the so called media have become a joke. their double standards and partiality towards dems has gotten out of control.
On Dec 29, 6:52 am, NavyBrat <[email protected]> wrote: > It creeped me out to see pics of Obama and his pecks. I don't blame > him for the media's drooling over everything this man does. But I > cringed reading some of the fawning over his physic. HE was a stick > with the beginnings of man boobs from what I saw. But again...only the > fawning media and Obamites eat this stuff up. I was embarrassed for > him myself. > > On Dec 29, 4:27 am, Ohio mark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > by Michelle Malkin > > > Ah, the perks of media affection. On Christmas Day, the Washington > > Post delivered a front-page paean to Barack Obama’s workout habits. > > The 1,233-word ode to O’s physical fitness read more like a Harlequin > > romance novel than an A-1 news article. > > > Sighed smitten reporter Eli Zaslow: “The sun glinted off chiseled > > pectorals sculpted during four weightlifting sessions each week, and a > > body toned by regular treadmill runs and basketball games.” Drool cup > > to the newsroom, stat. > > > Zaslow imparted us with vital information about buff Bam’s regimen: > > “Obama has gone to the gym for about 90 minutes a day, for at least 48 > > days in a row.” The Washington Post enlightened us with more gushing > > commentary from Obama friends and associates who explain how, as the > > subtitle of Zaslow’s opus put it, “Gym Workouts Help Obama Carry the > > Weight of His Position.” > > > For adoring journalists, you see, Obama’s workout fanaticism > > demonstrates his discipline and balance in his life. Apparently, > > what’s good for Obama’s glistening pecs is good for the country. > > > And when Obama feels better, the skies will part, the sun will shine > > (in moderate, environmentally-correct, non-global warming-inducing > > amounts, of course) and peace will reign worldwide! > > > Former Washington Post writer Jonathan Chait famously attacked Bush > > three years ago in an opinion piece for the Los Angeles Times > > headlined, “The (over)exercise of power.” Recounting how President > > Bush ran 3 1/2 miles a day and preached more cross-training to a > > federal judge, Chait fumed: “Am I the only person who finds this > > disturbing?…What I mean is the fact that Bush has an obsession with > > exercise that borders on the creepy.” > > > Chait argued that Bush’s passionate devotion to exercise was a > > dereliction of duty. “Does the leader of the free world need to attain > > that level of physical achievement?” he jeered. “It’s nice for Bush > > that he can take an hour or two out of every day to run, bike or pump > > iron. Unfortunately, most of us have more demanding jobs than he > > does.” > > > Can you imagine any member of the Obamedia mocking the incoming gym > > rat-in-chief this way? > > > Fit Republican president = Selfish, indulgent, creepy fascist. > > > Fit Democratic president = Disciplined, health-conscious Adonis role > > model. > > > The good news: In just a few short weeks, W. will be able to exercise > > in peace, free from the disapproving glares of journalists now rushing > > to mop the sweat — er, the glisten — from Barack Obama’s hallowed > > brow. > > >http://michellemalkin.com/2008/12/27/tale-of-two-presidential-workout... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
