My day with Obama: Basketball, Tea Parties and an otherwise lazy Sunday-Reggie Love+TeaParty protest

MinnPost ^ | September 12, 2010 | Derek Wallbank

[ArmstedFragg]

Why don’t they just hang a hoop on the Oval door and give him a nerf ball?

It’d be easier...

And appropriate.

[LA Woman3]

I thought the WH had a basketball court.

[NYleatherneck]

You said it. They stink on ice...

[Mangia E Statti Zitto]

I agree-—he is starting to look seriously ill.

[jimbo123]

AIDS?

[Yaelle]

He does look pathetic and too thin. I think this is getting to him. He was told he would be the most historic, beloved President ever, and for a month or two, it seemed pretty true.

He was told that America wanted socialism, and the press would be behind him 100%. He could still play lots of golf, basketball, and “pocket pool” whenever he wanted. Arugula every night, ice cream every afternoon, world travel, bowing to everyone... It all sounded so GOOD.

What happened???

[kcvl]

Laugh you bastard. You want be laughing when Republicans win in November. Your sorry lying ass will be crying to the ‘press’.

[kcvl]

Derek Wallbank

[Palladin]

Good idea!

[IbJensen]

"BRAAACK!"

[ken5050]

Can the return of "Midnight basketball" be far behind?????

And then there's the great old joke from the Reagan era...

"Pres. Reagan's new program to cure black unemployment...50,000 teams in the NBA.."

[Stultis]

Holy Koran he looks awful. And out of it. All that's missing is the Howard Hughes beard (had he sufficient testosterone to grow one) and Kleenex boxes on his feet.

I never thought I'd even think to ask such a question about an American President but, seriously, is he smokin' crack?

[Stultis]

Did 0bama attend Sunday church services before he went to play basketball?

No need. Unfortunately. Now he's in a position to Goddamn America during the week.

[eyedigress]

He’s on something. His speeches are very bad and his timing very slow.

[wolfcreek]

“Additionally, several in the crowd were observed clapping as the motorcade passed.”

Hoping they would drive off into the Potomac.

[Stultis]

First assumption (possibly wrong?) that he couldn't keep secret a serious wasting disease like cancer or aids.

Therefore, if he was on something prescribed, it would most likely be anti-depressants. (Depression being far and away the most common mental illness, and since this is treatable and often self-limiting, I can image a whitehouse doctor keeping it provisionally secret, at least for a time.) But do any of those make you lose weight?

Ergo, admittedly placing my conclusion at the end of a shaky chain of assumptions, but I'd think NOT prescribed.

[FrdmLvr]

I don't know...is it really necessary to cover every moment of the president? Who really cares anyway? I've been noticing that it seems 0bama is on the news CONSTANTLY. There isn't a day goes by that there isn't some coverage of him. It isn't supposed to be that way in a free country, is it? If something major happens, sure, cover it. But just to show him signing bills, running here and there, attending this and that..who really cares? It's not about him. Let's have some real news on the News.

[sissyjane]

I think depression causes a weight loss, as there is NO desire to eat.

[spectre]

He's amphetamine thin..

[freedom_is_earned]

I thought the WH had a basketball court.

Yep. Brand new. Completed in May; one would think it would be sufficient for him and his 'Love'. http://www.examiner.com/celebrity-headlines-in-national/president-barack-obama-interviewed-on-the-white-house-basketball-court-by-marv-albert-photo