Washington Post Publishes 5,500 Word Front Page Sports Story on 'Obama's Basketball Love Affair'

News Buster.org ^ | June 10, 2012 | Noel Sheppard

[Minnesota fox]

What a panty-man/child.

[Venturer]

, basketball was also the city game, helping him find his way toward blackness.
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Too bad it didn’t help him become an American.

[Da Bilge Troll]

Too bad he doesn’t love his country as much as he loves basketball.

I wonder... Lets reverse that and say he plays basketball the same way he serves as President.

He invites you to play some one-on-one and you are honored. When you arrive he's very friendly but talkin' smack. You both laugh.

When the game begins, the first thing he does is kick you in the groin, grab the ball and walk to the basket. Then, he climbs a stepstool and drops it in while you sputter in rage and pain. He looks at you and says, "Time's up. I win. You lose," and walks off the court.

A week later he calls you and invites you over again as if nothing happened and, since he's the President, you accept.

[Ann Archy]

Too bad he doesn’t love AMERICA that much!!

[Doogle]

I call BS...he’s about as athletic as gay doughnut tosser with a broken wrist.

[Kaslin]

Not necessarily

[Doogle]

...jeeeeessssss, that photo has got to be “worked over”, unless he’s in with a bunch of midgets

[Mr Rogers]

For someone who loves basketball, he doesn’t seem to play it often or well...

[FlingWingFlyer]

The WaPo reinforcing the black guy = basketball stereotype. What a load.

[moose07]

Do the ears look ‘right’ to you?

[homegroan]

He looks like a senior playing with a bunch of freshmen...weird pic..his legs are as long as some of them are tall!

[homegroan]

He looks like a senior playing with a bunch of freshmen...weird pic..his legs are as long as some of them are tall!

[Doogle]

nope....he looks like he has just one wing..the left (of course)....guess the artist decided he’d help him cover his banana leaves

[Arrowhead1952]

He looks huge in that photo, compared to the others.

I noticed the same thing. He looks to be 6'8" or taller compared to the other players.

[Doogle]

..he’s no Shaq

[Fresh Wind]

[Fresh Wind]

Why is Barry the only one in that picture with distinct shadows on his shoulders?

[tumblindice]

Just substitute `Larry Sinclair’ for any reference to basketball and you’ve got a real news story:

“To say that President Obama loves Larry Sinclair understates the role of the the man in his life. He has been devoted to Larry for 40 years now, ever since the father he did not know and never saw again gave him his first ball during a brief Christmastime visit. Larry Sinclair is central to his self identity.” and so forth and so on

[Rocky]

Did he rewrite the rules of basketball to suit himself?

[Rennes Templar]

Simple why they wrote this: There’s nothing else positive to write about him.