Obama Rides His Bike in Chicago - His Coolness Factor Plummets
Barack Obama went home to Chicago for the weekend after becoming the Democratic presumptive nominee for president. Looking forward to a much deserved break from the campaign trail, he vowed to have a date with his wife Michelle Obama. He apparently thought a bike ride would also be a welcome distraction from politics.
The family set out on bicycles and the above photo was captured of the candidate looking, shall we say, slightly nerdy in his weekend wear and helmet. Seeing Obama in street clothes is a rarity. We’ve seen him on occasion dressed in sweats while playing hoops in the gym.
This picture looks like something you would see in a Brad and Angelina orchestrated outing. All he needs is a pull cart with a couple of little heads poking out and you’d swear you were witnessing a celebrity money shot at the hands of the swarming paparazzi.
The photo appeared in the New York Daily News. Writer David Saltonstall was pretty hard on Obama, declaring:
It wasn’t a pretty picture: ill-fitting jeans, a tucked-in golf shirt, black-and-white socks and a helmet that could make Michael Dukakis blush.”
Something tells me he hasn’t had many opportunities to be a regular citizen, doing every day things. Does this look like the next leader of the free world to you?
Check out the candidate in campaign mode below.
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umm.. wow. the author’s ignorance just forces itself out of the page in this article where she is apparently saying that obama is “out of practice” for riding a bicycle in an urban environment. i’m not too sure if the author has ever left her shack in the middle of the country to visit an actual large urban US city… but i’m sure if she did, she would realize that if you’re under the age of 30 nowadays in an urban environment, it’s socially acceptable and even considered “hip” to ride a bike. oh, and “ill-fitting” jeans are actually tight jeans which are fashionable in most modern cities. were you expecting him to wear baggy jeans and a sports jersey? lulz.
Ah, yes. Let the “debates” about bullshit continue. I guess because Obama has the audacity to wear a sensible bicycle helmet, that means he’s out of touch with normal Americans. Bitten and Bound even invoke the dread electoral specter of Michael Dukakis.
First of all, Obama looks AWESOME in this pic, because he’s more or less incapable of doing non-awesome things.
Second, off the top of my head, Obama’s ideas for energy, the economy and technology are way ahead of the GOP’s — to say nothing of his tireless opposition to the Iraq war and support for net neutrality.
So, hey there, Bitten and Bound — get your head out of your ass!
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This looks like one of those “The Fonz has a library card” moments. I’m gonna go get myself a bike helmet!
Because, you know, leading the free world is all about fashion sense, right? I mean, ol’ W sure looked great in them cowboy duds! a-hyuck!
I am a proud nerd who grew up riding a bicycle instead of relating with fellow students at school. I wore ugly glasses, loved to read from the age of five, and was a foster child from the age of two and a half. so I was rejected by my class mates. Just as Barack Obama was left out of the social circle because he was half white and half black so were others only because they were different.
My brother and I lived with our foster parents in a small town in the northeast where no one of color, not black, not brown, or yellow could rent or own a house. Our school had no students of color. However, prejudice did exist. It was against the poor, the child of a single parent, and the not so attractive child.
I feel sorry for those of you who have no empathy for those who appear different. One more thing. If you want to know what is wrong with America, ask a nerd. You might learn something.