Why I Think Bush Would Make a Lousy Poker Player

Good poker players will tell you that as they play, they are always watching the other players to see if they have what's called a 'tell', some expression or physical tic that they exhibit when they have a particularly good hand or when they're bluffing. In the movie Rounders, the character KGB kept a package of Oreos next to him as he played and when he had a strong hand he would start to play with one of the Oreos. Knowing a man's tell can be a huge advantage.

Last night at Rep. Markey's town meeting, Markey ran several video clips of Bush reassuring people during the 2004 campaign that all surveillance required a warrant or a court order. Every time he'd start to talk about warrants, he'd kind of scrunch his shoulders, dip his head a bit, and half chortle condescending tone of his. Its a behavior that occurs a lot during his speeches. Since we know now that he was lying about the warants, I wonder if he's always lying when he does that. I'm going to start watching more closely and see if I can find a pattern.