Last week, President Obama strolled the beaches for a photo op with Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, a self-described "fat redneck." Our beanpole president made quite a contrast to the chubby gov, who, as the New York Times noted Sunday, resembles "an adult version of Spanky from the Little Rascals."Point of order, wasn't Clinton savaged for being the President that at at McDonald's? Isn't "Al Gore is fat" a running joke with the right even now? And now they're going after Obama because he's not fat enough? What, does being in shape now mean you're not a Real American? I'm sure that's new to Dubya, who actually was one of the most physically fit Presidents we ever had, the guy worked out all the damn time, rode his bike, cleared brush, etc. Bush may have been a lot of things, but out of shape wasn't one of them.
Newsweek calls Barbour "the anti-Obama," but the Times downplayed his presidential prospects. Apparently, Haley needs to slim down if he's serious.
Is corpulence really a disqualification for the presidency in the land of supersized fries? If so, that's a shame.
America might do better with a fat president. After all, some of our best have been big fellows, and lately the trim and ambitious types haven't served us so well.
"Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look; he thinks too much. Such men are dangerous," Shakespeare's Julius Caesar comments to Marc Antony. "Let me have men about me that are fat ... such as sleep o' nights."
Apparently Obama on the other hand is just too...fit? And yet, given the right wing attacks on Michelle Obama's anti-obesity initiative for Americans and the White House garden, this is the logical next step in the Obama Derangement progression: Obama (and his wife, and his soccer-playing children) are too much in shape to be Real Americans.
More and more you are becoming a wingnut Z
ReplyDeleteActually it was just a humorous article because of what was stated
"Times downplayed his presidential prospects. Apparently, Haley needs to slim down if he's serious."
Sarcasm may be the lowest form of wit but it is still wit none the less :-)
And by coming up with lame defenses for idiocy like this, you're well into the wingnut category yourself, Waffles.
ReplyDeleteYou always have been.
Lame? Lame was the entire emphasis of this post. Even for you this is lame, normally you at least pick something that could be twisted into an issue...
ReplyDeleteGive me 1 example of me being a "wingnut"
You're making an issue out of something clearly sarcastic, they are not really saying "He needs to fatten up" or "Fat people make better presidents". You feel the need to rush to his defense at every avenue and I can't figure out why. Ideology only goes so far. Hence why you are a wingnut.
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ReplyDeleteZ rushes to defend obama, you rush in to call Z lame for doing it. is it my imagination or do these two actions almost mirror each other in terms of sheer futility?
ReplyDeletei have a theory as to what you really find so fascinating about Z, but i'd need to find out what other blogs you troll to confirm it. i'm guessing they all have a common denominator besides the liberal slant.
unless you're only trolling Z, which is fucking creepy as hell and much more pathetic than his knee-jerk defenses of obama. yeah, yeah, i know: i'm trolling you pretty obsessively. or crying too much. whatever makes you happy, lame-ass.
still adding nothing
ReplyDeletefail harder