Repubs trash Obama's "phony jaunt" - the way he walks up to the podium

[Liberal_in_LA]

The president’s gait reveals him to be a poseur, according to a rather interested party—Romney surrogate John Sununu. In a Q and A in Sunday’s New York Times magazine, Sununu explained his previous statement (actually a double insult!) in which the former White House chief of staff to George H.W. Bush said that Obama’s phony almost-Southern accent was as “phony as his jaunt when he runs up and down Marine One.”

Asked to define “phony jaunt,” Sununu explained: “Every time you see him climbing up or down stairs, he elevates his arms and does this pumping, trying to look like a well-trained and trim dynamic individual. It’s something he does all the time, particularly when he’s climbing up to a podium to speak or address a crowd. This president understands that he got elected on the basis of style and not substance, and I think he’s trying to preserve style.”

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Romney’s considerably stiffer stride has been the subject of chatter as well. The candidate released a glowing report from his doctor last month, testifying to cardiovascular health that is the result of regular workouts. So what’s with the short, choppy little steps?

Someone who has spent time with the candidate blames his tiny stride on plantar fasciitis—an inflammation of tissue on the bottom of the foot—aggravated by years of running. Regardless of the cause, there seems little doubt—Romney has trouble really stepping out.

The Nation devoted an essay in August to the Republican’s somewhat reticent physical presence. “Not only does he have no physical swagger,” wrote Leslie Savan, “but he seems to recoil from the very space a swagger might propel him into.”

Captured on video in the spring, confirmed liberal Dan Aykroyd had his own theory about the “funny walk” of Romney: “He wears a girdle, I think.”

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-how-romney-obama-walk-20121001,0,1138326.story

[JaneyVee]

1. PROJECTION ALERT!

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. lol I know!

[hibbing]

30. Hehehe

Hey,
Nice, of course it is. I can't believe these idiots. Especially after all the fake bullshit of *

Peace

[fleur-de-lisa]

3. Really? That's all they've got these days?

Yet another sign of a campaign losing badly and spiraling out of control!

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. gait-gate

[flamingdem]

34. LOL nt

[Gman]

4. OK tell you what...

I'd like to see Sununu run up the stairs to AF1 and and then Obama and see who's out of breath and who's not. Then we'll see how phony someone is.

[Mponti]

6. I want to see Romney bowl

[MrScorpio]

7. This isn't The Onion?

You can never tell sometimes.

[Liberal_in_LA]

12. no, not the Onion

[PCIntern]

8. That creepy sack of shit Sununu...I can't BELIEVE that we have to deal with him

again after all these years of him in his hidey-hole. He probably can't get past the fact that it was he who gave us Justice Souter, and he's trying to make up for that by being the World's Biggest Prick.

He wins that award...today. Wait until tomorrow when someone else from the Romney camp rises to the occasion.

[Chipper Chat]

9. Racist Goppers are afraid to just come out and say:

"He shuffles up to the podium."

[demwing]

10. John Sununu is a dick

no flashy retort, because none is needed. He's just a dick...

[notadmblnd]

11. I have callouses on my feet too but it doesn't make me look like I have something stuck up my ass

when I walk. That's his excuse? Seriously, callouses? A man with all his money can't afford to get his callouses removed?

[louis-t]

13. Ask Su-no-no what he thought of bush's 'tough guy' look.

Arms bowed out to the side with sleeves rolled up. Talk about a phony swagger.

[Liberal_in_LA]

14. good point.

[Cha]

15. They're sooo F****** Jealous..they can't see straight.

I started to write "think straight" but that's always a problem. Deal with it assholes.

[GoneOffShore]

16. Mittens god Moroni gave him a wedgie with his "magic underwear".

[Proud Liberal Dem]

17. Didn't they use to love (brag about) George W. Bush's "swagger"?

Oh yeah, different day, Democratic POTUS.

[OldDem2012]

18. Remember how Georgie Porgie used to hold his arms out from his side?

Hilarious!

[tanyev]

33. “Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called "walking."

Oh yeah, they ate it up.

[trof]

19. Jaunt? Wrong word.

Jaunt: an excursion undertaken especially for pleasure

Well, Obama does seem to be a happy campaigner.

Possibly Dummass Sunununununu meant 'Jaunty'?
Yeah, THAT fits.
1. Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
2. Crisp and dapper in appearance; natty.

[Lex]

20. Oh, so this is the latest version of their "uppity black man" whine

it sounds like to me.

[grasswire]

22. yeah I'm surprised they didn't call it a "pimp walk" ....

....or even a "ball and wing"

[d06204]

21. Surely, these can't be the comments of a serious

man? Sununu has to be one of the most hate-filled political surrogates ever.

[gollygee]

23. Huh?

What extreme nitpicking is this. They don't like him because of how he walks and climbs stairs? He is simply moving from one place to another. That's all.

Sigh.

[CakeGrrl]

24. If they're down to this...

[flamingdem]

36. seriously

watch the msm pick this up!

[Lisa D]

25. Sununu says Obama is "trying to look like a well-trained and trim, dynamic individual."

Gee, maybe that's because Obama actually is a well-trained and trim, dynamic individual.

It's called AUTHENTICITY--obviously a difficult concept for too many republicans.

[mainer]

26. So he's not really "trim and dynamic?" It's all an illusion?

I didn't know you could fake being trim. The power of Magic Obama!

[City Lights]

27. Fuck off, Sununu. eom

[polichick]

28. They're just pissed that he looks cool, while their guys strut around...

...like stuffed turkeys.

[Warren DeMontague]

29. Yes, if anyone knows a well trained physique, its John Sununu.

Im not even gonna go there on "trim"

[kiranon]

31. It beats Romney's mincing steps any day and no comments from

Sununu can change that. Good try but fail. It only draws attention to how much better Obama looks than Romney and would anyone want Romney mincing anywhere near Marine One? The more one sees of Romney the easier it is to dislike him. Perhaps Romney should roller skate out to the podium for effect.

[Turbineguy]

32. Yes

I do miss that "I'm an old man and my hemorrhoids hurt" gait.

[WinkyDink]

35. The word we're supposed to fixate on is "phony." Obama is a "phony" President, according to Rushco.

[aikoaiko]

37. WTF does John Sununu know about "well-trained and trim dynamic individuals"

He is the meanest political hack out there.