Obama is Grass-Fed, McCain is Corn-Fed

Clinton, of course, would be a Boca-Burger.

We all know the drill: you are what you eat. But does who you are also determine your presidential candidates? Are the late-night comedians right? Is Clinton butter to Obama's olive oil?

According to a story in today's New York Times McCain's supporters shop at Safeway, Clinton's at Whole Foods, Obama's at farmers markets. (We have the feeling he'd do better in Fremont than Magnolia.)

All too easy. We're more than what's in our refrigerators and on our dinner plates. Besides, this sort of political analysis--equating Obama with the bitter herbs of farmers markets--marginalizes healthy eating as a practice limited to effete progressives. Nonsense. The pollsters have it backwards, as usual, confusing cause and effect. Sometimes we shop at Safeway, sometimes at Whole Foods, but that doesn't mean we don't healthy-heart Obama.

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By Ronald in Food on April 16, 2008 12:00 PM

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jeffinfremont

Yo, another Fred Meyer and Trader Joe's shopper for Obama!

Kim Ruehl

i shop at madison market and, occasionally trader joes (but NEVER for produce). i prefer my flowers from pike place market. and my healthy yoga-fueled heart is in hillary's hands.

you couldn't call her a lamb burger? really? because those things are goooooood and spicy!

Charles Redell

FWIW Ronald, I think Obama would do just fine at the Magnolia Farmer's Market. My precinct went 70-30 for him at the caucus and the split at the district level was all the wider.

Plus, you know, upper-middle-class liberals love it when we can show how diverse we are, unless the diversity is in the form of people of color knocking on our doors.

ronaldholden

Got this from Ethan Lowry, over at UrbanSpoon:

I just read your post on the Seattlest about the NYT article on politics and food. Did you see that we got mentioned in the accompanying article?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/16/dining/16vside.html

Referencing this post:

http://www.urbanspoon.com/blog/23/Do-latte-drinkers-really-vote-for-Obama.html

Kind of cool to get noticed by the Gray Lady, made us feel a thrill of legitimacy.

Hope you're doing well,

Ethan

ozmafan

Sometimes we shop at Safeway, sometimes at Whole Foods, but that doesn't mean we don't healthy-heart Obama.

word. i MOSTLY shop at safeway, have never shopped at WF, and find mccain terrifying.