Who's met Schimpanski face-to-face?

[MrModerate]

I ask because all these media twits keep saying "yeah I hated the dork, but when he shook my hand this feeling swept over me and I realized HE'S JUST A REGULAR GUY!"

I've only seen him on TV, giving speeches (badly), interviews (clumsily), and debates (inarticulately). He seems charmless, dull, smarmy, and a thoroughgoing jerk.

So is this mystery charisma the real deal or an invention of Karl Rove and the Kool-Aid kids?

Anybody here been charmed by the frog prince?

[Buns_of_Fire]

1. (Don't everybody post at once, now...)

:evilgrin:

[tcfrogs]

2. I met him in 1989

When he was "just" the managing partner of the Texas Rangers, and the son of the President. I watched about five innings of a game with him in the front row at old Arlington Stadium.

He was a very engaging, nice person to be around. I have posted this at DU before, and was probably flamed for it. I don't care. That was when I was a college student and he was rather far from being the head resident in the White House.

[Lisa]

4. I've heard he can be quite charming with people he likes ...

No flaming from me, tcfrogs.

There's no question that he can be nice, when he wants to be. A professional politician wouldn't get far, otherwise.

[BrklynLiberal]

3. As Molly Ivins said in one of her columns once, "I really like my dry

cleaner. I wouldn't mind having a beer with him. But I wouldn't vote for him for President!!!"

[Hissyspit]

5. Ted Bundy was said to be very charming

...and nice looking