Tastes in sports, food divide McCain and Obama

[underpants]

Source: AFP

1 hour ago

WASHINGTON (AFP) — When Barack Obama and John McCain want a break, Obama is more likely to hit the basketball court or cook up some chili, while McCain would prefer to eat barbecue and watch a boxing match.

Today, playing a bit of basketball helps the 46-year-old Illinois senator unwind, and also feeds his superstitious streak.

The Arizona senator had some success as a boxer while at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland in the 1950s, and the sport fits his tenacious, combative temperament.


Obama prefers typically Southern classics like French fries and fried chicken over fish and vegetables. He also likes to stew up a pot of chili with red peppers and beef. His recipe has made the rounds on the Internet.

McCain's soft culinary spot is for marinated and barbecued pork chops, and recently invited journalists with him on the campaign trail to join him for a friendly chat around the grill.

Read more: http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jtCqUNMDNIjesis_5EJYWQXAAx8g

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In the throes of the campaign, McCain is known for sticking to a diet of doughnuts and soda, and his wife makes sure he can eat hot dogs every day if he wants to.
--wonder where she got the recipe

[skooooo]

1. Obama culture...

...will sweep the nation!!

I think it will be a lot of fun win Obama wins office. With a fresh new Presidency, everyone kind of gets caught up in the new style, quirks, and trivial stuff about the 1st family. I want to hear Motown playing everywhere!

I haven't heard about the basketball superstition...

[davidinalameda]

2. marinated pork chops?

how elitist

[tularetom]

3. Actually McCain has to have everything put through a blender

because his wooden teeth cannot chew solid food.

[Tutonic]

4. I bet McCain would really prefer to take a long nap and eat some

liquid foods.

[DRoseDARs]

5. So, neither of them prefers football or baseball? Good God, this CAN get sillier and more inane...nt

[Catch22Dem]

7. Well thank the Lord baby Jesus they're not hockey fans!

:evilgrin:

[Art_from_Ark]

20. Yes, it can get sillier and more inane

"Boxers or briefs? What you should know about your candidate!"

[Catch22Dem]

6. Actually, both of their food choices sound pretty good to me. :)

I'm not too picky though. :D

[JackintheGreen]

8. Fried chicken over fish and rice?

Isn't that a bit much? I've heard of red beans over rice, but really...

[KatyMan]

17. i think it meant

He prefers one to the other, prefers fries and fried chicken instead of fish and veg? :shrug:

Obama prefers typically Southern classics like French fries and fried chicken over fish and vegetables.

[kskiska]

9. McCain is physically incapable of throwing out a first ball

at a baseball game.

[hokies4ever]

13. He can underhand toss it

Plus that's kind of a cheap shot, don't you think?

[kskiska]

25. Not really. With the emphasis on sports and fitness

it could matter to the people who post photos of John Kerry and Al Gore purporting to display how inept they were physically. I couldn't care less about sports. I'd prefer an intellectual.

[skyounkin]

10. I

don't give a shit about their food preferences!! I want to know where their differences lie international war crimes? I want to know how we have prosecuted past war criminals but look the other way when it is the fucking president of the united states who stands there with blood of hundreds of thousands on his hands and he is not held accountable!!!

Sports?? Please! I. Don't. Give. A. Goddamm!!

I care about the constitution!! What are their stances on that?!

[hokies4ever]

12. There's thousands of articles written about these topics

Nothing wrong with writing one article about their cultural lives. Everybody knows that the Republicans want to paint Obama as exotic and out of touch and not like most people. This article does a great job suggesting that Obama is just as much like a normal American as McCain is.

[sasquatch]

11. John McCains current favorite sport is Croquet

:D

[0rganism]

14. quick, presscorps! reduce the campaign to trivia as efficiently as possible!

Issues? HELL NO! WE GOT PORK CHOPS TO MARINATE! :crazy:

[Trajan]

15. I thought it said "Feed his superstitious steak' ....

I was wondering how that tasted ....

[AllHereTruth]

16. Im so glad this made it to the DU.

So much important information all in a few short and sweet paragraphs. I am not an informed voter. :sarcasm:

sigh...

[underpants]

22. Just doing what we can

I posted this because of its level of ridiculousness

[truthisfreedom]

18. Hey Obama, maybe an avocado sammie would be in order?

Jeepers, eat something overtly healthy, please!

[rox63]

23. Presidential candidates eat a lot of road food

and that is seldom healthy.

[Pharlo]

19. I don't care which sport each likes, what I find particularly telling is that

Obama PLAYS basketball while McCain WATCHES boxing. If he's too old to engage in the sports he enjoys, why would anyone think him physically capable of a demanding job like POTUS?

[nightrain]

21. wow, important NEWS!

How about more amazing differences--choice of toothpaste, whether they sleep on their back or tummy, favorite color, favorite ice cream flavor. Anything to avoid the issues of the day! How absurd.

[MrsBrady]

24. hey AFP...

thanks for wasting our time with this story.

i'm sure it was really good to take up the time of your reporters so you could publish a story like this....you know, instead of like, you know....

reporting on REAL news.

geesh.

[WhiteTara]

26. so mccain likes to see people bashing each other

and obama likes to work on his personal best. okay, now we know who they are!

[KamaAina]

27. Today's scurrilous rumor: Obama serves his chili over *rice*!

Actually, this is likely to be true, because that is how it is usually served in his native Hawai'i.