Why does Mitt sound so much like Buzz Lightyear? He has such a disturbingly fake voice.

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9. Personally, I think it's contempt.

He simply sounds contemptuous of anyone to whom he's speaking, one on one or in a speech. He is a little dissociated, in his own head rather than with the person he's with, slightly irritable when asked anything directly. He doesn't seem to see any question as an invitation, but as a challenge. It's so strong it gets in the way of good judgment, as with that $10,000 bet with Perry. He's so shocked at being questioned that his mouth literally hangs open, then he shoots something off that's a poor attempt at humor or a slightly snarky counterattack.

Sociopath? No. But I do think he believes himself annointed and any indication to the contrary gets through the veneer he's trying to maintain of being anything other than just plain contemptuous of his "lessers", i.e. us.