Has anyone else noticed that Romney is constantly smacking his lips?

[jenmito]

Between almost every sentence, he smacks his lips-makes that annoying sound. I can't stand him-and this adds to it. I know it's trivial, but I just wanted to see if anyone else noticed it.

[rug]

1. Somebody should.

[yellerpup]

2. Trivial but irritating.

It's a play for extra attention and denotes a shallowness, IMO. "Look at me even though I am boring your pants off." (Lip-Smack) Keep looking at me! (Smack) I know I'm not saying anything important, but keep looking." I also never met anyone personally with this tic who didn't try to deceive me in some way. I hadn't noticed it on Mitt, but I tune out irrelevance pretty easily.

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. ugh. Dr. laura does that (remember her?) The radio rightwing nut

[DearAbby]

4. Body language is extremely important

the Nixon vs Kennedy debate proves this. Those who listened to the debate on the Radio, gave it to Nixon. Those who watched the debate on television, said Kennedy won hands down.

That is why Romney bugs us. He knows the lesson of Nixon vs Kennedy very well. Why he is taking the time to show "his human side"

Body language is extremely important. All of us use it naturally. It's a dimension of human communication, very natural, very powerful.

[jenmito]

10. That's why I can't wait for the debates.

I can't wait to see how Romney tries to wiggle his way out of all the lies that Obama will call him on.

[DearAbby]

15. I have a thread going about this called "Would you like to play a game?"

I had noted when he is reading via teleprompter he doesn't smack his lips, so it must be when he is speaking off the cuff...a nervous reaction. Probably like his laugh. He probably has no idea he does it until now.

The media is catching on. and they find it odd...Body Language is very important.

[jenmito]

21. I posted a link to his speech today at Liberty U. and he was using a teleprompter...

and he was still smacking his lips. His body language shows us how insincere he is.

[DearAbby]

23. I stand corrected.

Maybe it was the setting of the video I had selected, I couldnt hear the smacking. EW you're right.

[jenmito]

30. That's OK...

just more for others to dislike about him.

[Digit]

11. There is a human side to him?

I am serious when I say I have not seen a human side to Romney. There is something odd about him and yet I have been unable to figure out
just what it is.

Whatever it is, it makes me uncomfortable to hear or watch him on TV. It is like he is out of sync or something and not in a good way.

[Mutiny In Heaven]

12. He's a counterfeit human being

To look at a still you wouldn't know, but see him in action...

[jenmito]

13. I see him as a robot.

He doesn't seem to have human emotion. He pretends to laugh at times (and mostly at inappropriate times) and he moves like a robot, too.

[Mutiny In Heaven]

14. Maybe...

He was built in the future by some kind of fucked up Republican Gepetto to be his own personal President. I dread to think of what gets bigger when he lies.

[jenmito]

18. If anything,

he was built in the past which is why he has so many outdated views and positions (now). He wasn't programmed properly to show emotion, sympathy, or empathy which has been proven since the days he assaulted gay fellow students to the days he put his dog on the roof of his car.

[Mutiny In Heaven]

25. The future according to the 2012 GOP

appears to be based around a past so distant that it actually pre-dates the USA's inception. It stands to reason that the Republican of the future is even more regressive.

[jenmito]

28. Good point. n/t

[kestrel91316]

5. Tardive dyskinesia from antipsychotic meds??

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

6. Not as annoying as the chimpanzee zoo sounds George Bush made

when he would pause and go "mmm" or "unh", or when he would hunch forward on the podium and pan the room with his head while bobbing it up and down.

But Romney's drooling or whatever it is that causes him to lip smack is annoying.

[lunatica]

7. Now that you point it out I will but have you noticed

How he walks as if his shoes are two sized too small. Short and quick stubby little steps. And when he stops walking he stands with his feet close together, and looks almost as if he's clicking his heels and bowing a bit, kind of like a head bob.

[jenmito]

8. Yes...

and like he's all one wooden piece with no ability to turn his head without moving the rest of his body (including his feet) in the same direction. He's VERY annoying and not human. He's the opposite of Obama.

[DearAbby]

27. Yeah that move always creep'd me out

Turning his whole body. Robotic.

[jenmito]

9. You can see it here:

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/RomneyCom He starts at min. 36. He smacks his lips after almost every sentence.

[treestar]

16. Just saw that

Thanks for the link.

That is a bad habit. He's going to annoy a lot of people with it.

[jenmito]

19. No problemo...

I agree he'll annoy a lot of people with it. Especially during the debates. I bet his numbers tank after the debates.

[DearAbby]

24. Thanks, very interesting thread Jenmito

[FSogol]

17. Constant prevarication drys the mouth.

[spanone]

20. he's a frickin' robot. soul-less contraption.

empty suit

[jenmito]

22. That's how I see him, too...

and I bet the majority of voters will see him the same way.

[DearAbby]

26. exactly why his Unfavorable is rising

more people see Romney the more they dislike him. Many will say I can't put my finger on it...its body language. Says one thing, means something totally different.

[jenmito]

29. Yup...

anyone can see that he's a phony, insincere robot. He mustn't win or we're in trouble since he'll do whatever the teabaggers want him to do.