Obama Caused A Huge Traffic Jam After He Stopped To Play Catch

BusinessInsider.com ^ | May 19, 2014, 6:47 PM | Hunter Walker

[topher]

President Barack Obama's decision to play ball with some little leaguers en route to a fundraiser snarled rush-hour traffic in Washington, D.C., on Monday evening.

A press-pool report written by McClatchy's Lesley Clark noted Obama made "an unscheduled side trip to visit and chat" with young baseball players in Friendship Park en route to a fundraiser shortly before 6 p.m.

[Mouton]

Unfortunately 90+ not even close ever. Perhaps 75mph tops but even at 60mph I am confident he could not catch it especially with a reverse spin, his glove hand would be all tied up.

[KevinB]

I hope he catches better than he throws.

Only Reggie knows for sure.

[smokingfrog]

Looks like we need another cash for clunkers program.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

He use to pull this kind of crap all the time when I was insane enough to live in New York city. And he would always come right at rush hour, on the dot, no exceptions so he could get his power rush “look what I can do to all the little people”. 9 am in the morning or 5pm in the afternoon. The best is when he was having fundraisers once or twice a week, Monday or Friday during rush hour and it would take me 5 hours to drive from Jersey through Manhattan to get home to Queens or vice versa being hours late for work while that POS and his celeb friends laughed it up. That was one of the reasons I finally moved, I had to or I would have ended up killing somebody.

[detective]

“According to Clark, the president spent only about 12 minutes posing for photos and tossing a ball to one of the children.”

Posing for photos is the operative phrase. The kids were just props for an Obama photo session.

[grania]

The real problem isn't the traffic jam. The problem is that Obama is never in the WH.

There are uncountable problems, in the US and globally, that could erupt at any moment. Obama (or someone in his place) should be constantly surrounded by really excellent advisors, doing constant research, understanding context and diplomacy, and ready to meet to make quick decisions.

I'd be surprised if Obama spent as much in-depth time on real issues than the average freeper does.

[Travis T. OJustice]

cool, thanks for sharing.

[null and void]

Always knew he was a catcher, not a pitcher...

[molson209]

STOP , I must play with my subjects

[null and void]

Probably why he gets along with Lurch...

[Farmer Dean]

All indications are that he loves to be the catcher.

[digger48]

A comment on an earlier thread said that Carneys kid is on one of the teams

[SMARTY]

When will this clown GROW UP!!

[Cowboy Bob]

So, Obama is a “Catcher.” Who was the “Pitcher?”

[mikrofon]

[Mastador1]

Obama can’t help it, the only thing he really cares about are..................balls.

[petitfour]

Yes, I read that, too. They are so white. In DC. I wonder how many of their families are employed by the government.

[topher]

But that supposes that Obama has any ... balls...

Many are saying that Obama was lacking in having balls on a number of issues...

[Mastador1]

But that supposes that Obama has any ... balls... Many are saying that Obama was lacking in having balls on a number of issues...

Obama's interest in balls does not lie in his own or lack of his own. His interest lies in golf balls, basketballs, baseballs, Reggie balls.....................

[Foolsgold]

He caused a big one here in San Diego last week, caused a VA problem as you could not get in or out.