Posted: Sunday, 02 March 2008 4:56PM
Up Close and Personal
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Thanks to the intrepid reporters of the Associated Press, we offer a new feature: a glimpse into the personal tastes and habits of the people who are running for President of the United States. Not all of the candidates answer the questions, but each week we'll post a new tidbit that we hope will give us all a little more insight into who these folks really are, occasionally followed by my own snarky comments.
THIS WEEK: What food do you absolutely hate and refuse to eat?
HILLARY CLINTON: "I like nearly everything. But I don't like, you know, things that are still alive." (Like voters)
BARACK OBAMA: "Beets, and I always avoid eating them." (Okay, I'm with him on that one. They taste like dirt to me)
JOHN MCCAIN: "I eat almost everything. Sometimes I don't do too well with vegetables." (We'll resist commenting on his advancing age....)
MIKE HUCKABEE: "Carrots. I just don't like carrots. I banned them from the governor's mansion because I could." (Sounds awfully authoritarian to me)
LAST WEEK: What were your best and worst subjects (or grades) in school?
HILLARY CLINTON: "I always loved history and got good grades, but I never did well at math." (Uh-oh. You don't have to be Einstein, but our economy does need some help)
BARACK OBAMA: Magna Cum Laude from Harvard Law; D in French (Ce n'est pas mal, n'est-ce pas?)
JOHN EDWARDS: Best: English. Worst: Chemistry. (This is why he went into public speaking instead of mad bombmaking)
BILL RICHARDSON: A in spelling; F in music (Sadly, it was his campaign that was tone deaf, and he's out of the race)
RUDY GIULIANI: Best: constitutional law and contracts. Worst: taxes, in law school (Hmm, and now he wants to cut them. Revenge against an old professor? Does Rudy need summer school?)
MIKE HUCKABEE: A+ in debate; C in 9th grade algebra (Another math-challenged president. See who goes into politics?)
JOHN MCCAIN: "I never got a good grade." (False modesty: apparently, he was an ace at the Naval Academy)
MITT ROMNEY: "Fortunately, I got more A's than F's." (But he probably wants to change some of his grades now...)
PREVIOUS WEEK: What pets do you have at home?
HILLARY CLINTON: Seamus, our black lab (a nice safe family dog. What, no Golden Retriever?)
BARACK OBAMA: NO pets (Uh-oh. If he really wants to win, he'd better get a dog for the White House)
JOHN EDWARDS: Golden retriever and a chocolate lab (Two Americas; two dogs)
BILL RICHARDSON: Two cats, Jake and Squeaky (he gets extra points for having a cat named Squeaky)
RUDY GIULIANI: NO pets (See Obama above. Memo to Rudy: Get one)
MIKE HUCKABEE: Two dogs: Jet the black lab and Sonic the Shih Tzu (Not a hedgehog? We can't say that last dog's breed on the radio)
JOHN MCCAIN: Sam the English springer spaniel, Coco the mutt, Oreo the black and white cat, turtles Cuff and Link, one ferret, three parakeets and 13 saltwater fish (Whoa, a veritable menagerie. Ferrets are illegal in California, but maybe Arizona allows them. A cat named Oreo? Is that politically correct?)
MITT ROMNEY: Marley, his Weimaraner, recently died (Very sad. Extra points for naming your dog Marley!)
THE WEEK BEFORE THAT: What's the last music purchase you made? (CD, MP3, whatever):
HILLARY CLINTON: "Into White" by Carly Simon (nice safe MOR choice; no big surprise, right?)
JOHN EDWARDS: U2 (he didn't specify. Shouldn't he be buying American?)
BARACK OBAMA: "Ray" - Movie Soundtrack (Great movie. Everyone else bought it two years ago though)
BILL RICHARDSON: "50 Number Ones" - George Strait (Wow, George Strait had FIFTY number ones??)
RUDY GIULIANI: "Macbeth" by Verdi (operatic, Italian, people get whacked - enough said)
MIKE HUCKABEE: Evanescence (yeah, they're goth rock, but they are from Little Rock, Arkansas, so maybe he gets a pass)
JOHN MCCAIN: "Sounds of Summer" by The Beach Boys (Yeah, they have big surf in Phoenix)
MITT ROMNEY: "A selection of Roy Orbison songs from iTunes" (Nice - gets the Blue Bayou vote and the iPod crowd at the same time)
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