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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHave You Noticed How Non-athletic Republican Candidates Are as a Group?
Obama plays basketball, golf, swims and is physically fit as pictured him in his swim trunks.
Haven't yet seen Romney (and before him McCain) engaging in any sports or in a swim suit. Ann of course makes her horse do the work.
Even Clinton while he was chubby was seen in shorts jogging along trailing the secret service. Curious isn't it?
monmouth
(21,078 posts)MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)No?
hay rick
(7,648 posts)Some more examples of Ryan's budget math- from the Path to Prosperity (2012 Ryan budget passed by the House in 2011).
The portion of federal spending excluding Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare will plummet from the current 12.5% of GDP to 3.5% by 2050.
After tax cuts and the closing of unspecified loopholes, federal tax revenues will increase from the current 15.5% of GDP to 19%.
Unemployment will steadily drop to 2.8% by 2021.
MADem
(135,425 posts)I think he confuses his brain while he's at it...
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,900 posts)I am not going to criticize them for that. Paul Ryan's marathon record isn't what he said it was, but he managed to complete it. A marathon would kill my pudgy ass.
There are so many things wrong with republicans that are far worse than being couch potatoes.
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)CheapShotArtist
(333 posts)CJCRANE
(18,184 posts)He was always in the gym and going on bike rides.
niyad
(113,628 posts)PCIntern
(25,601 posts)No...he's a gofer.
Lots of grifters in the gop.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)mucifer
(23,576 posts)large, didn't work out and died in office of a heart attack. He worked really hard everyday to better our city.
It makes me sad that someone would post this thread when I think about Mayor Washington.
http://www.chipublib.org/branch/details/library/harold-washington/p/Spcharoldpath/
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Generalizations can be dangerous. Ryan is a devotee of P90-X, and dressage is also exercise for the rider.
There are dems who are also fans of the couch.
This is party independent.
nolabear
(41,999 posts)How many artists are among the Republicans? How many math scholars? How many musicians? How many over-60's? How many poets? How many world class gamers?
I hate posts like this. They're divisive, meaningless and just plain piss me off.
Oh, and my favorite T-shirt says "I used to jog, but the ice kept falling out of my glass."
radicalliberal
(907 posts)Definitely.
How many of the Freedom Riders in 1961 were athletes? Raoul Wallenberg's half-sister said he "detested competitive team sports." But what did she know? All these guys were just wimps; right?
Johonny
(20,913 posts)Old and In the Way
(37,540 posts)Basketball,football, and baseball are socialist sport activities.. Sure would like to see Ayn Rand compete againsst some of our finer public systems, in the sports arena...like LaCrosse...
former9thward
(32,097 posts)CheapShotArtist
(333 posts)but I think baseball should be added as another RNC sport. It clearly reflects the negatives of capitalism, where there are no salary caps and teams with high payrolls can essentially "buy" titles every year.
rustydog
(9,186 posts)He probably does not want to overwhelm America with his Sport prowess.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Badminton, golf, croquet, perhaps a bit of squash now and again?
Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)by his own bike. Remember when Bush tried to ride on that thing (forgot what you call it) and it flipped him to the ground...what a beautiful thing. Oh yeah...almost forgot...he was a cheerleader and he chopped wood too.
niyad
(113,628 posts)Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)got in a wheel chair he's probably fall over foreword reaching for a cracker as he has a propensity to do. I laugh just thinking about it.
niyad
(113,628 posts)begin_within
(21,551 posts)AnnieBW
(10,465 posts)P90X is not for sissies. A guy in my old office did it, and it was too much for him. Of course, he was somewhat older than 42 years.
ChoppinBroccoli
(3,784 posts)But I'd be hard-pressed to name many CURRENT Republicans who are athletic. Is Steve Largent still a Congressman?
MrSlayer
(22,143 posts)And Chimpy was quite adept at it.
Matters not at all.