LennytheWicked wrote:
It sounded like he was trying to sound pro-American-made-products to me, but it's not impossible for him to have Asperger's.
There are a few reasons I don't feel inclined towards yes:
1. I believe he's disconnected because he's always been rich and not because of a neurological deficit. Being isolated will make a person disoriented, autism or no.
2. Odds are he would have had some form of epilepsy in childhood had he truly been on the spectrum, as it is relatively common for those with autism to have seizure disorders.
3. He's just not very logical. [Look at his full 'Take that Mr. President!' speech next to Obama's full 'Roads and Bridges' speech. He won't release his tax records, which leaves us open to speculate that his tax records are WORSE.]
4. Horse ballet.
5. Never seen him stimming, looking too low for true eye contact, or too high for true eye contact.
Usually the people we speculate about do the last one; they tap their fingers or watch more towards the neck or mouth, or towards the hairline. I know I do it.
I didn't know about this 'horse ballet' thing with Romney until Googled it. I don't know what horse ballet has to do with being an Aspie, but it sure makes it look as if he is not connecting everyday
people in the U.S. (I don't like sports in the U.S. that much, either, but I do like hockey... and a bit of basketball....)