No breaking away from Barack Obama's bicycle picture

LA Times ^ | 6/10/08 | staff

[pnh102]

I must be missing something... what is so odd about Obama riding a bicycle dressed like this?

[the_devils_advocate_666]

Tooling around his Crawford ranch in 2004:

[BARLF]

Looks fine to me.

[Brilliant]

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

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

“”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.

[eXe]

I posted this one yesterday.. once I saw him on a bike it was all I could think of.. lol

[pissant]

HA!!

[John123]

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...

[taxesareforever]

Rear tire looks half full.

[A_perfect_lady]

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.

[GOP_Proud]

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”.

[murron]

He’s probably dragging Hillary behind him.

[murron]

And what Democrat is the little boy riding on?

[Phantom Lord]

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.

[definitelynotaliberal]

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?

[altura]

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

[definitelynotaliberal]

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

[Dixie Yooper]

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!

[Free ThinkerNY]

Nancy Pelosi out for a nice walk.

[HanneyBean]

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.