The Left Hates Exercise And Grooming

WANT TO KNOW what President Bush has done now? According to liberal writer Jonathan Chait he is exercising too much. Apparently it is scandalous that the president takes an hour or two out of every day to get exercise. “What I mean is the fact that Bush has an obsession with exercise that borders on the creepy,” he writes.

“Really?” asks Tammy Bruce.

Not according to the medical establishment and the Surgeon General’s office, which notes the benefits of exercise. Such as? Better sleep; reduced tension and stress; reduction of high blood pressure; reduction of anxiety and depression; reduced risk of colon and breast cancer; healthy bones, muscles, and joints; improved self image; and generally improved physical health.

Bruce goes on to recall her days at the National Organization of Women, and how the members seemed to have an aversion to taking showers and running a comb through the hair.

Then she adds her voice in defense of the Roberts family, who came in for some criticism from the Washington Post’s Robin Givhan for being too perfectly turned out at the announcement of Daddy’s nomination to the Supreme Court. But she understands why Chait and Givhan don’t like the personal habits and grooming of Bush and his nominees. President Bush and the Roberts family

insult the Left by reminding intellectually lazy Slaves to Decay like Chait and Givhan that class, decorum, and respect still exist. Tradition, caring for one’s family, and caring for oneself are still values that prevail.

When Chait writes: “It’s nice for Bush that he can take an hour or two out of every day to run, bike, or pump iron. Unfortunately, most of us have more demanding jobs than he does,” you have to ask what planet he is living on. How could he not notice how Bush has aged in office, from the almost adolescent look of 1999 to the careworn father of the nation that appears before us today. Does Chait have so little experience of responsibility, of being the guy that makes the tough decisions, that he does not have an inkling of what it means to be president?

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Christopher Chantrill blogs at www.roadtothemiddleclass.com. His Road to the Middle Class is forthcoming.