Obama's Workouts v. Bush's Workouts

Members of the lib media spent the last eight years criticizing President Bush for working out. Comedians mocked the President relentlessly for taking time to exercise.

For instance, in "The Long, Lame Goodbye," Maureen Dowd wrote about President Bush:

His decisions have been, for the most part, disastrous. If he’d paid as much attention to facts as fitness, 9/11, Iraq, the drowning of New Orleans, the deterioration in Afghanistan and the financial deregulation orgy could have been prevented.

Yes, that fitness stuff really derailed everything. If President Bush hadn't worked out as much as he did, 9/11 "could have been prevented."

Talk about lame!

Of course with Barack Obama, the opposite is occurring. Suddenly, presidential workouts are admired. Obama's workouts are praised. Oooh! Aaaaaaah!

During his Thursday night surprise visit with the Press Corps, Obama "revealed that he had already gotten in two work outs since being sworn in Tuesday."

"Turns out I have a little gym up there," he said with a smile.

Cool! He has "a little gym up there." He said that with a smile, not a Bush-type smirk. That is so cool!

And in this puff piece on Obama, "A Long Day Steeped in Pomp, History and Emotion," we learn that Obama managed to get in a PRE-inauguration workout.

A day that began with a solitary workout in his temporary quarters at the Blair House, followed by a quiet breakfast with his family, ended with far greater fanfare.

So before he was sworn in, Obama had a "solitary workout." How dramatic, and cool!

Even on this long and busy and historic day, Obama worked out. (Swoon.)

Things sure have changed.

Obama's fitness obsession isn't unpresidential. It's not a sign that he's an oaf. It's indicative of Obama's superiority -- being the messiah and still having time to work out. Amazing!

You can bet that when an international crisis occurs, perhaps the one that Joe Biden guaranteed will happen, that "generated crisis," the one that calls for us to "gird our loins," no one will be claiming that it could have been prevented if Obama hadn't worked out so much.