Posted on 11/19/2015 10:51:06 AM PST by ConservativeStatement
President Obama is a big sports fan, so when he sat down to do an interview with GQ recently, it was no surprise that he compared himself to a famous athlete.
What was surprising though is that the lifelong Bears fan compared himself to someone who plays for the team the everyone in Chicago hates: The Green Bay Packers.
During the interview, Obama said that when it comes to running the country, he's like "Aaron Rodgers in the pocket."
"In the sense of you can't be distracted by what's around you, you've got to be looking downfield," Obama said. "And I think that's a quality that I have -- not getting flustered in what's around me."
Rodgers heard about the comments on Wednesday and he was definitely flattered by them, especially because they came from the Bears' most famous fan.
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He is SUCH a big Chicago sports fan. He’s a big White Sox fan, in fact. Weekend afternoons would find him at Kaminsky Field, rooting for his beloved team.
And Kerry can watch Aaron Rodgers play at Lambert Field.
I always thought of Obama as a bit of a Packer, but I didn’t have Aaron Rodgers in mind.
LOL!
Thank you too much!
Obama is a Bears fan like he’s a White Sox fan, who couldn’t name a single player that he liked.
Rumor has it that he’s from Hawaii. Who know what team they support.
That's debatable.
I never realized Rodgers was such a lib, but it doesn't surprise me.
He went to Cal-Berkeley, what do you expect?
I actually went to one of their games. Calvin Hill was with them at the time.
Isn’t Brady from California? And I believe he’s conservative, but yeah I never liked Rodgers, I think he’s smug and he always beats up on my Bears. After last weekend and his comments I have no doubt where he stands politically.
This reminded me when he mentioned 57 states what an Ahole.
Brady went to Michigan.
The only team that won a championship in that League was the Birmingham Americans. The QB was George Mira who played at the “U” in the pre-Schnellenberger days. I figured you would enjoy that trivia. :-)
Yeah, but Aaron doesn’t throw an interception on every pass like Odumbo does.
He did, but he’s from Cali, anyway I like QBs like Brady, Manning, and Brees real men who do their job and don’t spew PC BS. ;D Shoot, I like Romo more than I like Rodgers, but it is my hope to plant my roots in Texas one day so maybe I’m biased.
Beat me to it. Definitely Ryan Leaf!
Obama might be the most easily flustered person on the planet!!
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