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Obama

vs.

Palin,

the

Olympics

version

By Foon Rhee

July 1st, 2009

BOSTON.COM

During the lazy

summer doldrums,

this would certainly

be must-watch TV:

a Superstars-style athletics

competition between

President Obama and

former GOP vice

presidential nominee

Sarah Palin.

The Alaska governor

started the verbal

jousting this week,

bragging that she could

beat the commander-in-chief

in a running race,

especially on her home turf.

“I betcha I’d

have more endurance,”

the avid runner said in

an interview that Runner’s

World magazine posted

on its website Tuesday.

“My one claim to fame

in my own little internal

running circle is a sub-four

marathon.

It wasn’t necessarily a

good running time,

but it proves I have the

endurance within me to

at least gut it out and

that is something.

If you ever talk to

my old coaches,

they’d tell you, too.

What I lacked in

physical strength or skill

I made up for in determination

and endurance.

So if it were a long race that

required a lot of endurance,

I’d win.”

Asked whether Obama

would lace up his sneakers

and take on that challenge,

White House spokesman

Robert Gibbs replied today,

“That’s an interesting

question….

I guess it depends on where

they were going to run.

Maybe there’s a terrain

advantage in a place like

Alaska.

But I will certainly ask him

if he’s got any free time in

his summer to do that.”

Alas,

Gibbs was apparently

speaking in jest.

Or was he?

He also threw in

a bit of a challenge, himself,

with the president’s

favorite sport — basketball.

“How’s her jump shot?”

he asked.

Palin, a high school point

guard who got the nickname

“Barracuda” for her

aggressive play,

anticipated that in

her interview.

“People have asked if

I’d ever challenge him

to one-on-one because

we both love basketball,”

she said.

“But look,

he towers over me and

I wouldn’t be complaining

about an unfair advantage

there,

but maybe I’d do better

playing H-O-R-S-E with

him than one-on-one.”

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