Originally Posted By: Danito

"He physically personality-wise comes across as if he was designed by East German scientists to be the perfect android politician, and his answers come across that way."
Can somebody explain this reference to me? I'm from East Germany, and I have no idea what that guy is talking about. Chancelor Angela Merkel is an East German scientist and a politician at the same time. Does she look like a "perfect android politician"? (I think, there hasn't been a single attractive East German politician in the last 100 years. smile )


It's not a reference so much to Mitt's handsomeness or the attractiveness of East German politicians (not one in the last 100 years, really?? lol ) but to the stereotype of German engineering acumen and to the stereotype of East German Olympic cheating. Mitt looks like a politician should look; he's tall, comes across as affable and reasonable but much like an android, he seems to have little ability to connect with people, can't think on his feet or react to changing conditions, and seems to be programmed.


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