Posted on 04/06/2010 10:54:26 AM PDT by FTJM
President Barack Obama wore a White Sox cap during his ceremonial first pitch at the Washington Nationals game yesterday, but before any rabid Pale Hose supporters get too excited about it, they should know he had a bit of a problem naming any player by name.
The first fan was interviewed during the game's television broadcast by former Sox pitcher Rob Dibble, who asked the president about his favorite players on the South Side growing up.
This is was the point that the usually eloquent Obama began stammering.
"You know uh ..... I ... I thought that ... uh .... you know," Obama stalled. " ... The truth is a lot of the Cubs I like too! But, uh ... I did not become a Sox fan until I moved to Chicago. Because I uh .... I was growing up in Hawaii so I ended up actually being an Oakland A's fan."
Yes, he did also call it "Cominskey Park." That, apparently, is something he does regularly.
One could make the case that Obama's point was that he didn't become acquainted with the Sox until later in his life, but I'd imagine most fans would have liked him to spit out at least one player's name.
So, big deal or not?
Poser
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Baseball obviously wasn’t too popular a sport in Indonesia...
Hmmm, is this a big deal? Well, lessee, the corrupt media had a feeding frenzy when Palin refused to name any newspapers to shill Katie Couric, even though it’s fairly obvious Palin is very well read.
And yet, the Usurper is a big time poser in many aspects (ie...not just baseball, how about foreign policy, corporate finance, health care), and the media will let him slide?
How about giving him the same treatment you gave Palin?
Ahh, you seen one whitey, you seen ‘em all. They all look like pasty worms to a hip, cool, cat like Obastard.
At least John Kerry knows his favorite Red Sox player is Manny Ortez.
Well... ahhhh.... I, Uhhhh.......
hmmmmmm
Errrrr.
Well, let me say.....
Blah, blah, blah.
Meaningless words - just like every thing else he says.
OH MAN I just hear about on Real Poltics blog LOLOLOL!
I can’t believe it he can’t name ONE White Sox player
Here you go tomkow
I was born on the South Side, 8715 Essex. I went to both Cus and Sox games. My favorite players? Sox: Minnie Minoso, Nelly Fox, Luis Aparacio, Early Win. Cubs: Ernie Banks, Ron Santo, Billy Williams, Bruce Sutter and many others. What a dweeb this guy is. LIAR!
Make it go away!
How about giving him the same treatment you gave Palin?
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that’s what we must do on those occasions when we encounter/engage a drone.
He could have gotten out of it by naming any spanish surname. Had a 50/50 shot there.
Too bad there are no baseball diamonds in kenya.
Obama: “Hey, what’s those big yellow poles out in the outfield??
That must be why that pitch he tossed wasn’t so good. Muslims are more used to grenades.
Obama is a liar and looks like a dolt. The MSM looks even worse because they look like nitwits for covering for this fraud.
No doubt Obama will be given a brief on White Sox players and the press will give him a do-over in a day or two.
Least qualified guy in any room he walks into, on any subject being discussed, including baseball.
Well I can’t either, but then again my grandfather didn’t take me down to Florida to watch the splashdown for astronauts returning from space either:-)
LOL. This reminds me of when Al Gore met Courtney Love at a fund raiser and told her he was a BIG FAN of hers. She asked if he could name a single one of her songs. He couldn’t.
Modern baseball was created in Hawaii...
Nobama isn’t an expert in anything. But we’ve known that for some time now.
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