A President Leaves No Doubt About Being Fit to Run the Country

New York Times ^ | Monday, April 1, 2002 | By ELISABETH BUMILLER

[JohnHuang2]

Monday, April 1, 2002

Quote of the Day by liberalism=failure 4/1/02

[JohnHuang2]

[The Duke]

All other recent presidents have exercised while in the White House — Jimmy Carter, the first President Bush and Bill Clinton were runners, and Ronald Reagan lifted weights — but no one has approached the focus or intensity of Mr. Bush, who was working out, at 11:30 a.m. on a Wednesday, when a gunman fired shots outside the White House fence last year. (Mr. Bush stopped his workout while the Secret Service informed him of the gunfire, then resumed. The less-buff vice president was at his desk.)

It sounds to me like we've got one secret weapon we've yet to drop on Osama!

[Aeronaut]

Good morning John.

[JohnHuang2]

Morning, my friend. Hope you enjoyed the holiday weekend.

[Mo1]

"That's certainly better than the average bear," said Tom McCarthy, a personal trainer at Tenley Sport & Health, the gold standard of Washington health clubs, when told of the president's bench-press poundage. "He's pretty strong."

You got that right!!

As for the article ... does this mean the NYT is starting to like Bush??

[JohnHuang2]

As for the article ... does this mean the NYT is starting to like Bush??

Nah, even a broken clock gets it right twice daily ;^)

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

All other recent presidents have exercised while in the White House — Jimmy Carter, the first President Bush and Bill Clinton were runners, and Ronald Reagan lifted weights

. . . and Ford skiied while he was president. 'Course the template was that the former star college lineman was "clumsy", so mentioning that (rather than talking about his falling on the slopes) would be too much to expect, even in an uncritical article about P43 . . .

Nixon, LBJ and Eisenhower were the most recent presidents to have no public reputations for fitness (Eisenhower golfed--but had heart problems . . .). JFK talked a good game, but journalism was flacking for him big time; I shouldn't wonder that Reagan was actually more physically fit than he.

[Jimmy Valentine]

Reagan was very fit. It was his phusical strength that allowed him to survive being shot by that little pus bag, Jphn Hinckley.

Regards,

[The Mayor]

Mornin Bump!

[mystery-ak]

Clinton a runner?...LOL...yeah, right.....he's been running from the law for years.

btw that's not the body of someone who runs or exercises.

[Snow Bunny]

Thank you John. I am glad you pinged me to this.

[JohnHuang2]

You're more than welcome =^)

And Good morning to ya!

[SkyPilot]

Does anyone remember seeing the video tape of Clinton and Gore running together back in 1993?

Gore allowed Clinton to "sprint past" him; and then Gore feigned exhaustion, doubled over.

It was quite a performance.

[JohnHuang2]

Good morning, my friend. Great to see ya.

[GretchenEE]

Hope I didn't pick up any of JH2's invisible pings here. Better two than none at all!

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!

[Travis McGee]

I make three miles in 22 minutes on a good day. W is FAST!

[MeekOneGOP]

Wow! Thanks John. I work out 5 times a week, am 7 years younger than President Bush
and I couldn't keep up with him in a run. He's good!

[MeekOneGOP]

fyi