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This is a joke right.

An oxy junkie and a retarded Jesus freak???!!!???

Yes, just what this country needs!!!! Prosperity here we come!!!!!!!

besides the opiate problem, i wonder if people generally would be prejudiced against a fat candidate. when was the last fat president? hasn't it been a long while? I'd be interested in some reserach of the body fat index of presidents going back to george wash. was the last really corpulent prez back in the 1800's? i think nowadays people (rightly or wrongly) tend to associate fat with being out of control. also, in terms of dying i office, mccain was probably more likely statistically to make it to the end of his term without spending a good amount of time in a coronary care facility than rush. not sure about the stats on that though, but im sure it would be in the voters subconscious. the fat, the serious drugs, tend to show a guy who cannot control his imuplses, which is okay with me personally, i like party people, just think america would rather have a toned, controlled black guy than fat, wild white guy in 2012. this sint the 1800s and fat is our national touchstone for character.

Considering the morons that are attempting to run the country now, I would think that anyone with a pulse could do better.

Weighty matters

A fat president might be just what we need to lighten the load.

By Garrison Keillor
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Jan. 11, 2006 | Everything was said that could be said about Ariel Sharon last week as he lay in a coma except the one thing that crossed the mind of every viewer watching newsreel footage of the prime minister, which was, "How much does that man weigh?" (Answer: 255 pounds. And he's 5-foot-7.) He looked like a bull walrus ruling a colony of baby seals. And it made you wonder, how does tiny Israel come up with this family-size guy while the World's Only Superpower struggles along with a wiry little fellow who works very hard on his abs? Is it time we think about getting someone weightier?

We haven't had a fat president since William Howard Taft and that was at the tail end of the Gilded Age, when politicians were expected to be portly. We've had a few semi-beefy ones since (Harding, Hoover), and LBJ carried a potbelly, and Bill Clinton had his moments of bloat, but the American people, now that two-thirds of us are overweight, prefer that the Great White Father be lean, taut, angular, a runner or horseman or cutter of brush. Whereas a guy who looks like he'd be right at home in a Barcalounger with a can of Pabst in his mitt doesn't seem to fit the bill.

I suppose that a compact build indicates some sort of self-discipline, but discipline to do what? Look at Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot. None of them was a hearty eater, and for good reason: paranoia. When you're a megalomaniac, it takes away your appetite, thinking of all the folks who'd love to put rat poison in your ratatouille.

It is human to put butter on mashed potatoes and to choose the cheese plate instead of the lo-fat gelatin and to linger over the port wine and chocolates. The man who denies himself might satisfy his hungers elsewhere, promulgating reckless policies, such as a war against a nation that poses no threat to us and torturing those whom he deems enemies and detaining them at his pleasure and marching his troops into a quagmire. A fat man, someone who must heave himself to his feet in the morning and behold a great pile of flesh in the bathroom mirror, the matronly pectorals and the enormous haunches and spare tire, might be more circumspect. He already looks like an emperor, so he would try harder not to act like one.

The advance eulogies of Sharon spoke of his remarkable political shift, from right-wing warrior to moderate compromiser, and you thought, "This is the sort of man America needs right now. Maybe we've been looking at the wrong body type."

Fat men spend more time in contemplation, if only because they get winded climbing stairs and need to sit down. Because they jiggle when they walk, they may be less prone to delusions of grandeur. The fat man doesn't expect his supporters to hoist him to their shoulders. Nor does he hope to sneak around undetected. He is able to face up to his own mistakes. (How can he not? They are hanging over his belt.) He has lived with derision and that gives him a sense of compassion that may be lacking in a Medium or Small. And yet like Churchill, he knows what it's like to rouse oneself to heroic effort. Neville Chamberlain was the elegant guy in the 36 Extra Long who kept backing down from the Nazis. It was the Old Fat Man who spoke of blood, sweat and tears. He knew about sweat.

The top-ranking fat man in government today is Speaker of the House J. Dennis ("Coach") Hastert of Plano, Ill., who for years has been two heartbeats away from the presidency, and one of those hearts has a pacemaker. A mild-mannered fellow who only seeks to do good for the western suburbs of Chicago and for American business, Hastert favors a strong national defense and the education of our children while opposing tax increases of any kind, large or small. He is also in favor of life.

Sitting on the dais behind President Bush at the annual State of the Union address, the speaker has never missed a single standing ovation. A fat man must get tired of jumping to his feet 20 times in a row, but the speaker has always been there, clapping his big meaty hands. He would be the first Dennis to become president. And he would look more like us, the American people. Think it over.

bring it on. that would seal the death of the Republican party as a party ran by the religious right. The moderate fiscal conservative wing of the party can finally take the party back after that.

a lot of time something has to truly hit rock bottom before it can be reformed and changed for the better.

other problems; remember the viagra (not his rx, but in his suitcase) on the trip to dominican republic while he was possibly going on a common sex trip junket destination? That's kinda bad to americans (again, I have no problem personally with sex tourism and would actually favor a president who is in favor of getting laid legally under the laws of the various countries (with some age limit for decency), legalizing drugs, and in general not being so uptight), but this, coupled with the fact i think that doesn't have kids, makes him seem a little politically behind the eight ball. having no kids make shim seem disconnected, and the sex trip argument also seems kind fo like he's not in the flow of normal day to day life. plus, now that i think about it, he's really not fat, he's in the morbidly obese camp. I think he'd need to ge tin training and get down to just plain fat...

Limbaugh will never run for any public office. If he were in office, he would would actually have to make difficult decisions that would be held to scrutiny.

He has such a sweet deal now: making millions without any accountability. He is way to shrewd to give that up.

The Repubs can't be stupid enough to actually let Palin ruin another election for them, can they?

The Limbaugh thing is funny though... out of viable candidates already?

Sure, this will be the dream ticket for the democrats...

Limbaugh is also 4 times divorced and rumored to go on under-age girl sex trips to Costa Rica.

I'm just telling you the rumor. If it's fact, that's a different matter.

That rumor alone is enough to keep him on the AM radio.

what a joke....at least pick someone who graduated from college....Geez...

Yea...like George W Bush! and Henry Paulson and Alan Greenspan....yea...

Make sure they have college degrees....doesn't seem like that has worked out too well there portlock....

I am looking for someone with Common Sense and a set up Balls at this point...they will get my vote....

I would vote for Rorschach for President!

Ok. If they want to amuse us w/that ticket, fine. If they win, I am out of here. I can handle living in Italy for a few years.

We had 8 years w/a C student. What diff does it matter whether they graduate?

What’s this? You blame the entire concept of higher education in general for the failures of the last administration? Tell me more.

Obama, the mystery years:

http://www.nysun.com/new-york/obamas-yea...

The Republicans has devolved into a party of numbskulls. Bush Jr, Rush, Palin share in common a hostility towards science and scientists and a fear of reasoned debate and evidence (except evidence that supports preconceived notions). The party is increasingly comprised of small-minded unthinking cultural conservatives who are incurious about the world around them.

Now there will always be a large minority of Americans who think dinosaurs never existed and climate change is a fiction manufactured by a bunch of "scientists" and who will vote for these idiots, but over the long run the republicans are going nowhere, unless of course our system of public education completely breaks down.

Uh, yeah. Public education is pretty much broken. Every kid left behind.

Watching Obama run the country is like watching the Anna Nicole Smith show. It is horribly ugly. Some of you though must see the One without any faults for him to get this far.
I see an ugly situation. Obama and his crew have made W and his look like the Founding Fathers. Every day there is a scandal, mistake, crudeness or DS move that would have Bush in jail.
Obama has gotten away with it for 60 or so days. I wonder how much longer before he is considered the worst President ever.
When you elect an American Idol, you get an amateur for sure.

Sean Hannity, please stay off the Pigg forum and go back to Fox News.

There are plenty of places on the internet for partisan name-calling. We don't need it here.

As I said...

Let me preface this by saying that I AM NOT a ditto head although I do occasionaly listen to Rush. On matters of fiscal concerns I agree with him more often than not... on other matters not so much.

I will say this .... he IS willing to stand up and be accountable for what he says. He has offered to debate the Chosen One live on air and unscripted. Now before you Obamites go off on how I am just another whacked out far right Rush supporter READ the first paragraph again! I am sure that those that still can reason and do not function totally on emotion would agree.... it would be facinating to see. Two guys who have very strong and, for the most part, very different views of what America should be, going head to head explaining and defending thier views. I would pay good money to see that!

On fiscal matters my money would be on Limbaugh, the rest the edge would go to Obama, with the caveat that he can debate with the same ability that he can read a prompter. There is no doubt, when scripted Obama can captivate his audience.

At the very least I think an unscripted debate would expose to the audience personal view points of both of them that we may not see when they operate in their chosen and safe environments.

Coach K sees a problem also;
"Somebody said that we're not in President Obama's Final Four, and as much as I respect what he's doing, really, the economy is something that he should focus on, probably more than the brackets," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said from the Blue Devils' first-round site in Greensboro, N.C

rnen my wife and I have talked about things like this unscripted Rush/Obama debate. I think we agreed Rush would still be in a advantageous enviornment regardless of where this debate were held. Rush could tear into him like a pitbull and Obama, as a politician, would have one hand tied behind his back. Maybe I am wrong, but I can't see any president wanting to walk into that?

I am not an Obamite. However my response to the OP's question of a Rush/Palin ticket is "barf".

Yes, how brave of Rush to offer to participate in what would likely be the highest rated TV/radio program ever.

I could care less about the ratings, I just think it would be fascinating to see.

I can see how you would accuse Rush of being a ratings whore... sooooo different from Obama. Nope, Obama isn't doing all these town meetings and late night shows for an audience, that would be silly! He is doing it because, as the President of th United States in the middle of one of the worst economies in recent history, it is what is best for the country. Got to keep that approval rating up somehow, and he is doing it the best way he knows how...... flap his yap in front of as many of his flock as possible.

Back on the Chosen One's band wagon Breeze? You get front row seats while he is on his "stroke me" tour?
How's that hope and change thing workin out for ya?

So would all the Obama haters out there prefer to have McCain and Palin in charge right now? Seriously? I've certainly been disappointed with some of Obama's moves, but look at the alternative for fucks sake.

Not an Obama hater, just do not like his policies. So if the alternative to Obama MAY have been worse we all should just shut up and follow him like lemings.

I don't like his policies therfore I am an Obama hater. Makes about as much sense as not supporting open borders makes me a racist and opposing illegal immigration makes me anti-immigrant.

At least you are tolerant of others opinions.