July 11, 2010
— Slublog The self-importance is strong in both of them. Whose narcissism will reign supreme?
Washington (CNN) – White House press secretary Robert Gibbs left open the possibility Sunday that President Obama could take a turn on the hardwood with NBA super star LeBron James.This, of course, was in answer to the question 'how much more tone-deaf can the president appear?'“Look, I can only imagine if the president had an opportunity to play against LeBron James, he would take it,” Gibbs said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
“I don't know that we would make the game public or the outcome or the score public because let's just say somebody [like James] who is 6-foot-8, quite that size, starts with an advantage that is hard for the president to make up.
The unemployment rate is at 9.5%. America is fighting two wars. Tens of thousands of barrels of oil are still flowing into the Gulf of Mexico. The economy is still in the toilet.
Obama's response? Ridiculous spinning on the economy. Another broken promise not to rest until the oil spill is dealt with, a promise that is parodied well in this video.
Oh, and the golf. Let's not forget the golf.
And now, they float the possibility of playing basketball with the most unpopular man in Ohio. It's almost enough to make one think this administration is fundamentally unserious about governing.
Don't worry, though. Obama will deal with the nation's problems soon.
Maybe right after he gets back from Maine.
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Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 11, 2010 04:23 PM (eNxMU)
Posted by: logprof at July 11, 2010 04:25 PM (BP6Z1)
Posted by: Nighthawk at July 11, 2010 04:25 PM (aup+f)
Posted by: Tim Tebow at July 11, 2010 04:27 PM (BP6Z1)
Posted by: steevy at July 11, 2010 04:27 PM (4Sp6u)
Posted by: Tantor at July 11, 2010 04:28 PM (Ek/Oc)
Posted by: steevy at July 11, 2010 04:28 PM (4Sp6u)
Posted by: President Obama at July 11, 2010 04:29 PM (sOtz/)
Posted by: alexthechick at July 11, 2010 04:29 PM (ctFPm)
Posted by: Malia at July 11, 2010 04:29 PM (RtEiE)
Hey, playing against LeBron isn't resting sweetie. Don't worry though, I'll get right on that oil thing - now watch this putt.
Posted by: Barack Obama at July 11, 2010 04:29 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: logprof at July 11, 2010 08:25 PM (BP6Z1)
Hard to jump from a kneeling position, logprof.
Posted by: Peaches at July 11, 2010 04:30 PM (fwW9R)
Posted by: CDR M at July 11, 2010 04:30 PM (BuYeH)
Posted by: logprof at July 11, 2010 08:25 PM (BP6Z1)
He damn well better not get a facial from LeBron.
Posted by: Kal Penn at July 11, 2010 04:30 PM (bgcml)
Seriously, that's comedy that just writes itself. R. Kelly should get in on this action.
Posted by: Blazer at July 11, 2010 04:31 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 11, 2010 04:31 PM (bgcml)
Not to mention that Easy Bake can't walk and chew gum at the same time..
Posted by: Portnoy at July 11, 2010 04:32 PM (azgo2)
So, technically, if the government just cut off unemployment insurance checks tomorrow, unemployment would be 0%?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 11, 2010 04:32 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: Filly at July 11, 2010 04:33 PM (ieoGB)
Posted by: Portnoy at July 11, 2010 08:32 PM (azgo2)
I'm really good at palming the ball. Uh, dribbling.
Posted by: Barack Obama at July 11, 2010 04:34 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: Blackford Oakes at July 11, 2010 04:34 PM (w9BEi)
Forget LeBron. I still want to see that match-up between Scott Brown's daughter and FoShizzle. She challenged him I believe. Silence.
She'd school him. The media wouldn't be welcome.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 11, 2010 04:34 PM (q9ka9)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 11, 2010 04:34 PM (P33XN)
Posted by: Peaches at July 11, 2010 04:34 PM (fwW9R)
She'd school him. The media wouldn't be welcome.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 11, 2010 08:34 PM (q9ka9)
Bros before ho's sweetie.
Posted by: Feminist Icon Barack Obama at July 11, 2010 04:35 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: Peaches at July 11, 2010 08:34 PM (fwW9R)
Well, he does choke in the clutch.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 11, 2010 04:35 PM (bgcml)
I know what you mean sweetie. C'mhere. Come sit on my lap.
Posted by: POKE-e-stan counch luvah at July 11, 2010 04:36 PM (q9ka9)
Posted by: Peaches at July 11, 2010 08:34 PM (fwW9R)
You owe the Navy a new computer! Damn, that was funny.
Posted by: CDR M at July 11, 2010 04:36 PM (y67bA)
They should name this epic event The Mistake from The Lake vs. Easy Bake. They would make millions on Pay-Per-View.
Posted by: Blazer at July 11, 2010 04:37 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: Chris Mathews at July 11, 2010 04:39 PM (V06SD)
Did you notice they stopped after his mother started telling the story about not aborting him?
Posted by: HeatherRadish at July 11, 2010 04:39 PM (M9BNu)
Posted by: Soap MacTavish at July 11, 2010 04:39 PM (554T5)
C'mon, the guy's married to Patrick Ewing. Surely he's picked up a few pointers.
Yeah it's funny. Tell your career goes in the shitter after you make that joke.
Posted by: Jay Mohr now with 10% more unemployment at July 11, 2010 04:39 PM (q9ka9)
True. He must have sat bolt-upright on his first morning in the White House and thought "SHIT! Now what?". (Although, granted, bedding down with the Wookie would cause me similar distress). I can't recall a president who looked so unhappy in his job. He likes running for president. Being President, and being held accountable? Not so much
Posted by: Ombudsman at July 11, 2010 04:40 PM (y4B2y)
That and the fact that he has no wind, throws up bricks and sat the bench in HS, yeah, it's the height thing.
One would think this was an audition for The OnionTV.
Posted by: toby928 at July 11, 2010 04:40 PM (4WbTI)
Posted by: Sasquatch at July 11, 2010 04:40 PM (fwW9R)
Posted by: moki at July 11, 2010 04:42 PM (dZmFh)
That much ego in one spot at the same time/space has got to be a bad thing.
Posted by: Portnoy at July 11, 2010 04:42 PM (azgo2)
Posted by: FU52 at July 11, 2010 04:43 PM (gSCDY)
Posted by: Sasquatch X at July 11, 2010 04:43 PM (fwW9R)
You're surprised? I only question why it took that long to make the absurd statement. He's getting slower. His age is showing I suppose.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 11, 2010 04:44 PM (q9ka9)
Obama would immediately throw an elbow--or two, due to jealousy over LeBron's Nielson ratings.
Posted by: Mama AJ at July 11, 2010 04:45 PM (XdlcF)
I wonder how Barry's tobacco, cocaine and cock addled heart will stand up to a full court press by a professional NBA player.
Posted by: Blazer at July 11, 2010 04:45 PM (t72+4)
He doesn't mind being president. He doesn't like doing president.
Posted by: AmishDude at July 11, 2010 04:45 PM (G6Faf)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat ( Nobel Prize winner ) at July 11, 2010 04:46 PM (NuAIL)
Saying he throws like a girl is an insult to girls
Posted by: Ombudsman at July 11, 2010 04:47 PM (y4B2y)
Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at July 11, 2010 04:48 PM (2jp4I)
Good luck with that, you race-pimping fuck.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at July 11, 2010 04:48 PM (swuwV)
Maybe some more speeches and photo ops will do the trick.
Posted by: GarandFan at July 11, 2010 04:49 PM (6mwMs)
Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at July 11, 2010 08:48 PM (2jp4I)
Oh, really?
Posted by: Gigi Gaston at July 11, 2010 04:49 PM (fwW9R)
Posted by: davidt at July 11, 2010 04:49 PM (HtIec)
So I gots to play.
Posted by: The One at July 11, 2010 04:50 PM (2+9Yx)
Saying he throws like a girl is an insult to girls
I wonder what he calls that throw? The Black Eye? The Broken Nose?
Posted by: ErikW at July 11, 2010 04:50 PM (lOMqE)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 11, 2010 04:50 PM (8HtaT)
Posted by: EzE at July 11, 2010 04:51 PM (hBqCE)
I promise not to rest until the oil spill is contained and Americans have jobs again. Three vacations in two months and a shameless NBA media spectacle doesn't count crackas !
Posted by: Barry Ogabe at July 11, 2010 04:52 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: steevy at July 11, 2010 04:52 PM (4Sp6u)
Posted by: jewells at July 11, 2010 04:52 PM (lv7H+)
I'd rather have Obozo out golfing or playing basketball or vacationing. He's less likely to do as much damage when he's goofing off.
True dat. Maybe we all can convince him that if he lands on the moon during the next two years, he'll also be the first black man on the moon and he'll be the fifth face on Mt. Rushmore. That'll keep him occupied for quite a while.
Posted by: ErikW at July 11, 2010 04:55 PM (lOMqE)
Posted by: jewells at July 11, 2010 04:55 PM (lv7H+)
Posted by: jewells at July 11, 2010 04:56 PM (lv7H+)
Posted by: Alex Moon at July 11, 2010 04:56 PM (K9+WM)
Calling Lebron a runaway slave is ridiculous. Evidently Jesse Jackass has never been to Cleveland before. I'm so white I'm practically plaid and I would run away from The Mistake by the Lake like Robert Byrd was trying to run me down in a pick-up truck wearing a sheet.
Posted by: Blazer at July 11, 2010 04:57 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: Blazer at July 11, 2010 08:57 PM (t72+4)
Just wanted to post it again...lol
Posted by: baldilocks at July 11, 2010 04:59 PM (CPqLO)
Posted by: Runaway Slave at July 11, 2010 04:59 PM (RtEiE)
Posted by: Harriet Tubman, pointing north at July 11, 2010 04:59 PM (w9BEi)
Yeah. She's a runner. He's a sedentary smoker. A little run-an-gun, he'd be done.
"How'd you like to drag Walton up and down the court every night?" - Roger Murdock, your co-pilot
Posted by: Ombudsman at July 11, 2010 04:59 PM (y4B2y)
Posted by: neverforget at July 11, 2010 04:59 PM (jE+Cu)
Well don't look at us getting him there. We're busy designing bi-lingual, smiley-faced stamps, glitter stars, and cookie-cutouts.
Posted by: NASA X at July 11, 2010 05:01 PM (swuwV)
Have you seen Obama' minstrel show in Las Vegas?
Posted by: Doo Dah, Doo Dah at July 11, 2010 05:01 PM (sYrWB)
Posted by: baldilocks at July 11, 2010 05:01 PM (CPqLO)
Posted by: vivi at July 11, 2010 05:02 PM (84HQT)
i'd pay to see him play a game of one on one with sarah palin
a girl who led her team to the state basketball championships against a black guy who warmed the beach for asians
Posted by: KingShamwowKaboomJoe at July 11, 2010 05:03 PM (gg4j2)
The Jesse Jackson MO, exactly. He could have been Mayor of DC in 1980. They begged him to run. No dice, He'd rather extort money from corporations. (BTW, who was the CEO who told him to fuck off?)
Posted by: Ombudsman at July 11, 2010 05:03 PM (y4B2y)
Posted by: NASA X at July 11, 2010 09:01 PM (swuwV)
No more stars, asshole. Crescents. Pay attention!
Posted by: The Soetoro Administration at July 11, 2010 05:03 PM (fwW9R)
Posted by: Harriet Tubman, pointing north at July 11, 2010 08:59 PM (w9BEi)
We have a WINNER!
Posted by: Filly at July 11, 2010 05:03 PM (ieoGB)
NASA X, don't worry. He can rely on a Muslim built rocket.
It'll help make them feel better about themselves.
At least at first.
Posted by: Mama AJ at July 11, 2010 05:04 PM (XdlcF)
No.
One-on-one, the short guy always wins, unless he sucks. Compared to a six-foot athlete, Lebron is really, really slow. I was at a game where he got caught on a breakaway and had his shit brutally blocked by Mike "Shorter Than The President" Bibby.
If Obama could play, he'd win.
Posted by: oblig. at July 11, 2010 05:04 PM (x7Ao8)
Posted by: Harriet Tubman, pointing north at July 11, 2010 08:59 PM (w9BEi)
Hahaha...I didn't see that at first.
Posted by: baldilocks at July 11, 2010 05:05 PM (CPqLO)
It's about time you got back to work.
Posted by: Greece and France at July 11, 2010 05:07 PM (554T5)
I loved my grandmother even though she was a typical white person who was nonsensically afraid of aggressive black panhandlers on the bus.
Just not enough to take the kids to see her before she died.
Posted by: Barry Obama at July 11, 2010 05:08 PM (rqC5o)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at July 11, 2010 05:09 PM (/h097)
Honestly, why should anyone give a shit?
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at July 11, 2010 05:09 PM (rXbvW)
If his approval keep tanking.....then, yes, this "faceoff"
will come closer and closer to happening. Imagine
the MSM hype, the non-stop sports channel babble,
.....and the misdirection and smokescreen that would
help our fearless leader through his political quag-
mire. You laugh at an "un-precedented" game of
H-O-R-S-E on prime-time on every major channel?
You KNOW you'd watch!......and breathlessly
check the Vegas line right up to air time.
Posted by: grizzlybare at July 11, 2010 05:11 PM (ypBbU)
Said Gibbs,"The President will, of course, insist on leading."
Posted by: huerfano at July 11, 2010 05:12 PM (rqC5o)
Honestly, why should anyone give a shit?
Hey, some of us still believe and buy into the the magic! We are the ones we 've been waiting for. Don't be the wet blanket on our flame of fun!
Posted by: The Yes We Can and/or Yes We Did! crowd at July 11, 2010 05:12 PM (q9ka9)
the MSM hype, the non-stop sports channel babble,
In addition to the adulation that will be heaped upon his humble head for giving succor to a runaway slave.
Posted by: Peaches at July 11, 2010 05:14 PM (fwW9R)
H-O-R-S-E on prime-time on every major channel?
His game of H-O-R-S-E during the NCAA semifinals was only on the one network...gotta start small, I guess.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at July 11, 2010 05:15 PM (M9BNu)
Posted by: Mama AJ at July 11, 2010 05:16 PM (XdlcF)
Ma'am, I told you, stay off the blogs. Especially this one.
Posted by: Boxer Campaign Director at July 11, 2010 05:17 PM (fwW9R)
Posted by: eman at July 11, 2010 05:18 PM (132iP)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 11, 2010 05:19 PM (XsFUU)
Posted by: Barack Hussein Toonces Obama at July 11, 2010 05:20 PM (554T5)
Posted by: Anachronda at July 11, 2010 05:20 PM (Dnt71)
If Gateway Pundit is correct, Toonces is sending the Wookie to the Gulf tomorrow "to check things out."
Posted by: PA Cat at July 11, 2010 05:20 PM (6iC1y)
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at July 11, 2010 09:09 PM (rXbvW)
It's like his handlers are operating from some old commie propaganda book--one which was composed before the Internet existed.
Posted by: baldilocks at July 11, 2010 05:21 PM (CPqLO)
Does this man even care about America and the pile of crap we're buried under?
Of course I do! Landfills can be converted to golf courses. That would be a lot of golf courses!
Posted by: President Wormburner at July 11, 2010 05:22 PM (lOMqE)
Posted by: davidt at July 11, 2010 05:23 PM (HtIec)
Hell, why should he? He's the one squatting over us and taking that massive dump. 'Tis better to give than to receive.
Posted by: Soap MacTavish at July 11, 2010 05:24 PM (554T5)
Oh my.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at July 11, 2010 09:21 PM (M9BNu)
My god, it's Joe Pesci from Raging Bull.
Posted by: Blazer at July 11, 2010 05:24 PM (t72+4)
Just the thing for a warm day's "checking things out" on the Gulf: FLOTUS in a "husband-beater" to show off her toned arms.
Posted by: PA Cat at July 11, 2010 05:25 PM (6iC1y)
Holy shit! That's almost as good as the Hill socks. Er, not quite. But still pretty outstanding.
I think I like 'fight the double dip recession' or 'election monitor' best.
Oh wait, I forgot about 'if you think my tits are great you should see my balls".
Posted by: The Yes We Can and/or Yes We Did! crowd at July 11, 2010 05:26 PM (q9ka9)
Posted by: Z as in Jersey at July 11, 2010 05:26 PM (sXUiz)
This is completely O/T. but my daughter had me watching "Whale Wars" on Animal Planet. I'm no fan of commercial whaling, but if you ever want to see an example of wooly-headed, idealistic, idiotic liberalism, check out this show. Who the hell do these people think they are, interfering with a commercial enterprise? "We're riding through a storm that may kill us all, but darn it, whales are dying out there!" If I were a Japanese whale boat captain, I'd sink the lot of them.
O/T Off
Posted by: BJ Clinton at July 11, 2010 05:27 PM (y4B2y)
Posted by: CAC at July 11, 2010 05:28 PM (lV4Fs)
That pile of crap is mainly his doing, so the answer is certainly no.
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at July 11, 2010 05:29 PM (rXbvW)
Zombie sock off!
Y'know, I get why she's so angry now. If I had both balls and tits I'd be full of rage as well.
/cutting the old gal some slack.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 11, 2010 05:29 PM (q9ka9)
O/T On:
This is completely O/T. but my daughter had me watching "Whale Wars" on Animal Planet. I'm no fan of commercial whaling, but if you ever want to see an example of wooly-headed, idealistic, idiotic liberalism, check out this show. Who the hell do these people think they are, interfering with a commercial enterprise? "We're riding through a storm that may kill us all, but darn it, whales are dying out there!" If I were a Japanese whale boat captain, I'd sink the lot of them.
O/T Off
Posted by: Ombudsman at July 11, 2010 05:30 PM (y4B2y)
Now you know Rahm Emanuel won't stand for being upstaged, particularly by guys who can't tie their toe shoes properly.
Posted by: PA Cat at July 11, 2010 05:31 PM (6iC1y)
Posted by: Editor at July 11, 2010 05:31 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: dissident at July 11, 2010 05:32 PM (kjtNX)
O/T Off
Posted by: BJ Clinton at July 11, 2010 09:27 PM (y4B2y)
I'd like to see those Green Peace fuckers try out the shit they do on the Chinese and Norks instead to make it more sporting.
Posted by: Blazer at July 11, 2010 05:32 PM (t72+4)
Don't forget to get your whales spay an neutered.
Posted by: Editor at July 11, 2010 05:33 PM (YX6i/)
I'd sign up for cable just to see that on Animal Planet.
Posted by: Peaches at July 11, 2010 05:34 PM (fwW9R)
My fave was "I Club My Husband."
I bet she does, too. I bet she beats his skinny ass just for leaving the toilet seat up.
Posted by: ErikW at July 11, 2010 05:35 PM (lOMqE)
Posted by: Peaches at July 11, 2010 05:37 PM (fwW9R)
I bet she does, too. I bet she beats his skinny ass just for leaving the toilet seat up.
It's not like she would, um, fall through. Just sayin'.
Posted by: gator at July 11, 2010 05:38 PM (aOKEC)
Okay, folks, let's make sure we're all clear: starting tomorrow, where you would normally denounce each other with the call of "racist", now you should use the phrase "Slave owner".
We expect this to increase our rhetoric output by a full 22.3 % in the first week alone.
Posted by: Director, Meme Operations at July 11, 2010 05:39 PM (XdlcF)
I'd sign up for cable just to see that on Animal Planet.
Posted by: Peaches at July 11, 2010 09:34 PM (fwW9R)
Waste of time and money. It would only run about one episode.
Posted by: Blazer at July 11, 2010 05:40 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 11, 2010 08:44 PM (q9ka9)
Nah, I'm sure Jesse was all tired from spending quality time over the weekend with his bastard daughter; because he promised to do that and we all know what a standup guy Jesse has always been.
Posted by: Captain Hate at July 11, 2010 05:43 PM (qPpkJ)
Posted by: Deety at July 11, 2010 06:25 PM (aVzyR)
Let Him STAY on vacation... It will save millions of Tax Dollars !!
Posted by: Dw Pepper at July 11, 2010 06:28 PM (yorvz)
Forget LeBron. I still want to see that match-up between Scott Brown's daughter and FoShizzle. She challenged him I believe. Silence.
She'd school him. The media wouldn't be welcome.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 11, 2010 08:34 PM (q9ka9)
--Forget that. Sarah Palin would kick his ass. She was the starting point guard on her championship team; 0bama backed up a friggin' white guy on his.
Posted by: logprof at July 11, 2010 06:39 PM (BP6Z1)
Speaking of "Whale Wars" -- have you ever noticed that, for all the hype and hyperventilating passion (and the tears, don't forget the sweet, salty tears)...they never seem to ever be able to save one, damn whale? I mean, come on, if they were really as serious as they say they are...wouldn't they be taking a page or two from hadji jihadi and, like, blowing themselves up and shit?
124 Is it wrong that those caused me to giggle to the point of tears? I try to not make fun of the woman (it must be hard looking like a cross between Patrick Ewing and Aunt Esther -- and a mean spirited, crass one at that) and save the hate for her husband, but damn that was funny.
Posted by: unknown jane at July 11, 2010 07:07 PM (5/yRG)
Worse, he backed up a bunch of Asians. And I'm pretty sure none of them were Yao Ming.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 11, 2010 07:11 PM (imD7p)
Posted by: Corona at July 11, 2010 07:50 PM (woZIc)
You filthy, unwashed masses. Neel before your lord and savior! How dare you doubt my abilities, for I can miracle the ball through the hoop, and dunk on his ass all day long through sheer will power. Plus, I have the power of Hope and Changetm.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a country to heal with my golf swing.
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