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No breaking away from Barack Obama's bicycle picture
LA Times ^ | 6/10/08 | staff

Posted on 06/10/2008 12:37:56 PM PDT by pissant

The debate is on: The widely circulated photograph of Barack Obama on a bicycle this last weekend either did the presidential candidate no favors, or actually helped his cause.

In an article in today's New York Daily News, writer David Saltonstall shows no mercy, declaring: "It wasn't a pretty picture: ill-fitting jeans, a tucked-in golf shirt, black-and-white socks and a helmet that could make Michael Dukakis blush."

A weekend in Chicago spent by presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama included a bicycle ride with his family Yet in comments to Saltonstall, some Big Apple fashionistas cut Obama major slack. Simon Doonan, creative director of Barneys New York, says: "I like seeing my politicians in goofy weekend attire. It means they're thinking about more important stuff."

Newsweek's Andrew Romano notes today that when the shot of Obama on the bike as part of an excursion with his family in Chicago "hit the wires, the heavily trafficked right-wing message boards of Free Republic went wild."

Those postings, as you can imagine, weren't complimentary toward Obama (but several were creative).

Romano, though, argues that the "bike moment" will be a plus for the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee because it "makes him look like a normal, nerdy American dad."Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts went wind surfing during his 2004 presidential campaign

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: larrysinclairslover; nerds; obama; whokilleddonaldyoung
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To: pissant
I must be missing something... what is so odd about Obama riding a bicycle dressed like this?
41 posted on 06/10/2008 12:52:12 PM PDT by pnh102 (Save America - Ban Ethanol Now!)
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To: gathersnomoss
Tooling around his Crawford ranch in 2004:


42 posted on 06/10/2008 12:53:03 PM PDT by the_devils_advocate_666
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To: Bahbah

Looks fine to me.


43 posted on 06/10/2008 12:53:11 PM PDT by BARLF
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To: gathersnomoss

Notice the trailor hitch on the back. I wonder what he was towing?


44 posted on 06/10/2008 12:53:20 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: pissant

“”makes him look like a normal, nerdy American dad.”Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts went wind surfing during his 2004 presidential campaign”

While I think that Kerry always looks like a bumbling, elitist twit; I never understood how windsurfing got tagged as an elitist sport. The equipment doesn’t cost any more than a good bike, or a set of good golf clubs — or regular surf equipment, for that matter. If you live near a body of water, it’s a very cheap sport — certainly a lot less costly than golf.


45 posted on 06/10/2008 12:53:32 PM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: pissant
I posted this one yesterday.. once I saw him on a bike it was all I could think of.. lol


46 posted on 06/10/2008 12:53:45 PM PDT by eXe (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: eXe

HA!!


47 posted on 06/10/2008 12:54:48 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: pissant
The picture is OK. It isn't as funny as all the Kerry pictures... BTW, what is Obama pulling with his bike? There is a curved bar that is cut off on the left side of the picture.

Can someone please "photoshop" the complete picture for the rest of us? Thank you...

48 posted on 06/10/2008 12:55:37 PM PDT by John123 (Obama said that he has been in 57 states. I will now light myself on fire...)
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To: pissant

Rear tire looks half full.


49 posted on 06/10/2008 12:55:49 PM PDT by taxesareforever (Quick justice for the senseless killing of Marine Lance Cpl. Robert Crutchfield.)
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To: pissant

I see absolutely nothing either embarrassing or impressive about this picture. It’s a guy on a bike. I don’t get what the big deal is.


50 posted on 06/10/2008 12:56:08 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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To: retrokitten

I don’t get the “ill-fitting” jeans part. Aside from the fact that riding in jeans is not the regular fashion, those are far from “ill-fitting”.


51 posted on 06/10/2008 12:56:10 PM PDT by GOP_Proud
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To: Taffini

He’s probably dragging Hillary behind him.


52 posted on 06/10/2008 12:57:38 PM PDT by murron (Proud Marine Mom)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

And what Democrat is the little boy riding on?


53 posted on 06/10/2008 12:59:37 PM PDT by murron (Proud Marine Mom)
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To: lakeman
Why would you need a helmet to go bike riding when he’s out for a little spin around the block with his daughter in tow (was she wearing a helmet). Just another example of the sissyfication of America.

Probably the law.

Even though it is the law where I live for kids under a certain age, I refuse to make my oldest (4) wear a helmet when he is on his bike. I never once wore a helmet riding my bike, and half the time I didn't wear one riding my motorcycle.

54 posted on 06/10/2008 12:59:52 PM PDT by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: pissant

Could that be security in the car next to him? If I had sec. all around me, I wouldn’t go biking. Why court the visibility?


55 posted on 06/10/2008 12:59:59 PM PDT by definitelynotaliberal
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To: Petronski

He can’t bowl; looks dorky on a bike... can he even dance??


56 posted on 06/10/2008 1:00:36 PM PDT by altura (McCain for President - or, as I call it, NOBama.)
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To: wilco200

What’s wrong with cinching one’s waist? :-/


57 posted on 06/10/2008 1:01:58 PM PDT by definitelynotaliberal
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To: pissant
There is really nothing wrong with this picture. It's not the silver bullet we're all looking for like Dukakis in the tank or John Kerry in the bunny suit, or my favorite, Al Gore playing with his M-16 rifle. Keep looking!
58 posted on 06/10/2008 1:02:16 PM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: murron

Nancy Pelosi out for a nice walk.


59 posted on 06/10/2008 1:03:36 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY ((((Stop the Obamanation!))))
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To: pissant

Put me in the camp of “people-who-don’t-see-the-problem-with-the-picture”.

The Obama photo I take exception with is the one where he’s standing with Hillary, Richardson and Sheehan early in the primary season and he doesn’t have his hand to heart during the pledge of allegience.

...That one frosts me.


60 posted on 06/10/2008 1:04:44 PM PDT by HanneyBean
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