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jmowreader

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31. Arugula is a salad green that President Obama likes to eat

Reply to Javaman (Reply #8)

Thu Jul 26, 2012, 09:25 PM

Jul 2012

The GOP tried to paint him as an elitist during the 2008 campaign when he said he liked to eat arugula.

In the 2012 campaign, the guy who uses a whole ream of paper to print out one copy of his tax return is jus' folks.

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Heh. So "Arugula" is elitist but "Dressage" is just plain folk... [View all] Pholus Jul 2012 OP

I'm wondering how the "Anglo-Saxon" thing will play in Israel and Poland. Motown_Johnny Jul 2012 #1

keep kicked for answers goclark Jul 2012 #2

Or Ireland-- lolly Jul 2012 #14

Anglo Saxon does sound a bit Aryan Rosa Luxemburg Jul 2012 #20

I caugh t a few minutes of Morning Joe - apparently Romney is hedgehog Jul 2012 #3

What's all this fuss I hear about 'Massage Horses'? JHB Jul 2012 #28

If arugula is criminalized, only criminals will have arugula. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #4

R#7 & K for, excellent point. n/t UTUSN Jul 2012 #5

I like my Po' Boy with dressage. bluedigger Jul 2012 #6

Some people like.. ananda Jul 2012 #7

Aruguala? what's this all about? nt Javaman Jul 2012 #8

Arugula is a salad green that President Obama likes to eat jmowreader Jul 2012 #31

good lord, this is what they complain about? Javaman Jul 2012 #32

Growing up Bellerophon Jul 2012 #9

I really didn't know that term! After that much Scrabble -- Pholus Jul 2012 #23

Anyone hear Romney getting asked about dressage this morning on NPR? bullwinkle428 Jul 2012 #10

Arugula - I'm pretty sure I went there on my honeymoon. hootinholler Jul 2012 #11

LOL! Rosa Luxemburg Jul 2012 #21

Call it "rocket" like the Brits do obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #12

Not to mention phallic. smirkymonkey Jul 2012 #27

Arugula is simply not Anglo-Saxon enough. Watercress is the correct choice. Endive in a pinch. Bluenorthwest Jul 2012 #13

I thought "dressage" was the garlicky-flavored stuff the 1% pours on arugula LiberalEsto Jul 2012 #15

Prancing horse with a huge carbon footprint- OK. Gregorian Jul 2012 #16

Dressage -- isn't that what Rudy Guiliani does? nichomachus Jul 2012 #17

You just made tears come to my eyes AndreaCG Jul 2012 #29

Dressage isn't "elitist" if done on an ostrich or killer whale. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2012 #18

And for those who are keeping score, Arkansas Granny Jul 2012 #19

Arugula with thousand island dressage Rosa Luxemburg Jul 2012 #22

in 2004 Green Tea was elitist, the whores thought green tea was above those little people in JI7 Jul 2012 #24

In N. California climate, arugula comes back every year roody Jul 2012 #25

Careful that horse might like arugula nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #26

Dressage is practiced by virtually anyone who rides, even the common folk, even cowboys. riderinthestorm Jul 2012 #30