Not Paleo today: Jeb Bush sips beer and flips pork chops as he tackles an Iowa ritual

LA Times ^ | 8/14/15 | SEEMA MEHTA

[jimbo123]

Nibbling a deep-fried Snickers. Sipping a mid-morning beer. Flipping pork chops on the grill. Taking questions from voters while standing near hay bales in the muggy Iowa summer.

Presidential candidate Jeb Bush took a break from his Paleo diet and hit all the traditional marks as he campaigned Friday at the Iowa State Fair, a massive festival underway in the state that holds the first nominating contest in the nation.

Bush is struggling here, and is in seventh place with the support of 5% of Iowa Republican voters in a CNN/ORC poll released earlier this week. That’s 17 points behind front-runner Donald Trump, who plans to land at the fair Saturday in a helicopter.

Bush, who has referred to himself as the tortoise in the race for the GOP nomination, brushed aside the polls as “irrelevant.”

[Tijeras_Slim]

Essentially what “Hunter gatherers” would eat.

As long as I can find the pepperoni pizza tree, I'm good with that.

[Graybeard58]

Many Presbyterians don’t.

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I did not know that, thanks. Is it part of their creed or just an observation?

I’ve been Baptist my whole life. I don’t drink alcoholic beverages but not because I’m Baptist but because I’m an alcoholic. I’ve never understood Baptist church’s aversion to alcohol and do not agree with it personally.

Moderation in all things is the key and since I’m incapable of drinking moderately, I don’t drink at all. (34 years O.D.A.T.)

[Graybeard58]

It’s when you eat only meat, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds. Essentially what “Hunter gatherers” would eat.

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My doc told me that if I did that faithfully only give up meat too, I’d probably eventually be able to get off my diabetes medications.

No way, not worth it.

[Reily]

My tribe have followed the trails of the cheese steak & onions herds for years. It's a right of passage for our young to hunt them armed only with cash and/or plastic.
I have noticed they often gather at yuengling springs.

[Dr. Ursus]

I only play a rube every four years!

[Twinkie]

Quit dieting!! It’s wussy.

[Tijeras_Slim]

I’m in New Mexico now, but spent my early days in MD and PA.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Have to admit, nothing better than grilled pork chops.

[riri]

Wow, Jeb Bush is just like me. A regular folk. I was wrong about him. I really want him to be President.

Does this crap really work? You'd have to be extremely weak minded to buy into this obvious manipulation.

[jjotto]

Believe me, the ones at the Iowa State Fair are the best of the best. The Iowa Pork Producers Association knows pork! Headed there in a bit just to eat, despite the 90+ degrees and 70+% humidity.