HUGE scandal-HELMET-GATE!

[jenmito]

"Obama is pro-bike helmets, but does not wear one for family ride"

"President Obama took a bike ride with his family today in Aquinnah, on Martha’s Vineyard. The First Family cruised along Lobsterville Beach on a gorgeous sunny day but there was one glaring omission in an otherwise picture perfect tableau – the president was not wearing a bike helmet.

White House spokesman Bill Burton said he did not know why the president was not wearing a helmet because he generally does."

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/08/obama-is-probike-helmets-but-does-not-wear-one-for-family-ride.html

There's video evidence and EVERYTHING! (Notice Jake Tapper's smiling face next to the article?) :eyes:

[napi21]

1. They wsere on the BEACH! What;s he gonna hurt hus head on,,,sand or water????

Geesh!

[jenmito]

6. It doesn't matter-he's a flip-flopper!

Helmet in one situation, no helmet in another. He should ALWAYS wear a helmet! The circumstances don't matter!

[Phx_Dem]

27. Yeah, he might crack his head open on the sand. LOL

Talk about ridiculous.

[Cha]

28. That's what I was thinking..and wish Bill Burton

would have relayed that but it didn't come to him.

[mucifer]

2. IMPEACH NOWWWWW!

:rofl:

If he WAS wearing a helmet they'd make fun of him.

[alsame]

3. I say we

impeach him. :rofl:

[Ilsa]

4. Uh, maybe he forgot his helmet? nt

[jenmito]

8. What kind of father forgets his bike helmet?

[AuntPatsy]

32. U r kidding right? just for verification..

[jenmito]

33. Yes. The point of this thread is that it's not a real story. I'm being sarcastic. n/t

[AuntPatsy]

34. You would be surprised how many du interlopers will just run with

that particular statement as if it's a goldmine in furthering their idocracy...sad to say du is full of rushites..and bushites well perhaps not full but definitely they have their numbers..

[jenmito]

35. I guess you're right...

I SHOULD'VE used this: :sarcasm:

[AuntPatsy]

36. sad but these days considering the influx of rushites since his shoutout about du it's needed...

[CTyankee]

39. He's a terrible role model! He's ruining those kids forever!

Oh, wait, er...they're wearing helmets...well...never mind...whatever...

[pennylane100]

5. I thought this thread was going to be about Trent Lott's Hair.

Isn't his nickname helmet head

[jenmito]

10. I don't know...

that could be several politicians.

[quantass]

7. LOL..i remember Last Year it was Helmet-Gate too when he DID wear a helmet....

they said it made him too nerdy and shouldnt wear one...and now its the reverse...lol.

[jenmito]

9. I remember.

He can't win!

[alsame]

22. Yep, this one.

Damned if he does, damned if he doesn't.

[GoCubsGo]

24. "Damned if he does..."

That seems to be true of just about everything he does. And, not just with the wingnuts, either, sad to say.

[MrModerate]

11. This kind of silly shit afflicts every president. Remember GHW Bush and broccoli?

That having been said, Obama should wear a helmet every-frakkin'-single-time he gets on a bike, because otherwise it will end up being the lead story that day.

[jenmito]

13. Like another poster said, when he DID wear a helmet,

he was ridiculed for looking like a nerd.

[MrModerate]

21. Teah, by a few -- and on the "left" too, who reasonably pointed out that . . .

*everybody* looks dorky wearing a helmet. But, if he wears a helmet every time, the media'll have to think of something else to obsess about, and the chances are it'll be a bit more meaningful. It's the same as the smoking thing. If he gets caught (À la Martin Sheen in 'The West Wing') it becomes a big deal because the prez is supposed (in some "minds") to be a pargon of all virtues.

Let's not hand the tiny-minded anything they can actually handle, because sure as shootin', they'll mishandle it.

[proud2BlibKansan]

31. Here is a nerd:

[Cha]

29. And, I say, "Fuck the corporatemediawhores"

because they are blood sucking whores.

Just fuck 'em.

[Vattel]

12. Don't throw him under the bus now,

he's not wearing a helmet!

[givemebackmycountry]

14. I don't care if he forgets his freaking pants...

As long as he doesn't wear those dumb ass Presidential socks, and black Crocs like the stupid effing Monkey used to wear.

[xxqqqzme]

16. Dimson had that freakin' seal

on everything - like he couldn't remember & had to have a constant reminder. Like a flag lapel pin - gotta check every so often to make certain which country he represented.

[madmax]

15. Impeach!

j/k :evilgrin:

[HughMoran]

17. HUGH!!!

OMG!

[jenmito]

18. Darn-I spelled it wrong!

:D

[HughMoran]

20. yes, yes you did

:)

[DefenseLawyer]

19. Obama can have my bike helmet...

when he pries it from my cold dead hands!

[Pharlo]

23. But, the girls were wearing theirs.

Making President Obama a conscientious, yet 'do as I say, not as I do' parent.

[GoCubsGo]

25. It also makes him a law-abider...

...(unlike his predecessor in so many ways). Massachusetts law requires those under 16 years of age to wear a helmet while riding a bicycle. Nonetheless, he made the girls wear them while still in Chicago, which has no such law as far as I know.

[Cha]

30. It's on the beach and it's the law for the girls to wear one..not

him. And, fuck the corporatemediaWhores.

[Phx_Dem]

26. Who cares. He wasn't riding on the street.

Kids should always wear helmets, but adults can make their own decisions. I have never fallen off a bike since I learned to ride without training wheels. It doesn't mean I won't some day, but the odds are very low. If I was riding on a street, I would definitely wear a helmet. On a dirt path by the beach? No. Sorry helmet police.

[Hippo_Tron]

37. RU SERIES??? THIS IS HUGH!!!

[hileeopnyn8d]

38. I watched about

five minutes of this press briefing and heard this question. I couldn't believe someone asked about it, was it Jake Tapper that asked? If he ever loses his job at ABC maybe TMZ will be interested.

Other pressing questions asked included - "has he made any progress on those five books?" "what are his workouts like since being on vacation?" "can you tell us what type of basketball court he played on?" "can you tell us what the girls have been doing on vacation?"...

And that was about all I could tolerate. I will say that I think Bill Burton does a great job filling in for Gibbs. I love Gibbs, but I think at times he becomes the story. Burton really takes command of the room, he seems like a no nonsense guy and I think he'll eventually move up to press secretary.