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Morning Joe Discovers How Rep. Aaron Schock Got His ‘Rippling Abs’

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Rep. Aaron Schock and Men’s Health have started up a campaign to make us all feel terrible about ourselves and our bodies. Oh, wait. I misread that. They’re actually trying to get Americans “to lose weight and get healthier this summer” as part of the Fit for Life Summer Challenge. Of course, their campaign involves putting pictures of a shirtless Schock, the “Fittest Congressman,” on their cover so side effects may involve us all looking in the mirror and sobbing. Anyway, Morning Joe brought Schock on this morning to discuss the initiative and somehow refrained from force-feeding him burgers so as to bring down the handsomeness curve for the rest of us.

Schock promised Willie Geist that, no, his cover is not the product of the photoshop diet but rather that of good ol’ fashion working out and eating healthy. He gave some alarming statistics about the dire situation regarding America’s health and explained how easy it was to get in shape even without expensive gym memberships. Schock was then asked if he ever worried that his shirtless pictures in Men’s Health and TMZ (sample headline: “Illinois Congressman Is Schockingly Hot”) might distract from his serious work.

God, wouldn’t it be nice to have someone ask you if you were too good looking for your job? Why doesn’t that ever happen to us normal people?

You know what? How dare Aaron Schock make us feel fat! We should all gang together and make a smear campaign calling him a fascist! That’s the American way!

Now, back to the mirror for more sobbing.

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  • writer

    Time to ditch that Ed Schultz workout video.

  • TillieGlockenspiel

    In his case, I don’t care if he’s an R or a D! He’s pretty!

  • skyfet

    This is embarrassing.

  • WCinWI

    1. Aaron is a cutie.
    2. The only two female magazines I subscribe to are Shape & Women’s Health. Both excellent reads.
    3. Morning Joe has displayed its sexist commentary far too often. This was demonstrated when they spent segments discussing Palin on Time/Newsweek/wherever it was about her running.

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    Dang, those are some abs.

  • WCinWI

    sarainitaly said:
    Dang, those are some abs.

    I thought he would say that he was doing the P90X program. :)

  • Liberal Tormentor

    Yowza!

  • Edith Massey

    Come out of the closet Rep. Schock, stop your anti-gay legislating and be proud of who you are.

  • tatboy

    Edith Massey said:
    Come out of the closet Rep. Schock, stop your anti-gay legislating and be proud of who you are.

    Using being gay as a weapon. Classy. Why do you look down on gays and use it as a putdown?

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    Edith Massey said:
    Come out of the closet Rep. Schock, stop your anti-gay legislating and be proud of who you are.

    geez, you sure are obsessed with people being gay. sounds to me like you suffer from a bad case of homophobia.

    you might want to get that looked at.

  • Edith Massey

    tatboy said:
    Using being gay as a weapon. Classy. Why do you look down on gays and use it as a putdown?

    sarainitaly said:
    geez, you sure are obsessed with people being gay. sounds to me like you suffer from a bad case of homophobia.

    you might want to get that looked at.

    Not at all I am just tired of gay Republicans who are in the closet but pass anti gay bills vote no on same sex marriage etc. Believe it or not there are quite a few of them. Aaron Schock is at the top of the list.

  • Edith Massey

    tatboy said:
    Using being gay as a weapon. Classy. Why do you look down on gays and use it as a putdown?

    How can I look down on gay people I am gay.

  • Cecelia

    Hello, sailor…

  • Cecelia

    Edith Massey said:
    Not at all I am just tired of gay Republicans who are in the closet but pass anti gay bills vote no on same sex marriage etc. Believe it or not there are quite a few of them. Aaron Schock is at the top of the list.

    It’s interesting. That’s what they say about Republicans who are poor too. ‘How dare they vote against Democrats, it’s in their own best interest to support Dem initiatives’.

    It’s as though no one can have principles (or be anything at all) that is outside the game of identity politics.

    I’d suggest to you that while privacy might not be an absolute right, it’s certainly a precious consideration for civilized people.

    We’d all do well to remember that.

  • Cecelia

    “You know what? How dare Aaron Schock make us feel fat! We should all gang together and make a smear campaign calling him a fascist! That’s the American way!”

    It seems that poor Aaron Schock is a veritable armory for liberals eager to take potshots.

  • tatboy

    Edith Massey said:
    How can I look down on gay people I am gay.

    So why would you use it as a weapon?

  • http://politicallyincorrectlibertarian.wordpress.com PoliticallyIncorrectLibertarian

    “Come out of the closet Rep. Schock, stop your anti-gay legislating and be proud of who you are.”

    —Why you say that? Because he’s “fit”? Gee, by those standards Barney Frank must be the most heterosexual guy in the world.

    http://libertarians4freedom.blogspot.com/

  • Edith Massey

    Cecelia said:
    It’s interesting. That’s what they say about Republicans who are poor too. ‘How dare they vote against Democrats, it’s in their own best interest to support Dem initiatives’.

    It’s as though no one can have principles (or be anything at all) that is outside the game of identity politics.

    I’d suggest to you that while privacy might not be an absolute right, it’s certainly a precious consideration for civilized people.

    We’d all do well to remember that.

    I could care less about Aaron Shrock’s privacy, when he votes on anti gay bills and sides with the homophobes, as a public official who votes against his own interests he deserves no privacy.

  • RhapsodyinBlue

    It’s nice he has rippling abs but doesn’t this sort of make him a joke? This beefcake stuff is fine if you’re on the Jersey shore but you’re suppose to be a Representative, have some dignity and keep your shirt on, manbo. If Nancy Pelosi did bikini shots for a magazine she would be taken less seriously.

    (and here it comes)

  • Edith Massey

    PoliticallyIncorrectLibertarian said:
    “Come out of the closet Rep. Schock, stop your anti-gay legislating and be proud of who you are.”

    —Why you say that? Because he’s “fit”? Gee, by those standards Barney Frank must be the most heterosexual guy in the world.

    http://libertarians4freedom.blogspot.com/

    http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UVRSmsDkeJI/TBLHgSHJuBI/AAAAAAAAAsE/4k7ktMcqDoM/s1600/Aaron+Schock+Is+Gay.PNG

  • Cecelia

    Edith Massey said:
    How can I look down on gay people I am gay.

    There’s little more dehumanizing than the suggestion that one’s race, gender, sexuality, or ethnicity comes with its own set of uncompromising tenets.

  • The Lantern of Truth

    RhapsodyinBlue said:
    If Nancy Pelosi did bikini shots for a magazine she would be taken less seriously.

    No . Just about the same .

    Arghhhh .

  • Cecelia

    Edith Massey said:
    I could care less about Aaron Shrock’s privacy, when he votes on anti gay bills and sides with the homophobes, as a public official who votes against his own interests he deserves no privacy.

    Then there’s little difference between you and any stereotypical corporate CEO who only cares about his own interest.

  • Edith Massey

    Cecelia said:
    There’s little more dehumanizing than the suggestion that one’s race, gender, sexuality, or ethnicity comes with its own set of uncompromising tenets.

    Who said it did? But if you are gay and you vote on anti gay bills and lie about being heterosexual, you obviously must have a problem that I am sure a good therapist could correct.. Which is fine go ahead and hate yourself but don’t legislate as a homophobe.

  • Edith Massey

    Cecelia said:
    Then there’s little difference between you and any stereotypical corporate CEO who only cares about his own interest.

    You make no sense. I care about a lot of things, the big one is not discriminating against someone based on their color, creed, religious affiliation, sex or class. Aaron Schrock doesn’t feel that way obviously and neither do his supporters.

  • Edith Massey

    Cecelia said:
    There’s little more dehumanizing than the suggestion that one’s race, gender, sexuality, or ethnicity comes with its own set of uncompromising tenets.

    Dehumanizing? Thanks for the hyperbole.

  • Cecelia

    Edith Massey said:
    Who said it did? But if you are gay and you vote on anti gay bills and lie about being heterosexual, you obviously must have a problem that I am sure a good therapist could correct.. Which is fine go ahead and hate yourself but don’t legislate as a homophobe.

    Has he lied about being a heterosexual? Or has the guy just not said one way or another?

    The inherent assumption in your argument is that there is only one for the guy to rationally think.

    You can get more homophobic than that.

  • Edith Massey

    Cecelia said:
    “You know what? How dare Aaron Schock make us feel fat! We should all gang together and make a smear campaign calling him a fascist! That’s the American way!”

    It seems that poor Aaron Schock is a veritable armory for liberals eager to take potshots.

    So I guess it’s okay for Aaron Shrock to wage a campaign against obesity but when the First Lady does it, it is some Muslim Communist/Socialst/Fascist/Nazi/FEMA camps plot.

    Got it.

  • Edith Massey

    Cecelia said:
    Has he lied about being a heterosexual? Or has the guy just not said one way or another?

    The inherent assumption in your argument is that there is only one for the guy to rationally think.

    You can get more homophobic than that.

    No he has lied repeatedly about it, and trots around a fake girlfriend, Charlie Crist style.

  • Edith Massey

    Cecelia said:
    Has he lied about being a heterosexual? Or has the guy just not said one way or another?

    The inherent assumption in your argument is that there is only one for the guy to rationally think.

    You can get more homophobic than that.

    Feel free to call me, a gay man, homophobic if you wish. But when you do that you end up looking foolish, but somehow I am sure you are used to that.

  • Cecelia

    Edith Massey said:
    ehumanizing? Thanks for the hyperbole.

    You wouldn’t call my characterizing such pigeon-holing as hyperbole if I were to state that all lesbians were self-loathing because they ignored the natural function of their uterus, ovaries, and breasts.

    Why do you argue that a “mind” must come with a preset gamit of opinions based upon the sexuality of the owner? That it must come with it or ELSE?

  • Cecelia

    Edith Massey said:
    Feel free to call me, a gay man, homophobic if you wish. But when you do that you end up looking foolish, but somehow I am sure you are used to that.

    Frankly, one can’t look more foolish than to advocate freedom for gays while at the same time arguing that they have no right to respect or to privacy if they hold opinions other than YOURS.

  • Cecelia

    Edith Massey said:
    No he has lied repeatedly about it, and trots around a fake girlfriend, Charlie Crist style.

    Have you ever considered that if this is true, the man does it because he must because of people like you?

    You’re the only Inquisitor demanding to know the guy’s sexuality.

  • Cecelia

    Edith Massey said:
    So I guess it’s okay for Aaron Shrock to wage a campaign against obesity but when the First Lady does it, it is some Muslim Communist/Socialst/Fascist/Nazi/FEMA camps plot.

    Got it.

    I didn’t say the First Lady was a fascist for her campaign on childhood obesity.

    I didn’t use Shrock’s campaign as blog board means of essentially making the counterpoint either.

    Poor Shrock, it seems he must become the GPS system for all liberal destinations….

  • http://politicallyincorrectlibertarian.wordpress.com PoliticallyIncorrectLibertarian

    The only thing I hate about Aaron Schrock is him telling America to lose weight. #1. Some people will never look like him no matter how much they exercise. In fact, some guys are getting abs implants, google it up, it exists. #2. How do we know if Schrock isn’t genetically blessed? Those abs look like they’ve been there a very long time, I will not admire someone that was lucky to be born pretty.

    http://libertarians4freedom.blogspot.com/

  • Cecelia

    Edith Massey said:
    You make no sense. I care about a lot of things, the big one is not discriminating against someone based on their color, creed, religious affiliation, sex or class. Aaron Schrock doesn’t feel that way obviously and neither do his supporters.

    Frankly, if you cared about not discriminating on the basis of these things, then you would have principles about privacy and respect for individual though that transcended your own politics.

    You’d have a notion too that other people may feel differently from you about gay marriage or giving sexuality a minority status AND harbor the same notion that they were doing what’s best for society. You don’t have to believe that they are, but you SHOULD believe that you’re dealing with something less evil than Hitler and concentration camps when you’re dealing with people who harbor the same attitudes that American circa 1977, and the same attitudes the majority still harbors.

  • kit9

    Good god, that is one fine looking man!

  • JJ Vachon

    No big deal. He’s either on steroids or he’s gay. ;)

  • JasonMays

    Edith Massey said:
    Not at all I am just tired of gay Republicans who are in the closet but pass anti gay bills vote no on same sex marriage etc. Believe it or not there are quite a few of them. Aaron Schock is at the top of the list.

    Hey Edith, why don’t you democrats focus on convincing Obama that gay marriage should be legalized, and let Republicans worry about their own. You wouldn’t vote for a pro gay marriage republican, nor a pro choice one, so why would they care what you think?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Christopher-Hanley/100001483881304 Christopher Hanley

    Aaron Schock ‘s district is partly in my county, so I can speak from knowledge, not crap-talk. Aaron’s a great guy and a strong Republican. It is probably going to stay that way too, as his Democratic opponent(already announced) is a guy from Peoria with two felony convictions and multiple traffic tickets. Only in Illinois…

    People accusing him of homosexuality are likely confusing him with his cousin from Galesburg, a left winger who writes humorless 4-million word long letters to the local paper and compulsively insults anyone who disagrees with him.

    As for “homophobe”: This slur-word is the last sign of gay desperation, like comparing a Republican–any Republican–to Adolf Hitler. “Homophobe” means “you disagree with me on homosexuality, so you’re mentally ill.”

    I’ll take that bet. I AM MENTALLY ILL. I’m a hereditary bipolar; in other words, I really was ‘born that way’. And there’s more science on “psychological orientation” than there is on being ‘born gay’.

    Liberal/left homosexuals, stop treading on my psychological orientation! If I want to believe that men having sex with men is wrong and the same for lesbians, I will do so, and you will put up with it. You have no choice. And insulting the way I was born is just bigoted.

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