Body Language Analysis No. 4196: Trey Gowdy on "Face The Nation" - Nonverbal and Emotional Intelligence (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Trey Gowdy, the Chairman of the House Oversight Committee was a guest on Face the Nation Sunday Morning (4 February 2018). The above video contains an excerpt of that appearance. What follows is a partial nonverbal analysis of Representative Gowdy.

MARGARET BRENNAN (beginning at 5:38): Do you think you served justice in your time in Congress?

TREY GOWDY: [Lip smack] Ah, not like I did in my previous job - I tried, ahum [∆, Loose Tongue Jut, Side to Side Head Shaking]. It's about winning in politics - and ahum [§, Regret Expression] That is not what the [stutter]c- courtroom - there's a reason - we throw out search warrants even though we found the murder weapon. There's a reason we throw out [stutter] con, c-, confessions even though we think the person did it [Ω, Loose Tongue Jut]. The process matters [Side to Side Head Shaking]. The end does not justify the means - and in [up-talking] politics - [Side to Side Head Shaking] it's just about winning - [stuttering] and, and I, I can't, I don't wanna live like that.

During 5:45 (as he says, "ahum", and just after he says, "... not like I did in my previous job - I tried ...", Representative Gowdy displays a Loose Tongue Jut.

A Loose Tongue Jut (not to be confused with a Tight Tongue Jut) is a signal of emotions: "I've been bad" or "I've been caught" (Navarro). It has a self-deprecating element to it.

Just after saying, "... It's about winning in politics - and ...", Representative Gowdy displays a classic Regret Expression (5:48).

Another Loose Tongue Jut was displayed during 6:00, just prior to Representative Gowdy saying, "... The process matters ..."

Moreover, notice how Trey Gowdy is looking down and to his right during a large portion of this exchange. This is the quadrant that most people look toward the vast majority of the time when expressing sincere and deep sadness, regret, and/or shame. 

Summary: Representative Trey Gowdy was sincere during this segment of the interview. He feels regret, sadness - and even some shame regarding his experience in the political realm.


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Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2641: John McCain with Protesters in Kiev, Ukraine - You Feel Safe There? (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Senator John McCain is currently in Kiev, Ukraine. He is speaking directly to the protesters - whom for a month have been very vocal and in large numbers objecting to their President's (Viktor Yanukovych) desire and intent to strengthen socioeconomic ties to Russia as opposed aligning with the European Union.   

McCain appeared this morning on "Face the Nation" where somewhat off-handling he was asked by Bob Schieffer (beginning at 2:19), "... Ah, We have seen scenes all week, some of these look like the scenes from the movie 'Les Misérables', ah, out there in the streets of Kiev, ah, I know you think you're bullet proof, but do you feel safe there Senator?"

McCain replies, "Ahhh I always feel safe Bob, I, I, I've told you in the past, I know I'm going to die but it's only going to be in bed."

At 2:34 as he says, "... always ..." and again at 2:35 - 2:36 as he says "... I, I, I've..." he shrugs - primarily with his left shoulder.

A shrug is an example of what is known in body language parlance as an "Emblem". An emblem has an excepted and specific meaning within a city, country, region or cultural group. Some emblems are universal or nearly so. A shrug is just such an emblem (here a partial emblem since it is mostly with his left shoulder). It is a nonverbal indicator of: "I don't know", "I don't care" or "What Does it Matter?".

In the context of a declarative statement - here, "... Ahhh I always feel safe Bob ..." this shrug strongly suggests doubt McCain has in his own words. That is, Senator McCain does not feel safe in the midst of the Kiev Protests. Note also when he shrugs in greater amplitude as he says, "... I, I, I've..." he is stuttering - which when particularly clustered with a unilateral shrug, is also strongly highly suggestive of doubt, deception and/or self-deception.

Mr. McCain's suffers from the residual effects of a peripheral Cranial Nerve VII palsy (probably Bell's palsy) on his left. This makes his facial asymmetry difficult to interpret. Shrugs can have a number of components - several on the face, the hands - and even the legs and feet.

See also:

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2583: German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle - Is Your Cell Phone Being Tapped?

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2379:  Bill Clinton's Speech at the  George W. Bush Presidential Library Opening  Body Language of Former and Current President

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2308:  Bill Burr on Conan O'Brien -  Body Language of the Abbreviated Shrug

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2623: Kim Jong-un Impersonator - A Valuable Body Language Tell

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2414:  Sen. John McCain after his Trip to Syria -  Body Language of Regret and Contempt 

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2195:  Sen. John McCain's Body Language when  Comparisons made between Condoleezza Rice to Susan Rice &  War with Iraq to Benghazi, Libya Attack

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2464:  Gen. Martin Dempsey (Chairman U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff) Sen. John McCain and The Self-Righteous Torso Wiggle Body Language on Capitol Hill

Negotiation Nonverbal Communication Secret # 1267:  John McCain, Sarah Palin and Bell's Palsy

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Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2609: John Kennedy in 1959 on "Face The Nation", "Are You Running for President?" - What His Body Language says (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Every November in the United States, people become fascinated with all things JFK - and this year being the 50th anniversary of his assassination is certainly no exception. In this flashback video of then U.S. Senator John Kennedy on "Face the Nation", there are two brief segments - one from 1958 and a second from 1959 in which the same commentator William Lawrence asks Kennedy to declare his intentions regarding his candidacy for the 1960 Presidential election.

Note: Since the original writing of this post, the video has since been deleted from its internet source.

At 1:18, Lawrence begins, "... Senator when are you going to drop this, um, public pretense of non-candidacy and frankly admit that you're already seeking the Democratic Presidential Nomination in 1960?"

This is the first frame of Kennedy when the second camera shows his face in response to Lawrence's question.

John Kennedy's face shows all the components of Full Sincere Smile:

The Senator's eyelids are partially closed - although he did have longstanding droopy skin above his right upper eyelid (dermatochalasis), his lids are further and partially closed here.

Another very important feature of a sincere smile is the dynamic concave-up furrows in each of Kennedy's lower eyelids. This is an absolute requirement for any sincere smile.

The primarily upward vectoring of the muscles of the cheeks is another requirement of a sincere smile and indeed is the cause of the above mentioned temporary lower eyelid creases.

Only the Senator's upper teeth are visible here - and with the exception of viewer or camera position, outright laughter or prolonged posing - the bottom teeth should not be seen during a sincere smile.

Finally we see no contraction of any muscles within Kennedy's forehead (This of course excludes any passive wrinkles). If any forehead contraction is seen - the smile is NEVER a sincere one.

A sincere smile (even a partial, suppressed one as long as it is sincere) - coupled with blushing is highly indicative of concealment of the truth upon being confronted. This is related to the same phenomenon which occurs during "Duping Delight". Even though this image is black and white and of low resolution - what signs are present in this example indicating the future President is also blushing?

See also:

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2134:  A Watershed Body Language Moment:  Nixon - Kennedy Debates 1960

Negotiation Nonverbal Communication Secret # 1085:  Low Confidence vs. High Confidence  Kennedy and Eisenhower 

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2601: "Governor Christie, Are You a Tea Party Republican?" Why His Answer Tells Us Whether or Not He Will Run for President in 2016  

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2474:  Mayor Bob Filner's False Smile -  Insincerity, Body Language and San Diego 

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2546: Miss America Nina Davuluri, A Beautiful Woman - but What of Her Smile? 

Negotiation Body Language Secret # 353:  Brad Pitt's Smiling Eyes -  Sincere and Insincere Smiles

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2482:  Alex Rodriguez's Sincerity  Body Language of a One-Sided Smile

Dating & Romance Nonverbal Communication Secret # 1010:  What Makes the Twinkle in Her Eye?

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Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2597: Chris Christie's Body Language Tell Regarding Obamacare (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

 
Chris Christie was a guest today on "Face the Nation". Not known for a poker-face, the Newly re-elected New Jersey Governor gave away lots of body language tells. What follows is an analysis of but one of them.

At 6:57, Norah O'Donnell begins, "Let's turn now to the President's roll out of the Affordable Care Act otherwise known as Obamacare, this week he apologized ah to the American people - said he was sorry. Do you think that's enough?"

Chris Christie: "No, it's not enough, but I, I had said to him earlier, ah, last week that he should apologize, ah, and tell people that he was wrong. In fact ..."

Norah O'Donnell: "You mean you, you were the one that suggested to President Obama that he should do an interview and say, 'I'm sorry' ?"

Chris Christie: "I'm not, I don't know if I was THE one who suggested it, but I said last week that he should um, that he should, that people should apologize, and I talked about it in general in public life. When you make a mistake, you should own up to it and apologize for it. And I think people give you credit for that. Um, The, the fact is that The President didn't tell the truth. Ahhh, it turned out NOT to be true -  that people keep their insurance policies no matter what - that they could keep their doctor no matter what. And we need to confront that issue. Um and the President needs to deal with it in a head-on way. Um, that's why I didn't do a state-based exchange in New Jersey, um to implement Obamacare, because ANYONE who's managed anything or run anything, over the course of their careers could see that this was a train wreck and I was not going to get the people of New Jersey involved in this train wreck in that way ...."

During the 5:35 - 5:36 segment - as he says, "... the fact is ...", Governor Christie displays a clear expression of contempt. This was a macroexpression of relatively long duration, which was also superimposed temporally upon more subtle contempt expressions. It is most dramatically demonstrated by his left-sided "snarl-like" face which involves an upward vectoring of his mustache area and a unilateral nostril flaring. There is also a foreshortening of the left side of his mouth and a dynamic deepening of his nasal-labial furrow. The partial closure of his left eye lids also acts as a "contempt amplifier" raising the amplitude of this negative emotion.

See also:

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2591: Chris Christie on Romney's Campaign Vetting Leak, Body Language Tells

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2538: Governor Chris Christie's Body Language Tells regarding Shutting Down the Government and Telling us He’s Running for President in 2016

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2174:  President Obama, Hurricane Sandy,  Body Language and Thumbs Backwards Arms Akimbo

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2253:  Governor Chris Christie's Rant, his Body Language and a  Highly Reliable Sign of Anger - and....

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2530: Tom Coburn, Obamacare and Anxiety - Body Language Tell on a Senator's Face 

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2596: What Motivates Ted Cruz's Regarding Anti-Obamacare, Body Language Tells on Jay Leno
 
Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2582: Jay Carney Dismisses (and is Embarrassed by) Low Obamacare Enrollment Numbers

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Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2222: Corey Booker's Body Language Indicates that He does NOT want to Run for Governor of New Jersey

Cory Booker, the Mayor of Newark, was interviewed today in on "Face the Nation". In this segment Bob Schieffer asks him if he will run in New Jersey's Gubernatorial race which is up for grabs in November, 2013. After Hurricane Sandy however, the incumbent Chris Christie enjoys approval ratings as high as 77%. Based on the nonverbal cues displayed in this video, Mayor Booker has a high degree of anxiety about running for governor of the Garden State. His body language shows significantly less anxiety when asked about the possibility of running for a U.S. Senate seat.

In short, Cory Booker's nonverbal signals indicate he has significant anxiety about running for governor this next cycle and that his heart isn't in it. He most probably will not enter the race for the New Jersey Governorship. 

Does your body language tell people your decisions ahead of time as well?

See also:

Negotiation Nonverbal Communication Secret # 1209: Even Putin has Anxiety - False Tie Adjust

Negotiation Body Language Secret # 931: Harbaugh's Fear and Anxiety

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 1901: Maria Sharapova's Anxiety 

Nonverbal Analysis # 1820: What Causes David Beckham's Greater Anxiety - Barack Obama Teasing Him About His Age or His Underwear?

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 1869: One Body Language Signal a President Should Never Display 

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 1876:  Noomi Rapace, Anxiety & False Mastication

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2186: Paula Broadwell, David Petraeus, Body Language and the man who would be President .... 

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Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2058: DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz's "False Contempt" The Importance of "Norming"

Democratic National Committee Chairwoman, Debbie Wasserman Schultz is seen in this video clip on "Face the Nation". Upon initial observation, with her obvious bias to speak out the right side of her mouth in a significantly asymmetrical fashion, one may conclude Ms. Wasserman Schultz's is exhibiting a nonverbal of contempt. However, after reviewing multiple videos of the Congresswoman from Florida taken over many months, in different settings - as well as with both friendly and adversarial subject matter, it becomes obvious that such asymmetry is for her - normal. This is certainly not to imply that she doesn't experience or display contempt - yet this emotion and its body language manifestations are is more difficult to interpret on the Chairwoman because of what for her is a normal baseline behavior.

See also:

Analysis # 1163: The Importance of "Norming" in the Evaluation of Body Language

Analysis # 2035: Mitt Romney's Body Language Amplifier - (it works on the rest of us too) 

Analysis # 1879: Aung San Suu Kyi in Thailand - Suppressed Smile

Analysis # 2062: Mitt Romney in London Speaking out the Side of His Mouth - Anxiety/Insincerity or Worse

Analysis # 1907: Governor Rick Scott tells a Lie 

Analysis # 1889: Vladimir Putin & Barack Obama at the G-20

Analysis # 2059: Musharraf has Contempt towards Pakistan's Intelligence Agency

Analysis # 1515: White House Press Secretary Jay Carney's Numerous Microexpressions and Subtle Displays of Contempt

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Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 1559: Timothy Geithner on Face the Nation

Timothy Geithner appeared on Face the Nation yesterday. He exemplified "Nonverbal Homonyms" using (subconsciously) the same hand gesture on different occasions with two different meanings. When the thumb and forefinger (index finger) are held in close proximity (but not touching), it can be a body language indication for "a little bit" or "very close". Geithner exampled this twice in this video, first during the 2:23 - 2:26 time marks, when he spoke about a small percentage of people paying more taxes and again displaying the same nonverbal with similar words during 2:51 - 2:55.

The Treasury Secretary also used this same hand gesture at the 3:58 - 4:02 mark, only this time it had a different meaning. This same hand configuration may also indicate hesitancy, ambivalence or uncertainty (Pease) - and that's the context in which he was using it here. During this occasion - the third time he used the gesture - Geithner was discussing the Obama administration's disagreement with tax cuts for the wealthy when he said, "....but you know, extending unaffordable tax cuts for the most fortunate Americans ...." - and so his verbal message was also clearly expressing a similar sentiment - one of reluctance. We can therefore conclude that Geithner's nonverbal signal was highly congruent with his spoken word - and thus based on this consistency, we should assign him a high "sincerity quotient" - at least on the basis of this video (of course, this has nothing to do whether we agree with his politics or not). If we were selecting a jury, based on this honesty display - he would pass. Voir dire away.

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