Yes We Can No You Can’t…Wear an Obama T-Shirt on Today

Joey Chestnut is not just a champion hot dog eater, apparently he’s also a Barack Obama supporter. Saturday on the Today show, Chestnut was shown during a tease wearing an “Obama/Chestnut 2008 shirt.” When the interview took place nine minutes later, he had put on a blue Today show shirt over the Obama T. Is NBC being extra sensitive to any perceived Obama bias?





Earlier Saturday morning, Chestnut (and runner-up Takeru Kobayashi) appeared on Good Morning America. See what he wore during the GMA interview, after the jump…

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