Around 5 p.m. today, President Obama will throw on some athletic gear, maybe do some stretching, and hit the White House basketball court for a little pickup.So now, a brotha can't even play pickup ball without being politically correct? Who's he s'posed to invite to even-out the gender imbalance? Pelosi? Hillary? I hear Michelle Bachmann has as wicker crossover. Please.
Among his teammates and adversaries will be Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner; Secretary of Housing & Urban Development Shaun Donovan; Secretary of Education Arne Duncan; Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar; and eleven members of Congress.
The list of players reflects at least some effort to reach across the aisle -- there are two Republicans coming over from Congress, along with nine Democrats. Conspicuously missing from the list, however, are women. The WNBA's Washington Mystics may play just down the street, but today the White House court will be a woman-free zone.
Asked why no women had made the cut at his daily briefing Thursday, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said "the point is well taken."
"The president, obviously, is someone who, as someone who is the father of two young daughters, has an avid interest in their competing against anybody on the playing field," he said. Gibbs said the president has played basketball and other sports with women in the past and will likely do so in the future.
On an unrelated note: for a 47-year old, Obama sure as hell looks like a much older player, with all that gimpiness, and those old geezer black track pants and whatnot. My Pops played right up until he died, and he had Robert Horry game. Obama? He looks like Robert Parish.[1] Not pretty.
Question: Does everything have to be so politically correct in the White House nowadays? Should Obama feel obligated to invite girls to his pickup game? Does Obama actually have game, or is this yet another example of flowery liberal media attention for The Beige One?!?
Barack Obama, Basketballer-in-Chief [CBS]
[1] I mean 94-95' dunkin' and head-nodding Horry, not 38 year old, 3-point line garden gnome Horry.
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It is silly but it is politics. Everything has meaning. People notice such things.
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The Robert Horry you describe was last seen playing with the Houston Rockets in a century at least one bridge back.
This isn't silly because shit gets done at these meetings, just like at golf.
Nasty words about the Chief? Have you no shame, sir?!?!
lol, must be a slow news day.
@academic:
If you're able to have a substantive conversation while you're on the court, ur doin it rong.
Hey now, AB, re your last paragraph "on an unrelated note..." go pick on somebody your own age :)
The 40s is when the pigeons of a reckless youth of injury and insult come home to roost. I have one word for you young ones in your 20s and 30s: stretch, stretch, and stretch some more. Or you may find when you get into your late 40s that your body decides it is payback time.
If you see one of us late 40 somethings, out and about exercising, give us a break. Running is my thing and I do ok because I also stretch and I never pushed the envelope in the 30 years I've been running. But there are plenty I know in their late 40s who get a rude awakening and the accompanying crabbiness.
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@ Spool
It IS a slow news day, but that doesn't mean "stuff doesn't get done" because they're playing basketball, not golf. I'd argue that likely MORE gets done since you can't ball and drank at the same time, which is pretty much the deal with golf.
@ Molly
Uhhh, technically I have NO GAME to speak of, so it's not like my skills are going to erode with age. But someone could tell Obama to mix in a pair of shorts and some non-Bobo sneakers. He LOOKS old, the gear doesn't help.
I wonder if the guys playing against him let him score at will, just because they don't wanna show up the boss. Prolly so.
And once again, journalists are paid to circle-jerk. Amazing.
(There are no women living in my apartment. What if the media calls me out as an equal housing opportunity-denying sexist!)
@ AB:
"I wonder if the guys playing against him let him score at will, just because they don't wanna show up the boss. Prolly so."
I heard this joke years ago:
Best thing about being a dictator:
Everyone has to obey your every command.
Worst thing about being a dictator:
Never knowing if your jokes are really funny.
"Dictator" really could be substituted with "President" or even just "boss." XD
@AB
I don't know about the whole clothes and shoes thing. I have no fashion sense. I does seem like in every picture of the President he has more gray hair.
Silliness like this is the reason people disengage from politics. Also just because you are not panting and huffing and puffing doesn't mean you are not getting a good cardio workout.
It does for me... but then I'm in baaaad shame. Obama could run my ass off the court, no question. :)
Ask me again in 3 months, maybe I'll say different!
Could care less about the story.
His butt looks really good in that picture.
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