Friday, August 1, 2008

Too Fit to Be President?

The Columbia Journalism Review tips us to the story with this:

No, This Isn’t from The Onion
Just wanted to clarify.
From the Wall Street Journal:

Facing an Overweight Electorate,
Barack Obama Might Find
Low Body Fat a Drawback...MORE

We've seen other examples of the Onionization of America, especially in politics:
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday followed through on his promise to file an ethics complaint against himself

Is it me or has the world gotten more Oniony? From The Hill.com.


Nevada GOP Cancels Convention, Opts for Conference Call

Citing a lack of interest, the Nevada Republican Party has called off its state convention and will instead pick its delegates to the national convention by private conference call.


Drudge or the Onion, you decide:

Report: Iran will halt enrichment if West removes sanctions...
Watermelon yields 'Viagra-like effects'...
Flat screen TVs blamed for accelerating global warming...
Charlotte temperature hits 123-year low...
WATERWORLD: Floating cities could one day house climate change refugees...
FLASHBACK: BIN LADEN TARGETED $144 BARREL -- 10 YEARS AGO...
Prayer Vigils at Gas Stations Across the Country...
Worried oil chiefs fail to find consensus...
Paulson says economy set to strengthen...
UPDATE: McCain denies roughing up Sandinista...
POLL: Obama Leads -- in Montana?
North Koreans to get balloon-delivered plastic newspapers from the South...
Los Angeles, Miami Foreclosures Double; $5 Billion L.A. Mortgages Go Bad...
Analyst sees 'ghost town' in California's Inland Empire...






Drudge.
Headlines at 17:35 EDT, 3Jul08