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Cardio with Obama
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My morning routine usually starts off the same way every day. Wake up, go to the gym, grab a coffee and go to work.
But when you get patted down by the Secret Service at the gym first thing in the morning, you know something's up. I hopped on my usual treadmill and put on CNN. The news ticker scrolled frantically across the screen, as footage of the President-elect was shown over today's topic — "Is Obama Black or Biracial?"
It wouldn't be long before I could ask the man myself, as he walked majestically across the gym floor in his track pants and sweat shirt. I did a double take, and soon after that, looked around the gym to see if anyone else knew he was here. Nobody seemed to notice.
But he hopped on the machine next to me and broke a mean sweat while reading a copy of USA Today and listening to his Zune.
What the hell do you do in a situation like that? Well, here's a list of things I did while simultaneously running next to Mr. President-Elect:
- Cranked up the speed to show my feats of strength.
- Stared at him for a good 4 minutes.
- Watched him watch himself on CNN.
- Smelled my pits. Just to be sure.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU TAKE A PICTURE?!?!" was the main reaction I got from friends. My beloved mother asked me to ask him for health insurance coverage. But as he walked away, wiping the sweat off his brow, I couldn't ask for anything from the guy and was satisfied with him just being my president.
And OK, fine — I'll admit that I creepily savored his treadmill after he left.
UPDATE [03dec08]: Some clarifications on this Zune issue.
Wait. Barack Obama has a Zune???
so cool neal! i’m so jealous
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Man, we have one scrawny president.
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Yeah that Zune thing was weird. I guess Obama’s trying to help out the little guy (at least in the mp3 player world)
What were his secret service people doing while he was running?
yeah like is this true? seems really fishy i mean, no picture? I do hope he has a zune though.
So President-Elect Obama sports the Microsoft media player in lieu of the all-mighty Apple product. Good for him.
Lucky bastard!
I’m not sure I believe this. Obama is a confirmed Mac user, and it isn’t too much of a stretch to believe he uses OS X as his primary OS, considering there have been articles on his implementation of iChat in his campaign. As far as I know the Zune is not Mac compatible, and even if he was dual booting it wouldn’t make much since for him to load Windows every time he wanted to sync with his music library. In addition, in one recent issue of Macworld magazine and on the Rolling Stone website, they had blurbs with Barack Obama telling what music he has on his iPod. I’m going to have to call BS, since all signs point to no; is the author sure it was a Zune?
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Au contraire, we have many people in the Zunerama forums who use Zunes with their Macs.
The story sounds very credible to me.
Also, another reason he uses a Zune while working out: he was listening to CNN - presumably through the FM transmission that most workout centers provide.
A Zune player can pick those up, with its FM tuner. With an iPod, you need to buy and carry around an extra accessory to hear the FM.
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Hey, what color of Zune was it? Was it one of the flash (smaller) Zune players, or a hard drive player?
Also, did it look like stock earphones?
Yes, we’re obsessed! Details, please!
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[...] Elect a President that uses a Zune. *check* Ah yeah, I knew this man was smart. President-elect Obama was spotted working out in Philly and listening to his Zune.But he hopped on the machine next to me and broke a mean sweat while reading a copy of USA Today and listening to his Zune. I wonder if he would share his favorite podcasts and music with PGL? Let’s see who can find his Zunecard first. Cardio with Obama :: The Clog :: Blog Archive :: Philadelphia City Paper :: Philadelphia Arts, Resta… [...]
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Now I wish I had voted for him. If he is rocking a Zune he is not a lemming like the rest of them. The Zune really kicks the iPods butt! Radio, FM tagging to shopping cart, Wireless, DRM-Free MP3, MixView, 10 free tunes each month with ZunePass, etc.
The Zune is great for the gym because it has the built-in FM tuner so that you can hear what is on the TVs by tuning into the frequency listed beside the set. I have had one since day one! It is much better now and I think it’s great that they have made the main improvements through software, so even early adopters get the features without having to buy new equipment.
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Obviously he has some sense,the zune is great device. The guys a thinker and seeing through the apple distortion field deserves even more props.
More features and a growing community who is open to free thinking people and not having their oxygen supply cut off my tight turtle necks.
[...] time. In what has become known as Zunegate for the controversy it has created the situation seems a reporter had a workout in the same gym as Barack Obama and he saw the President-Elect listening to a Zune player. He reported it as “his Zune” [...]
[...] the Philadelphia City Paper ignited a controversy over the question, with a blog entry that included the innocuous detail that the President-elect was working out while listening to the [...]
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The word “iPod” has become a noun, much like “Band-Aid”. So when my man Obama says “iPod” he very well could be referring to a Zune. Remember folks, all cognacs are brandys but not all brandys are cognacs.
The word “iPod” has become a noun as well as a brand, much like “Band-Aid”. So when my man Obama says he listens to Luda on his “iPod” he very well could be referring to a Zune.
Remember folks, all cognacs are brandys but not all brandys are cognacs.
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Is it a joke? How can Mac sync with Zune? My great humorous Obama!
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Obama a Zune user? C’mon! The guy is intelligent. Even Bush isn’t stupid enough to use a Zune… and Bush is tree-stump dumb.
You all are missing the most shocking discovery. Our president-elect gets his news from USA Today? God help us all!
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So typical for America..
You pray freedom all day long but then everybody has to use an I-Pod?
What the fuck…
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[...] di incrinarsi pericolosamente quando Neil Santos, un reporter del Philadelphia City Paper, ha scovato il president-elect mentre utilizzava uno Zune, in palestra. Lo scandalo si è diffuso [...]
IMPOSSIBLE!
Because Obama is:
1) Too clever,
2) Too educated
3) Too onest,
for became a Zune user after tryed an iPod
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damned yankees…
Mister President Barack Obama, you have a mission. The new world. Do it. We need it.
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Who gives a hoot?
Zune or iPod? I! Don’t! Care!
Neither should any other bipedal mammal with respect for himself.
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I’m with eggmuffin….who really cares? Obsessing with what music player the president elect uses is similar to obsessing with the latest news on Brittany Spears or any other celebrity. It just proves you have nothing interesting in your life, so you have to live vicariously through someone else. And I really wish people would stop talking about President Elect Obama like he is the second coming of Christ. I voted for him, but I’m not all over his shadow. I’ll wait to see how he does in office.
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I can’t blame you for not having the nerve to speak up. Anybody who can come out of seemingly nowhere* and beat the Clintons and the GOP right out of the gates has got to have one hell of a presence. I’d have been nervous too!
*obviously, Barack Obama did indeed come from somewhere, and in fact has a strong educational background. My only point is that it wasn’t very long ago that he wasn’t on the national radar at all, and he went from that to president in almost no time at all.
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Who cares?
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[...] all started with a post from a Philadelphia blogger who unexpectedly shared a workout with the President-elect. He happened [...]
[...] pretty much the takeaway from this Philadelphia City Paper blog post by one of their writers who worked out alongside the [...]
[...] Canali (as upscale as it gets). Now a reporter for Philadelphia’s City Paper has spotted him listening to a Zune, despite previously implying he used an iPod. Next he’ll be saying he loves both Dr Pepper [...]
Why does it matter that he uses a Zune? There are WAY more important things going on in the world then freaking out over Obama using a Zune instead of an IPOD.
You’re all wrong…. it’s a Sansa.
[...] president George W Bush has an iPod, but president elect Barack Obama uses a Zune, according to City Paper reporter Neal Santos, who was in the gym at the time. He says Obama “hopped on the machine next to me and broke a [...]
[...] president George W Bush has an iPod, but president elect Barack Obama uses a Zune, according to City Paper reporter Neal Santos, who was in the gym at the time. He says Obama “hopped on the machine next to me and broke a [...]
Nice post.
The article is about meeting the future president of the united states. Not about his choice of MP3 player. People, get a life.
You Apple fanboys are actually getting your panties in a knot over the fact that Obama owns a Zune? Wow, get lives, this is our freaking president here and you’re gonna base your loyalty to him over whether or not he uses Apple products? Ha!
[...] not iPod-tripping, Zune-dismissing, social media-loving Barack Obama, but Abraham Lincoln, who was born 200 years ago and has a [...]
[...] Transition - which, according to the press is the bestest ever. I’m talking about the dreaded Zunegate. But when you get patted down by the Secret Service at the gym first thing in the morning, you know [...]
the ipod had a 6 year lead from the zune if they both started at the same time (2001) not 2001 to 2006 the zune would be like A 500 pound 7 feet man to a retard with 1 leg to the ipod
I’m jealous of his shoes dude
At least his the fittest president we’ve had yet. It’s good he likes to stay in shape. maybe he’ll work hard at getting the economy back into shape as well. It’s all about progress. Mac users aren’t always exclusive. I am an avid Apple user and yes I have an ipod. It was a gift. I actually wanted the Zune. Although I do have both a PC and an Apple at home. I wish I was cool enough to have had that happen to me. What gym?! And if you say 12th Steet Gym I’ll giggle a little.