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Posted on 11/27/2010 10:23:34 AM PST by kristinn
Just three weeks after getting a shellacking in the midterm elections, President Obama got a fat lip.
The president played basketball yesterday with some friends in the gym of the Fort McNair Army Base, and reportedly took an elbow in the mouth from an opposing player who went up for a shot.
It took 12 stitches to close The First Fat Lip, if you please. I'm not sure that Joe Frazier needed 12 stitches after the Thrilla in Manila, though the White House stressed that a smaller filament was used, which increases the number of stitches, but leaves a smaller scar.
I wonder if having a larger scar wouldn't actually fortify President Obama's profile, as he contends with Kim Jong Il, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad or Vladimir Putin. Imagine a president with a gnarly, vivid scar telling the rulers of China, "Nice country ya' got here. I'd hate to see something happen to it if you didn't stop foolin' around with the value of your currency. Know what I mean?"
As recent presidential injuries go, President Obama's is almost valiant. His immediate predecessor, President George W. Bush, famously choked on a pretzel. President Bill Clinton tore a tendon stumbling on the steps of Greg Norman's house after a round of golf.
But an elbow in the chops is a battle ribbon in basketball. Mediocre players don't have to worry about their dental work. An elbow is given to aggressive players who swing their own sharp limbs to grab a ball or push off a defender, although the White House stressed that the president was elbowed inadvertently.
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B. S. Bill Clinton tore a tendon stumbling on the steps of Greg Norman’s house after a round of drinking.
Yes, I’m sure that our foreign enemies are going to be terrified of the American boy-president who hurt his lip playing games like your average teenager.
Gimme a break... this is really a stretch.
Sounds a little profile-y to me. Racist even.
Somebody ping The Secret Service. Sounds to me like Scott Simon is wishing harm upon Ubama.
OMG! The white liberal idiocy never stops. This article is written in complete liberal make believe, la-la land.
THAT’s Scott Simon? Oh, dear. I went out with him many years ago when we were both young and cute. Apparently things have changed. ;-)
And when did Bush choke on a pretzel. No one remembers that.
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The president played basketball yesterday with some friends in the gym of the Fort McNair Army Base, and reportedly took an elbow in the mouth from an opposing player who went up for a shot.
Head wound?
Cue up "0bama is teh antichrist!" nutterie in five, four, three.....
Certainly for HIM, but not for you!
(Careful, O, don't hit yourself with that baseball...)
Uhm. In street cred, Obama was beaten like a bitch.
Only a liberal can turn getting elbowed in the face as a good thing.
Obama’s injury must not be photogenic enough to garner sympathy.
Same thought crossed my mind.
It all depends. Did he hit back or fall to the floor crying?
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I dunno, I think of it as Obama's "killer rabbit" moment.