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I love how cons tried (and continue to try) to paint Obama as both 1) a tea-sipping elitist and 2) an ooga-booga black radical nationalist.
Because all evidence indicates that he is, in fact, an intelligent and succesful but still somewhat humble dude who likes to watch some hoops and drink a brew (unlike Chimpy McBunnypants, who doesn’t have the self-control for such a simple thing).
More of this please. If the poll numbers are to be believed, the Americans who voted for Palin are waking up to the fact that we’ve got a good man in charge of our country for troubled times, and that the Republican party should never again be allowed to rule our country.
Dude. That is the president of the United States being sooo fucking awesome!
Seriously right on . . . can you even imagine Rove or Rush or Newt or any of CPAC actually doing something so incredibly wholesome and fun – without being completely and totally fake? Look at that smile!! I think this just says it all, and once again, you got it completely right . . . I hope you publish it all over America! (Obama’s no fool . . . he knew what contrast this would make and that this press coverage would bury CPAC’s headliner noise in the news cycle . . . but you put it together and called it out better than anyone I’ve seen!!)
Elitist! He’s in courtside seats. What’s wrong with good old noise bleed seats? And is that Merkin beer or fancy socialist European beer? Or worse, light beer? Why isn’t he wearing a Bulls hat or jersey? He can’t possibly relate to the common man. And how much did it cost for secret service protection? What’s that symbol that player made to the President? Is that some kind of Black Panther radical black nationalist code for kill whitey?
If you don’t think cons will follow these threads, you haven’t been paying attention.
If you don’t think cons will follow these threads, you haven’t been paying attention.
So.
They will say these things as sure as Rush will get high tonight. I’ve always wondered what the costs were associated with turning around an aircraft carrier to not face a certain direction and then printing a giant banner proclaiming a lie such as was done for Bush.
Taking a cue from a commenter above, I’m glad that we have a president who can handle his alcohol and hang out with choking on a pretzel.
What the hell is with the kid in the red hoodie? You’re sitting with the president, sport. Not sure, but odds are that’s not going to happen again. Smile!
If you don’t think cons will follow these threads, you haven’t been paying attention.
One of my favorite things about Barack Obama is that he’s a human divining rod for Republican crazy.
I have no words. This is too good. How ridiculously awesome is that?
That dude is rad. He’s got nukes and he’s still cool.
He’s drinking BEER! How can a crypto-Muslim drink alcohol!?!??!
And he’s doing in right next to a CHILD! Doesn’t he know he’s supposed to be a role model!!?!?!? OMG, he’s a BAD INFLUENCE on the CHILDREN!??!?!?!
Seriously… nice to see he knows how to relax and get away from the job and still be normal every now and then. As much as I opposed him during the election, I wish him nothing but health for the next four years. (If for no other reasons than I remember what it was like when Reagan was shot, and the thought of “President Biden” scares the crap out of me.) Further, I pledge to not only not criticize if he spends an inordinate amount of time in Hawaii (or wherever he chooses to vacation), but to defend him if anyone does say something untoward.
Glad he enjoyed the game. Personally, drinking a beer at a basketball game is nothing I’d do voluntarily, but if that’s what he likes, more power to him. Being president ages the hell out of a man — compare 1976 and 1980 pictures of Carter. He needs things like this.
J.
I think the little boy is a team mascot. We have kids walk on with the (soccer) teams in the UK (and elsewhere). Sometimes a ‘make-a-wish’ deal, but often there can be 2 or 3 kids. They get a full kit to take home.
PS, this is awesome. There are few other sports (if any) more American than B-ball. btw I mean USA not continental America (in case anyone wants to infer an affinity with Hugo Chavez or something)
Apropos of nothing, if Fidel dies next year or the year after, will it be appropriate for the USA to start being friends with Cuba again?
[...] Apparently, the President watching a basketball game and enjoying a beer is now “awesome.” [...]
So nice to have a presnit who can sip an actual beer without lapsing back into alcoholism.
Next thing you know the right is going to slam him for being out among the people like that. It’s just not presidential to be out among the great unwashed like that, you never saw Bush doing that!
If you will recall, neither Bush nor Cheney could appear at sporting events, because the non-stop derision from the crowd rendered the announcer useless.
And JT, I had season tickets to an NBA team 30 years ago when such things could be afforded, and we drank beer during the game and smoked joints at halftime. I’d feel even better about Obama if I knew he hit a blunt now and then.
Our President is a real live human being? So refreshing! Just awesome!
I’d feel even better about Obama if I knew he hit a blunt now and then.
I can’t say I’d be the least bit surprised. Or upset.
Everyone seems to be forgetting the fact that my Bulls stunk it up in the nations capital. Jesus H. Christ! Even Barack can’t inspire the Bulls. In typical fashion, the Bulls come from behind the next night and beat a good Rockets team. On a lighter note, I am glad Barack can relax and drink a beer at my favorite american game.
I’m a card-carrying Bush-hater, but comments in this thread smacking W for his alcoholism are pretty low.
Addiction is real, and it’s hard, and I wouldn’t wish it on the worst person in the world. Or even the second-worst person in the world (George W. Bush)
WWBOD?
MR: I’m a card-carrying Bush-hater, but comments in this thread smacking W for his alcoholism are pretty low.
I’ll agree with you there. Bush should never have been President, but I can give him a modest amount of respect for being an alcoholic who kept drink at bay.
In any event, even if he wasn’t an alcoholic, Obama is the one I’d much rather have a bear with.
Why is the kid in the first pic different from the one in the other 3 pics?
I don’t know but the kid in the last three pictures is sitting next to the kid in the red coat in the first picture. (notice the shirt)
Hey he ain’t wearing his IMA FREAKIN PREZNIT Jacket?
Bush still wears his. Next thing you know he’ll stop wearing the flag lapel pin.
I know what this is.
This is Obama watching a horrible, horrible basketball team.
Big freakin deal – the president watched a hoops game. And drank beer. Wow! He is awesome!!!
Stupid sheep.
Shouldn’t he be a Bulls fan anyway?
PattyP: It’s the same kid, only he’s wearing a hoodie in the first picture. If you look closely, he’s wearing the same colored shirt.
An entire post about how “awesome” it is that the President went to a sporting event? This certainly isn’t going to dispel the notion that Obama supporters are cult-like.
He appeared in public in a relatively low-security setting without being booed. This is something our president and vice president were incapable of doing for the past six or so years.
I think its kind of cool. So do roughly 2/3 of all Americans.
I guess you can call us a cult, if by that you mean “the overwhelming majority of the reality based community.”
And due to the sheer awesomeness of his superpowers the child next to him is getting younger as time goes forward. I am in awe of his awesomeness.
Basketball is a broken game: You should always lose possession after a foul. But there still needs to be a way to keep the game close, so the shot clock should start to decrease towards the end of the game.
I can’t get over the fact that we have a president that most people like, and who actually seems cool. Even Clinton didn’t really manage that (although he came close when he was running), and neither of the Bushes even came close. It’s like we’ve been conditioned to believe that the president has to be a dork.
The president IS a dork, just a well-liked one.
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I’m thinking the kid next to him in the first picture is the brother or friend or someone of the kid in the rest of the pictures sitting next to Mr. Obama. You can see the star from the kid’s jersey in the first picture…
Hahaha, yay! Obama!!
I can’t believe what a bunch of douchebags you people are. You too Oliver. If your remarks rated anything more than being called douchebags, I would write more. Douchebags.
When did we start considering the act of stopping something bad and destructive some sort of heroic act? Bush wasn’t SUPPOSED to be a worthless alcoholic in the first place, don’t act like he’s a Nobel laureate for wising up and getting some self control.
Do You Know What This Is?
It’s faithful acolyte Oliver Willis positively ejaculating over the fact that the most awesomely awesome President in the history of EVER likes Basketball. And Beer! And HE GOES TO GAMES and HE DRINKS BEER!!! FROM A GLASS!! OMG!!! And THAT’s how you know he is super awesome.
To David In SoCal – hey, you think Bush would have been willing to go to a basketball stadium and sit among the people, on the floor? Surrounded by tens of thousands of WEAPONS? Think about it – every single person in that arena was wearing SHOES!
We are SO lucky!