Barack Obama is offering a symbolic nod to Jewish supporters while he sells out Israel.Door-to-door salesmen used to have a trick with stay-at-home moms, to get into their homes and make their sales. They would do their well-rehearsed patter --- Good Morning, Mrs. X, may I call  you Mrs. X? What a fine morning isn't it? -- to establish that magic rapport, smiling and making eye contact, and simultaneously moving closer and closer to the lady standing in the doorway. Humans need to keep several feet of social distance, and as the nice salesman was politely prattling he was constantly encroaching on her personal space, so she had keep moving backward more and more until the con guy was standing in the doorway. She would keep backing up, transfixed by the sales patter, until he had made his way into living room and was well into his sales pitch. Very effective if you could pull it off. Just keep talkin', keep moving forward, and keep the mark hypnotized with talk. That's Obama. It's...(Read Full Post)