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SoutherDem

(2,307 posts)
Fri Jul 6, 2012, 07:21 PM Jul 2012

I am sure I have just missed it,

but, does Romney ever hug anyone? I mean I just saw a clip of him from the 4th, he was shaking hands at a distance. I am constantly seeing pictures of Obama hugging people.

Does Romney not hug,
Does no one want to be hugged by Romney,
Or have I just missed it?

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I am sure I have just missed it, (Original Post) SoutherDem Jul 2012 OP
he's a very uncomfortable person i think. barbtries Jul 2012 #1
Would you want to hug him Control-Z Jul 2012 #2
I would not want to shake his hand quaker bill Jul 2012 #13
I'd like to see someone analyze footage of him shaking hands and meeting people. brewens Jul 2012 #3
They would also find that SoutherDem Jul 2012 #10
He hugged that kid when he held him down to cut his hair RedStateLiberal Jul 2012 #4
I'm sure if he isn't hugging people now someone will soon teach him how to do it. mucifer Jul 2012 #5
You mean ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2012 #6
There's germs, GERMS! xfundy Jul 2012 #14
Look at the wave runner picture with his wife rufus dog Jul 2012 #7
He's so stiff we call him Mitt Zombie. Bluenorthwest Jul 2012 #8
good one zoehenry Jul 2012 #11
He's avoiding catching cooties from the proles arcane1 Jul 2012 #9
Don't you know your manners HeiressofBickworth Jul 2012 #12
No, his animatronics aren't that advanced. n/t Akoto Jul 2012 #15

barbtries

(28,810 posts)
1. he's a very uncomfortable person i think.
Fri Jul 6, 2012, 07:24 PM
Jul 2012

i avoid watching him or listening to him at all so i can't say if he ever hugs anyone.

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)
2. Would you want to hug him
Fri Jul 6, 2012, 07:26 PM
Jul 2012

or be hugged by him? Maybe he has figured out how offensive he is and is trying to respect people's space? Nah. He's just a cold, antisocial, bastard.

quaker bill

(8,224 posts)
13. I would not want to shake his hand
Fri Jul 6, 2012, 10:49 PM
Jul 2012

I probably would just to not make a scene. (I once shook hands with JEB - he was in my office, coming out as I was walking in... tough to avoid). Hug him? I don't think so.

brewens

(13,613 posts)
3. I'd like to see someone analyze footage of him shaking hands and meeting people.
Fri Jul 6, 2012, 07:27 PM
Jul 2012

Wanna bet you see him be very careful, never touching his face or anything. I bet he'd wear surgical gloves if he could. He probably washes his hands or uses sanitizer immediately.

SoutherDem

(2,307 posts)
10. They would also find that
Fri Jul 6, 2012, 07:34 PM
Jul 2012

Romney's crowds are very white, maybe a black here or there serving or working but not showing up to hear him speak.
Obama on the other hand has young and old, black and white, a complete slice of America.

RedStateLiberal

(1,374 posts)
4. He hugged that kid when he held him down to cut his hair
Fri Jul 6, 2012, 07:27 PM
Jul 2012

That was his last human embrace. He has been known to hug his refrigerator on occasion for warmth.

mucifer

(23,558 posts)
5. I'm sure if he isn't hugging people now someone will soon teach him how to do it.
Fri Jul 6, 2012, 07:29 PM
Jul 2012

Reagan was a fairly good actor regarding this type of thing.

 

rufus dog

(8,419 posts)
7. Look at the wave runner picture with his wife
Fri Jul 6, 2012, 07:30 PM
Jul 2012

About three inches of space.

I think he likely whacked off into a turkey baster and his wife took if from there to impregnate herself.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
8. He's so stiff we call him Mitt Zombie.
Fri Jul 6, 2012, 07:31 PM
Jul 2012

It's hard with the cosmetics do do a lot of random hugging of 'the gentiles' without leaving marks and greasy spots.

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
9. He's avoiding catching cooties from the proles
Fri Jul 6, 2012, 07:33 PM
Jul 2012

Like when Bush shook that Haitian(?) man's hand and then wiped it off on Bill Clinton

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