2008 Senator Obama: Are You Above The Common Pot Roast, Sir?
posted by on April 25 at 12:45 PM
As reported here, Obama has laid to rest any fears that he spends all of his time eating in pan-Asian fusion restaurants, sucking down foam of foie gras, laughing derisively at the common people eating out of dumpsters:
Obama, at a press conference in Indianapolis just now, was asked if he’s too much like “a GQ over who’s aloof.”Part of his response:
“I was raised in a setting with my grandparents who grew up in small town Kansas, where the dinner table would have been familiar to a lot of people here in Indiana – a lot of pot roasts and potatoes and jello molds.”
My first thought is:
“A GQ over who’s aloof?”
What does that even mean?
My second thought: has it ever turned out well for a Democratic candidate who ends up trying to convince people that he’s ‘common’ enough to understand their way of life? Didn’t that lead to John Kerry marching into the forest to go shoot woodland creatures? Doesn’t that way lie the madness of the “which candidate would you want to have a beer with?” media narrative?
This only ends with you riding a tank, senator. Don’t let them do it to you.
Sen Obama would look hot in a tank.
You know it.
I know it.
The whole world knows it.
But no helmets - it's not his style.
Typo, maybe? GQ lover? I dunno.
oh for fuck's sake, what did he have his aides take a survey of a typical dinner in Indiana so he could spit out this sound bite? How is Clinton going to counter the pot roast defense? Stay tuned for updates on the dinner table battle at 11.
I'm sorry but I'm getting to the point where I'm having trouble believing anything any of the candidates say.
but I do like jello, especially orange jello with mandarin oranges and whipped cream spread over it and pecan bits adorning it all.
@ 2- I read it as "GQ cover." Who the hell knows...
Just don't forget the arugala. Because, you know, those meat-and-potato folks just love arugala.
Why is SLOG broadcasting an interview with Senator Obama? It only happens when I log onto SLOG and stops when I log off. It does not play on Stranger home. I have not clicked on any Obama video links.
You know, I live two blocks from a Whole Foods in San Francisco and not only do have pot roast, but they also have fried chicken and meatloaf. And mashed potatoes. And beer. And, of course, argula. All of which I enjoy. So I guess that makes me a meat-and-potatoes, arugula eatin', beer-drinkin', San Franciscan, Obama supporter. Go figure.
GQ-Lover?
dear american idiots: his grandparents WERE white midwesterners. i bet he ate the same shit i did. & who gives a flying goddamn fuck if he eats the same lowbrow crap you do, anyway?
its not america i hate, its AMERICANS.
Man, I could go for some pot roast.
Me too, I miss the diner across from the Guild 45th, @9.
OK, then, pot roast at PopTart's house. Tonight. And jello :-)
@11 I do cook a damn fine pot roast. But I'm more partial to my mama's BBQ beef brisket.
Too bad you aren't local, otherwise I'd go ahead and invite you over to eat my...
jello.
For you, darlin', I'd consider hopping on a plane.
All I know is the people who support Obama are gonna eat alot of crow with their jello.
I am a total elitist, but i like pot roast; does that make me a hypocrite? If i flavor it with a stout does that lessen the effect?
that sort of question is basically rhetorical. it's an insult along the lines of one i remember used often in elementary school, "does your mother know your gay?"
Yes, Obama is crashing and burning/self-destructing. Dingbat Wright REALLY isn't helping. He's toast. He's SO toast that he might even be able to accomplish the impossible: Losing to McCan't.
and what's going between poptart and 5280?
@18 Slog sex. Until I discover he's really a 70 year old man. Or related to me.
I discovered Will in Seattle was just a tease. Promising me pie and never delivering.
No tease, and not 70. Yet.
Six years older than Old Fart Fnarf, if that means anything to you.
@21 Well, no that doesn't mean anything to me. But that's OK, I'll still have fantasy sex with you. As a matter of fact, I am. Right now. With jello.
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