David Brooks: Obama Displays 'a Kind of ESPN Masculinity'
It might have sounded quite reasonable to David Brooks and his tight circle of media friends but to most of the rest of us, using the term "ESPN Masculinity" to describe President Obama is just flat out hilarious. Brooks performs a comedy encore at the end of The ESPN Man story in the New York Times with his psychobabble description of Obama's "manliness." These supposed traits listed by Brooks are the reasons why he claims Obama remains somewhat popular despite a lousy economy.
First, let us go right to the ESPN Man money quote:
Normally, presidents look weak during periods of economic stagnation, overwhelmed by events. But Obama has displayed a kind of ESPN masculinity: postfeminist in his values, but also thoroughly traditional in style — hypercompetitive, restrained, not given to self-doubt, rarely self-indulgent. Administrations are undone by scandal and moments when they look pathetic, but this administration, guarded in all things, has rarely had those moments.
Obama administration scandals such as Fast and Furious and Solyndra are rarely covered in depth in the New York times so perhaps that is why Brooks believes Obama rarely looks pathetic. Brooks does believe the economic situation is poor but, fortunately for Obama, his "ESPN masculinity" could help him pull off a win in November:
The economic mood of the country is terrible. Roughly 75 percent of Americans believe the economy is still in recession. According to a Quinnipiac survey, only 35 percent of Americans say they are better off than they were four years ago. Barely a third believe the country is heading in the right direction. The economic climate is as bad as or worse than it was in 1968, 1976, 1992 and 2000, years when incumbent parties lost re-election.
Brooks admits that Obama's is introducing issues primarily for campaign purposes and that he is "classless" which he probably meant in a different way but is inadvertently funny:
In 2008, Obama had that transcendent, messianic tone. This year, he has adopted a Clinton 1996 type of campaign — strong partisan attacks combined with an emphasis on small and medium-sized policies — like the Buffett Rule and student loans — intended to display his common man values. As a result, Obama has come off aggressive, but also, (unlike Romney) classless and in touch with middle-income groups.
The final line of The ESPN Man leaves us laughing again with Brooks' psychobabble focus on Obama's post and pre-boomer "manliness":
I’d say that Obama is a slight underdog this year: the scuffling economy will grind away at voters. But his leadership style is keeping him afloat. He has defined a version of manliness that is postboomer in policy but preboomer in manners and reticence.
What's next? A Sports Illustrated cover for The ESPN Man?
UPDATE: My DUmmie FUnnies "co-conspirator," Charles Henrickson, has written a parody song featuring David Brooks singing to Obama. It is called "A Fine Bromance" sung to the tune of A Fine Romance:
A fine bromance, like no other
A fine bromance, my Brooks brother
Barack and Brooks—it’s mutual admiration
Your rock-star looks are causin’ a strange sensation
A fine bromance, though you’re frazzled
A fine bromance, I’m bedazzled
I like to stare at the crease in your well-pressed pants
I’ve widened up my stance
This is a fine bromance
A fine bromance, we’re pie-chartin’
You make bromance that’s bi-partisan
You’re cooler than the clams that are down in the seaweed
You cast a glance my way and I get all wee-weed
A fine bromance, you’re my Marx guy
When we slow-dance, you make sparks fly
You make me have to cancel my “No we cant’s”
You’ve got me in a trance
This is a fine bromance
A fine bromance, with no disses
A fine bromance, Barack, this is
The “right” may be the box that a guy like I’m in
But I’m the kind that writes for the New York Times in
A fine bromance, my dear comrade
A fine bromance, like you and Rahm had
I feel a tingle running now up my pants
I’ve widened up my stance
This is a fine bromance
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Comments
What did they call George Bush when he displayed almost
Submitted by WhoIsJohnGalt on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 9:31am.
the same traits? Arrogant cowboy? But now, since it's "The One", he's "restrained, not given to self-doubt..."
Off your knees Brooks, and here's a towel to wipe your chin off.
Are you kidding....
Submitted by OldJarhead77 on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 12:15pm.
Davina Brooks is going back for seconds.............. she just had to get her double thick knee pads and spring loaded neck brace! LIBERALS like Brooks will do ANYTHING to drink directly from the font of the recycled Oblameo Kool-Aide!
Brooks thinks Fancy Feast commercials are macho.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 9:35am.
.
Brooks is spinning fast
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 10:44am.
Trying to counter the "First Gay President" galo magazine cover.
As for ESPN's masculinity.....that whole organization has gone down the tubes. In every way possible.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
Now would be a good time to
Submitted by HelenS on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 11:16am.
Now would be a good time to tie them tubes! Strike while the iron's hot, so to speak.
Me - "The libs/dems of today are the Quislings of former years - the cowards who would vote a fraud into office in exchange for handouts from the devil."
Manliness?
Submitted by bobsmom on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 9:36am.
Really? Heaven help us if this is the definition of a man. Hell, I'm so hungry for the sight and sound of a real man, I actually got a "tingle" the other day when I read that Bruce Willis (my age) is currently filming a Diehard 4.
A fifth?
Submitted by Unsane on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 9:59am.
I think you mean a Die Hard 5. Live Free of Die Hard was the fourth in the series. :)
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Oops!
Submitted by bobsmom on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 12:18pm.
Missed one in there, thanks!
Real men...!
Submitted by HelenS on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 11:26am.
A few years ago I went from here (DC-Metro area) to Ft Benning, Georgia, for a Ranger reunion with my husband and his brother.
THAT's where the real men are! It was magnificent! A seriously ...oxygen...rich environment.
Comforting (that they can be found), reassuring (they're everything you could possibly hope they'd be), and just plain amazing.
Me - "The libs/dems of today are the Quislings of former years - the cowards who would vote a fraud into office in exchange for handouts from the devil."
I agree with Brooks
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 9:44am.
Have you seen the sportscasters on ESPN lately? They look like they just walked out of a San Fran bathhouse.
Phil..I guess now it's
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 9:47am.
Metro-ESPN ;-)
Just like Barry, I'm sure half those anchors couldn't even...
Submitted by Mike Bratton on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 10:12am.
...take a charge.
Or run a slant.
Or, as we saw with Barry, get the ball from the pitcher's mound to home.
Gravy.
--Mike
So if Barry IS the first Gay president.....
Submitted by OldJarhead77 on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 11:52am.
And he couldn't pitch the ball to home.... does that mean he should be the Catcher?..... Just saying......
More like wide receiver, Jarhead.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 11:59am.
:-)))
Manliness?
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 10:09am.
I do not think it means what you think it means.-Inigo Montoya
See here
Classless??
Now THAT's a word I would use to describe him, although not the way Brooks meant it.
ESPN Masculinity?near home plate?
Submitted by Kevin Groenhagen on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 9:53am.
Is this the same Obama who wore mommy jeans and couldn't get the ball to home plate?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-Tart58c7E
There's also the video of Obama riding the girl's bike in Martha's Vineyard, but I can't find it. Has it been scrubbed?
Don't know about the video,
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 9:55am.
Don't know about the video, but I linked to the photo, above.
Masculinity
Submitted by Franksam on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 12:34pm.
This pretty much covers it:
http://www.redstate.com/erick/2010/08/27/their-guy-vs-our-guy/
The view section
Submitted by jon_torlin on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 1:37pm.
RE: The View section of that overall picture.....
No men in that picture whatsoever. All I see are crossed legs, woman style.
-Jon
I see David is into the hard
Submitted by John21 on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 9:56am.
I see David is into the hard drugs again. Anyone who would consider Obama as masculin instead of the metrosexual that he is must be on some really good stuff. Maybe he was just overdosing on the Obama Kool-Aid and entered into the delusional world that he considers reallity.
Some advice David
“When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” Franklin D. Roosevelt
The real ‘money quote:’
Submitted by Grumpy in Arizona on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 9:58am.
“But Obama has displayed a kind of ESPN masculinity: postfeminist in his values, but also thoroughly traditional in style — hypercompetitive, restrained, not given to self-doubt, RARELY SELF-INDULGENT. “
Rarely self-indulgent????? … Gimme a break!
- Grump :o)
Yeah, me to, Grumpy.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 12:03pm.
That self-indulgent remark really made me puke in my shoes laughing.
Bambi has got to be the most self-indulgent, mother frocking, cork socking, son of a bitch that has ever been in public life, and that's saying a lot!!
The only person I can think of that might top him is Moochie the Clydesdale. (I apologize for the mental image that last statement my cause)
Grumpy~
Submitted by GG_NB on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 12:21pm.
Yeah, that was rich. Yes, when I think of O, I automatically think of sacrifice and unselfishness. There's not a stitch of self-absorption or self-indulgence in him. Oh brother! {{*_*}}
This is the same man who was crabby at a Wisconsin audience who waited outside for hours for a late O (during his first campaign cycle). The reason O was crabby at them was because he was really hungry, which I believe was the first things he said -- that he needed to eat -- in a snappy tone that implied he was not all that happy to be there. Instead of apologizing for being late and appreciating their efforts in turning out, he made them feel like a nuisance to him.
"If not us, who? If not now, when?"
~Ronald Reagan
Bubba & GG: The good news is…
Submitted by Grumpy in Arizona on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 2:19pm.
The libs now have to resort to the ‘little harmless lies.’ Their BIG LIES aren’t gaining traction very well.
We all know that the liberal mind processes a big lie as the truth. But because this pretender and his sycophants have used-up any credibility they might have had by using the big lie too much (only to have the thinking public understand it was all a con-job), they now have to resort to the ‘little harmless lies’ that are a source of amusement designed make Obama seem more like one of us.
I don’t know what the White House internal polls look like… but I suspect the controllers are in full panic mode!
- Grump :o)
Brooks is insane. This article is insane.
Submitted by BBallleaper on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 10:02am.
Let me describe how masculine this guy is(n't). He's fey. He whistles his 's's. He rides a girl's bike. He couldn't even throw an opening pitch to home plate. When asked who his favorite White Sox player was he couldn't even name a single player on the team. He is slender. He is rumored to have had several homosexual 'lovers', even one in the White House they had to get rid of before this election. He spent 13 years on the mainland as a 'swinging' single, ten of those prior to ever meeting Moochella, yet there is not ONE woman who has ever been able to confirm having dated him, had sex with him, or been in love with him. The woman in 'Wet Dreams of My Father' is Diana Oughton, Bill Ayers one true love who was killed while making a homemade bomb. Apparently both Ayers and she went to 'pieces' ! The whole section was fabricated since Barry had to demonstrate at least ONE girl to counter the homo accusations!! He swings a golf club like a girl. He wears 'Mom' jeans. He's evolved alright, into the homo mulatto marxist muslim prick he really is. Word bro!
Brooks is batting for the other team now?
Submitted by drsamherman on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 10:02am.
The cult of personality surrounding Obama was always astounding to me as a psychiatrist, but now we see open near-sexual adulation of him from supposed heterosexuals that is just getting stranger by the moment.
What's next for David? A dream where he and Bammy are married, sharing a flat in Chelsea and raising their "gayby" together?
Psychobabble
Submitted by povertypimpin on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 10:07am.
Brooks did a hit of acid before he wrote that.
BAD acid
Submitted by spepper on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 10:13am.
BAD acid, at that
The boxing card: Manny Pacquiao versus Obama
Submitted by lrgon on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 10:18am.
Comcast filed this story:
"Boxing champion Manny Pacquiao has come out swinging against US President Barack Obama's personal endorsement of same-sex marriage.
"In an interview with the National Conservative Examiner, the religious Pacquiao said Obama's view was nothing more than a direct attack on the morals of society and the will of God."
"'God only expects man and woman to be together and to be legally married, only if they so are in love with each other. It (marriage) should not be of the same sex so as to adulterate the altar of matrimony, like in the days of Sodom and Gomorrah of old."
The Comcast article says that he was voted Forbes' fourth most influential athlete. The Filipino champ uses words like "abomination" to describe "same-sex' unions." "America," says the gutsy champ "should be the model of morality for other countries to emulate."
Pacquiao is the current World Boxing Organization welterweight champion. He is regarded by many as the best pound-for-pound boxer on the planet. When not in the ring with athletes duking it out he is in the political ring. He is a member of the Philippines legislature and also hosts a weekly TV game show. His eye is on using his gifts to becoming a leading Christian evangelist.
The "macho" factor is strangely thin in the world of athletes and the sports world in general. That Manny Pacquiao has come out in defense of God is a welcome sign! It gives me hope that we are indeed not lost to endure the filth of Sodomites and someday place them back in the closet.
Hollywood weirdos have no trouble basking in Sodomania. A few from that world like the actor from Growing Pains become an inspiration to Christians.
This boxer has the guts to say that sodomy is anathema to clean American living and that is worth a lot in this day and age when every clown celebrity think it's "cool" to be on the side of loser sodomites. These fools ignore or forget the stories of warning in Genesis when God Himself closed the door of the ark on sinners and sent fire and brimstone to rain upon homosexuals in the cities called Sodom and Gomorrah.
Thank God for gutsy guys like Pacquiao. Thank God for the Founders who said that our republic can only survive when decent and moral people are in positions of power.
John Adams said our sytem of government requires a high degree of morality. For surely morality is lacking in those who befoul the temple that is the human body.
God breathed life into man and put him to work. Homosexuals are lazy good for nothing keepers of their own temples. Their miserable lives are dedicated to death when they insist on filling their temples up with trash and filth and wallowing in it.
Hollyweird has come to their side because the communists infiltrated that institution and have mounted an assault of subversion on America. But it is strange that the sports world is "silent" on the subject as this comcast article states. http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/sports-boxing/20120515/Manny-Pacquia...
Uh, no~
Submitted by GG_NB on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 10:44am.
Just no, on the masculinity thing.
But above and beyond that, for those of us who who will vote for O when purple pigs fly while singing "Old McDonald," all of this media/lib ridiculous grasping should comfort us.
All this media coverage is absolutely SNL skit material...except, of course, SNL won't use it. But it is all so obvious to anyone (not a raging lib) who even just clicks on the news once in awhile or skims a newspaper or magazine cover recently...
They're freakin' scared.
"If not us, who? If not now, when?"
~Ronald Reagan
SNL? How?
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 10:50am.
This crap is already a parody.
MB~LOL
Submitted by GG_NB on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 11:10am.
True, so true.
A parody of a parody? It would have to be a contract crew of conservative writers.
"If not us, who? If not now, when?"
~Ronald Reagan
Remember ladies
Submitted by Agnostic on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 11:22am.
Clinton was the sexiest man alive according to the media and now Obama is personification of the term 'manliness', also according to the media. But they are not trying to create an image for Democrats that appeals to woman.
If that is not a war on women - or at least their senses - I don't know what is.
SNL
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 12:23pm.
Kind of off topic, but SNL.....
Yesterday, I was trying to describe to a twenty-something the "old" SNL.....specifically, Dan Ackroyd doing the repair guy in the low slung jeans. As I was describing it, I laughed until I had tears in my eyes.
Isn't it sad that SNL is no longer funny? I can think of so many things (we used to walk around college on Monday's saying "Oh No! Mr. BILLLLLL!") that were just hilarious, now it's just bad TV.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
There's always The View, B.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 1:45pm.
Hope you saw the picture on Drudge.
Should have be captioned "One hot blonde; four hags, and a fag."
I would call it more of a
Submitted by bkeyser on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 11:05am.
benny boy masculinity.
Bro-mance
Submitted by AgentAmerican on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 11:08am.
Davy will have to fight off Wolfy Blitzer and Georgie Stephenoupolous and Chucky Todd just for the right to be Obama's pet.
It's nausating to see those fan-boys get starry-eyed whenever they see their idol. "He's soooooooo dreamy!"
Ewww!
Submitted by HelenS on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 11:14am.
Amazing how one simple headline can make me want to throw up! That was seriously disturbing.
As a woman, I can assure you: there is NOTHING masculine about BHfO.
Me - "The libs/dems of today are the Quislings of former years - the cowards who would vote a fraud into office in exchange for handouts from the devil."
heh.
Submitted by mawendt on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 11:37am.
BHO reminds me more of a proponent of T-Ball.
One of those stuck up, nose-in-the-air, knows all the rules fanatics that's acts like he knows whats best for my kids. Better than me.
Just sayin'.
I read this at the Times site and...
Submitted by MichiganMan on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 11:49am.
The comments are unbelievable. They run around 10 to 1 (or more) on being critical of David Brooks because he is too "conservative" (that's hilarious in itself). If the commentors were in the presence of Obama, there would be many, many lip prints on Obama's butt. Brooks is actually critical of Republicans in the column, but the commentors paint him as an extreme right wingnut. Wow.
Here's the money quote:
Submitted by Dutch on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 12:14pm.
"Administrations are undone by scandal and moments when they look pathetic, but this administration, guarded in all things, has rarely had those moments."
Of course, Brooks doesn't mention that the guardianship comes from the mainstream press; It's easy to deflect scandal (and looking pathetic moments) when the people charged with informing the public of them just pretend as if they never happen.
As to his masculinity.... The word that has always comes to my mind with Obama is "effete"; His attempts at faux masculinity (his brave, solo Rambo-esque mission to take out Bin Laden, for instance) just make him appear more so.
The fact that NYT readers belive this column to be a rabid, extreme right attack on Obama just proves how extreme left wing his defenders are.
evolution
Submitted by Robersire on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 12:19pm.
So someone professing to be a Mus I mean Christian is evolving. Perhaps he needs to stop quoting a murderer "brothers keeper" and learn what Jesus taught.
"And do not follow the customs of the present age, but be transformed by the entire renewal of your minds, so that you may learn by experience what God's will is--that will which is good and beautiful and perfect." Weymouth New Testament
ESPN masculinity
Submitted by CO2Maker on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 12:24pm.
When I read that phrase, four words came to mind:
Keith the Sports Boy
The faint whiffs of testosterone reek from his bathtub and back seat of the limo and drips out of corners of his fiercely grimacing lips as he yells at the Wurst Purson in the Wurld.
Yep. Got a firm grip on that masculinity thing.
You want a reporter-jock before the era of "ESPN masculinity"? Think George Plimpton, who actually played the games he reported on and took hits in practice with the Detroit Lions and in an exhibition game for the Baltimore Colts (remember them?), pitched in an exhibition game at Yankee stadium, got in the ring with Archie Moore and Sugar Ray Robinson, guarded the net for the Boston Burins, and other exploits.
KTSB: bathtub duty, sneering, getting canned at four networks, and is now malingering in the dark zone that encircles Pluto.
Brooks' model for Obama.
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Submitted by liberalsarefunny on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 12:26pm.
I have absolutely no doubt that David Brooks truly thinks President Obama is "masculine".....
ESPN masculinity with Brooks in the crease
Submitted by CO2Maker on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 5:02pm.
Brooks to Obama: "You had me at the crease." Don't forget that it was Brooks who swooned because of the crease in Obama's pants. (What was he doing looking at O's legs?)
CO2
Submitted by GG_NB on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 5:06pm.
Are you serious? He brought up the crease in his pants? For real??
It has all become like the Twilight Zone, so I can hardly tell fact from fiction anymore.
"If not us, who? If not now, when?"
~Ronald Reagan
Here, get ready to laugh
Submitted by CO2Maker on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 5:21pm.
http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/the-courtship
Laugh or vomit
Submitted by Radical1979 on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 5:31pm.
The crease in his pants makes him a good president? He talks like us (as if he's do smart) the he uses the f word and other profanity?
Brooks, like Obama, thinks he's a lot more than he really is.
CO2~
Submitted by GG_NB on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 5:38pm.
Oh...my...gosh.
That is one of the weirdest quotes I've ever read. It's just so...so...I don't even know what to say.
Is it possible that a percentage of the population was brainwashed almost four years ago? Like real brainwashing -- by wording or non-verbals that a lot of us are not susceptible to? Even that makes more sense than people who are acting like this clearly "enchanted" fella!
Weird, really weird.
"If not us, who? If not now, when?"
~Ronald Reagan
Anyone who has ever played
Submitted by DeclinesToState on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 12:40pm.
Anyone who has ever played sports and has seen Obama throw a baseball, ride a bike, dodge sports question knows Obama can pretend to talk the talk, but he cannot walk the walk.... or throw a baseball.
He could fit into the "ESPN masculinity"
Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 1:32pm.
Since the net is now flash, sizzle, metrosexualized, liberal, and washed-up, just like O'Bozo! But unlike Boy Barry, ESPN doesnt have any real competition-yet. Once they do, they'll go down with the Dumont network, and President FORE-ty FORE will also go down soon, too!
Obama?
Submitted by notinstl on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 2:30pm.
ESPN masculine? in mommy jeans?
Question:
Submitted by Unsane on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 3:20pm.
How long before a static MiG-15 display goes on the White House lawn?
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
I SUPPOSE HE IS AN ESPN KIND OF GUY...
Submitted by Sgthulka on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 3:47pm.
ESPN = " Especially Sensitive and Prickly Nerd"
Are you kidding me?
Submitted by maicoman on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 4:52pm.
Saying that Obama is anything resembling a MAN, is totally out to the realm of Men. This guy is a bigger sissy than Pe We Herman. The only thing manly about him, is he is not out trying to boink "everything in a skirt", like a past "Commander in Chief". Every time this "person" has had the opportunity to show manly courage, he blames some one for his lack of courage. They don't make wimps as big as this guy is.
Most truthful line of the article
Submitted by TempusFugit on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 5:03pm.
"As a result, Obama has come off aggressive, but also, (unlike Romney) classless"
Obama is classless all right. As in he has no class (style, refinement) at all
Most truthful line of the article
Submitted by TempusFugit on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 5:03pm.
"As a result, Obama has come off aggressive, but also, (unlike Romney) classless"
Obama is classless all right. As in he has no class (style, refinement) at all
Where to start?
Submitted by felizagain on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 5:52pm.
David Brooks, Parker, Shields, Matthews, Maddow...why are so many annoying human beings on tv and radio all the time, and why are they all white? Main figures at MSNBC, all white, ditto for most of the other network big shows & programs. Just me, but, the nation is 50% non-white, why isn't the news?
Anyway..........David, you're going all Chris Matthews tingly on us.
I disagree w/Barry Obama on pretty much everything.
However, I have no doubt he's incredibly intelligent, eloquent, a nice father, a nice husband, kind to his dog, believes in
far left political and social ideas sincerely and heartily (it's not fake, being moderate or conservative is fake to him), he likes
a cold beer, a good burger, Chicago sports teams, and he sings pretty good for a President.
But, David, David, David....the guy w/the mom jeans, the silly bike hat, who likes arugala, and can't help but look smug almost 24/7...........is not, not a manly ESPN guy. Then again, have you seen Colin Cowherd lately, he's not a manly ESPN guy either. They have gone sort of low key metrosexual w/ a lot of hosts and programs. Anyway..........No. Without scandal or low moments, they've operated w/such gall and 'what, who me', bravado, it's just charming, it's ESPN manly....... OK, if you say so.
To act as if nothing phases you, to act brave and studly (per Wash. D.C. standards) is just amazing to David.
No, David, that's called gall, it's called, arrogance, that's not manliness, it's a full of it attitude.
Geez, I know you adore the way he speaks, breathes, brushes his teeth, wears the tie, walks, sings, eats, smiles with college kids and Hollywood actors.......I get the man crush.
But, even though he may win re-election, his behavior is not manly, not studly, not awe inspiring. It's a politician on the ropes, who can still win it all, w/an anything goes mindset, take down whoever you need to, bury anyone you can, and then bash away......but,he's going to get bloody, and so is the other guy.