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Ron Paul on a Bike

I’m not going to state in absolute terms that Ron Paul is cool or looks cool on a bicycle.  But he is 76 years old and he seems cooler than a couple of his opponents.

Paul displays a certain smoothness and relaxed posture.  It’s way better than Safety Sam over here:

And don’t even get me started on Mitt Romney:

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24 Responses to Ron Paul on a Bike

  1. Lara 12/16/2011 at 2:35 pm

    Why does Mitt Romney get picked on so much? I think he’s handsome.

  2. Lucky Jim 12/16/2011 at 2:35 pm

    Ron Paul has stooped posture, ill-fitting suits and crappy footwear.
    It’s a look that screams “I’m a Herb, don’t take me seriously!”

  3. G.L. Piggy 12/16/2011 at 2:38 pm

    Come on Lara. Ron Paul on a bike then Obama on a bike…who else rides bikes? Mormons. Who is Mormon? Mitt Romney. (So is Huntsman but he’s still a second-tier canddiate).

  4. Lara 12/16/2011 at 2:39 pm

    Oh, duh.

  5. PA 12/16/2011 at 2:39 pm

    The takeaway: never let yourself be photographed on a bicycle unless you look like Lance Armstrong.

    Think Dukakis in a tank.

  6. G.L. Piggy 12/16/2011 at 2:40 pm

    Or John Kerry hunting.

  7. Lara 12/16/2011 at 2:41 pm

    And for a woman: Never let yourself be photographed eating.

  8. anonymous 12/16/2011 at 2:59 pm

    Obama is riding in traffic with cars. He’s also the president. He better be Safety Sam. All of them are riding low end bicycles. Obama’s rear tire looks like it needs air. Not so Safety Sam after all.

  9. G.L. Piggy 12/16/2011 at 3:04 pm

    anonymous:

    please, Obama is squarer than anyone, but he’s black so people just assume he is cool.

  10. nick digger 12/16/2011 at 3:10 pm

    i’m calling BS on the romney pic: there’s only one of him.
    and thank god there’s no pic of michelle obama in spandex. and curse god that there’s no pic of hillary in spandex.

  11. Camlost 12/16/2011 at 3:28 pm

    I’d like to see Huntsman’s daughters in Spandex.

  12. Ulysses 12/16/2011 at 3:32 pm

    I’m sure secret service lets cars get right up on the president. Pretty sure most injuries are to torso and not head, though.

  13. alexamenos 12/16/2011 at 3:39 pm

    Genius.

  14. Lara 12/16/2011 at 3:43 pm

    There was a picture of Hillary, in a bathing suit, circulating at one point.

  15. Anonon 12/16/2011 at 3:48 pm

    Obama has his seat way too low. Not a real cyclist.

  16. nick digger 12/16/2011 at 3:50 pm

    Obama only had a seat for the photo-op. Usually he just rides the seat post.

  17. Camlost 12/16/2011 at 4:05 pm

    Nobody has funnier photo ops than Vladimir Putin:

    http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/files/7.27_putin_93714216.jpg

  18. flyfreshandyoung 12/16/2011 at 6:29 pm

    Reminds me of that thread over a year ago when Trollsidian was talking about “cool” and “smooth” WRT blackness, holding up Obama as a shining example.

    There is nothing cool or smooth about a generic polo tucked into generic jeans while wearing generic Adidas tennis shoes and a lame-o bike helmet.

  19. No Show 12/16/2011 at 7:29 pm

    Camlost 12/16/2011 at 3:28 pm
    I’d like to see Huntsman’s daughters in Spandex.

    Apparently that Kardassian skank’s half black 3 day ex husband has seen her without the spandex.

    What about Romney the Jogger? Not bad for 64.

    G.L. Piggy 12/16/2011 at 3:04 pm
    anonymous:
    please, Obama is squarer than anyone, but he’s black so people just assume he is cool.

    Same with basketball. He get’s photographed shooting hoops but the guy wasn’t a basketball player in college or his tiny Asian high school in Hawaii. Meanwhile Palin was a high school basketball star.

    GW Bush was always out on his bike as president.

    Ron Paul needs to find somebody to get him suit jacket that fits unless that’s part of his act to look all unconcerned and disheveled. Maybe that endears him to the Ronpaulnerds.

  20. Tim 12/16/2011 at 7:54 pm

    The swiftboating of John Kerry pissed me off. (at the time). Ya, he is a SWPL. But only a guy like Karl Rove could pull off the amogging that Bush pulled on Kerry. There is just no comparison. At least Kerry was actually in Nam. I mean at least he showed up. He had to put on a uniform and lace up the boots. How Rove made Bush look like the tough guy is nothing short of amazing.

  21. Average Man 12/16/2011 at 9:44 pm

    Here are some more pics of Putin:

    http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/09/vladimir-putin-action-man/100147/

    Some of them are so over the top that he could be a Bond villain.

    I know that Roissy and others like to use pictures to define alpha and shit like that, but I can’t help thinking about how they’d act if they were North Korean or Soviet peasants responding to pictures about Stalin. It just seems like using single pictures to declare alphaness is lazy and can make one fall for silly propaganda.

  22. whorefinder 12/17/2011 at 3:05 am

    @Dim Tim:

    Still carrying water for ol’ lying Kerry, eh? When men in his own outfit spoke about his lying?

    And how the Navy guy in Vietnam…who introduced Kerry at the 2004 Dem convention…and defended Kerry from accusers…was just convicted of child pornography? And was stripped of his silver star?

    http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/07/kerry_spokesman_stripped_of_silver_star.html

    Trying to carry water for your lefty heroes in a bag full of holes is funny to watch, kiddo.

    Rove never made GWB look “tough” was really just exposing you leftists for the lying weasels you are–compared to that, honorable service, by default, makes you tougher. GWB served his country, and you jump on him. Gore served as an military reporter. Does that mean his service doesn’t count too, lefty?

  23. Lucky Jim 12/17/2011 at 10:30 am

    Ron Paul is the candidate people would most want to have a beer with, were it not also the case that he’s the one most likely to walk into the bar wearing a fanny pack.

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