Is There a Chance Voters Will Find Romney's Klutziness Endearing?
Mitt Romney occasionally comes off as so out of touch he might as well be a foreigner. We laugh at his gaffes and his malapropisms, but when Dubya did the same thing, voters found it endearing.
Can it be that Romney's clumsiness will strike a sympathetic chord among voters? Is Mitt the millionaire you can like?
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the bank in the USA and his money bounced to the Cayman Islands.
If only because we know the consequences of it can be.
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I'm just asking the question.
Oh, and no. I don't think being a buffoon is going to endear him to anyone.
Gallup previously reported a big advantage for Obama when Americans were asked to choose whether Obama or Romney was more likable. The June 7-10 poll -- which asked Americans to rate Obama and Romney separately on each characteristic -- supports that conclusion, but finds that most Americans still perceive Romney as likable.
Overall, half of Americans believe both candidates are likable, with 28% ascribing this trait only to Obama and 12% only to Romney. Just 4% consider neither candidate likable.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/155351/Likability-Top-Characteristic-Romney-Obama.aspx
Bush is klutzy and awkward, but in a different way. He isn't very bright and is inclined to saying things that made you think he had some kind of learning disability. And occasionally he showed up with some kind of scrape or injury on his face, like the time he fell off the couch because he "choked on a pretzel." I suspect alcohol may have been involved more than mere klutziness. "Klutzy" just suggests physical clumsiness, like Gerald Ford was said to have been (actually, Ford wasn't normally clumsy - he was a former athlete - but he had the misfortune of having been photographed falling down the steps of AF1, and Chevy Chase ran with it).
Mittens doesn't seem to be unusually physically clumsy. He's not especially athletic but he doesn't fall down steps or choke on pretzels. His awkwardness arises from his inability to relate to people outside his social class. He's spent his whole life in a privileged bubble. He probably doesn't even talk to the help except to tell them to fetch something. So when he tries to do the normal politician's meet-and-greet routine he has no idea what to say. He seems more alien than klutzy, and that isn't endearing. Bush seemed at least kind of friendly in his stupid, incoherent way. You could have a beer with him, although after he'd drunk all your beer he'd pee in your rosebushes, puke on your shoes and pass out on your living room floor. Romney would refuse your offer of beer, say something rude about the lemonade you served instead ("This is that canned stuff, right? Doesn't taste like fresh-squeezed."
, and then leave as quickly as possible, and his chauffeur would knock over your mailbox in the process.
