Obama elbowed in face during b-ball game, 12 stitches

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27 Nov 2010, 2:52 am

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40384019/ns/politics-white_house

Say what you want about his political agenda and his affiliations, but I respect a man who can play a hardcore game of basketball.

He needs to make a visit down to Memphis and teach those kids a thing or two.

Also, the only reason he got 12 stitches is because they were using an extra thin filament, it scars over less but needs more stitches per unit of length to be effective.

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27 Nov 2010, 5:33 am

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27 Nov 2010, 11:17 am

Man, that's gotta hurt!

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27 Nov 2010, 11:33 am

I would feel so embarrassed if I were the guy who elbowed the President in the face. :oops:

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27 Nov 2010, 12:35 pm

He is also not wearing the appripriate tenis.

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27 Nov 2010, 12:37 pm

I wouldn't be embarassed. I'd apologise, but the inherent risk doctrine (if you agree to participate in an activity, you hereby consent to the risks of said activity) applies to pickup basketball games.

Anyway, I'm pretty sure Memphis is too far gone now for the president to teach them anything. Also, I'm sort of surprised his brother-in-law wasn't playing. He's the coach at Oregon State. I guess that explains everything; the season has begun.

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27 Nov 2010, 2:40 pm

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Anyway, I'm pretty sure Memphis is too far gone now for the president to teach them anything.

Haha, I guess that's true, having lived there in the past.

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28 Nov 2010, 4:42 am

Well that is a hell of a hit for 12 stiches...suprised secret service did not haul him away and dump that guy in a gator pond somewhere.

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28 Nov 2010, 9:16 am

A foreshadowing of November 2012.

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28 Nov 2010, 2:40 pm

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Well that is a hell of a hit for 12 stiches...suprised secret service did not haul him away and dump that guy in a gator pond somewhere.

Actually, the owner of said elbow was someone important, I think a junior member of the Cabinet (it says who exactly in the article). Besides, I'm sure that the SS realized that it was unintentional, and that the President was consenting to some kind of injury risk by choosing to play a game of street basketball. The article quotes the guy's reaction, he said that Obama was "a very good sport" and that "he hopes he is back on the court again soon."

It's too bad, however, that he missed the capitol Christmas tree ceremony because of his injury. That tree came from my home state of Wyoming, and one of the ornaments on it was made by my little sister.

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28 Nov 2010, 9:22 pm

Maybe we won't hear him give any speeches for a few days, yay.

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28 Nov 2010, 11:36 pm

bicentennialman wrote:

I would feel so embarrassed if I were the guy who elbowed the President in the face. :oops:

That makes me want to play basketball with Obama someday. :twisted:

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29 Nov 2010, 12:14 pm

Ooh ow XD

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30 Nov 2010, 2:18 am

Roxas_XIII wrote:

It's too bad, however, that he missed the capitol Christmas tree ceremony because of his injury. That tree came from my home state of Wyoming, and one of the ornaments on it was made by my little sister.

that is cool though your sister made an ornament for the capital xmas tree.

Glad to hear he was such a good sport. Ya'll remember when Cheney shot his friend on a hunting trip...and his shot friend appolgized on national tv to Cheney for being shot!!
My dad highly suspected that was not an accident.

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30 Nov 2010, 2:24 am

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Roxas_XIII wrote:

LOL, they made a Hallmark card out of that situation. I know because that's what one of my friends got me for my 17th birthday.

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01 Dec 2010, 1:27 am

ya comedians of all walks of life loved that one

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