President Is Way Too Pumped Up About Exercise

Star Tribune ^ | July 26, 2005 | Jonathan Chait:

[wallcrawlr]

Earlier this month, when President Bush met with Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III to interview him for a potential Supreme Court nomination, the conversation turned to exercise. When asked by the president of the United States how often he exercised, Wilkinson impressively responded that he runs 3½ miles a day. Bush urged him to adopt more cross-training. "He warned me of impending doom," Wilkinson told the New York Times.

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What I mean is the fact that Bush has an obsession with exercise that borders on the creepy.

Given the importance of his job, it is astonishing how much time Bush has to exercise. His full schedule is not publicly available. The few peeks we get at Bush's daily routine usually come when some sort of disaster prods the White House Press Office to reveal what the president was doing "at the time." Earlier this year, an airplane wandered into restricted Washington, D.C., air space. Bush, we learned, was bicycling in Maryland. In 2001, a gunman fired shots at the White House. Bush was inside exercising. When planes struck the World Trade Center in 2001, Bush was reading to schoolchildren, but that morning he had gone for a long run with a reporter. Either this is a series of coincidences or Bush spends an enormous amount of time working out.

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Bush's insistence that the entire populace follow his example, and that his staff join him on a Long March -- er, Long Run -- carries about it the faint whiff of a cult of personality. It also shows how out of touch he is. It's nice for Bush that he can take an hour or two out of every day to run, bike or pump iron. Unfortunately, most of us have more demanding jobs.

[wallcrawlr]

I wasnt prepared for reading this tonight.

Get out the barf bags and empty your stomach on this one...

[mainepatsfan]

It sounds like the author is just jealous that Bush is in better shape than him.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

I LOVE it!!!

The Liberals have nothing else to complain about with Bush except......are you ready?...."He exercises too much!"

Hey, Clinton exercised too much too...problem was, it was in the Oval Office!

[Valpal1]

The writer must be a girly-man.

[Theresawithanh]

Speaking as a couch potato supreme, I'm glad President Bush exercises and keeps in shape. He seems to be able to handle the job, too.

This article is really, really scraping the bottom of the barrel.

[MJY1288]

and over the sink

[WestTexasWend]

Was this guy equally concerned about the amount of time Slick spent Sweatin' With the Interns?

[NY Attitude]

Who out there remembers the infamous "JFKs" during the early sixties?

[linkinpunk]

If only Bush was more like Bubba.

(just be glad I couldn't find a picture of Clinton in his SHORT shorts.)

[Peach]

But I'm assuming this same news outlet saw no problem with Clinton taking time out of his busy job and chasing skirs.

[jcdc]

Having the most important job on earth you have to release your stress somehow. Bush does this by exercising. Clinton did it by.... Well you know.

[LibFreeOrDie]

Waddya expect from the Minnie (Red) Star! And the article was written for the L. A. Times, so what does that tell ya!

The libs hate the fact that Dubya is in better shape than Bubba was. Remember pics of a bloated BJ "jogging" to the nearest McDonald's? Saturday Night Live had a great skit about that years ago;

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/92/92hmcdonalds.phtml

[southernnorthcarolina]

I posted my interview with the President on another thread. I hope I won't be accused of spamming by repeating it here:

President Bush: "Do you run?"

southernnorthcarolina: "Only if somebody's chasing me."

President Bush: "I see. I can't help but notice that you're a bit thick around the middle..."

southernnorthcarolina: "Yes, Mr. President, I am a victim of Dunlop's Disease."

President Bush: "Dunlop's Disease?"

southernnorthcarolina: "Yes, Mr. President. The symptom is, my stomach done lopped over my belt."

President Bush: "Well, have you considered exercise?'

southernnorthcarolina: "Oh, I do some light aerobics every evening."

President Bush: "Tell me more."

southernnorthcarolina: "Every evening at 6 PM, I lift a bottle of Boodles gin, and pour 3 ounces of it into a cocktail shaker, with ice and a half ounce of vermouth. The I shake it vigorously, and strain it into a chilled martini glass. And not only that, when I make the second one, I shake it left-handed. I wouldn't want to bulk up asymmetrically."

President Bush: "No, of course not. Anything else?"

southernnorthcarolina: "Well, sometimes it's hard to get the lid off the olive jar, and twisting it off can be a good bit of exercise."

President Bush: "I see. Well, thanks for coming by, Mr. southernnorthcarolina. If I decide to pursue this further, I'll give you a call."

southernnorthcarolina: "Do you need my phone number?"

President Bush: "Not really."

[xzins]

The writer is a nut. If he doesn't want to exercise in his free time, he shouldn't. If the President does want to, he should.

[Soul Seeker]

This is what they are reduced to? Making it seem sinister the President understands a healthy body is more adept at responding to a high stress job?

Sad.

[gidget7]

WOW, what a fool! Truly amazing, they criticize a man for exercising!! Yet they hail a man who prefers other men!!

What planet did these people come from?? Never mind, just figured it out.

[martin_fierro]

I heard recently -- think it was on Roger Hedgecock's subbing for Rush last Friday -- that Dubya can bench 180 lbs.

Dust Jam!

[RoseofTexas]

I'm beyond Loathing the bastards!! I HATE THEM WITH A PASSION!! I HATE THE presstitutes with the exception of FOX NEWS! It'll be Glory days when the OMwhores will become extincted!

[Skeeve14]

He said 185, 5 times. Not bad for his age. Thats close to a 225 for a single rep.

[gidget7]

Don't waste time or emotion hating, Rose, it only hurts you, they certainly don't care how you feel. Pity them, for they are becoming exposed for the sad imbeciles they are.