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Democratic Presidential Candidates… Snap!
John Kerry–Membah him?, Perez Hilton might ask–recently took the unusual step of posing for photos with bunches of boozing coeds (pictured). What gives, wonders the Boston Herald.
The shots show the former White House wannabe posing with a pack of young ladies who are wielding cups, beer cans and straws shaped like penises.
Par-tay!
In other pics, the gals are carrying on sans the senator. In one snap a reveler, who appears to be three-to-five sheets to the wind, is having a panty-exposing wardrobe malfunction as she’s helped up from the floor.
…[A Kerry aide] said Kerry and two friends were walking on the dock after having dinner at the Straight Wharf restaurant when the senator was recognized by “a large group” on a boat who asked if they could get a photo.
Right. Sure. Just happened that way. I always get accosted by coeds wielding straws shaped like…
Barack Obama, meanwhile, is telling a similar ambush story. Seems Obama told Maureen Dowd he got pwned at a Berlin restaurant by a German tabloid. A resulting article referenced his “firm rear end,” and shows him posing with a comely journalist. Those Dems.
Obama Tosses Pancakes Like Pro Would, if There Were Pro Pancake-Tossing League
Barack Obama, in South Dakota for a pancake breakfast on Sunday, won big. In the pancake toss, that is.
Video via Breitbart. Crispy on the Obama Waffle here.
Obama’s Half-Eaten Waffle Briefly Auctioned on eBay
Whereas John Kerry might be famous as a flip flopper, Barack Obama is making a name for himself as a bit of a waffler. A portion of waffle Obama failed to finish during a recent diner stop in Pennsylvania was briefly opened up for bidding on eBay. And it seems the waffle has a bit of a backstory.
The waffle itself has taken on importance among the news media because Obama cited it as a reason for not responding to questions about former President Jimmy Carter’s trip to the middle east.
“Senator, did you hear about Jimmy Carter’s trip. He said he could get Hamas to negotiate?” a reporter asked Obama Monday as he ate his waffle, sausage and orange juice with Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., who ordered pancakes.
Obama responded: “Why is it that like I can’t just eat my waffle?”
“I’m just asking..” the reporter said.
“I’m just gonna eat my waffle right now,” Obama said.
The waffle, for its part, apparently did not hire an agent during its fourteen-minute flirtation with fame.
The Sydney Morning Herald adds to the story with this:
eBay Australia spokesman Daniel Feiler said perishable food items were only allowed to be sold if they were preserved or vacuum sealed.
He said Britney Spears’ half-eaten sandwiches and chewing gum had been sold on the site previously, as had various food items that had been inadvertently moulded into bizarre or recognisable shapes.
“The famous Virgin Mary cheese sandwich was actually a preserved sandwich; they vacuum packed it,” Feiler said.
“There was a Nutri-Grain that sold in Australia a few years ago that looked like ET - and I think it sold for $3000.”
Alas, the Obama waffle is no longer for sale on eBay, reports Seattle P-I blogger Monica Guzman.
Would-Be Prezzes and Supporters: Eaters All
Today’s NYT has a four-piece feature on how potential-voter dining habits correlate to support for a certain presidential candidate. Slate has kindly boiled down those four pieces into a paragraph:
[T]he NYT points out that each side is carefully analyzing how their potential supporters eat in order to target them as specifically as possible. The paper’s dining section compiled an interesting list of the overarching themes that can help identify supporters. For example, Clinton’s like fruit-filled cookies, while Obama’s, strangely enough, “intensely dislike vanilla wafers.” McCain voters are partial to Hardee’s, while Clinton’s like Church’s Fried Chicken, and Obama’s skewed toward Panera Bread. How about snacks? Clinton’s supporters prefer Newman’s Own Pretzels, McCain’s like Sun Chips, and Obama’s are partial toward Kettle Chips. Of course, exceptions are plentiful but these comparisons are more than a little addictive.
In other food news from the presidential trail, Cindy McCain is a recipe thief, Hillary drinks Canadian whisky, and Barack Obama’s mom was a one-time food stamp recipient.
All this political food talk reminds me that a friend (not Monica Lewinsky) once suggested a certain bodily fluid of Bill Clinton’s probably “tastes like BBQ sauce.”
