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06/10/2008 (10:21 pm)

Barack Obama Rides A Bike, Nation Disintegrates Into Chaos

On about every site I’ve been to, the talk is about Presidential hopeful Barack Obama.  Not for his stance on foreign policy or taxes, but because he was spotted out and about over the weekend riding a bike in what some so-called pundits have described as cheezy, less-than-fashionable clothing:

Barack Obama ditched the campaign trail for the bike trail last weekend, offering onlookers a rare peek into the Democratic nominee’s casual-wear closet.

It wasn’t a pretty picture: ill-fitting jeans, a tucked-in golf shirt, black-and-white socks and a helmet that could make Michael Dukakis blush.

“Please tell me he isn’t wearing dark socks,” commented one of many Internet fashionistas who weighed in on Obama’s recent ride along Lake Michigan with his wife, Michelle, and their two daughters, Sasha, 7, and Malia, 9.

“Barry is politically correct, wearing a nice helmet,” noted another, tongue firmly in cheek.

I am outraged.  Completely shocked, appalled, and disgusted.

No, not at what Obama has on, but at the people who even begin to care.  Forget the war in Iraq or soaring gas prices or the jobless rate…Obama has on dad jeans!

Come on…he looks like many other suburban dads that I see out every weekend, doing weekendy things like riding bikes and going to Home Depot and fighting the crabgrass.  So what if he’s wearing dad jeans and socks with reinforced heels?  If he was standing up, you wouldn’t even see the heels of his socks; and while I admit the dad jeans are a bit embarrassing, I could think of worse things he could be wearing:

(this non-partisan article not meant to endorse Obama, Bush, Republicans, Democrats, tabby cats, Libertarians, librarians, Unitarians, grammarians, bicycles, tricycles, icicles, or cheese)

Posted by k
Filed under: Politics

14 Comments

  1. Nice job k, and I couldn’t agree more. In a Presidential candidate a few things stick out in my mind as important, his casual clothes are NOT among them.

    That said, I love tabby cats.

    Just sayin’.

    Comment by D — June 10, 2008 @ 10:47 pm

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  2. Let the man ride his bike for goodness sake! Word has it he eats oatmeal with craisons for breakfast and likes soft scrub, but only the kind with bleach in it…can we trust him?

    Comment by toldya — June 10, 2008 @ 11:54 pm

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  3. be prepared for much worse lol. this is going to be an interesting campaign season

    Comment by anonymous — June 11, 2008 @ 12:21 am

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  4. I agree too K……tabby cats are awesome!

    Comment by lori — June 11, 2008 @ 5:58 am

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  5. Go Barak! GO Barak! GO Barak!

    Comment by Pandemic — June 11, 2008 @ 11:50 am

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  6. Freakin ridiculous. I could care less what the guy is wearing. If he came out in a chicken costume for all I care.

    Comment by AnonyMAX — June 11, 2008 @ 12:15 pm

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  7. Well I guess I’ll just throw this in here http://www.politicalwobbles.com/ This is what it has come to. Bobbleheads!

    Comment by DM Longcat — June 11, 2008 @ 12:51 pm

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  8. God bless Americans.

    Comment by bgodley — June 11, 2008 @ 5:15 pm

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  9. I much prefer Dad jeans and goofy socks to second skin triatholon shorts or something equally sporty and horrifying.

    Comment by Kati — June 11, 2008 @ 7:28 pm

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  10. Nice touch with the Scientology add!! At last the truth revealed!

    Oh and what does fashionista America think Obama should wear? Spandex?

    Comment by EastAnon — June 12, 2008 @ 1:34 pm

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  11. It’s definately not about the clothes, but about the man wearing them. Thought this was interesting. http://www.theurbangrind.net/?p=2570

    Comment by Amber — June 13, 2008 @ 1:04 am

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  12. Well, #11, my article was about the clothes. I would have said the same thing had someone said dumb things about Hillary, McCain, Bush, or anyone else. My point was we need to focus on the issues, because the very pressing issues facing this country are a lot more important than a pair of dad jeans. It isn’t meant to be an endorsement of Obama, but rather showing just how shallow and superficial some people can be.

    Comment by k — June 13, 2008 @ 1:24 am

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  13. Please skew this story at http://www.skewz.com/link/link_details/7435?section=comments

    Comment by shrimp — June 13, 2008 @ 11:50 am

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  14. Thank god we don’t have to look at or hear this pretender anymore come Novemeber.

    Comment by Sam — June 13, 2008 @ 4:40 pm

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