Food and Wine magazine is not known for being a hot destination for politics, but that didn’t stop them from wading in with a slideshow featuring the seven top 2016 Democratic candidates for President paired with seven matching sandwiches. Some were a little too on the nose, such as Martin O’Malley as a soft-shell crab sandwich. The entry for Larry Lessig was surprisingly brutal, calling him a tiny tea cucumber sandwich not “on the same level as the other candidates.” Ouch.
This cutesy idea was mostly under the radar until MSNBC seemingly ran out of content and decided to cover this hard-hitting post. Professional beautiful person Chrissy Teigan and her nearly one million followers was one of the first to notice it:
MSNBC is comparing presidential nominees to sandwiches right now
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) October 14, 2015
And several others soon lined up for some drive by attacks on MSNBC’s journalistic integrity.
Actual MSNBC segment WHAT KIND OF SANDWICH IS EACH CANDIDATE pic.twitter.com/RqrvWUAUNI
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) October 14, 2015
“can’t believe how much the internet is dumbing down news” *watches MSNBC describe 2016 candidates as various sandwiches*
— Kelsey D. Atherton (@AthertonKD) October 14, 2015
1788: Hamilton, Madison & Jay pen the Federalist Papers. 2015: MSNBC compares presidential candidates to sandwiches. pic.twitter.com/XlYVNFkGnk
— Nick Marcelli (@NickMarcelli) October 14, 2015
This certainly isn’t the worst thing to appear on cable news. In the wake of a highly-rated Democratic debate that focused on policy instead of “Donald Trump,” there’s got to be more important things to discuss, even in the middle of the afternoon. As much as I love a good Ramen Burger, it still feels desperate to include Joe Biden despite no indications from the man himself on running.
Finally, to sum up those not already mentioned – Jim Webb was an egg salad sandwich, Lincoln Chaffee a wrap, Bernie Sanders a Banh Mi, and finally, Hillary was a generic Subway sub sandwich. Unfortunately, the commentary at Food and Wine and MSNBC was about as stale as their days-old bread.
