In case anyone missed this on GD-P, Fox News NOW has no problem with Kerry's bike wear

[karynnj]

They are trying to spin Obama's jeans and sneakers into a fashion faux pas - they likely will fail, not because Obama is cooler than Kerry or Gore, but because what Obama wore is not that different from what everyone wears. I couldn't believe they were still speaking of Bush as "manly", but where was this mostly accurate description of Kerry in 2004?

On the June 9 edition of Fox News' Live Desk with Martha MacCallum, blogger and Fox News correspondent Griff Jenkins said of a recent photo of Sen. Barack Obama taking a bicycle ride: "Where is he going? And I was thinking, maybe to get a pocket protector for his nerd pencils. What is that?" Jenkins went on to contrast Obama's photo with photos of President Bush and Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) taking bike rides, describing Bush's photo as follows: "ou got a manly mountain bike coming down the trails, a strong bike -- it fits him." He continued:

You got Kerry, looks like he's doing the Ironman, very triathlete-looking. He is an athlete of course and rides bikes competitively I'm told, back in the day, and that's what the campaign was trying to do. And then they let Senator Obama be seen with jeans and sneakers, looks like Jerry Seinfeld.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200806100003?f=h_latest

[Luftmensch067]

1. I know it's not harmless

But that truly is incredibly dopey!! Fox News is surreally idiotic.

I do think you're right that trying to make jeans and sneakers ridiculous is not going to fly...

[ginnyinWI]

2. the mere fact that they are spending any time on stuff like this

just shows how trivial and unprofessional, unjournalistic they are over there. Glad I never tune in. I even get impatient with CNN when they waste time on stuff like this. If I want to watch chit-chat, I'll tune in my local news station.

[Democrafty]

3. What's kind of interesting is that Fox

seems to be fine with bike-riding as leisure, but not for practical reasons. (And, on a personal note, I think it's great that Senator Obama isn't one of those dudes who swaggers through Trader Joe's in a helmet and sweaty, skintight bike shorts. That always creeps me out.)

So it's an interesting POV for the network that is always praising "authenticity" and "real Americans." What do they think real Americans who can't afford a car wear?

[wisteria]

4. Oh brother, how silly. n/t