The AP compiled responses from the Dem and GOP presidential candidates on various personal topics, such as nicknames, most disliked foods, other blather like that.
See if any of these really amuse you.
ALTERNATE CAREER CHOICE
| DEMOCRATS:
Clinton: "Continue to work for causes and issues I care about, in a setting like a university or foundation." Edwards: Mill supervisor. Obama: Architect. Richardson: Center field, New York Yankees. |
REPUBLICANS:
Giuliani: Sports announcer. Huckabee: Bass guitar player for a touring rock band. McCain: Foreign service. Romney: Auto company chief executive. |
FAVORITE FOOD TO COOK
| DEMOCRATS:
Clinton: "I'm a lousy cook, but I make pretty good soft scrambled eggs." Edwards: Hamburgers. Obama: Chili. Richardson: Diet milkshake. |
REPUBLICANS:
Giuliani: Hamburgers or steak on the grill. Huckabee: Ribeye steak on the grill. McCain: Baby-back ribs. Romney: Hot dog. |
FAVORITE REALITY TV PROGRAM
| DEMOCRATS:
Clinton: "American Idol." Edwards: College basketball. Obama: "Other than the U.S. Senate on C-SPAN? I don't watch them too often." Richardson: "Fox News." |
REPUBLICANS:
Giuliani: Baseball. Huckabee: "Nashville Star," USA Network's country music competition. McCain: Arizona Diamondbacks baseball. Romney: "American Idol." |
FAVORITE FITNESS ACTIVITY
| DEMOCRATS:
Clinton: Speed walking. Edwards: Running. Obama: Basketball. Richardson: Horseback riding and tennis. |
REPUBLICANS:
Giuliani: Golf. Huckabee: Running. McCain: Hiking. Romney: Jogging. |
WORST HABIT
| DEMOCRATS:
Clinton: Chocolate. Edwards: "Drinking soda." Obama: "Checking my Blackberry." Richardson: "Straying from my diet." |
REPUBLICANS:
Giuliani: "Talking too much." Huckabee: "Channel surfing on TV or radio." McCain: "Coffee." Romney: "Fidgeting." |
More opining below the fold.
"SLEEPING IN" TIME
| DEMOCRATS:
Clinton: "I feel lucky when I can sleep until 7 a.m." Edwards: 7 a.m. Obama: 8 a.m. Richardson: 7 a.m. |
REPUBLICANS:
Giuliani: 8 a.m. Huckabee: "Five a.m. is late for me. Most days I am up no later than 4:30 a.m." McCain: 8 a.m. Romney: 7 a.m. |
HIDDEN TALENT
| DEMOCRATS:
Clinton: "I love crossword puzzles." Edwards: "Jump shot." Obama: "I'm a pretty good poker player." Richardson: "Boxing trivia." |
REPUBLICANS:
Giuliani: "Listening." Huckabee: "Voice impersonations of dozens of celebrities." McCain: "Barbecue grill chef." Romney: "Singing." |
RECENT MUSIC PURCHASE
| DEMOCRATS:
Clinton: Carly Simon's "Into White." Edwards: U2. Obama: "The latest music purchase would probably be 'Ray' - the soundtrack from the Ray Charles movie." Richardson: George Strait, "50 Number Ones." |
REPUBLICANS:
Giuliani: Verdi's "Macbeth." Huckabee: Evanescence, the goth rock group from Little Rock, Ark. McCain: Likes "Sounds Of Summer - The Very Best Of The Beach Boys." Romney: "Selection of Roy Orbison songs from iTunes." |
HOME TASK THAT NEEDS TENDING
| DEMOCRATS:
Clinton: "Organizing my closets." Edwards: "Clearing paths in the woods." Obama: "Too numerous to list." Richardson: "Taking out the garbage at the mansion." |
REPUBLICANS:
Giuliani: "Cleaning the fireplace." Huckabee: "Cleaning garage." McCain: "Grilling." Romney: "Clean the gutters." |
RECENT WORK OF FICTION READ
| DEMOCRATS:
Clinton: "Team of Rivals" by Doris Kearns Goodwin (Nonfiction). Edwards: "Exile" by Richard North Patterson. Obama: "Gilead" by Marilynne Robinson. Richardson: "The administration's energy plan." |
REPUBLICANS:
Giuliani: "The Beach House" by James Patterson and Peter De Jonge. Huckabee: "My oldest son's screenplay." McCain: "A Farewell to Arms" by Ernest Hemingway. Romney: "Term Limits" by Vince Flynn. |
PETS AT HOME
| DEMOCRATS:
Clinton: "Seamus, our Lab." Edwards: Golden retriever and chocolate Lab. Obama: None. Richardson: Cats Jake and Squeaky. |
REPUBLICANS:
Giuliani: None. Huckabee: Jet the 9-year-old black Lab, Sonic the 1 1/2-year-old Shih Tzu. McCain: Sam the English springer spaniel, Coco the mutt, turtles Cuff and Link, Oreo the black and white cat, a ferret, three parakeets and 13 saltwater fish. Romney: Family recently lost Marley, a Weimaraner. |
BEST AND WORST GRADES OR SUBJECTS IN SCHOOL
| DEMOCRATS:
Clinton: "I always loved history and got good grades, but I never did well at math." Edwards: Best, English; worst, chemistry. Obama: Graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law; D in 8th grade French. Richardson: A in spelling; F in music. |
REPUBLICANS:
Giuliani: Best, constitutional law and contracts in law school. Worst, tax in law school. Huckabee: A+ (100 percent average) in debate; C in 9th Grade algebra. McCain: "I never got good grade." Romney: A to F. "Fortunately, I got more A's than F's." |
SHUNNED FOOD ITEMS
| DEMOCRATS:
Clinton: "I like nearly everything. "I don't like, you know, things that are still alive." Edwards: "I can't stand mushrooms. I don't want them on anything that I eat. And I have had to eat them because you get food served and it's sitting there and you're starving, so you eat." Obama: "Beets, and I always avoid eating them." Richardson: Mushrooms, specifically. "I'm not a big vegetable eater." Recalling the first President Bush's distaste for broccoli, he said: "I sympathize with that fully." |
REPUBLICANS:
Giuliani: Liver. Huckabee: "Carrots. I just don't like carrots. I banned them from the governor's mansion when I was governor of Arkansas because I could." McCain: "I eat almost everything. Sometimes I don't do too well with vegetables." Romney: "Eggplant, in any shape or form. And I've always been able to avoid it." Thompson: "Not much. I've tried to do better about that. I jokingly say that we kind of have a diet around our house that if it tastes good, you don't eat it. I haven't quite got there yet. There's not much that I turn down. That's a good thing on the campaign trail because you get quite a variety." |
WORST JOBS
| DEMOCRATS:
Clinton: "Sliming fish in a fish cannery in Valdez, Alaska." Edwards: Textile mill. "I cleaned out overhead in the weave room, which is where all the crap goes. And I'd be up there climbing around, knocking the stuff down. And it would go down on the looms. The weavers would be, uh, not happy with me for that." Obama: Scooping ice cream at a Baskin-Robbins and eating too much of it. Richardson: Landscaping, while playing baseball on Cape Cod in 1967. "The pay was terrible. I remember it was backbreaking work." |
REPUBLICANS:
Huckabee: "Washing windows at JCPenney's and stocking shelves when I was 14 years old. … It was a great job and it was a great company but they worked me hard. Just as I'd get all the fingerprints wiped off the door, somebody would come and they'd put their hands all over the glass. To this day, I'm still very sensitive about never touching the glass, but touching the handles because I had to wipe those windows so many times." McCain: "I've never really had a bad job." Romney: "Worst job was probably spending about a week sawing a sewer pipe at the ranch in Idaho I worked at. And getting down in the sewer and sawing through a sewer pipe that still had active sewage occasionally passing through it." Thompson: "I've worked in a factory, I was a bouncer at my uncle's drag strip, I worked at the post office, I sold children's shoes, I sold ladies', I sold men's clothing, I was a night clerk at a motel. I can't think of a job that I had that I wasn't thankful for at the time." Giuliani: Declined to answer. |
NICKNAMES
| DEMOCRATS:
New York Sen. Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton: No nicknames that stuck Former North Carolina Sen. Johnny Reid Edwards: John Illinois Sen. Barack Hussein Obama Jr.: Barry New Mexico Gov. William Blaine Richardson: Coyote Bill |
REPUBLICANS:
Former New York Mayor Rudolph William Louis Giuliani: Rudy Former Arkansas Gov. Michael Dale Huckabee: Mike and Huck Arizona Sen. John Sidney McCain III: Johnny Former Massachusetts Gov. Willard Mitt Romney: "In high school, my friends called me Bird Legs. And how did I get it? Take a guess." Former Tennessee Sen. Freddie Dalton Thompson: Mr. President
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FIRST CARS
| DEMOCRATS:
Clinton: A 1963 Oldsmobile Cutlass with a battery she kept in her law-school dorm on cold nights so the car would start when she needed it. (Now: A Ford hybrid, and Secret Service vehicles as former first lady) Edwards: Plymouth Duster. (Now: Ford Escape hybrid, 2004 Chrysler Pacifica midsize SUV, 1994 GMC truck.) Obama: Grandfather's Ford Granada was the first car he used extensively. (Now: Chrysler 300C, a full-size sport-luxury sedan.) Richardson: Secondhand Ford Mustang. (Now: Official state vehicles and "Jeep Wrangler, although my security doesn't like me to drive." |
REPUBLICANS:
Giuliani: A used Dodge. (Now: "I don't drive, I navigate.") Huckabee: Mercury Montego. (Now: 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe and 1995 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck) McCain: 1958 Corvette. (Now: Cadillac CTS, a midsize luxury sedan) Romney: A used 1963 Rambler Classic, which he got in 1965 when he went to college. (His father, then Michigan governor, had helped develop the Rambler as American Motors chief) (Now: 2005 Ford Mustang convertible and 1962 Rambler American.) Thompson: Red pickup. Now: Unknown. |
FAVORITE GADGETS
| DEMOCRATS:
Clinton: iPod Edwards: iPod Obama: BlackBerry Richardson: BlackBerry, "my Crackberry." |
REPUBLICANS:
Giuliani: CD player Huckabee: "Probably my laptop. Or my bass guitar and amplifier." McCain: Razr cell phone and the TV remote Romney: BlackBerry Thompson: iPod |
MISCONCEPTIONS
| DEMOCRATS:
Clinton's campaign: "Too many to choose from; she is the most famous person nobody really knows." Edwards: "That I have an accent. Actually, the rest of the country does." Obama: No answer. Richardson: "That politicians are late. I work very hard to be on time." |
REPUBLICANS:
Giuliani's campaign: "That he's too serious." Huckabee: No answer. McCain (grinning): "I think there are many, starting with my good looks, winning personality, the fact that I have never lost my temper. Frankly, I think there's been enough visibility in all these years in public office that Americans have me pretty well figured out, both failings as well as virtues." Romney: "It probably relates to the issue you raised the other day that I changed positions on a number of issues. And that is just not an accurate characterization." Thompson's campaign: "Really not much of a break dancer." |
PRIZED POSSESSION
| DEMOCRATS:
Clinton: No answer Edwards (laughing): "I hate these questions because they always require more thought than I have time to give them. Prized like long-term or short-term? My running shoes are very important to me." Obama: "Photograph in my office of the cliffs of Oahu's South Shore, where my mother's ashes are scattered." Richardson: "Baseball signed by Ted Williams." |
REPUBLICANS:
Giuliani: "My grandfather's pocket watch." Huckabee: "Probably my Tobias bass guitar or maybe, I've got a handmade musket rifle that was made by a guy in Eureka Springs, Ark. I've hunted turkey with it. It's really an amazing firearm. Probably one of those two as far as just real heirlooms." McCain: "I have a baseball signed by Ted Williams, my childhood hero, a Marine pilot as well." Romney: 1962 Rambler American, which his sons bought for him. "The last year that my dad was president of American Motors and made Ramblers was 1962, so it's a connection with my dad and that era." Thompson: ( tongue in cheek) "Trophy wife." |
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Evanescence, the goth rock group from Little Rock, Ark.
Dog whistle! Evanescence is a Christian goth rock group.
Also, I am pretty disgusted that all of the presidential candidates are apparently incompetent cooks, except for Obama.
And I kind of liked Evanescence…
Well, Evanescence doesn’t exactly identify itself as Christian.
So now I have one thing in common with Huckabee. Great.
I don’t know if Clinton’s “recent fiction” answer was a joke or Freudian slip. But it’s funny either wa.
hahahahaha… *wheeze* hahahahaha
I thought at least half of his constituency would have problems with him listening to ‘devil music’? Is he trying to connect with young voters or something? Not to mention that Evanescence isn’t remotedly ‘goth’ music.
From now on he’ll be known as Mike “My World is Pain” Huckabee to me and my friends.
ya, Evanescence is a total dog whistle there, even though they went ‘mainstream’ as many have to do to make any kind of money, they met and formed at a Christian summer camp and quite a few of their songs are heavy on the allegory…
I read that and thought: well, he’s trying to connect to ‘young voters’ but in such a way that it doesn’t totally betray the fundie demographic. Kind of a “I’m down with the kids today yo” mixing in that he pays attention to “local kids who make good”. It all seemed really rehearsed.
And did anyone think that Guiliani didn’t answer the “worst job” question because while he wants to get props for being the mayor of NY, he actually looks back on the job with contempt?
Yeah, but on the other other hand, they’re a Christian rock group with a Parental Advisory sticker on Anywhere But Home, thanks to inclusion a cover of “Thoughtless.” And Amy Lee, the only remaining original member, has distanced herself from the Christian angle. So it seems more of a straight shout out to Arkansas than to evangelical Republican primary voters, most of whom probably haven’t ever heard them.Meanwhile,
Yes, I’d say he hides that one very well.Murdering songbirds and cutting their feet off?
Word.
Giuliani’s most recent music purchase is Verdi’s “Macbeth”? Why am I seeing so many jokes from that?
I personally don’t care if a presidential candidate can cook or not, as long as they are functionally literate and understand such concepts as “justice”, “constitutional rights”, “separation of church and state”, etc.
*snort*
John McCain would like you to know that he has a VERY LARGE PENIS.
“I personally don’t care if a presidential candidate can cook or not, as long as they are functionally literate and understand such concepts as “justice”, “constitutional rights”, “separation of church and state”, etc.”
Oh sure. Raise the bar so high that NOBODY will qualify…
I also notice that the GOP male candidates all went with some sort of meat/BBQ option when talking about their cooking prowess, while the Dems were a bit more ecclectic (but “diet shakes”? WTF?)
“Me manly GOP man, me makes meat only. Cooking for woman, unless make BBQ.”
Did he fall off the roof of the car?
zuzu: That’s exactly what I was thinking.
McCain: “I’ve never really had a bad job.”
“Well, except for that ONE time …”
These are all pretty silly, but Thompson’s breakdancing comment actually made me laugh (it’s a shame it probably came from some 23-yr-old campaign volunteer instead of the man himself). But Richardson’s diet milkshake comment just makes me sad. Who’s favorite thing to cook is a diet shake?
Yeah, i noticed the meat thing too. Also, I found it randomly interesting that two candidates prize their autographed Ted Williams baseball above all else. I mean, granted, Ted Williams was the shit, but what are the odds on that one?
I assumed the Evanescence pick by Huckabee was an Arkansas thing and not a Christian thing. Do you think he likes their song, Lithium?
The comment about Giuliani hiding his listening talent was exactly what went through my mind! And his worst habit is “Talking too much,” which would go well with his hidden talent for listening. Unless he means that he is very good at listening to himself.
Huckabee getting up at 4:30 AM is enough by itself to not vote for him. I hate morning people!
And it would have been very funny if a Republican had said that his most recent music purchase was by The Dead Kennedys!
Obama just got my vote. All the other candidates watch either ‘reality’ TV or sports.
Just noticed, McCain’s first car was 1958 Corvette???!!! Were his parents loaded? My first car was a 12 year old Dodge Dart with 120,000 miles on it and and an old vegetable can soldered over the exhaust manifold to keep the exhaust leakage down to “almost fatal”.
Tom,
I believe McCain’s father was an admiral and he was a hot shot pilot so the ‘Vette thing fits the stereotype.
But I had to chuckle at Richardson’s “choice” of fiction reading.
Did the parody of a Jello Biafra-less Dead Kennedys do a new recording I haven’t heard about, or are we assuming they would have purchased some old release?
What kind of maniac wakes up at 4h30 am anyway (exceptions granted to dairy farmers like my uncle)? There’s days I’m not even in bed by that time…
Who’s favorite thing to cook is a diet shake?
Especially coming from a man of Latin background, you’d think, I don’t know some great Tex Mex or being from New Mexico, some sort of Hispanic comfort food. I’m not expecting him to break out with Cabrito or Barbacoa but something a little less vanilla than diet shakes would be nice.
But I forgot, Richardson is a secret Hispanic.
Giuliani’s prized possession is his grandfather’s pocket watch. I always did get the “Pan’s Labyrinth villain” vibe about him…
I notice a bipartisan trend in sucking at mathematics while doing ever so much better in subjects requiring, mostly, a simultaneous knack for rote memorization and obfuscation. I wanna be shocked but I probably woulda been more shocked if it’d been the other way round. Lessee. “I was always perfect at thrusting myself to the forefront of the group and talking til everyone else surrendered but ax2 + bx + c = 0?? Like I use that now anyway, ha!!! and I sure am richer and more powerful and successful than YOU, pathetic chemical engineer with your total obscurity and five-figure student loan debt!!” Well, I can’t argue with that. Maybe it takes a certain special kinda genius brain to reach the heights of running for Prez and the rest of us who got like, A’s in Calculus and Physics are just scientific and mathematical idiot savants. Now that I think of what we’re letting control our lives and destinies as prez NOW, I’m starting to agree, the rest of us ARE much bigger idiots.
Did the parody of a Jello Biafra-less Dead Kennedys do a new recording I haven’t heard about, or are we assuming they would have purchased some old release?
OK, now you’ve got me imagining Huckabee singing along with Viva Las Vegas.
Hmmm… from Wikipedia:
Rebellious as a youth, McCain too [like his grandfather and father] attended the United States Naval Academy, but finished near the bottom of his graduating class in 1958.
So was the ‘58 Corvette his present for doing so well in school?
i can’t help but really like bill richardson. i thought the diet shake thing was kinda cool, cos men aren’t supposed to care about their weight, ykno. hes so cute. but i imagine being adorable doesnt get votes anywhere except kiddie beauty pageants.
Huckabee doesn’t need to ‘dog whistle’ anyone with his musical choices. He’s been pretty straightforward about his theocratic leanings. Anyone who doesn’t know he’s really, really religious hasn’t been listening.
I had to stop after Richardson referenced his ‘diet’ twice…
Diet milkshakes your favorite thing to cook? WTF?!?!
I can attest that Bill Richardson’s concern with being late and dieting is pretty honest - both came up last February in a small group discussion i got to be in. Bill’s car got stuck on the way from the airport in the foot of snow that fell, and he felt awful about being late. He also was very circumspect of the menu in the coffee shop we were at.
I’ll add to the chorus of people who liked Richardson’s answers. So many of the other candidates seemed to be putting up answers that made it sound like they were “average folks”……like Edwards. Alternative career - mill supervisor? Yes, he loves poor people and wants to help them, and he’s got some great ideas….but he’s a multi-millionaire, and I (as one of those legitimate poor/uninsured Americans) don’t believe for one second that he’s 100% committed to our plight (sorry Amanda…). If he was, he wouldn’t be wasting hundreds of dollars on a haircut.
Richardson though, I could imagine him chuckling as he responded to this.
The questions were interesting, but I’d much rather see the candidates answer one of the millions of MySpace surveys floating around.
Who all noticed how Fred Thompson’s answers don’t start appearing until several questions in? It’s almost as if… well, the jokes write themselves!
I’m honestly a bit dismayed at how much all of the candidates say they sucked at/hated math and science subjects. I guess that’s the breaks, but man…
I found Richardson’s answer to the fiction question kind of groan-worthy — like he was trying too hard to be clever.
I took the “alternative career” to be sort of an, “if your life went in a different direction, what would you have ended up doing?”My father, who’s a surgeon, from a family of restaurant owners, said that if med school didn’t work out, he’d likely own a pizza restaurant.
Meh. Poor people who become rich typically have poor taste when it comes to their consumption habits, so Edwards’ habits are pretty consistent with his background.LMAO! Is that his new name for it?
Former staffers (as well as many people who work weekday afternoons at various DC hotels) can tell you what his REAL favorite gadget is, and it ain’t the BlackBerry.
LMAO! Is that his new name for it?
Former staffers (as well as many people who work weekday afternoons at various DC hotels) can tell you what his REAL favorite gadget is, and it ain’t the BlackBerry.
This pretty much confirms Richardson as my favorite Democratic candidate.
This list convinces me that I would probably like McCain if I ever met him. A D-backs fan who hikes and grills. Too bad he’s a tool and a dick of a politician.
And note, Giuliani has a CD player since iPods weren’t around on 9/11, and that’s when all time stopped!
I (as one of those legitimate poor/uninsured Americans) don’t believe for one second that he’s 100% committed to our plight (sorry Amanda…). If he was, he wouldn’t be wasting hundreds of dollars on a haircut.
Vegan, there is something I would like you to consider. It is that there are no genuinely poor people running for president. Not in this age of US politics. So don’t expect one. The reason right wing media made such a big deal of the haircut was to call Edwards a faggot. You can read all kinds of stories into a candidate’s personal life, but, really, what you should focus on are the policy issues. They are all that matter.
The Edward’s haircut is a completely phony story. It was played up by the press because it looked like a story. The real story is the Edwards was flying from one event to another and he asked someone to give him a haircut at the airport. How much do you think your barber would charge you to drive to the airport and give you a haircut? The only story is the Edwards is a busy person who can afford to pay extra to have someone work into his schedule.
Or…I could just play Hot or Not with the candidates and choose that way. Regardless, I don’t respect elitism, whether its religious people who think they’re better than everyone else (including the “spiritual liberals”…grrr), or rich people who claim to be a neo-Messiah for the lower class. If Edwards wants to show just how “like us” he is, then he can get rid of his expensive mansion and “share the wealth.” I don’t care where he comes from; fifteen year old Edwards isn’t running. Fifty year old Edwards is, and we base our judgment on his character from that. My take on his character - he’s either slick, or shady, and neither are appealing. Am I biased? Yes. But I don’t have health insurance, a savings account, a retirement plan (unless you count a felony….let them take care of me
), or even a bed. My bias against the upper class is one of the few constant things in my life.
Heh. I call my work-issued internationally-capable electronic leash restraint and tracking system (aka my BlackBerry) my “CrackBerry.” To everybody, all the time, consistently. To the point where when work ppl email me and call me and even are just casually chatting to me and the issue of a need to contact me in future arises, they casually say, “Will you have your CrackBerry?” and my kids say to me, “Hey, Mom, I tried your CrackBerry but you didn’t pick up.” etc. It IS the CRACKBERRY!!!
Paying that much for a haircut, regardless of the circumstances, is a bourgeois expense. Edwards is a bourgeois individual.
Hmmm, read Gilead and doesn’t watch reality tv. i heart Obama.
I am very similar to Obama when it comes to reality TV. Outside of C-SPAN, the Bad Girls Club and the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, I don’t watch reality TV that much.
“Paying that much for a haircut, regardless of the circumstances, is a bourgeois expense. Edwards is a bourgeois individual.”
So was FDR, but he consistently rivals Lincoln as the best president in US history. It ain’t being rich that disqualifies you from being a force for progress, it’s what you learned from the contrast between your own life and the lives of the less fortunate…
Well, there is this angle, then…
The whole list just seems to me to be a further degradation of political discourse. Who the fuck cares what music, food, etc. they like. What are their fucking policy proposals.
Anyone else notice how many times Huckabee references his love of playing the bass? Trying desperately to seem cool by beating people over the head with your musical abilities ISN’T cool.
Paying that much for a haircut, regardless of the circumstances, is a bourgeois expense. Edwards is a bourgeois individual.
Hey! Guess what? They all are. And people who are running for President have to be camera-ready at all times and look the same wherever they go. That means they all have hair and makeup people taking care of them.
Are you shocked, shocked! that Edwards would pay a skilled professional a fair rate for taking up a large portion of that person’s billable day?
Then I suggest you grow up and deal with it.
Damn. Back in the day I had a summer job washing interior windows and doors at MIT. I had no idea anybody, let alone Huckabee, was sensitive to that no-fingers-on-the-glass! thing too.
I suppose the saddest thing about this list is that some registered voter will read it and actually pull the lever for one of the candidates because of their answers. Somebody reads John McCain’s addicted to coffee… Ooh, I am too! I’m voting for him.
Paying that much for a haircut, regardless of the circumstances, is a bourgeois expense. Edwards is a bourgeois individual.
I’m tellin’ ya, Vegan, every single person who is running for US president, and has a chance of being elected, is a deeply, deeply bourgeois individual. None of them are working class, or even middle class. And all of them know the impotance of looks in a contest that, in this age, is primarily done through television and the internet.
It is our fate to choose among people who are all coiffed, all completely rehearsed, and all very rich, and all spending tons of money on their campaigns. You should not let petty issues get in the way of something that important.
Thompson: ( tongue in cheek) “Trophy wife.”
I don’t think he’s joking.
Who CARES? It’s frustrating that these questions were even asked, and will be taken seriously by people.
“Especially coming from a man of Latin background, you’d think, I don’t know some great Tex Mex or being from New Mexico, some sort of Hispanic comfort food. ” That is so anglo-saxon Keith. I have never seen a Tex-Mex restaurant in New Mexico. Maybe in Ruidoso where the Texans ski. We try and keep anything Texan out. I am sure Bill has pigged out on Chile Rellenos (made with an actual chile and not a bell pepper), Green chile chicken enchiladas, posole, Navajo fry bread, green chile cheeseburgers, maybe even green chile fudge. And then some Szechuan cooking, Thai food, elk stew. We like to make fun of our friends from back east, who find the food too hot. Wimps.