Have you ever tried to figure out Romney's strange facial expression?

[Armstead]

Watching him in speeches and the debate, have you ever noticed the very strage look Romney gets on his face when he eother has to wait for applause or (in a debate) wait for Obama to finish talking?

It's really odd and disconcerting. He sort of purses his lips and gets this almost deliberately blank stare. It's not really a smile, but he turns the ends of his lips up slightly...He also tops his head ever so slghtly.

Maybe it's just his drama coach's advice to blank out and not reveal anything.....Maybe like a good ceo or con man, he's just tyhinking "Hurry up you dopes so I can say what I want."..... Dunno, but it's very odd.

[2on2u]

1. Still running 3g, he's buffering.n/t

[treestar]

48. lol

[factsarenotfair]

2. Sociopaths have to imitate human emotions and expressions. n/t

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. He's still running on an old 386 processor.

[LiberalFighter]

15. That's fast for him.

Even with only 512 mb ram

[valerief]

27. the guy is a punch card.

[Kalidurga]

4. He's constipated...

or just full of crap.

[lexx21]

25. I said EXACTLY the same thing to Supernova the night of the debate!

I thought either he was holding in a huge Taco Bell turd or he was having the ancient Chinese disorder of "hung chow".

[liberalmuse]

5. Yes!

The sis and I were talking about this during brunch today. He has some very odd mannerisms.

Edited out of consideration for the grammar police.

[NRaleighLiberal]

6. painful rectal itch? hemorrhoids? cough due to cold?

[progressivebydesign]

7. I honestly read it as ENTITLEMENT. He has the look of some King that thinks his subjects love him..

he is basking in the adoration... seriously... Everything about him screams narcissist. I truly believe that the weird smile and glazed eyes is him 'basking' in the 'love.' Creepiest damn politician since Nixon. Something very very wrong with him. I've watched the videos of him in Iowa in that interview, and he's just messed up.

But that look, to me, is sort of him thinking "I'm a king" They adore me... and it creeps me the fuck out.

[aletier_v]

16. Yes, there's something wrong with him.

Hard to say if it's terminal or extent & nature of danger but

he should not be president.

There are better, more predictable choices, more in line with the general population.

He shouldn't have been nominated.

[barbiegeek]

19. Can you post interview link

[ProudProgressiveNow]

46. +1000 nt

[docgee]

52. That's what I think..

It's his "Golly, I'm so much better than you" look.

[Recursion]

8. It's called "being a douchebag"

He can't help it. Have some sympathy.

[libodem]

18. snort

That was funny.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

9. He's creepy

he looks like he has a sordid side

[Faith9326]

10. Ha

You mean when he looks like he has passed a kidney stone, but doesn't want anyone to know he's in pain?

[MountainMazza]

11. I agree...very odd ...

I've been looking for a "tell" as to what he is really thinking ....but all I see that weird expression...maybe it's a mask of sorts.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

12. That's his

"I'm pretending I am listening to you and care about your opinion" face.

[LiberalFighter]

17. That reminds me of Sheldon's happy for someone face.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

26. Like it really hurts him to someone else happy.

[naaman fletcher]

13. yes, he is a psycopath in the clinical sense

Im not saying he is a "bad" guy. He seems like a good dad and husband.

But he is a psychopath. He only knows how to follow rules. I dont think he has any ability at all to understand or read other people.

That "look" you describe betrays it. Its the look of a child trying to understand what is going on around him.

[Faith9326]

20. Wow

"Its the look of a child trying to understand what is going on around him."


So true.

[world wide wally]

14. One of the best kept secrets of the Romney campaign is that he has absolutely no control of...

his bowel movements. When most people simply pass gas, Romney.... well........ you get the picture.
But that is what those pauses are.

[Armstead]

49. If true, he must pass a lot of gas....It is so constant and rythmic

[tufnel]

21. It's really odd

He says something that's most likely a lie, turns his head to the left and pauses with the most robotic fake smile on his face until the crowd cheers, waits 1-2 seconds then turns his head to the right.

The look is something along the lines of "now cheer me peons".

[ProudProgressiveNow]

47. +1 nt

[mahina]

22. Church Lady goes to the proctologist.

Condescending patronizing smarmy selfish anachronistic douchebag-itis.

It's incurable.

[pnwest]

23. I'm in the drama coach school of thought. That look

strikes me as a "nonthreatening, politely listening, while excercising great patience because I HAVE to let you speak now" facial expression. Or the romneybots best facsimile attempt at it.

[ashtonelijah]

24. You mean that condescending, "I give a shit" face?

Which really means, "I'm going to pretend I give a shit about you, but I really don't, and I wish you would just stop talking already so I can stop with this blank-smile-stare."

Yeah, I know the look.

[Armstead]

50. That seems to be part of it...But it's spookier than that

[valerief]

28. I think he's accustomed to "running the show," but campaigning--wooing people--

requires a display of give and take. He only knows how to take, so he's faking the give. He's not a good actor.

[Guilded Lilly]

29. It is his Faux-Savior Gaze of Alternate Universe Superiority (n/t)

[RevStPatrick]

30. My friends and I talked about this when we watched the debates together...

We missed the first one, but watched the second and third as a group.
It was very disconcerting.

However... On the one hand... I think part of it was that he didn't want to get Al Gored.
A single "pshaw" and that would have been a talking point for a week.
Same for Obama. He also had his "game face" on, it's just that his is a little nicer looking.

On the other hand... did you notice that neither one of them touched their faces at all during the debates?
Same thing, they didn't want to get Al Gored for yawning of picking their nose or rubbing their eyes or anything. Have you ever gone 90 minutes without scratching or rubbing or picking or yawning?

Frankly, I think it is inhuman what we put these people through.
And it's the fucking media's fault for being such a raving bunch of douchebags.

That being said, the way Romney acted was just weird.
At least Obama appeared human.
Romney did not...

[demhottie]

31. This post needs illustrative still shots

[libdem4life]

32. Something is wrong with him. Nature, nurture or accident in France, but the wiring isn't all there.

Facial responses...inappropriate or lack thereof ... is one of the ways young children are screened for Special Ed. He could not get hired for a real job because HR people have the same skills.

My guess is some major cash passed hands, somehow, somewhere to make Mitt a sacrificial lamb and this a election a Republican pass for 2016 when it will be a real race. He's the only one in the initial lineup, at least as I recall, without somewhat of a base to return to and wait for later. After this, Mitt goes home to Ann and the family.

Ryan, OTOH, a bit curious.

[aletier_v]

36. I've seen Ryan's type, I used to debate Anarcho-capitalists

Enough intelligence to understand "supply and demand".

But not enough to understand "supply and demand" + other equations.

Ayn Rand's greatest skill was playing to their ego,
convince them that they "coulda been a contender"
cept'n for that Ole E-ville Guberment.

The ACs are almost always "B" and "C" stringers convinced
that they're "A" level but... they aren't.

In Ryan's case, you've got a guy who's never worked, really.

[libdem4life]

38. How quickly we forget...the Randians. Remember "Small is Beautiful" by Schumacher?

How I miss the old college days.

[aletier_v]

39. that's my sig line

[libdem4life]

45. So it is. It's been a long time. May the Force be with you.

[longship]

33. Ever heard of deja vu?

It's a downloading of new operating software, a change in the Matrix.

[aletier_v]

43. The Matrix was an interesting meme

It set off long-range belief changes which reverberated for over a decade.

Unusually strong for a movie, and even today there are measurable residual effects.

[Faith9326]

34. Added a pic. This is a less severe version of that smirk

[demhottie]

41. Oh THAT look

It's just a practiced look of condescention bordering on pity. It probably works when he is dealing with angry laid off workers. Out of place when getting your clock cleaned by POTUS.

It was fun seeing him continue to attempt it while his top lip was getting sweaty.

[MajPayne2]

35. Anal Leakage????

trying to hold in that load of hot hamburger....

[tevolit]

37. Ain't I adorable.

Imagine a parent looking at their child and saying, "oh you are such an Angel".

Well, Romney wants you to be thinking that about him when he says, something like, "we should vote out of LOVE".

Yes, he tilts his head and tries to get that look of an Angel.

I have often seen this, insincere, "oh, ain't I sweet" look.

[Sugarcoated]

40. To me he looks like

he's smelling his own farts.

[Third Doctor]

42. I just think they are small ticks in his program.

The maintenance people from Disney World's hall of President's have to come tweek it from time to time. He was made by the same manufacturer.

[NCLefty]

44. One of the pundits said his head moved like a sprinkler when giving a speech

Where he says a few words, then his head cocks a bit more to the side and he says a few more. It's kind of funny because he does do this to some degree. Watch during his concession speech

[Myrina]

51. Tolerating a SERF speaking in his presence

Silly serfs, don't waste Sir Mittens' valuable time! He doesn't care what you think. Or even IF you think!!