In the post below, Fox Sports echoes what so many of us have been saying since President Obama heaved a 5.6 oz sphere 56 feet on July 14 — and sets itself up even further as the anti-ESPN with its refusal to kiss the ring of the First Fan on a daily basis.
The idea that Obama is both athletic and some sports “superfan” — and that this combination is new and groundbreaking in a President — is a head-scratcher. Sure, he roots for the White Sox and Bears, and he filled out an NCAA tournament bracket. So he clears the “Manny Ortiz”/”Lambert Field”/”Please don’t muss my coiffure, football!” bar set by John Kerry in 2004. The fact is, every Joe Six-Pack in America clears that bar, and by more than a mile.
President Bush was a baseball team owner, a mountain biker, and a runner (a real one). Obama, on the other hand, has been spotted on a bicycle once or twice (wearing a polo and jeans) and on a basketball court a few times (the UNC defense was kind enough to allow him to make a layup once, perhaps out of respect for the office and pity for a man with his sweatpants pulled up to his nipples). Besides that, his closest tie to sports comes from his wife’s relatives (his brother-in-law is an NCAA basketball coach) and from television (he’s filmed two promos for Monday Night Football).
That does not an athlete or a transformational sports fan make — no matter how hard the President and his Sports Fan Czars at ESPN want it to.
Moe Lane
Steve Maley
Dan McLaughlin
Neil Stevens
Daniel Horowitz
Blog I found this morning - life of a foster kid
mom2oneson (Diary) Wednesday, July 29th at 11:35AM EST (link)http://lifeofafosterkid.com/
Click on “My Story” to read his account. It’s not for little eyes if you have young children at your desk.
Heh, leave to another Fox entity
TNJim (Diary) Wednesday, July 29th at 11:44AM EST (link)to tell it like it is.
That is made of awesome. (nt)
Thrhheggeegwc Jjtkylkfofud (Diary) Wednesday, July 29th at 11:51AM EST (link)"Obama in Mom Jeans"
blooch Wednesday, July 29th at 11:55AM EST (link)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6DltK0oNEo
lololol
“Lieutenant Dike wasn’t a bad leader because he made bad decisions. He was a bad leader because he made no decisions.”
He's also a Steelers fan,
Return to Revolution (Diary) Wednesday, July 29th at 12:18PM EST (link)esp when they’re in the Superbowl. I also got a kick out of these pics, the best being Reagan, Bush, Obama: The whole story in 3 pictures
http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2009/07/pitching_analys.html
Out of hand Constitutional fetishist
Great link
DaveWT4 (Diary) Wednesday, July 29th at 5:26PM EST (link)I love the picture at the bottom.
http://www.moonbattery.com/Reagan_Bush_Obama.jpg
Perfect.
itrytobenice (Diary) Wednesday, July 29th at 11:44PM EST (link)That’s hilarious. What a pansy.
Proper grammar saves lives.
Let’s eat Grandma.
Let’s eat, Grandma.
I think its great that Obama is a sports fan and he can shoot basketball well but
Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary) Sunday, August 2nd at 12:05PM EST (link)that tossing of the baseball is quite pathetic and embarrasing and
Ike and Ford were great football players; Reagan was a good football player; Bush 41 was star baseball player at Yale; Carter, Reagan, both Bushes and Clinton were big sports fans too.
Mike DeVine’s Examiner.com, Charlotte Observer and The Minority Report columns
“One man with courage makes a majority.” – Andrew Jackson
Don't forget...
azaeroprof (Diary) Wednesday, July 29th at 12:39PM EST (link)Obama, the big White Sox fan, referring to his home team’s park as “Cominskey Field” (it really is “Comiskey Park”).
NRCC gets its hands dirty in primary races.
NightTwister (Diary) Wednesday, July 29th at 1:16PM EST (link)The Hill has the story.
Looks like, just like the NRSC, they’re going to pick our candidates for us. Why even bother having a primary?
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. – Winston Churchill
Oh yeah, Bush was a runner
Jeff Weimer (Diary) Wednesday, July 29th at 1:30PM EST (link)I have it on unimpeachable authority that he would challenge whatever staff on hand (SS, Comm Agency, anyone) to beat him in his punishing runs. The prize – a picture and autograph.
I also have it on that same unimpeachable authority that few won that prize. Bush could run. Forever.
My friend worked the WH Communications Agency. He was in Sarasota “that day”, and subsequently was attached to VP Cheney’s detail. He has some interesting stories about the VP that put the lie to the libs and MSM (BIRM) caricature of him.
Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.
-Voltaire
Brad Lidges fastball sucks a little less than Barrys.
Alberta (Diary) Wednesday, July 29th at 1:49PM EST (link)Im down in Arizona and I saw Haren vs Hamels last night. Phils dont need another pitcher, they need a closer.
And Howard is a big dude in real life. And Chris Young sucks more than his numbers would say he sucks.
And Dback fans need to learn how to cheer.
Vick to the Steelers would be pretty cool. Break out all those plays we shelved when Randel El left.
Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.
Abraham Lincoln
The limp pitch heard 'round the world...
lthurwitz (Diary) Wednesday, July 29th at 7:27PM EST (link)True – but don’t deny the man his hoops cred too.
I think everyone is overreacting to the "Lambert Field" thing...
Brian Simpson (Diary) Wednesday, July 29th at 9:12PM EST (link)I mean, really, all Senator Kerry was trying to do was play to the St. Louisans in the crowd.
/snark
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Everyone have safe travels today!!!! :-) nt
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