Comments on: President Obama endorses Mike Honda for 2014

By: GV Haste

GV Haste — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 03:43:11 +0000

#16, Indeed, when Gov. Christie is being evaluated for president in 2016, his weight should be one consideration.
He is sometimes cited as being 334 lbs though he appears to be easily over 350.
It calls into question as to whether he could survive 8 years as president.

Hopefully he can find a way to drop a minimum of 50 pounds. He really needs to lose 100 pounds.
Bill Clinton has found a way.
Even Al Sharpton has become slender.

By: Elwood

Elwood — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:32:40 +0000

Well, here’s another criterion:

SecState Clinton’s performance has been described as excellent based on one million frequent flier miles.

By: JohnW

JohnW — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:31:24 +0000

Re #15 GV Haste

Oh good. Now we’re going to judge candidates for political office based on their physical fitness. Sorry, Governor Christie.

By: GV Haste

GV Haste — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:06:30 +0000

Alcoahead is clearly NOT a cyclist or familiar with the typical cycling crowd.
That crowd is fit enough to ride at 15 to 20 mph and talk for a hour or more, discussing all manner of things.
Heck what do you think they are doing out there every Saturday and Sunday, just breathlessly pedaling in a group with no one chatting away.

Apparently you are completely ignorant of cycling, or totally out of shape the one time you tried it.

Cylcing is one of the very best places to have conversations of considerable length.
Finally a local congressman who is fit enough to get off his rear. Imagine Stark, Honda, Miller, Lee, Pelosi or any of the other calcified gang trying to pedal along

One thing I’ll say for Jerry Brown is that he is a fit 70+… and runs on a regular basis.

As I said earlier, the best thing Honda could do to improve his image as being vital, would be to drop about 25 to 50 pounds.

By: Alcoahead

Alcoahead — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 05:48:10 +0000

@13 –

Yawn.

By: Elwood

Elwood — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:26:47 +0000

I seriously doubt that the boys in the Tour peloton talk about politics, but they do talk and laugh and smile.

By the way average speed does not equal top speed. It includes a lot of low speed climbing, but they haul ass on the level straights and the descents.

By: Alcoahead

Alcoahead — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:16:45 +0000

@9 –

Really? 40 mph and talking in an engaged, cogent fashion about politics?

That’s something the now-disgraced Lance Armstrong couldn’t manage — since his average speed on the last TdF was only around 33 to 34 mph, and I seriously doubt he was focused (or able to focus) on anything but the road ahead, and the cyclists alongside him, yet alone speak about things like “the looming debt crisis”.

But, hey, what do you know? He only won 7 TdFs, even if he did lie like Rush Limbaugh to get them…

By: GV Haste

GV Haste — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:09:57 +0000

Alcoahead …(man with the tinfoil hat)

With opposition such as yourself, Swalwells chances seem greatly enhanced for 2014.

By: Independent Voter

Independent Voter — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:36:37 +0000

I don’t think Khanna needs access to the Obama donor base. I read somewhere last year that over 70% of his donors in 2011 were new donors who had never contributed to a political candidate before. Regardless, something tells me that he will have no problems raising a significant amount of money for his race, hence the reason Congressman Honda is showing signs of fear and desperation by getting the President to endorse before Khanna even makes a formal announcement. Remember, the President endorsed Pete Stark last year. Look at how that worked out for him.

By: Elwood

Elwood — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:51:05 +0000

@ #8

“(as if anyone like a voter can carry on a cogent conversation with someone else liker a congressmember while riding a bicycle at 15 mph”

Obviously you know nothing about cycling and have never seen a bicycle race. It is quite possible to have a conversation at 40 mph.