I'm looking at this picture of Obama riding his bike on vacation, sans helmet:

Which is fine. I've never worn a bike helmet, myself . I weigh the odds of me having an accident which the helmet would mitigate vs. the discomfort and embarrassment of wearing a dork-bucket, and my personal balance sheet comes up "bare-headed".

More risk-averse types may come up with "my melon is way too precious, and appearances be damned!".

Which I can respect.

I always wear my seatbelt and the habit has saved from severe damage a couple times. Other people do the math different. Whatever. It's an adult choice.

So if I thought Obama was honestly just one of those "I like the wind on my scalp" kinda guys, I wouldn't care.

The thing is, he's been snapped with a tard-cap on before:

So what gives?

From the no-helmet story, he explains the yes-helmet decision:

"I had an internal debate," said Obama. "I knew that the AP was going to take a picture, and they were trying to portray it like Dukakis wearing that tank helmet. But I wanted to make sure that the children who saw that picture knew that even the Democratic nominee for president wears a helmet when he goes biking."

So he doesn't wear a helmet because he believes in their effectiveness as safety gear, he wears one because he wants people to THINK that's what he believes.

Does it make me a cynic to wonder what else he wants people to THINK he believes?

Because I ask myself that about every damn word that comes out of this lying socialist pig's mouth.

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