Posted on 08/14/2012 6:20:19 PM PDT by chessplayer
The name James Holm -- not to be confused with accused Aurora gunman James Holmes -- might ring a bell for NewsBusters readers.
Holm first came to our attention back in December 2010 with his alarming suggestion that President Obama "put a gun" to the heads of CEOs sitting on $1.9 trillion in capital reserves. (audio clip after page break)
This was only a month before Jared Loughner's bloody rampage in Tucson that killed six people and nearly claimed the life of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Liberals quickly denounced harsh political discourse from conservatives as triggering the bloodbath -- rhetoric reminiscent of what Holm suggested only weeks earlier.
In August 2011, Holm disparaged Republican state senators in Wisconsin who lost their seats in recall elections as "two old white guys." Imagine any prominent conservative commentator maligning elderly candidates of color in the same manner and visions of enraged liberals burning effigies from sea to stormy sea come to mind.
Back in February, Holm apologized after comparing Virginia Republicans to the doctors in name only who worked in Nazi concentration camps.
Yesterday, Holm may have outdone himself, no small feat, while again demonstrating the occupational perils of working with Ed Schultz. Here's what Holm said on Schultz's radio show about GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan's daily workout routine, the P90X (audio) --
"Mr. Paul Ryan, who sleeps in his congressional office, what he does every single day is devotes (sic) 90 minutes to making himself into a perfect physical specimen. And if you want to, you know, play this out a little bit in your Glenn Beck fantasy, I believe that he thinks that every American should exercise and eat the same way he does, for 90 minutes a day, and eat the same way he does every day. Forget Michelle Obama -- this is right-wing social Darwinism and engineering like you've never seen. He wants us all to become P90Xers."
The nerve of that Paul Ryan, taking responsibility for his fitness instead of consigning it to the government. Who knows, if this sort of thing catches on, we might be afflicted with happier, longer lives.
As if this weren't enough, Ryan has the gall to sleep in his congressional office rather than follow the lead of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid who prefers the down-home appeal of the capital's Ritz-Carlton.
When liberals see images of the Kennedys playing touch football or sailing the choppy waters of Nantucket Sound, they see embodiments of health, vitality and vig-ah. When it's a conservative pushing himself through a daunting exercise regime, they see a Nazi.
If liberals didn’t have projection, they wouldn’t have anything
Sgt Schultz is a fathead (and dog killer).
Golly, if he’d follow Mooch-elle’s routine, he’d have a big fat ass, thick legs, chubby calves, and gorilla arms. . . . If only . . . And THEN he could tell people what to eat and what not to eat.
GW Bush was also denigrated for being extremely fit.
I remember they were saying that all the working out was a symptom of deeper mental problems.. but it’s okay now since Mochelle’s arms moved in and Obama’s glistening pecs are doing the working out..
P90X is probably the one infomercial that is believable.
My SIL has P90X.
Although it’s a bit like saying “you’ll be in great shape if you run marathons”
The hard part is actually doing it.
Kudos to Paul Ryan!
The man has a long family history of all of the males dying in their 50s from heart attacks. His fitness routine makes as much sense as a man from a family of alcoholics dying from cirrhosis being a teetotaler, and does not imply that it is a proscription for anybody else.
Now ... Mike Huckabee, on the other hand ...
One other thought:
These lefties are going to have to be on the same page. Ryan has been accused simultaneously of being a rabid Ayn Randian laissez-faire individualist and a right wing uber-nanny. These two descriptions are contradictory. Pick an attack and stick with it!
Oh, if only we could.
GW Bush was also denigrated for being extremely fit.
Yup. He was constantly ridiculed for exercising. But King Barack? It’s “ooh, look at those glistening pecs.” Or if he shoots a few hoops they go on and on in admiration about how he keeps himself fit with exercise.
I have P90X2. I did the workouts consistently for three months (summer vacation has thrown me off track) and it got me in great shape. Lost 10 pounds and a couple dress sizes. It’s a TOUGH workout. I’m planning on starting my schedule again tomorrow morning. Oh, and most of the workouts are about 60 minutes long, including the warm up and cool down.
Well done!
There’s no doubt in my mind that if you do the program, you’ll be in excellent shape.
The man has a long family history of all of the males dying in their 50s from heart attacks. His fitness routine makes as much sense as a man from a family of alcoholics dying from cirrhosis being a teetotaler,
Definitely sounds genetic. If thats the case, all the exercise in the world won’t help him.
And the left has already started using Ryans family medical history as an issue against him.
If Ryan takes his shirt off this election is over. Go ahead Paul take the wife and kids to the beach.
Look who he works for. He should recommend everybody become a fat drunken slob like his boss.
So he would be OK if it was Governor Christie physique wise?
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