WASHINGTON — Richard Nixon had a bowling alley installed at the White House; Gerald Ford, a swimming pool; and now, the residence of US presidents could house a basketball court to cater to the sporting talents of President-elect Barack Obama.
“Americans don’t want to think of their president as weak,” Tim Blessing, a history professor at Alvernia University in Pennsylvania told Agence France-Presse.
“It’s not so much that he has to be fit, but he has to be vigorous,” he said.
That’s because the US presidency is “a killing job,” Blessing added.
“A good number of presidents have died or become very sick in office. Americans know that and to us it’s important that the president is able to handle what is a killing job,” he said.
Obama exercises for 45 minutes every morning and displays skills on the basketball court that are the envy of many of his compatriots.
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