving line" story I know goes like this:

FDR (I think it was) was greeting people in such a line. He bet someone that no one listened to what he said them.

So he began saying, "I shot my grandmother today" to each person who shook his hand.

No one reacted--until someone replied, "Well, she certainly had it coming."; २९/८/२०, १०:३१ AM
Marcus Carman म्हणाले...: I think it's pretty obvious that she was being cordial as Ivanka passed, then returned to her steely learned "model" look. It's not the first example of this that's out there.; २९/८/२०, १०:३१ AM
traditionalguy म्हणाले...: Melania is the best. Her intelligence matches DJT’s intelligence , and her 100% female strength keeps him grounded.

FTR her clothes often serve as a signal the rest of the Q team. How did you like her “green castle” dress? And then there was the Italian Opera settingThe Godfather III theme for the day. So Melania and Barron seem to be insiders on the ongoing WWWIII of good v. Evil erupting with Fifth Column DC traitors.That should be enough to earn her a medal, not media smears.; २९/८/२०, १०:३६ AM
traditionalguy म्हणाले...: ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.; २९/८/२०, १०:३८ AM
Big Mike म्हणाले...: Professional politicians and their spouses teach themselves how to plaster a fake smile on their resting faces. Melania doesn’t do that. Good for her.; २९/८/२०, १०:४० AM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves म्हणाले...: How dare she let the edges of her mouth droop - for even a split second.

Impeach!; २९/८/२०, १०:४१ AM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves म्हणाले...: OT:

Kenosha police find helmets, gas masks, more in out-of-state vehicles; arrest 9

Why are Seattle based leftwing arsonist-Nazis showing up in Kenosha?

Who or what is paying for these creeps to move around?; २९/८/२०, १०:५० AM
Bob Boyd म्हणाले...: Melania suddenly remembered where she knows that lady from.; २९/८/२०, १०:५३ AM
Birches म्हणाले...: What LilyBart said. She was readjusting to her Blue Steel face and there was a moment of grimace in there.

Who knows what it was about, but it's funny even if you don't hate Trump.; २९/८/२०, १०:५४ AM
William म्हणाले...: Transient gas pains?; २९/८/२०, १०:५४ AM
Yancey Ward म्हणाले...: You ever tried smiling for 60 minutes straight, Dana?; २९/८/२०, १०:५५ AM
Skeptical Voter म्हणाले...: Let's assume the worst (always a good assumption when the MSM is talking about Trump). Melania smiled at someone she loatted--and then turned her head and her face showed what she really thought. Hey it's life among the politicians along the Potomac. Forget it Jake, it's the Swamp.

Or as Slow Joe Biden might say, It's no big effin' deal.; २९/८/२०, ११:०१ AM
Rosalyn C. म्हणाले...: IMO Melania's a nice person who is making an effort to be gracious to strangers and to the public but she is also a very self contained person. IOW she doesn't lose herself in all this, after the gesture she checks in with her core. On a second view of the video I didn't find her facial expression weird at all.

President Trump does the same all the time. When he poses for photos with people he puts on a very happy grin and then after the picture is taken he goes back to his normal expression. He is also in touch with his core. The difference is she's been a fashion model, they are expected to be feminine and fierce at the same time. It's like the Ginger Rogers's line, she did the same dance as Fred Astaire except she had to do it backwards and in heels.

I don't know why people want to attack Melania Trump. Typical that a woman on the left is the mysogynist. Sad.; २९/८/२०, ११:०६ AM
Christy म्हणाले...: Her feet hurt, but she can get it together to give someone a smile.; २९/८/२०, ११:१२ AM
n.n म्हणाले...: #BLM= violence

Some, Select Black Lives Matter is a Pro-Choice sect, a liberal institution, a corporation in the social industrial diversity racket.; २९/८/२०, ११:१६ AM
madAsHell म्हणाले...: That was weird. It looks like she has a working brain between her ears.; २९/८/२०, ११:१६ AM
Mark म्हणाले...: Here's the mind of Michelle Obama --

Michelle Obama: 'White people don't even see me' when I'm in public

“What the White community doesn’t understand about being a person of color in this nation is that there are daily slights, in our workplaces where people talk over you, or people don’t even see you,” she said on “The Michelle Obama Podcast” on Spotify.

Mrs. Obama recalled an instance when she was still first lady and she and her daughters, Sasha and Malia, and Ms. Pemberton-Heard went out for ice cream after a soccer game. . . .

“She didn’t know it was me,” she continued. “All she saw was a Black person, or a group of Black people, or maybe she didn’t even see that, because we were that invisible. I can tell you a number of stories like that, when I’ve been completely incognito, during the eight years in the White House, walking the dogs on the canal. People will come up and pet my dogs, but will not look me in the eye. They don’t know it’s me.

“What White folks don’t understand is like, that is so telling of how White America views people who are not like them,” she added. “We don’t exist. And when we do exist, we exist as a threat. And that’s exhausting.”

Yes, talk about exhausting.; २९/८/२०, ११:२१ AM
Achilles म्हणाले...: I think we should take 3 seconds out of everyone's day at random and put it on blast.

Then project our worst guess onto what they were thinking.

That would be the best way to discuss politics.; २९/८/२०, ११:२६ AM
Bill, Republic of Texas म्हणाले...: But Michelle got all the magazine covers because she was sooooo beautiful

NEWS
Michelle Obama says ‘white America’ acts like black women don’t exist
By Yaron Steinbuch

August 28, 2020 | 8:55am

“When I’ve been completely incognito, during the eight years in the White House, walking the dogs on the canal, people will come up and pet my dogs, but will not look me in the eye. They don’t know it’s me,” the former first lady said in “The Michelle Obama Podcast.”

“What white folks don’t understand, it’s like that is so telling of how white America views people who are not like them. You know, we don’t exist. And when we do exist, we exist as a threat. And that, that’s exhausting,” Obama continued."

I miss them :(; २९/८/२०, ११:३४ AM
Kate म्हणाले...: Clicked through to this Dana person's twitter feed. I normally block ppl like her. It's not that she's hard Left, it's that her posts show no sign of the ability to reason.; २९/८/२०, ११:४२ AM
Ralph L म्हणाले...: Every once in awhile you have to stretch your facial muscles in between people.

It's probably even worse after surgery and/or botox.; २९/८/२०, ११:४५ AM
Michael K म्हणाले...: “When I’ve been completely incognito, during the eight years in the White House, walking the dogs on the canal, people will come up and pet my dogs, but will not look me in the eye. They don’t know it’s me,” the former first lady said in “The Michelle Obama Podcast.”

We know this is a lie as she would never be allowed out like this without Secret Service.; २९/८/२०, ११:४९ AM
rcocean म्हणाले...: Hello,

I just wanted to comment to say you don't have to comment.

Thank You.

PS - Will comment in 1 hour to repeat comment that you don't have to comment.; २९/८/२०, ११:५३ AM
rcocean म्हणाले...: Michelle is a big strong black Lady. People are probably scared of her. I can't imagine anyone messing with her, even when she's in-cog-nito.; २९/८/२०, ११:५५ AM
wild chicken म्हणाले...: I like Melania but she isn't a great political wife.

That takes a certain character you don't see much anymore. Pat Nixon, Jackie, Lady Bird, Barbara Bush seemed to get that it was a partnership and put a lot of energy into it. It's a huge commitment.

It's like being the Queen.; २९/८/२०, ११:५५ AM
LordSomber म्हणाले...: I wonder if Emmanuel Goldstein happened to have a wife?; २९/८/२०, १२:०२ PM
nono म्हणाले...: Watch president Trump's face he is doing the same. You can only see the left side but watch it.; २९/८/२०, १२:१० PM
Nichevo म्हणाले...: wild chicken said...
I like Melania but she isn't a great political wife.

That takes a certain character you don't see much anymore. Pat Nixon, Jackie, Lady Bird, Barbara Bush seemed to get that it was a partnership and put a lot of energy into it. It's a huge commitment.

It's like being the Queen.

8/29/20, 11:55 AM

Curious, if not silly, if not stupid thing to say. She does fine. And all those other women had decades to learn whatever skills or traits you imagine Melania to be missing. Also they lived before an age of constant unblinking video surveillance. And if Barbara Bush farted, the NYT might, just possibly, let it go.; २९/८/२०, १२:१८ PM
DEEBEE म्हणाले...: Well at least she does not feel ignored like Moochelle; २९/८/२०, १२:२२ PM
Joe Smith म्हणाले...: "She was readjusting to her Blue Steel face..."

Clearly that was Magnum.; २९/८/२०, १२:३० PM
J.R. Marr म्हणाले...: I don't know... does Melania wear contacts? I don't see the big deal.; २९/८/२०, १२:५८ PM
Ann Althouse म्हणाले...: The green color was amazing. Has anyone every worn that color before — that precise color? It was freaky. And I mean that in a good way. It ruled.; २९/८/२०, १:०० PM
Ann Althouse म्हणाले...: You know, the First Ladies have all been pretty great — at least going back to Jackie.; २९/८/२०, १:०२ PM
Ann Althouse म्हणाले...: What do they need to do? Just be there, seem vaguely human, put up with cameras without showing the strain, and wear some clothes.; २९/८/२०, १:०३ PM
Iman म्हणाले...: "If the lime green dress is rockin', don't bother knockin'; २९/८/२०, १:०४ PM
BUMBLE BEE म्हणाले...: Little Triggers... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEXqxGztaEw

Meowwwww; २९/८/२०, १:०५ PM
Joe Smith म्हणाले...: "It's like being the Queen."

Back in the day, certainly during the time of Jackie and Ladybird, wives were still thought of as 'the little woman.'

Now for good or ill, first ladies are expected to have a cause. Melania seems to have great rapport with children, but she doesn't seem to have the need to be the center of attention. Nothing wrong with that...she still has a teenage son to raise.; २९/८/२०, १:०९ PM
Jupiter म्हणाले...: "The woman is 50 years old and still hotter than the sun."

You can say that again. In fact, I'll say that again.

"The woman is 50 years old and still hotter than the sun."; २९/८/२०, १:१३ PM
Will Cate म्हणाले...: Living in a fishbowl, one learns how to turn the smile on-and-off like that, just like a switch.; २९/८/२०, १:१५ PM
Ralph L म्हणाले...: Just be there

And greet hundreds of strangers, bores, and nitwits, and make them feel welcome and valued.; २९/८/२०, १:३२ PM
NorthOfTheOneOhOne म्हणाले...: This is nothing! Bette Midler went apeshit on Twitter when Melania gave her speech at the RNC Convention.; २९/८/२०, १:४७ PM
Rory म्हणाले...: "the First Ladies have all been pretty great — at least going back to Jackie."

Hillary Clinton's "vast right-wing conspiracy" statement is the most damaging political statement in at least 25 years. It freed half the country from extending any presumption of good faith to the opposite side, and condemned feminism to decades of naked hypocrisy.; २९/८/२०, १:५३ PM
Narayanan म्हणाले...: Michael K said...
“When I’ve been completely incognito, during the eight years in the White House, walking the dogs on the canal, people will come up and pet my dogs, but will not look me in the eye. They don’t know it’s me,” the former first lady said in “The Michelle Obama Podcast.”
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let us see - we have a group of life forms in kinetic action on the canal - and people managed to differentiate canids from homo-erectus and valued the canids more by petting.

that is discernment of a sort. Much appreciated.; २९/८/२०, २:०२ PM
JaimeRoberto म्हणाले...: My wife made all kinds of faces unconsciously in our wedding video. It happens. We get a good laugh about it whenever we watch it. It's even funnier when sped up.; २९/८/२०, २:०९ PM
Phil 314 म्हणाले...: Trying to read the tea leaves, the lime green tea leaves.; २९/८/२०, २:४७ PM
Dude1394 म्हणाले...: Anyone taking a 3 second clip is a propagandist.; २९/८/२०, ३:०५ PM
MadTownGuy म्हणाले...: BleachBit-and-Hammers said...
"OT:

Kenosha police find helmets, gas masks, more in out-of-state vehicles; arrest 9

Why are Seattle based leftwing arsonist-Nazis showing up in Kenosha?

Who or what is paying for these creeps to move around?"

There must be some kind of audit trail. The post by Second City Cop about limos picking up groups of people from Chicago sounds similar. He never mentions the name of the limo company but it's apparent he knows it as he called Great Lakes Naval to check their story.

Somebody, somewhere, knows something. I can only hope it's the good guys.; २९/८/२०, ४:०८ PM
Paul Doty म्हणाले...: Now, do Michelle.; २९/८/२०, ४:४० PM
Rory म्हणाले...: "...went out for ice cream after a soccer game. . . ."

This was her reaction: "So I stepped up and I said, ‘Excuse me? You don’t see us four people standing right here, you just jumped in line?"

My reaction, after determining the person isn't crazy or pathetic, has been, "Oh, I haven't ordered yet" or "I think I'm next." Or something that would imply that I just thought they had made a mistake. And in my 60 years I don't think that's ever gotten anything but a flustered apology.; २९/८/२०, ५:१० PM
Jupiter म्हणाले...: "When I’ve been completely incognito, during the eight years in the White House, walking the dogs on the canal, people will come up and pet my dogs, but will not look me in the eye. They don’t know it’s me."

Is that even conceivable? Walk up to a strange woman walking her dogs, and pet them, without ever acknowledging her? A strange Negro woman, in Washington DC? At least she didn't claim they asked to touch her hair.; २९/८/२०, ५:५९ PM
Jaq म्हणाले...: This kind of shit is why I deleted my Twitter account. Do it. You will be happier. It’s a mind virus, Insty is right.; २९/८/२०, ९:०६ PM
Rory म्हणाले...: "Is that even conceivable? Walk up to a strange woman walking her dogs, and pet them, without ever acknowledging her?"

I took it to mean specifically that they didn't look her in the eye. I've walked my dog by the canal and tons of other places, met literally thousands of people, and can only think of two who didn't acknowledge me. They were both small children, one autistic and the other didn't speak English.

It's not unusual not to make a lot of eye contact with dogs around. You're watching your dog to make sure he's okay with the approach and contact, and the other person should be watching that, too.; २९/८/२०, १०:०६ PM
David Duffy म्हणाले...: God has blessed Melania Trump with great beauty.; ३०/८/२०, १२:०९ AM
loudogblog म्हणाले...: I hate to say this, but she looks like an android doing a reset.; ३०/८/२०, १२:१८ PM