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trinityvixen(For those of you reading this who aren't inundated with liberal blogs, the title of this post refers to the fact that minor sins are only minor, and major accomplishments are only major, based on your political affiliation. Guess which party the "R" stands for?)
Obama: too fit to be president?
I'm showing my age here, but I remember when the Presidential fitness test was first started in an effort to at least monitor what negative progress my fat ass was making in terms of my general fitness. I remember Clinton and Arnold (yes, Ah-nold) promoting it. (In fact--more age showing here--I remember Ah-nold going on an episode of a Nickelodeon show I used to watch called Wild and Crazy Kids wanting to be a "wild and crazy kid" while wearing his Presidential Fitness Challenge shirt. OMFG WHY IS THIS STUFF IN MY BRAINS!?!) Mostly, I remember it as being the twice-yearly HELL they put the fat, lazy, inflexible, weak kids through. (Yes, I'm bitter, why do you ask?)
Anyway, I seem to remember some chuckles over Bill Clinton's jogging, though, bless 'im, he kept at it even though he was getting plenty of other exercise. But because he was paunchy, the jogging was mostly seen as a stunt. Dubya Bush, on the other hand, spent so much time exercising and sleeping in his first lack-luster year, no one was really sure he did anything else. A Newsweek article at the time, even before 9/11 when you couldn't question anything the idiot did, soft-balled the issue by going, "Gee, Mr. President, don't you think it looks, well, not great that you barely work 9-to-5, schedule yourself time to exercise, and get eight hours of sleep a night when more than half the electorate doesn't have a prayer of ever getting any of that? Oh, and you spent a lot of time on vacation...." Of course, he didn't see the problem. He delegated! It worked! There were never any problems!
And now Barack Obama's exercise schedule gets more coverage than his positions on anything, and we're finding fault with his dedication to his health? He doesn't do half so much "personal time" shut-down of work as Dubya. The person writing that people won't vote for him out of spite for being less dedicated in their workout habits than he is clearly an idiot, but the fact that this is held up as something to be suspicious of unto the point of note voting for someone when Bush's Jogging for Jesus (and to Stay Off the Sauce) is a miracle and a wonder?
It's O.K. if you are Republican.
Obama: too fit to be president?
I'm showing my age here, but I remember when the Presidential fitness test was first started in an effort to at least monitor what negative progress my fat ass was making in terms of my general fitness. I remember Clinton and Arnold (yes, Ah-nold) promoting it. (In fact--more age showing here--I remember Ah-nold going on an episode of a Nickelodeon show I used to watch called Wild and Crazy Kids wanting to be a "wild and crazy kid" while wearing his Presidential Fitness Challenge shirt. OMFG WHY IS THIS STUFF IN MY BRAINS!?!) Mostly, I remember it as being the twice-yearly HELL they put the fat, lazy, inflexible, weak kids through. (Yes, I'm bitter, why do you ask?)
Anyway, I seem to remember some chuckles over Bill Clinton's jogging, though, bless 'im, he kept at it even though he was getting plenty of other exercise. But because he was paunchy, the jogging was mostly seen as a stunt. Dubya Bush, on the other hand, spent so much time exercising and sleeping in his first lack-luster year, no one was really sure he did anything else. A Newsweek article at the time, even before 9/11 when you couldn't question anything the idiot did, soft-balled the issue by going, "Gee, Mr. President, don't you think it looks, well, not great that you barely work 9-to-5, schedule yourself time to exercise, and get eight hours of sleep a night when more than half the electorate doesn't have a prayer of ever getting any of that? Oh, and you spent a lot of time on vacation...." Of course, he didn't see the problem. He delegated! It worked! There were never any problems!
And now Barack Obama's exercise schedule gets more coverage than his positions on anything, and we're finding fault with his dedication to his health? He doesn't do half so much "personal time" shut-down of work as Dubya. The person writing that people won't vote for him out of spite for being less dedicated in their workout habits than he is clearly an idiot, but the fact that this is held up as something to be suspicious of unto the point of note voting for someone when Bush's Jogging for Jesus (and to Stay Off the Sauce) is a miracle and a wonder?
It's O.K. if you are Republican.
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Date: 2008-08-01 05:52 pm (UTC)Clinton's whole "Didn't inhale"/pot thing was an enormous uproar, but it comes out that bush had a DUI while doing cocaine, and everyone is just like "Oh, ha! Boys will be boys!"
I don't know what the fuck is up, but seriously, they're just finding a way to detract from the fact that Obama is younger/fitter/healthier than McCain. I guess it is a sign that they feel threatened...
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Date: 2008-08-01 07:04 pm (UTC)As for the Bush daughters--they revel in the spotlight when they can get it for the right reasons. One of them just got married. CELEBRATE THEIR GOOD FORTUNE, GODDAMNIT.
This is why we have IOKIYAR.