Posted on 11/22/2011 5:16:46 PM PST by bruinbirdman
President Barack Obama's personal aide, gatekeeper and basketball sparring partner Reggie Love says that one of the coolest jobs in the world sometimes has its downside – no air conditioning.
Mr Love, who is Mr Obama's 'body man', a cross between a personal valet and constant companion, is due to step down later this year to attend business school.
In an interview due to be broadcast on ABC television, the 30-year-old said: "The thing that used to kill me is that the guy loves to ride around with the AC off in the summertime.
"And I get hot. I start sweating. And I'm like, it's 80 degrees in this car. I'm going to pass out."
Mr Obama, who is known to keep his Oval Office at temperatures reminiscent of his native Hawaii, was a senator when he first brought the towering six-foot-four former college basketball star into his orbit in 2006.
Mr Love is always with Mr Obama, in the White House, on his Marine One helicopter, as the president shakes hands on a ropeline at campaign events, or criss-crosses the globe aboard his Air Force One official aeroplane. He is often asked for a pen so the president can sign T-shirts and acts as his partner on the basketball court.
The two have flown 880,780 miles together since Mr Obama launched his historic 2008 run for the White House, according to researchers at ABC television.
US presidents are known to carry little if anything in their pockets, so Mr Love carries a bag with travel essentials: collar stays, stain remover, and dental products that Obama does not hesitate to use in front of him.
"If he had it his way, I think he'd floss in private," Mr Love said. "I think the fact that he
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I don't like the AC, don't use it and avoid it whenever and wherever I can.
In fact, I dislike any sort of artificially-generated breeze hitting me regardless of the temperature of the breeze or the ambient air temperature.
sad but prolly true
David Fischer
Even if Bush had an assistant, bush wasn’t having sex with him like loser is supposed to have with reggie which is why he was driven out prior to the upcoming election. loser is gay.... the dems just need to admit loser is gay. too many people know that loser is gay. just cuz loser and reggie love are going to be even MORE on the down low and will get off on their lusting for each other... needs to be exposed. Michelle is a beard.
Woops.
“stain remover” - a post-Clinton addition to the must-have list
Loser is gay. People in DC, NC and Chicago have the details. Hopefully tony rezko’s family will expose loser’s gay past.
Loser is gay. People in DC, NC and Chicago have the details. Hopefully tony rezko’s family will expose loser’s gay past.
What a wimpy generation we have bred.
"Now cover up your left eye and tell me if you can read the bottom line on the teleprompter, Mr. President."
” 3 years and we are just NOW hearing about Obama’s gay boy toy? “
The NYT actually had a very eyebrow raising story on Reggie and Barry during the 2008 campaign.
When I read it, I seriously thought that they were preparing Americans for our first gay president.
NYT May 27 ,2008
On The Court And On The Trail One Aide Looms Over Obama “
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/27/us/politics/27reggie.html?pagewanted=all
Bells went off when I read this passage :
” Mr. Love, who played football and basketball at Duke, usually starts the day with Mr. Obama with a dawn workout
in the hotel gym.
They end the day more than 15 hours later,
often unwinding before bed
by watching ESPN’s “SportsCenter”
or that night’s big game.
(Mr. Obama sometimes flosses his teeth to ESPN while lying down.) “
Here’s an earlier article :
Nov 2007 “ Obama’s body man keeps him fit, fed and hydrated “
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2007/11/obamas_body_man_keeps_him_fit.html
“Reggie Love makes sure the water bottle is always full,
the PowerBars are stocked and
that the boss gets out of bed on time for his daily exercise regimen. “
One can only imagine how the 25 yr old Reggie got Barry out of bed.
There are tons of pictures of the two of them together
and Barry always looks euphoric..unlike when he’s photographed with Michelle.
This may explain why Barry preferred Reggie to Michelle.
Barry was raised in Indonesia by a gay transvestite nanny.
The New York Times broke the news to the world last November
as Barry was preparing to go to Indonesia.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/09/world/asia/09indo.html
” the young Obama, ....was exposed to another aspect
of Jakarta’s diversity.
“ His nanny was an openly gay man “ who locals said had an affair with the neighborhood butcher.
“ The nanny later joined a group of transvestites called Fantastic Dolls,
who, like the many transvestites who remain
fixtures of Jakarta’s streetscape,
entertained people by dancing and playing volleyball.”
A book about Barry’s mother revealed that the nanny , named Saman , slept in the same bed as Barry.
“ Saman said, he and Barry were preparing to go to sleep.
They often slept in the same place,
sometimes in the bunk bed in Barry’s room, sometimes on the dining room floor or in the garden.”
Reptiles are cold blooded animals.
His home is a lot hotter than Kenya.
“Mr Obama has been to 31 countries – a few more than once – and 40 of the 50 US states since his January 2009 inauguration, according to statistics kept by CBS News, with Mr Love a fixture at his side.”
What? 40? I thought it was 57 going on 58.
“Do other presidents have men that keep them company? I never heard of such a thing.”
Well, he is married to Mooshell right? Some things drive some to drink and others to men buddies.
“Reggie Love”
When I first heard the name, I recalled the name of one of the chief characters in the Gresham book The Client. Reggie Love was played by Susan Saradon in the movie by the same name. Another lefty Saradon.
Fixed it.
Hot temperatures remind Omoslem of Mecca.
He should be carrying a pocket US Constitution.
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