re: #363 palomino

OK, let’s recap the three photos.

1) Reagan clearly doesn’t know how to use a chainsaw. He’s lucky he didn’t slip and saw his own leg off.

2) W is just carrying pieces of wood. Like I do 3 times a year when it’s cold enough in LA to use the fireplace.

3) Obama is using a pick ax to dig a hole, to plant a garden. Where food will actually grow and get eaten.

So Obama looks the LEAST tough of the three, but easily the MOST pragmatic and intelligent. I’ll take that over mindless macho posturing anyway, anyhow, anywhere.

I’d disagree with Alouette, though: George W. Bush did and likely still does chop wood. Perhaps he does so to stay humble, perhaps because the exertion calms him. But he actually did and does chop wood, and the photos of him doing so aren’t just posturing. Neither are the photos of Obama gardening.