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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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KEYWORDS: larrysinclairslover; nerds; obama; whokilleddonaldyoung
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To: the_devils_advocate_666

Not a dork.


61 posted on 06/10/2008 1:05:30 PM PDT by swain_forkbeard (Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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To: pissant

Dork.


62 posted on 06/10/2008 1:05:59 PM PDT by swain_forkbeard (Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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To: pissant
If Obama is not bright enough to make sure his tires have enough air so that he is not a danger to other people, then he should be ticketed.

Maybe that will make him more thoughtful and considerate to the wellbeing of bikers, drivers and pedestrians in the future.

63 posted on 06/10/2008 1:06:03 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (McCain will be the first ex-POW President.)
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To: STONEWALLS
Oh, for crying out loud!....this stuff is getting stupid....I’m wearing jeans and a golf shirt right now myself....so what?

Then you must be gay, too!

lol.....j/k

Hey wait a minute, I wear jeans and....

64 posted on 06/10/2008 1:08:13 PM PDT by LasVegasMac (Islam: Bringing the world death and destruction for 1400 years!)
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To: A_perfect_lady

No big deal. He’s just a dork.


65 posted on 06/10/2008 1:08:43 PM PDT by swain_forkbeard (Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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To: HanneyBean

That’s because you don’t ride a bike. You are supposed to clip your pants leg to keep it out of the chain. It’s proof that he is a Marxist Muslim.


66 posted on 06/10/2008 1:09:55 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: definitelynotaliberal
What’s wrong with cinching one’s waist? :-/

It's bad for the proper functioning of the bowels -- it tends to make one full of sh!t.
67 posted on 06/10/2008 1:10:04 PM PDT by Beckwith ('Typical White Person')
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To: AppyPappy
You are supposed to clip your pants leg to keep it out of the chain. It’s proof that he is a Marxist Muslim.

And a gay furriner.

68 posted on 06/10/2008 1:11:26 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: pissant
I see the deflated rear tire, but not the fashion problem. A helmet is a helmet, there is no getting around it looking dorky. The jeans are normal, the shirt is normal, and tucking in the shirt better be normal!

Now, the picture of Obama holding his crotch during the anthem is a winner. That picture of his wife wagging her finger and looking like the embodiment of PMS is another good one. Obama in the arab-looking attire is another image which should get more play.

I still await an Obama moment like Dukakis on the tank, Kerry "catching" the football, water-surfing, wearing the bunny suit while crawling out of the tube, etc etc etc. But this bike one is not it - it is boring like a box of saltine crackers.

69 posted on 06/10/2008 1:11:35 PM PDT by M203M4 (True Universal Suffrage: Pets of dead illegal-immigrant felons voting Democrat (twice))
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To: avacado

Now THAT is funny!


70 posted on 06/10/2008 1:11:48 PM PDT by twntaipan (NOBAMA! Say No to B.O.!)
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To: John123
I believe it is this.

He has disconnected the kiddie bike, so it is not there. He probably hadn't ridden in long time, so the tires were low. Much more real than Kerry IMO

71 posted on 06/10/2008 1:14:03 PM PDT by NathanR (Obama: More 'African' than 'American'.)
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To: pissant

Notice the tire is flat or almost so


72 posted on 06/10/2008 1:16:09 PM PDT by jonrock
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To: It's me
Who rides a bike wearing jeans?

I usually do. The bugs around here will eat you up if you don't.

73 posted on 06/10/2008 1:18:22 PM PDT by TheBattman (LORD God, please give us a Christian Patriot with a backbone for President in 08, Amen.)
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To: NathanR
He has disconnected the kiddie bike, so it is not there.

So you mean Obama was riding around with a dangling bar from the back of the bike? Isn't that dangerous over 1MPH?

74 posted on 06/10/2008 1:18:28 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: twntaipan

Just to round out the discussion, it also looks like he retrofitted the stock seat with one of those extra-wide cushy deals the ladies enjoy.


75 posted on 06/10/2008 1:18:43 PM PDT by wilco200 (Typical White Person)
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To: pissant
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

Presidential candidates enjoy being compared to John Kerry. It really helps their campaign!

**Snicker**

76 posted on 06/10/2008 1:20:04 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: STONEWALLS

Depends. Post a picture so we can see if you tuck in the shirt, cinch the belt really tight and look goofy.


77 posted on 06/10/2008 1:21:06 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: altura
He can’t bowl; looks dorky on a bike... can he even dance??

Does Obama have rhythm? Or is that racist?

78 posted on 06/10/2008 1:22:02 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: Taffini
That's a bicycle trailer that Berry uses to hall his ego around. He could also use it to carry all the baggage we have yet to learn about him. It could come in handy for him if he wanted to take his Koran and prayer rug for a ride.
79 posted on 06/10/2008 1:22:23 PM PDT by peeps36 (Politician = Corrupt Degenerate Loser = Ted, Nancy, Barry, Jack and Many More)
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To: pissant

80 posted on 06/10/2008 1:22:38 PM PDT by CougarGA7 (Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.)
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