Posted on 09/06/2025 10:52:12 AM PDT by DFG
Does Gov. Gavin Newsom’s shtick seem familiar? There’s a good reason. You’ve seen it before. So did everyone else.
As a young man, Newsom made VHS tapes of three subjects and studied them obsessively: the smooth lefty swing of the Giants’ first baseman Will Clark; episodes of “Remington Steele”; and every speech by Bill Clinton. When Newsom was mayor, his staff always knew when he’d been studying Clinton, because he’d speak with an Arkansas twang. He still employs Clinton mannerisms on the stump: the bit lip of empathy, the genial head toggle as he adjudicates, the drill-sergeant jaw pop before he wades in.
That makes Newsom a bad copy of a bad politician.
Bill Clinton’s routine wore out a long time ago but at its peak, it was a whole lot better than Newsom because Clinton could (falsely) project empathy, and Newsom never figured out how to do that. The only credible emotion he ever shows is irritability.
And if you’re wondering about the ‘look’.
Then he began applying hair gel and wearing blazers and business suits, a costume inspired by “Remington Steele,” the TV show that starred Pierce Brosnan as a con man who assumes the identity of a glamorous private detective.
Appropriate enough since Newsom is a con man. And his inspirations are as shallow as him.
NewScum also went through an Obama phases... in which he was closely mimicking not only Barry’s staccato-style speechifying but also his expressions and head and hand movements
No no no...George Lazenby was the worst.
In the Bloggers & Personal forum, on a thread titled Newsom Stole His Routine From Bill Clinton and his outfits from Remington Steele, Liz wrote: When Newsom was mayor, his staff always knew when he’d been studying Clinton,
because he’d speak with an Arkansas twang. He still employs Clinton mannerisms on the stump:
<><>the bit lip of empathy,
<><>the genial head toggle as he adjudicates,
<><>the drill-sergeant jaw pop before he wades in.
SickeningCoincidentally, sociopaths who aspire to climb the social latter are often said to shop for a personality, or combination of personalities, they feel will 'work' for them, because they lack their own core personality (the lights are on but no one is home).
(No no no...George Lazenby was the worst.)
No he wasn’t. He and his only movie is now considered one of the best in the series. He would have been great during the 70’s but his hippie agent talked him out of a 7 film contract saying Bond was a thing of the past. One Her Majesty’s Secret Service is one of Daniel Craig and director Christopher Nolan’s favorite film.
If one reads the books Lazenby’s portrayal of 007 fits the book’s image of 007 very well. Only Daniel Craig equals or exceeds it.
Still I prefer Connery!
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