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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Yes. George W. Bush's, through most of his administration, was a young man named Blake Gottesman.
“Mr Obama, who is known to keep his Oval Office at temperatures reminiscent of his native Hawaii.”
Not long after he lectured us all on the campaign trail that we could keep setting our thermostats to 72 degrees or somesuch. *eyeroll*
Pictures are soooo telling.
3 years and we are just NOW hearing about Obama’s gay boy toy?
i figured that's what his Bodyman was for...
The McCain campaign plane is better than Obama's, which is cramped, uncomfortable and smells terrible most of the time. Somehow the McCain folks manage to keep their charter clean, even where the press is seated.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2008/10/report_obamas_plane_and_campai.asp
His constant companion has the right name.
"And I get hot. I start sweating. And I'm like, it's 80 degrees in this car. I'm going to pass out."
He's from Kenya dude.
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!
that's a possible
Is six feet four really towering? Tall, but not towering.
So I guess the “bodyman” job is open. . . Chris?
In centuries past there was the “king’s companion” or “king’s friend”.
HahaHa- Yes I hear it is really hot down there
He must know where the prayer rugs are kept
> Yes. George W. Bush's, through most of his administration, was a young man named Blake Gottesman.
GWB had two, one you named, and another. Many prior Presidents and other notables (Governors, Senators, First Ladies, etc.) did. A few are mentioned here:
Imagine the stench.
No wonder they call him BO.
Meds
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