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 Presidential candidates do not seem to be fussy eaters for the most part. Yet they have distinct dislikes, mostly from the veggie kingdom.
The Associated Press asked them a series of questions about their personal tastes, traits and backgrounds. Today's question and their answers:
What food do you hate?
Democrats:
New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton: "I like nearly everything. "I don't like, you know, things that are still alive."
Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards: "I can't stand mushrooms. I don't want them on anything that I eat. And I have had to eat them because you get food served and it's sitting there and you're starving, so you eat."
Illinois Sen. Barack Obama: "Beets, and I always avoid eating them."
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson: Mushrooms, specifically. "I'm not a big vegetable eater." Recalling the first President Bush's distaste for broccoli, he said: "I sympathize with that fully."
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Republicans:
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani: Liver.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee: "Carrots. I just don't like
carrots. I banned them from the governor's mansion when I was
governor of Arkansas because I could."
Arizona Sen. John McCain: "I eat almost everything. Sometimes I
don't do too well with vegetables."
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney: "Eggplant, in any shape or
form. And I've always been able to avoid it."
Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson: "Not much. I've tried to do
better about that. I jokingly say that we kind of have a diet around
our house that if it tastes good, you don't eat it. I haven't quite
got there yet. There's not much that I turn down. That's a good
thing on the campaign trail because you get quite a variety."
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[Associated
Press; By CALVIN WOODWARD]
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