Posted on 02/28/2011 12:30:04 PM PST by txlurker
With a schedule as hectic as President Obama's it must be hard to stick to a training regimen without help -- but why does he insist on having his old trainer fly out from Chicago to D.C. regularly when Obama and his wife exhort the rest of us to drive less? And in a recession? According to Ashley Parker at the New York Times, Obama's fitness czar Cornell McClellan comes out to D.C. every week:
Mr. McClellan grew up practicing martial arts, eventually earning a black belt, and as a college student realized that he had a knack for working with people. He owns Naturally Fit, a personal training and wellness center in Chicago, and now spends part of his week in Washington at Mr. Obama’s request.
“It was an easy sell for me, because I thought of it as kind of a duty, to serve the president,” said Mr. McClellan, who works out with the first couple, often in the early morning, at the gym in the White House residence. Mr. and Mrs. Obama both try to exercise for at least an hour every day, and Mr. McClellan says he usually sees them two to four times a week, depending on their schedules.
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Because, while all animals are created equal, some animals are MORE equal than others...
Not to mention those little Marines never trained any one to stay fit. Butt, not miki’s, who is payin for this un needed care?,
“I thought of it as kind of a duty, to serve the president”
It could be worse: Idi Amin ate his assistants.
Since Moochelle, who lives a sickeningly lavish lifestyle on the taxpayers' dime, has such a wide arse and linebacker shoulders, I should think it wouldn't do Mr McClellan's reputation an iota of good to be her trainer. What's he gonna do, put up a big photo of Moochelle Obama on his window with the words: "YOU TOO CAN LOOK LIKE THIS". If that's the best you can do Mr McClellan, I'll look for another gym, thankyou.
Gee, I wonder who pays for his flight?
Is it first class, or private military jet?
“It was an easy sell for me, because I thought of it as kind of a duty, to serve the president,”
That’s the whole problem. People think that we are to serve the political elite, government workers, tax eaters. It is not my duty to serve this or any other President.
This is either racist or he got the benefit of "affirmative martial action".
“YOU TOO CAN LOOK LIKE THIS”
Uh. You left out a CAN. It’s “YOUR CAN TOO CAN LOOK LIKE THIS”
I’m extremely dubious about this workout story.
If the taxpayers are funding this guy, I want video recordings of the “sessions”.
Hectic? Has anyone actually looked at Obama's schedule? Elementary school children work more hours than Obama.
I’ll bet the taxpayers are picking up the tab for this BS.
Equatorial Guinea: Dictator’s Son Orders $380 Million Luxury Yacht
Lauren Frayer of AOL is reporting that Teodorin Obiang, the son of one of West Africa’s longest-ruling dictators has commissioned the building of a luxury superyacht for himself worth $380 million — almost three times more than his country spends annually on health and education for its impoverished people, an anti-corruption group said today.
I’m waiting for the MSM to report this.
Careful what you wish for...yikes!
I’m waiting for the MSM to report this.>>>>
Like never
You can not live like these two do on $400K/year salary, no way. So yes, the taxpayers are getting the bill. Who’s making payments on that $1.7 million dollar house in Chicago? Two kids in a private school. A nutball wife out spending every day. It adds up pretty fast to a lot more than $400K.
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