Bowling for Votes
He can hoop. He can dance. (a little, which is a lot for any politician) He can even look good in a swimsuit, which is a lot for anyone over 35. We now know what Barack Obama absolutely cannot do.
Homey can't bowl. Not a lick. While campaigning in Pennsylvania this week, Obama scored a ridiculous 37. To put this in perspective, I suck at bowling. This past weekend I was drafted into it and a 13 year old girl destroyed me. And after two games I averaged about a 76. Twice as good as 'gutter ball' Obama.
Seriously, they had little kids bowling with the bumpers up to prevent gutter balls who scored better the Senator.
This all matters because Obama has got to convince those blue collar good ol' boys (and gals) that a feller from Harvard Law is okay to hang with and therefore vote for. Kill me for saying this, but he can't be seen as any old 'girly-man.' And I gotta tell ya...knocking down a 37 is not a good start.
Speaking of which, we now also know how Obama is keeping that girlish figure out on the campaign trail when most candidates bulk up from all the long hours, bad food and lack of exercise.
Here's an excerpt from the New York Times political blog on Obama in the Chocolate Factory.
Cheryl Burton offers the candidate a thick chocolate cake with white chocolate frosting. He looked at this thing, clearly a little worried; it’s only been 45 minutes since he was asked to inhale three varieties of chocolate.
“Oh man, that’s too decadent for me."
“Oh man, that’s too decadent for me."
Obama..eat the freakin' cake!! I know you're trying to keep it all under control, but what do you want..a 32 inch waistline, or those chocolate ladies' votes?
posted by Derek McGinty @ 12:56 PM
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hehe...
I liked the challenge Hilary offered for April Fools. The tongue in cheek proposal was very good.
This episode says more to me than just having a bad game. If Obama gets in office I see many of these promises and expectations people have for him to erode as fast as his game did in on the alley.
He acts as if just by being there as President elect he can "change the system".
He will have to work with it, and that goes for whomever gets the office. Either that or replace the entire Congress and Senate with 'yes men'.
I don't blame him for turning down another rich desert, but I will when he can't keep his promises.
Uhhh, the purpose of bumpers is to make it almost impossible to throw a gutter ball.
The real issue is this: the man is a good athlete (basketball). If he and his staff knew he was going to do this photo op, he needed to go to some bowling alley the night before in the middle of the night and practice (and, of course, lose the tie)
J.R. (10-BK-80)
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