Barack's chiseled Pecs

That sounds more like a Sports Illustrated article than a newspaper column

Make that a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition article!

He's gotta be one of the most physically fit presidents we will have ever had.

Have you ever watched him play basketball? I would say that in a shoe dodging contest, Obama would have the edge over Bush.

You know, we could have some fun with these Obama versus Bush contests.......

Our volunteer cordinator is a smoker and she is ripped to the core. You should see the muscles on this woman. I was shocked when I saw her smoking because I too thought the same thing.

He looks good.

He'll be fit, until either the asthma from the smoking catches up to him, or lung cancer. There will come a time where the smoking begins to affect him, it just might not be for some time.

And while I do understand that it's possible to be physically fit and have asthma, it can decrease the amount of working out he'll be able to do.

I'm interested to see how "old" he'll look in a couple of years. Being POTUS ages a person drastically because of all the stress.

It made me throw up in my mouth a little.

Just took a look at the picture and I think I know what happened...they put his head on Will Smith's body!!!

Jk, I think Will Smith's body is MUCH better, and without a butterface.

Just FYI, Smoking does not cause asthma, from http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/...ma_Causes.html

What Causes Asthma?
The exact cause of asthma isn't known. Researchers think a combination of factors (family genes and certain environmental exposures) interact to cause asthma to develop, most often early in life. These factors include:

An inherited tendency to develop allergies, called atopy (AT-o-pe)
Parents who have asthma
Certain respiratory infections during childhood
Contact with some airborne allergens or exposure to some viral infections in infancy or in early childhood when the immune system is developing
If asthma or atopy runs in your family, exposure to airborne allergens (for example, house dust mites, cockroaches, and possibly cat or dog dander) and irritants (for example, tobacco smoke) may make your airways more reactive to substances in the air you breathe.

Different factors may be more likely to cause asthma in some people than in others. Researchers continue to explore what causes asthma.

it can exacerbate it, but not cause it

Actually, I wasn't intending to state that it causes it, but I did make a mistake anyway. I thought HE had asthma, but it's his daughter that does.

Obama's not too shabby in the looks/body department... but I think you just insulted Will Smith!

Of course not, the liberal media wouldn't ever report anything good on a Republican. I'm glad Obama can play basketball, that makes me feel safer already

I don't question Bush's body but there have been times when I've questioned his mind.

He doesn't govern Canada, so his mind really doesn't affect things there. Unless your politicans are inept and just follow blindly along...

I don't think the pics have a thing to do with anything expect the media fawning. Again.

Let's not debate the U.S. governmental policy impacts to foreign countries here. I have investments in Canadian funds and their market crashed as hard as ours did.

Neet, I'd have to disagree. The US policies do indeed affect Canada and in fact there was some discussion on CBC radio this evening about Obama and how his actions/inactions can and will affect us. One would have to be cut off from the rest of the world to believe otherwise. But, yes, unfortunately, you are right about some of our politicans being inept and following blindly.

Actually our market hasn't crashed quite as hard as the US yet, at least in some areas, but we're on our way. And, what Obama does can and will affect us.

I was actually talking about Bush, since you said you wondered about his mind.

And that's Canada's political choice, to follow the US. Can't blame our politics for yours just following along.

Personally I thought it read more like a Harlequin Romance Novel than any kind of journalism.

Seriously, it is good that he's in good physical shape (regardless of if he smokes or not...I would be a chain smoker if I was POTUS!), because the job does age the person very quickly.

But really, isn't this more of a commentary on how the media is treating Obama rather than his actual physique or how it will help his governing?

Or, a columnist with a really, really bad crush?

As if Chris Matthews getting "a thrill up his leg" wasn't bad enough.... that just makes me shudder.

Good grief. Even the trading card companies have gone off the deep end.

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Call me confused. Is Bush not the current POTUS? His policies (which are reached by using his mind I assume) do affect us.

If we did not follow or cooperate with US policies what do you think would happen to the economy? Neet, it really isn't as simple as you'd like to believe. It isn't all black and white - there's a whole big lot of grey in there and to not recognize that would be akin to living in a bubble.

I've noticed in previous posts you negate the influence of the US on Canada, Europe and the rest of the world so it would seem as though you really do believe this to be true. I appreciate that some folks would love for us non-Americans to just shut up and let the US do whatever they want to, but when it affects us, it's not going to happen.

"Bush's" policies are not just random thoughts he had and enacted into law. We do have a legislative branch that creates and/or approves anything that Bush proposes 9with the exception of a small number of executive order items.) One man alone does nothing in this Country, so blaming him for US policy is quite inaccurate. He just happens to be the dude that signs it in the end, and he doesn't often have the power of veto as would be expected.

I don't negate the influence, I think the US also is affected by other countries actions as well. I just don't think anyone needs to be blaming the US for things in their nation. If you don't want your leaders to go along with US policy, vote for someone who won't. I cast my vote for leaders that will reinforce our nation and help us stand alone. I write my Senator and Congressional leaders at least weekly to express my views on issues that affect our Nation, and I write my local representatives on issues closer to home.

I do realize we are all part of one world, but that doesn't include a one-world government. The UN has proved already that one governing body for all cannot work, it's not going to happen. Animal Farm proved that to us.

And for the record, I'm not some hick in the boondocks. I work for a multinational corporation and deal with government procedures and laws every day. So I do have a bigger picture than the "black and white" you might expect. The "black and white" often involves lots of "green" and that's where the policies get connected. It COULD be "black and white" but it's not.

My head is hurting.

I, for one, feel that Obama's attractive physique will allow him to make better decisions about how to lead the country.