Posted on 11/02/2009 5:05:26 PM PST by traumer
He is a man with the weight of the world on his shoulders but President Barack Obama appears to be shedding pounds in other areas.
A photograph of Mr Obama emerging from a gym in Fort McNair, Washington showed him looking slimmer than usual.
The Drudge Report website, which published the picture, captioned it "Barack 'N Bones" and said "rigorous workouts and high-stress basketball games" were responsible for the president's apparent weight loss.
Mr Obama has been teased by political opponents in the past about his physique.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, the California governor, once joked that he had "scrawny arms" and that he would make Mr Obama "do some squats". By contrast, Michelle Obama's gym-toned arms have been widely admired.
The couple are vocal supporters of healthy living and Mr Obama goes regularly to the gym.
As he came out of the gym in Fort McNair, he was wearing a large jacket which may have contributed to his skinny look.
A Washington insider told the Drudge Report that the president was not chain-smoking - his one vice - but does occasionally skip meals because he is "working non-stop for the country". A week ago, Mr Obama talked about his physique as h
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I hope that he is not getting AIDS again.
Crack!
Yep, that’s where he’s doing it.
No. But those things ARE at his pay grade.
I’d call it stress of the office but no doubt Barry would insist it is due to the good eating from Michelle’s White House garden.....
Not really. He does not give a damn about what is going in the world and in particular toward defeating our enemies and winning the war in Afghanistan.
but President Barack Obama appears to be shedding pounds in other areas
Too much time he spends playing basketball, running, and playing golf, eventually dong too much sports and he is going to lose weight.
High stressed Basketball games? Games?
Thank goodness the Resident of the US doesn't have any other stresses - the poor fellow/sarc
Quick! Someone throw him a Snickers Bar....or not.....
Is he doing cocaine again? (Is that what drudge is trying to ask unsaid?)
Is that why he goes out to lunch at the deli?
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