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Monday
17Nov2008

Good Company!

DateMonday, November 17, 2008 at 01:58PM

Jennifer Rubin picked up this one:

This isn’t from The Onion. It’s from the New York Times: “President-elect Barack Obama, an avid basketball player, will join the ranks of other athletic leaders, such as Vladimir V. Putin, left, Fidel Castro, and Evo Morales.”

Hey, I wonder why they didn't mention Alvaro Uribe (yoga), Nick Sarkhozy (running in that NYPD tee shirt) and George W. Bush (running, mountain biking, and cedar choppin'.)  I guess it was just an oversight.

While we're on the subject, when do you imagine that Fidel Castro was last described as "athletic?"  We'll make it easy and count breathing as a sport....

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Well, I understand their point, after a fashion.

It takes a lot of stamina to flog peasants.
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