Few images look worse than an angry person who points at someone during a confrontation. Better to keep one’s hands at one’s side, or in one’s pockets if the temptation to gesture is too strong.
This is especially true when the woman pointing is poorly dressed, with unfashionable, loud clothing, poor makeup over leathery skin, and a hair color that cannot possibly be natural to her.
It’s worse when the object of her ire is a phlegmatic politician who knows how to goad her without gesturing at all.
Admittedly, Gov. Brewer of Arizona isn’t a national political candidate, as Pres. Obama has been for years. Still, she might have more sense than to be photographed in a way that only shows Obama to his advantage.
