He is also not holding up well under the strain of laying waste to the planet. He is A LOT grayer and less peppy looking than when he first took office. Back then MAYBE he held a candle to Putin, but Putin still goes on TV showing off his various athletic activities.
All McCain does to look fit and active is trot out his 96-yea-old mother and her twin sister. So the fact that men in his family tend to die in their 70's goes unnoticed except by those alarmed by his running mate, Miss Congeniality meets Frontier Butch.
The problem is that while Hockey Mom works for Sarah Palin, Obama CANNOT look too tough or he will trip people's scary black guy reflexes. I am not sure looking tough is a must though Obama could play up the able to go the distance look or line up some solid surrogates in teh background.
DC Seattle
On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 3:22 PM, Shane Mage <shmage at pipeline.com> wrote:
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> On Sep 16, 2008, at 3:59 PM, shag wrote:
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>> Anyway, doesn't it seem like this kick ass stuff is new? that whatever
>> characteristics presidents had in the past wasn't exactly an ability to
>> personally kick ass. I mean, grover cleveland? Fillmore? t roosevelt? they
>> all looked like they might be able to roll over someone, but not kick ass.
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> Andrew Jackson (the most loathsome of a generally loathsome lot) could and
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> Shane Mage
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> "Thunderbolt steers all things...it consents and does not consent to be
> called Zeus."
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> Herakleitos of Ephesos
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