# What is happening to Romney here? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 26, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-happening-to-romney-here/747164 "2016-02-26T03:11:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-happening-to-romney-here/747164/1 "2016-02-26T03:11:48Z")
Not getting into politics on GQ, don’t worry. I just wondered if anyone saw this and can explain what on earth is [going on here.](https://twitter.com/thefix/status/703051120453754881) ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-happening-to-romney-here/747164/2 "2016-02-26T03:56:30Z")
That looks like his wife putting her hands on his ears - probably a mock “don’t listen to that, Mitt” ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-happening-to-romney-here/747164/3 "2016-02-26T04:14:26Z")
Exhibitionist foreplay with role reversal to make it interesting – she’s giving him head. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-happening-to-romney-here/747164/4 "2016-02-26T04:15:37Z")
My guess: He got asked a question and she was physically instructing him that the answer was no. (If it was after 2012, which I think it was since he was there to talk about “new life,” it was probably if he was going to run for president again.) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-happening-to-romney-here/747164/5 "2016-02-26T04:41:24Z")
Read his lips, he’s saying “Hummina hummina hummina hummina…” ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-happening-to-romney-here/747164/6 "2016-02-26T04:46:18Z")
> [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > My guess: He got asked a question and she was physically instructing him that the answer was no. (If it was after 2012, which I think it was since he was there to talk about “new life,” it was probably if he was going to run for president again.) This seems like a good guess. I wonder if you are right! ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-happening-to-romney-here/747164/7 "2016-02-26T05:04:30Z")
It’s from _CBS This Morning_, 15 November 2013. They’re talking about potential candidates for the 2016 Republican nomination. One of the female hosts asks Gov. Romney a question I can’t make out but which was probably something like “Will you run again?” Mrs. Romney then grabs his head and shakes it for him as he answers “You know, it was a fabulous experience, I loved it, but we’re not doing that again.” [Romneys talk Obamacare, Republican Party, life after election - YouTube](https://youtu.be/MwZkSOXwchY?t=310) ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-happening-to-romney-here/747164/8 "2016-02-26T05:09:31Z")
Wow! Imoressive, thank you. How did you know the date and everything? ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-happening-to-romney-here/747164/9 "2016-02-26T05:13:01Z")
I did a google video search for Ann Romney and CBS This Morning and scrolled through the results until I found a clip where she was wearing that same outfit. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-happening-to-romney-here/747164/10 "2016-02-26T05:19:25Z")
Nice sleuthing! ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-happening-to-romney-here/747164/11 "2016-02-26T19:50:51Z")
I cannot help but hear a cow-bell clanking when I watched that. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-happening-to-romney-here/747164/12 "2016-02-27T03:46:52Z")
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