Nixon-ish
I believe it's Mike Huckabee (what an "aw shucks!" kind of name) who lost over 100 pounds and appeared, nervous as all get-out, on The Colbert Report awhile back to try to inject some adrenaline (or, in Colbert's case, testosterone) into his campaign.
He reminds me of Richard Nixon on some level--I'm not sure if it's the nervous squirmy-ness or a more physical resemblance. He made some really awkward jokes on the show, probably because of his nerves, but he seems really out of touch, as if behind a shell of "I'm trying my darndest to appear like how I think I should look."
He strikes me as disingenous and lacking in confidence, much like the rascally Nixon. I liked how Helen Thomas put it (and just about everything else) in her recent interview with the ever-jovial and somewhat annoyingly tepid Tim Russert, that Nixon took the wrong turn at every single opportunity. That goes with my overall perception of Nixon as an almost tragic figure; hopelessly out of touch with no clue how to get in touch. I think he was supremely insecure and deeply resentful of others, which is probably what led him to break the law.
He reminds me of Richard Nixon on some level--I'm not sure if it's the nervous squirmy-ness or a more physical resemblance. He made some really awkward jokes on the show, probably because of his nerves, but he seems really out of touch, as if behind a shell of "I'm trying my darndest to appear like how I think I should look."
He strikes me as disingenous and lacking in confidence, much like the rascally Nixon. I liked how Helen Thomas put it (and just about everything else) in her recent interview with the ever-jovial and somewhat annoyingly tepid Tim Russert, that Nixon took the wrong turn at every single opportunity. That goes with my overall perception of Nixon as an almost tragic figure; hopelessly out of touch with no clue how to get in touch. I think he was supremely insecure and deeply resentful of others, which is probably what led him to break the law.
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