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ClydeR
08-01-2008, 10:16 AM
The Wall Street Journal has another excellent article explaining why Obama is not likely to resonate with most voters.


But in a nation in which 66% of the voting-age population is overweight and 32% is obese, could Sen. Obama's skinniness be a liability? Despite his visits to waffle houses, ice-cream parlors and greasy-spoon diners around the country, his slim physique just might have some Americans wondering whether he is truly like them.

The candidate has been criticized by opponents for appearing elitist or out of touch with average Americans. A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll conducted in July shows Sen. Obama still lags behind Republican John McCain among white men and suburban women who say they can't relate to his background or perceived values.

"He's too new ... and he needs to put some meat on his bones," says Diana Koenig, 42, a housewife in Corpus Christi, Texas, who says she voted for Sen. Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary.

"I won't vote for any beanpole guy," another Clinton supporter wrote last week on a Yahoo politics message board.

The last overweight president to be elected was 335-pound William Howard Taft in 1908. As for tall and lanky presidents, "you might have to go back to Abraham Lincoln" in 1860, says presidential historian Stephen Hess. "Most presidents were sort of in the middle."


More... (http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB121755336096303089-lMyQjAxMDI4MTA3MTUwNTEzWj.html)

He needs some fried catfish and hushpuppies.
CrystalTears
08-01-2008, 10:17 AM
:rofl:
Renian
08-01-2008, 10:17 AM
I can't believe you are actually posting this as though it were some sort of legitimate political issue.

EDIT: omg <3 Crystaltears same time double-teaming!!1
crb
08-01-2008, 10:20 AM
IMO it is as valid a political issue as only voting for him because for his symbolism, eloquence, because foreign college students love him, etc.

IE, none of it is at all valid.

In anycase, I guess Obama's gotta stop eating so many arugula salads from Whole Foods.
Renian
08-01-2008, 10:23 AM
IMO it is as valid a political issue as only voting for him because for his symbolism, eloquence, because foreign college students love him, etc.

IE, none of it is at all valid.


You're right. They aren't.
ClydeR
08-01-2008, 10:52 AM
I can't believe you are actually posting this as though it were some sort of legitimate political issue.

My dear Renian, surely you realize that we voters can cast our vote for any reason we choose. We don't need elitists to tell us what is important. Most elitists are skinny. If Obama is skinny and people in Eurpoe like him, then maybe he's an elitist too. Besides that, it wouldn't be in the Wall Street Journal unless it was expected to be important.
CrystalTears
08-01-2008, 11:00 AM
My dear Renian, surely you realize that we voters can cast our vote for any reason we choose. We don't need elitists to tell us what is important. Most elitists are skinny. If Obama is skinny and people in Eurpoe like him, then maybe he's an elitist too. Besides that, it wouldn't be in the Wall Street Journal unless it was expected to be important.
:rofl:

I'll humor you.

I'd rather have a president that gave a shit about his health and was a positive role model than a fatty. Mmkay?
NocturnalRob
08-01-2008, 11:05 AM
I'd rather have a president that gave a shit about his health and was a positive role model than a fatty. Mmkay?

whatever. Taft was awesome.
Stanley Burrell
08-01-2008, 11:08 AM
whatever. Taft was awesome.

Hell fucking yeah.

Stuck in the White House bathtub = mad pimp.
CrystalTears
08-01-2008, 11:14 AM
whatever. Taft was awesome.
Oh c'mon, I wasn't being serious. You can't when you reply to ClydeR.
Stanley Burrell
08-01-2008, 11:18 AM
CrystalTears, post an errant nipple.
Renian
08-01-2008, 11:36 AM
We don't need elitists to tell us what is important. Most elitists are skinny. If Obama is skinny and people in Eurpoe like him, then maybe he's an elitist too.

Bush is skinny. He must be an elitist. People in Europe hate Bush though.

So are you suggesting that if Europe likes you, you're an elitist?


Besides that, it wouldn't be in the Wall Street Journal unless it was expected to be important.

The Wall Street Journal was recently purchased by Newscorp, which is the parent company of Fox News.
Gan
08-01-2008, 11:45 AM
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3/3strangedays/warf.gif
Mighty Nikkisaurus
08-01-2008, 12:12 PM
We're electing a President, not who's gonna play Santa Claus at the mall next year.
crb
08-01-2008, 12:41 PM
Likewise, we're electing a president, not voting for American Idol.
RichardCranium
08-01-2008, 12:45 PM
I'd rather have a president that gave a shit about his health and was a positive role model than a fatty. Mmkay?

Not me. Fried catfish and hushpuppies FTFW.
Mighty Nikkisaurus
08-01-2008, 01:47 PM
Likewise, we're electing a president, not voting for American Idol.

Last I checked it was McCain who sang "Bomb Bomb Iran"

:tool:
landy
08-01-2008, 01:59 PM
The Wall Street Journal has another excellent article explaining why Obama is not likely to resonate with most voters.



He needs some fried catfish and hushpuppies.

Mr. ClydeR, what you just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response, were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it.

I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
Renian
08-01-2008, 02:09 PM
Mr. ClydeR, what you just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response, were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it.

I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

Billy Madison reference ftw.

Also I just realized something. ClydeR, are you Hoodtralfeck?
ClydeR
08-01-2008, 02:21 PM
Mr. ClydeR, what you just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response, were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it.

I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

Okay, a simple "wrong" would've done just fine.
Sean
08-01-2008, 02:23 PM
That's the 3rd time in the last couple weeks that I've read the Billy Madison quote on these boards is the movie currently looping on USA or something?
Renian
08-01-2008, 02:25 PM
Okay, a simple "wrong" would've done just fine.

No. No it wouldn't have.
Methais
08-01-2008, 04:12 PM
I thought the OP was an article from TheOnion at first. I'm still shocked that it wasn't.
Barundar
08-02-2008, 04:07 AM
Just quoting and hoping this will point out some silly things I picked up on.


The Wall Street Journal has another excellent article explaining why Obama is not likely to resonate with most voter

He needs some fried catfish and hushpuppies.

Included link
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB121755336096303089-lMyQjAxMDI4MTA3MTUwNTEzWj.html


:sigh: It looks like the liberal media has decided to distract everybody today with another nonissue. This time they are attacking McCain because of his opposition to ultimate fighting.

Included link
http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=8adb26e1-5e0b-48f7-9587-55d3cf9a365f&p=1



My dear Renian, surely you realize that we voters can cast our vote for any reason we choose. We don't need elitists to tell us what is important. Most elitists are skinny. If Obama is skinny and people in Eurpoe like him, then maybe he's an elitist too. Besides that, it wouldn't be in the Wall Street Journal unless it was expected to be important.