Originally posted by séamuis only terms of politics. I was referring to him as a person. this particular moment had nothing to do with politics.
I was replying to your general statement comparing him to the other candidates. That had everything to do with politics.
And this event also had something to do with politics, which makes it difficult for me to separate this moment of signing of "thank you" to his general schmoozing of the masses from politics.
Also, there is an assumption here that the president knows sign language and knows what was said to him. Yes, he said, "thank you" in ASL, but my 6 year old girl knows how to say that. If he'd responded with something like, "I'm proud of you too", then I'd be impressed by his ASL.