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Thursday, April 3, 2008
What Do The Candidates Eat?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Every morning while I’m warming up on the treadmill before my workout, I’m bombarded silently with the presidential race via CNN. We’re all bombarded, though the gym is the only place I can count on to have the volume turned down.
And with no sound, my mind wanders as the sweat begins to bead: What do the candidates eat for breakfast? I mean, it’s the most important meal of the day and all, and since their days are so full of, well, whatever a presidential candidate’s days are full of, they must need some sort of power fuel.
Right: I love the smell of Cornflakes in the morning…
Photo: Mary Altaffer/AP
McCain has always sported that tough-love vet look, and recent pictures like the one at right prove that he’s still at least close to his fighting weight. His mystique, if that’s what it can be called, teeters between a teddy bear and chipping paint. His breakfast (as per my imaginings): After a round of old-fashioned calisthenics (that cross-fit crud is for sissies), he sits down to a bowl of true Americana — Cornflakes. Yep, cornflakes, whole milk (see the sissies’ note on cross-fit in regard to skim milk), a few berries because some assistant insists, and an entire pot of coffee (from a 16-cup coffee percolater), black. Yes — you guessed it — cream and sugar are for sissies.
ABOVE: Sure, they look good — but what did they eat for breakfast this morning?
Photo: Rick Bowmer/AP
Hillary Clinton doesn’t seem to have the same penchant for fast food as her burger-eating husband, but it looks as if she’s puffed up a little while on the campaign trail. Very little sleep, even less exercise — all of a sudden those tweed suits are a little more snug than they were in January. Of course it’s so much harder for a woman, since she’s judged just as much for her looks as her brains. Hillary’s breakfast is a little like her ever-changing hair style. One day it’s a bowl of Grapenuts with skim milk, the Times, and a brisk walk followed by yogurt and fruit. Another day it’s three (two eaten in the bathroom) Krispy Kreme doughnuts downed with a super-sized Vault (in and out of the bathroom).
It’s easy to imagine what Barack Obama eats for breakfast. He’s fit-looking, and wears those fabulous suits and lavender ties like a coat hanger. Only his ears are out of sorts with the rest of his sleek, “I’m so together” look. He downs an energy drink fortified with vitamins and minerals he makes himself in a mini blender that he carries with him everywhere. By mid-morning he supplements with a half-grapefruit and a boiled egg, followed by a quart of bottled water.
Me, I’d rather go to Ria’s Bluebird for a biscuit. Where would you suggest the candidates eat breakfast while in Atlanta?
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