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Finally saw Wesley Clark swim on Wednesday night's "60 Minutes II"
Dove into the water very nicely, then a full stroke before the scene transitioned. He looked quite long, smooth, and proficient. He swims an hour a day. Later on, it showed him doing pushups. He says he can do a hundred, and it sure looks as if he can.
Clark, Bush, and Schwarzenegger are all quite fit; all are in their late 50s. Don't know how well the latter two swim.
If Clark's poll numbers go up, I'm thinking that investing in swimming-related stocks might not be a bad idea. A President who swims an hour a day with such fluid proficiency might well trigger a swimming boomlet.
I wouldn't bet on it. My impression is that american voters generally despise physical fitness and regard those who value it to be a joke. What they want in a politician is someone who is smooth on TV, is well-connected, and will not hesitate to use military force against anyone who might stand between them and cheap gasoline for their fat SUVs.
Schwarznegger was elected because he's a popular icon, and there is some question as to whether Bush was elected at all. If he was, it's more because of his business and family connections than his physical fitness. Clark will be lucky to survive the primaries.
We enjoy our bloated lifestyle here, and want a president who will keep it going. Physical fitness is for a (fortunately mostly harmless) lunatic fringe.
For me it's fairly obvious that the fast track to political success is to have appeared on one of the reality TV episodes or Star Search. Barring either of those, being mentioned by Oprah, even if only in passing, might do the trick. Bearing a physical resemblance to a popular video game character might not hurt, either.
Not to provoke an emotional response, but now I don't know whether your remarks on wearing watches and jewelry in the pool are worth anything either. I guess I should ignore them too.
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>Finally saw Wesley Clark swim on Wednesday night's "60 Minutes II" > >Dove into the water very nicely, then a full stroke before the scene transitioned. He looked >quite long, smooth, and proficient. He swims an hour a day. Later on, it showed him doing >pushups. He says he can do a hundred, and it sure looks as if he can. > >Clark, Bush, and Schwarzenegger are all quite fit; all are in their late 50s. Don't know how >well the latter two swim. > >If Clark's poll numbers go up, I'm thinking that investing in swimming-related stocks might not >be a bad idea. A President who swims an hour a day with such fluid proficiency might well >trigger a swimming boomlet.
I wouldn't bet on it. My impression is that american voters generally despise physical fitness and regard those who value it to be a joke. What they want in a politician is someone who is smooth on TV, is well-connected, and will not hesitate to use military force against anyone who might stand between them and cheap gasoline for their fat SUVs.
Schwarznegger was elected because he's a popular icon, and there is some question as to whether Bush was elected at all. If he was, it's more because of his business and family connections than his physical fitness. Clark will be lucky to survive the primaries.
We enjoy our bloated lifestyle here, and want a president who will keep it going. Physical fitness is for a (fortunately mostly harmless) lunatic fringe.
For me it's fairly obvious that the fast track to political success is to have appeared on one of the reality TV episodes or Star Search. Barring either of those, being mentioned by Oprah, even if only in passing, might do the trick. Bearing a physical resemblance to a popular video game character might not hurt, either.
Not to provoke an emotional response, but now I don't know whether your remarks on wearing watches and jewelry in the pool are worth anything either. I guess I should ignore them too.
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>[email hidden] (Larry Weisenthal) wrote in message >news:<[email hidden]>... > > >>Finally saw Wesley Clark swim on Wednesday night's "60 Minutes II" >> >>Dove into the water very nicely, then a full stroke before the scene transitioned. He looked >>quite long, smooth, and proficient. He swims an hour a day. Later on, it showed him doing >>pushups. He says he can do a hundred, and it sure looks as if he can. >> >>Clark, Bush, and Schwarzenegger are all quite fit; all are in their late 50s. Don't know how >>well the latter two swim. >> >>If Clark's poll numbers go up, I'm thinking that investing in swimming-related stocks might not >>be a bad idea. A President who swims an hour a day with such fluid proficiency might well >>trigger a swimming boomlet. > >I wouldn't bet on it. My impression is that american voters generally despise physical fitness >and regard those who value it to be a joke. What they want in a politician is someone who is >smooth on TV, is well-connected, and will not hesitate to use military force against anyone who >might stand between them and cheap gasoline for their fat SUVs. > >Schwarznegger was elected because he's a popular icon, and there is some question as to whether >Bush was elected at all. If he was, it's more because of his business and family connections >than his physical fitness. Clark will be lucky to survive the primaries. > >We enjoy our bloated lifestyle here, and want a president who will keep it going. Physical >fitness is for a (fortunately mostly harmless) lunatic fringe.
For me it's fairly obvious that the fast track to political success is to have appeared on one of the reality TV episodes or Star Search. Barring either of those, being mentioned by Oprah, even if only in passing, might do the trick. Bearing a physical resemblance to a popular video game character might not hurt, either.
Not to provoke an emotional response, but now I don't know whether your remarks on wearing watches and jewelry in the pool are worth anything either. I guess I should ignore them too.
martin
Sorry, didn't mean to be so hurtful earlier.
No apology necessary. I wasn't hurt. I just couldn't rationalize the different attitudes you expressed. Still can't.
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>For me it's fairly obvious that the fast track to political success is to have appeared on one >of the reality TV episodes or Star Search. Barring either of those, being mentioned by Oprah, >even if only in passing, might do the trick. Bearing a physical resemblance to a popular video >game character might not hurt, either.
Not to provoke an emotional response, but now I don't know whether your remarks on wearing watches and jewelry in the pool are worth anything either. I guess I should ignore them too.
martin
Sorry, didn't mean to be so hurtful earlier.
No apology necessary. I wasn't hurt. I just couldn't rationalize the different attitudes you expressed. Still can't.
martin
Well, my swimming remarks were meant seriously. My political remarks were really just a tongue-in-cheek expression of synicism on the state of society these days - at least from the perspective of my perfect little world :-) FYI - people that have known me for any period of time have long since given up on rationalizing my various attitudes, with the exception of those paid well to do so :-)
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>>For me it's fairly obvious that the fast track to political success is to have appeared on one >>of the reality TV episodes or Star Search. Barring either of those, being mentioned by Oprah, >>even if only in passing, might do the trick. Bearing a physical resemblance to a popular video >>game character might not hurt, either. > >Not to provoke an emotional response, but now I don't know whether your remarks on wearing >watches and jewelry in the pool are worth anything either. I guess I should ignore them too. > >martin
Sorry, didn't mean to be so hurtful earlier.
No apology necessary. I wasn't hurt. I just couldn't rationalize the different attitudes you expressed. Still can't.
martin
Well, my swimming remarks were meant seriously. My political remarks were really just a tongue-in-cheek expression of synicism on the state of society these days - at least from the perspective of my perfect little world :-) FYI - people that have known me for any period of time have long since given up on rationalizing my various attitudes, with the exception of those paid well to do so :-)
