I spent a little bit of time recently searching for any references to cycling made by or on behalf of the current presidential candidates. Then I came across this fine article on bikeportland.org, which had already beaten me to the punch.
Personally, I would like to see the candidates participate in a no holds barred crit race instead of party primaries. It would be much more fun than watching meaningless, watered down speeches about "change." I bet that Hilary would take Obama into a curb in a crit before the end of the first lap. I would also suspect that, in a crit, Huckabee would be quite glad he lost that 100 pounds or so over the past few years. And Kucinich would ride a fixie.
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From the article:
"Dennis Kucinich is the one candidate on the official list of cosponsors of the Bicycle Commuter Benefits Act. But a search of the Kucinich campaign site did not turn up a single instance of the word bicycle."
I've been meaning to scan and post the letter I received from Dennis regarding support for cycling. He was one of the 3 representatives from OH and the 66 total sponsors who supported H.R.1498.
President Bush is a friend of cycling and look where that got us...
I would agree that President Bush is a cyclist, but I would take issue with calling him a "friend of cycling." I have some other names I could call him, but that's a whole other story!
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