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The rubber tofu circuit

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The rubber tofu circuit
: If we didn’t think that Dennis Kucinich was already nutty enough, here’s the Washington Post’s report on his vegan diet:

Dennis Kucinich is hungry for the nation’s biggest job and a plate of kidney beans.

At the moment, the kidney beans are more realistic….

He envisions waking up in the White House on Jan. 21, 2005, and sitting down to a presidential breakfast of oat groats sprinkled with walnuts, bananas, coconut and raisins, a bowl of miso soup, wheat toast and a plate of fresh vegetables.

11 responses to “The rubber tofu circuit”

  1. RJ Avatar
    RJ

    Man, those vegans, I tell ya!
    Is that crazy, or what?
    Yeah. Hm.
    I don’t get it. The guy is out there, sure, but how exactly do his eating habits enter into that at all?

  2. Sandy Avatar
    Sandy

    Because, by rejecting the Egg McMuffins preferred by his countrymen, he’s a traitor.

  3. Jeff Jarvis Avatar
    Jeff Jarvis

    Sandy:
    Good one.
    Touche! Or should I say, Tofu!

  4. aaron wall Avatar
    aaron wall

    Another thing worth avoiding: MCGRIDDLES = GROSS

  5. John Avatar
    John

    Too bad Ewell Gibbons is dead — he’d make a perfect White House chef for the Kucinich Administration…

  6. greg Avatar
    greg

    I’m still trying to figure out what the State dinners would look like.

  7. Lola Avatar
    Lola

    Rolling eyes . . . no wonder he’s waaaaaay down there in the pack.

  8. Andrew | BYTE BACK Avatar
    Andrew | BYTE BACK

    That’s a great lede by WaPo

  9. Timothy L Avatar
    Timothy L

    I never could figure out how to pronounce this guys name, as no one I know ever mentioned him. So glad his manager or somebody pointed out a while ago that it’s Kucinich, rhymes with Spinach.
    And speaking of the written versus the spoken word, what’s with these     vegans? No, I’m not wondering about their dietary preferences, but their pronounciation. If you’re going to make up a word, why not go whole hog (oh, bad simile) and make it veegan? You know, spell it like it sounds.
    “Journalists, probably as an occupational hazard, have the worst diets,” Kucinich says. “So I think that their special interest in my diet comes from some desire they have to eat better.
    No, Denny, I don’t think that’s why they have a special interest, but if I told you why, it’d hurt your feelings…
    I oppose Dennis on Environmental grounds. Ask yourself this: would you want a tinfoil-hat strip mine in your backyard?
    He wipes a smudge of hummus from his cheek and concludes his testimony on self, country and diet with a question
    Just how does this guy eat hummus? (this is not BBQ ribs, people) Stuff face in bowl???
    “Is this story running in the food section?”
    Flash-forward one year: Tonight on the Food Channel…Spinach by Kucinich

  10. goose Avatar
    goose

    I have to agree with RJ — what possible impact does a candidate’s diet have on his candidacy, or his worthiness to hold the job he’s running for?

  11. Andrea Harris Avatar
    Andrea Harris

    Well, eating lots of beans and other fiber causes excess flatulence. That could certainly have an effect on his constituency; at least on the ones standing downwind.