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The Spectacle Blog
Considering that President Obama so famously cares deeply about, and spends so much time, on his NCAA basketball brackets, he sure has a habit of screwing up with sports.
One of the most recent examples, as reported by Aaron Goldstein on these pages, came when Obama made a comment at a Monday Boston fund-raiser about Kevin Youkilis having been traded to the team Obama claims as his own, the Chicago White Sox. The crowd booed Obama as he acted like a child saying “nyaa-nyaa!”
That reminds me: Perhaps Obama thinks I have a lot more money than I do, but wasn’t it strange (back in 2009) for a guy who calls himself a White Sox fan to suggest the team played at Kaminsky Field? (It’s actually Comiskey Park.)
Only 24 hours later, President Obama applauded the recent NBA Championship of the “Miami Heats.” I kid you not.
If Obama keeps doing stuff like this, he won’t need Rubio to make Florida safe for Romney, and who knows, maybe he’ll even put Massachusetts in play…(OK, maybe not, but you get the point.)
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Bob Grant| 6.26.12 @ 11:31PM
This guy has a track record of insulting not only his political opponents but his donors as well.
A few years ago it was reported that during a $7500 a plate fundraiser dinner in Providence Rhode Island, a dinner prepared by local chefs using local ingredients with a lot of time and effort put into it, obama excused himself early after prepared remarks by saying: "“I’ve got to go home to tuck in the girls and walk the dog and scoop the poop,”.
Less than gracious remarks considering the dinner was a fundraiser for him and among friends. And what a rather crude remark considering the guests were about to eat dinner.
I don't buy into the narrative that obama is a likeable guy. I would bet money that behind closed doors many on his side...MANY...think about him the way we do at this site.
A lesson to Romney. This election will be decided on the margins. Do not concede likeability to this POS. Just ask John McCain how that worked out!
Albert Constantine Jr.| 6.27.12 @ 8:31AM
I think you might be correct, though I would be less concerned about likeability if I thought the current POTUS was competent or saw America and and what needs to be done for the future in the same light that I do.
fmm| 6.27.12 @ 9:20AM
Only a masochist could like this guy.
Pecos Pete| 6.27.12 @ 8:10AM
Barack Obama: "57 states"
No matter where you look you will find King O stumbling over facts and promoting fantasies.
Tom Kyba| 6.27.12 @ 1:21PM
We all know the reason so-called polls keep insisting that Narcissus is still well-liked by all. Everything about this man is a mirage, including his phony "sports dude" persona. Jesus H Christmas trees, is there one thing, one thing real about this sock-puppet president?
Casey Abell| 6.27.12 @ 2:30PM
"We all know the reason so-called polls keep insisting that Narcissus is still well-liked by all."
Agree that the "well liked" mainly reflects white folks not wanting to sound racist to pollsters. How those folks vote in secret will likely be much different. It will be the economy, stupid Barry.
Of course, Obama should always stay on script. He just has too many "private sector doing fine" moments when he wings it, even on something as innocuous as sports.