White House Response To Palin Claim She’d Beat Obama In A Run
Posted by: Baller-in-Chief in ArticlesAt first when I read this headline at The Huffington Post, I thought that Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska believed she could actually beat President Barack Obama if she ran against him in a presidential race!
I thought for sure she had truly lost her marbles.
But her comments were not about politics but rather about actual running, as in jogging. “I betcha I’d have more endurance,” she told Runner’s World magazine. “What I lacked in physical strength or skill I made up for in determination and endurance. So if it were a long race that required a lot of endurance, I’d win.”
The White House responded as follows, reported by the Christian Science Monitor today:
When first asked about Gov. Palin’s comment, Obama spokesman Gibbs replied, “How is her jump shot?”
The President is a well known basketball fan. It turns out Palin is, as well. She told Runner’s world “ we both love basketball. But look, he towers over me and I wouldn’t be complaining about an unfair advantage there, but maybe I’d do better playing H-O-R-S-E with him than one-on-one.”
Gibbs said the outcome of a race would depend on “where they are going to run.”
And he ended by saying he would ask the President “if he has any free time to do that” this summer.
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