Why Do McCain's People Need to Hate On Arugula?
When the Obama campaign attacked John McCain for owning seven houses, McCain's people returned fire, calling Obama "an arugula-eating, pointy-headed professor type." We've now moved from the "What's the matter with Kansas?" to the "What's the matter with arugula?" phase of the presidential campaign.
If McCain had asked his wife, Cindy, or his blogger daughter, Meghan, I'm sure they would have explained the many benefits of eating arugula. As Christopher Beam wrote on Slate, arugula is "tasty, healthy, popular, American, and an aphrodisiac."
It is said to be used extensively in Republican-leaning country club dining rooms all over this great country of ours, and even more important, it is readily available year-round in every area of the country the McCains own a home in.
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16 Comments:
For all us living with pointy-headed professor types, thanks!
islandexile at 7:53PM on 08/25/08
Politicians + Leafy Greens = (wake me when it's over)
All hail the mighty Arugula!
philn at 8:06PM on 08/25/08
I first heard about this on Cookthink.com/blog.
Seriously? It's so ridiculous :) I love arugula!
orchidgirl at 8:18PM on 08/25/08
Lots of people eat arugula, but some people are "arugula-eaters".
srhcb at 8:44PM on 08/25/08
"...it is readily available year-round in every area of the country the McCains own a home in."
Good one, Ed! Hilarious.
BangieB at 9:40PM on 08/25/08
Remember the elder Bush's broccoli paranoia? Arugula is the new broccoli.
Tonecat at 11:58PM on 08/25/08
Maybe if Americans referred to arugula as 'rocket,' as the British do, it would sound a bit more butch (and even kind of militaristic and hawkish) and then John McCain would stage photo ops with it.
caley at 6:20AM on 08/26/08
@ caley: HAHAHA. Genius.
crazy_betty at 9:05AM on 08/26/08
Hey what's wrong with being POINTY??
Pointy at 12:48PM on 08/26/08
Mr. McCain, how many round, rotting heads of Iceberg do you currently have in all your houses? After all, it's oh-so-good with bottled Thousand Island even if you can't remember which house you're in.
robincat at 2:00PM on 08/26/08
What, are we in 5th grade? God I hate this time in elections...makes me hate all politicians all over again. Next they'll be literally saying, "I know you are, but what am I" and singing-songing "sticks and stones can break my bones, but words will never hurt me". But seriously. Arugula? Pointy-headed? Professor-type? Are you kidding ME?!
Why do annoying sports fans and politicans always have to overly concentrate on what the other team/person is doing instead of focusing on themselves? When you're Coke, you don't even look over at Pepsi. You're confident.
jayevee at 2:10PM on 08/26/08
the benefits of checking your tires are also something McCain doesn't get...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/06/mccain-concedes-tire-gaug_n_117178.html
csbrown at 2:23PM on 08/26/08
In Australia, they call it "rocket."
I think Americans of all political stripes would be a lot more excited about eating it if we called it that too.
shred at 4:30PM on 08/26/08
Nanny-nanny-boo-boo, stick your head in doo-doo! Ahem, sorry, the politician namecalling still has me in elementary school.
And yeah, they call it rocket in the UK and often in translated menus all over Europe...
jayevee at 4:38PM on 08/26/08
Was that supposed to be an insult? Arugula is tasty and good for you!
And some professors are sexy;)
Veronica_C at 5:07PM on 08/26/08
"tasty, healthy, popular, American, and an aphrodisiac." .....JUST like Obama :)
tienh5 at 7:28PM on 08/26/08