Edwards eats Club Sandwiches. Kerry eats Fettuccine Alfredo

[Renew Deal]

(January 24, 2004 -- 07:09 PM EDT)
I drove home from Newcastle late this afternoon and stopped at the Merrimack restaurant for a quick dinner. A film crew from Comedy Central was there filming a tongue-in-cheek interview with the proprietress of the place. And one of the questions the guy asked was what each of the candidates ate when they came into the place. Edwards? Club sandwiches. Kerry? Fettuccine Alfredo!

I expect a press release from Edwards headquarters before the night is out.

-- Josh Marshall

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2004_01_18.html#002483

My question is: Is John Kerry the kind of president we really want? I mean I don't want the guy that eats a cheese steak daintily or fettuccine Alfredo at a diner.

[THUNDER HANDS]

1. what's wrong with fettuccine Alfredo?

Maybe Kerry wants to capture the Italian vote. :)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

27. In the Northeast

with its large Italian population, fettucine alfredo IS diner food!

[Monte Carlo]

31. Especially in the North End of Boston...

... it is not hard or expensive to find a plate of fettucine alfredo.

[caledesi]

37. Here's the Olive Garden's recipe. Easy and delicious.

Olive Garden Fettucine Alfredo


8 ounces Cream cheese -- cut in bits
3/4 cup Parmesan cheese -- grated
1/2 cup Butter or margarine
1/2 cup Milk
8 ounces Fettuccine; cook -- drain

In large saucepan combine cream cheese, Parmesan, butter and
milk, stirring constantly until smooth. Toss pasta lightly with
sauce, coating well. Leftovers freeze well.

[DFLer4edu]

34. Ditto, back off my favorite food!

[jsw_81]

2. Clark earned over $1 million in 2002 and went to Oxford

I'm sure he's a real average kind of guy. </sarcasm>

[incapsulated]

7. After topping out at 90k as a Four Star General

So, he took the opportunity after leaving the service to make some money for once. Yeah, he's just Mr. What's In It For Me, ain't he?

[jsw_81]

15. Yes

Clark is the ultimate Mr. What's In It For Me. Just look at how he was supporting Republicans and praising Bush and Cheney as recently as 2001. Then 2003 rolls around and Clark suddenly "discovers" that he's a Democrat and decides to run for president. I can't believe that anyone here even fell for it.

[incapsulated]

17. It's amazing

How some people will disrupt even the silliest thread to bash their most hated candidate.


:eyes:

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[spooky3]

24. Actually, s/he does it to everyone except Kerry.

[incapsulated]

25. Equal Opportunity

for all, eh? ;)

[Lefty48197]

28. It sounds like you're comparing Clark to Bill Clinton

was that your point?

[ArtieBoy]

3. I'm voting for

the guy who eats sausage & eggs at the Cracker Barrell.

[Renew Deal]

12. lol

I love Cracker Barrell. I highly recomend it to anyone.

[jenk]

14. then you're voting for Larouche!

[AP]

4. A press release from Edwards? JMM just issued one himself.

[HFishbine]

5. What?

Edwards didn't order freedom fries?

[incapsulated]

6. Hey, it could be worse!

He could have ordered the French Onion Soup!

Fettuccine Alfredo is pretty difficult to screw-up, even at a diner, btw. :)

[Dogmudgeon]

8. This isn't serious, I hope

I mean ... parsing menu choices?

Ahh ... it's from Comedy Central. Still, I expect the Talking Whores to be chattering about it within hours.

--bkl

[Renew Deal]

13. well

I might be serious. I might not. ;)

[spooky3]

9. I guess none of our guys are on Atkins yet.

[AntiCoup2K4]

Yeah, this carbohydrate addiction is gonna lose them votes bigtime

Bread? Pasta?? What the Hell were they thinking???

[Ruti]

10. Does Clark eat MRE?

I don't care what the candidates eat! Good grief.

[DFLer4edu]

35. Neither do I, but

as it was a Clark supporter who posted this, I feel obligated to mention that General is a cushy job! So no, he probably didn't eat MREs as a general.

[Caution]

11. Fettucine Alfredo?

Have you ever actually had this? It is noodles with heavy cream and parmesan. It is quite simply the simplest, easiest to make Italian dish there is! It's easier to make than spaghetti and you are trying to portray it as if it is caviar. Seriously, find an actual reason for me not to vote for Kerry. One that has something to do with...hmmm...I dunno...issues maybe?

[Renew Deal]

16. Fettucine is an important issue.

[jenk]

18. indeed

"General Clark, what's your position on Fettucine?"

"Well I....is this relevant?"

Fox News- "Clark clearly fumbled the important Fettucine policy question"

[jpgray]

19. LOL! (nt)

[incapsulated]

20. That Fettucine gaff will be the death of Clark! :) eom

[Lydia Leftcoast]

33. Exactly

See my post #27. I spent nine years in New Haven, Connecticut, where fettucine alfredo, baked ziti, eggplant parmesan, moussaka, Greek salad, and all those other Mediterranean foods WERE diner foods, and I'm not talking about the area around Yale.

[jpgray]

22. Paging Maureen Dowd...

She'd love this crap. But ooh, she'd also have to know what they were wearing. :D

[curse10]

23. Man, Fettucine Alfredo is good!

Give me pasta over a sandwich with dead pig on it any day!

[59millionmorons]

26. As a fellow Clark supporter

I feel dumber for just reading your post.

Thanks Alot


My question is: Is John Kerry the kind of president we really want? I mean I don't want the guy that eats a cheese steak daintily or fettuccine Alfredo at a diner.

[adadem]

29. I like both n/t

[Lefty48197]

30. The press be damned!

If I'm in New Hampshire, I'm eating lobster. I don't care how the press spins it, and I don't care if it costs me the Presidential nomination. I have my principles.

[emulatorloo]

32. With their figures, they can both handle the simple carbs n/t

[shivaji]

36. My 12 year old daughter loves fettuccine alfredo, which we buy regularly

from the grocery stores for a little over a buck!!

Don't see where the problem is. Trying to make a mountain out of a molehill.