Reply #17: My fav terms are "doughy" and "pasty"

[booksenkatz]

It seems to me that the R's are simply appealing to their base: people who sit on their asses and watch insipid TV shows and would never dream of going outside for exercise. The same ones who laugh at "the intelligent elite" and would never dream of picking up a book that would broaden their minds. If any of the Bush cabal ever looked healthy and fit, or ever read a book more advanced than "The Pet Goat," it would turn off a huge portion of their base.