Tara Dooley, an enterprising reporter for The Houston Chronicle, has found an interesting fresh angle on the Clinton-Wallace "FNS" incident. Dooley talked to Karen Bradley, director of graduate studies in dance at the University of Maryland and a certified movement analyst, for her take on Clinton's behavior. Dooley's answer: "He was ready to do that battle."
Here's Dooley: "Pressing the 'mute' button, Bradley watched a video clip and saw Clinton's determination and Wallace's attempts to calm or neutralize the situation, she said. 'We can tell how people feel mostly through their body language.'"
That's persuasive to me. Clinton came to that interview ready to play--which is to say, ready to hit Wallace, no matter what, as a way of hitting Fox News, and thus scoring a hit with the anti-Fox audience out there.
Once again, that's free speech, as well as politics. The important thing is for all of us, in our turn, to be wise about the ways of the cable game. And in this particular instance, Maryland's Karen Bradley's research supports the argument that Clinton's hit on Wallace was premeditated. So kudos again to reporter Dooley and her Chron.
And speaking of the same excellent Houston paper, Mike McDaniel scores a revealing interview with Chris Wallace, in which Wallace begins, in his quiet way, by saying that he is tired of talking about himself--no good journalist wants to be the story, as opposed to covering the story--but then does he has to do, given the situation, which is defend himself. As Wallace told McDaniel, "The Clinton spin machine is in full-wash cycle right now."
