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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"And I get hot. I start sweating.
Coming from Reggie, it sounds like he's talking about their h0m0sexual sessions!
"Reagan emerged from the elevator after the quick ride from the holding room to the ground floor. Seconds behind him, David Fisher, the president's body man, and Rick Ahearn, his advance man, ran up the wide spiral staircase. ..."
- Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan By Del Quentin Wilber
Anyone remember when BO disappeared for a while one night and claimed he went to one of his daughter’s soccer games.
Problem was, there turned out to be no game?
Where oh where could he have gone.
Hmmmmm...
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/04/obama_attends_nonexistent_socc.html
I misspelled David Fischer’s name while re-typing that excerpt.
It’s a cultural thing. Most black friends of mine do not use AC, either. I’ve asked them why, and they say they like to open their windows. I have black neighbors, and they do the same thing. Unless it’s really, really cold outside, they always have their windows open, rain or shine. I’ll see brand new cars with their windows down, even on the freeway, and they usually have black drivers.
I've worked in DC and the inside of a black limo in the sun is a lot hotter than 80 degrees in the Summer, even if he means 80 degrees Celsius. Maybe Zero comes from a place a lot hotter 'n Kenya!
Now THAT’s a deep memory!!!30years!!
Someone has to fix, lube, oil, check for dents etc his 'prius.'
I know perish the visual.
Michewwwl is more of a linebacker. She uses her body trying to slam people trying to get somewhere and with a job to do.
Besides Obama was always playing for the other team as the water boy.
Every President has a body man. It’s usually a young man just out of college. It’s kind of a gopher, jack of all trades.
It sounds weird, but it is not unique. They just don’t usually run stories about them.
HYBRID ?
“Where he is from there is no air conditioning.”
Hades.
LOL, dude, he NEEDS that cellphone. It tells him what to DO.
Actually, it’s not, strictly speaking, a cellphone. It’s MINI-TOTUS
Is gopher sort of like a gerbil?
No AC in his native Kenya or adopted Indonesia.
This body man is unique in that he has a gay relationship with the loser. Loser should just admit that he is gay,, that Michelle is a beard just like Katie Holmes is for Tom Cruise (Katie has a contract just like Nicole Kidman had a contract)
Loser needs to admit he is gay. Once he does, we will see if gets the same votes as he did while he was in the closet. He stays in the closet because he knows he couldn’t win an election fair and square. He can’t be honest about who he is and still win an election. He’s greedy and dishonest.
Wonder why Reggie is gettng such special media attention? If this is the norm, wonder what the point of the story is? besides insinuating Reggie is O’s special friend.
It’s because he is the aid to the ONE.v. Has it dawned on anyone that he might be the “special” friend of a reporter?
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