When Marco Rubio made his
famous furtive dive for water, mid-speech during in the State of the Union
rebuttal, he ignited more comment than the speech itself.
To Republicans, this was just
a guy in need of a glass of water.
To everyone else, this was a
stunning moment of body language telling a story. It is not that he needed
water – that’s human enough. Or that he had to go mid-sentence to grab a gulp.
It was the furtive way he did it.
It looked as if he thought
that somehow, millions of people watching him wouldn’t notice if he left
midsentence to dive for the water.
So was he inexperienced
before the camera or was this him telling you that he believed he could hide
his true nature in plain site?
At the very least,
politicians are supposed to know how to hide their real dealings. What happens
if a politician thinks he can somehow turn invisible?
His Democratic rivals are probably thinking, “Imagine what does when no one is looking.”
Or are we reading too much
into this body drama?
Imagine if this were an funding pitch instead of a State of the Union rebuttal.
Would that have turned
off investors?
If he had an incredibly compelling pitch it might not have mattered….. anything less would have turned off
investors.
So what his rebuttal about,
anyway?
