Monday, May 21, 2012

Just a picture of President Obama ruining football for the Right Wing.

"Oh my God! Look at Barack Hussein Obama using his Socialist left arm to disrespect America's greatest sport!"
Courtesy of TPM:

The White House just released this photo of what looks like President Obama throwing a Hail Mary pass on the field at Soldier Field following the NATO working dinner in Chicago, Illinois on Saturday.

Personally I think the President demonstrates pretty good form there and is throwing that ball like a BOSS!

33 comments:

  1. I'm still waiting for him to move college ball to a playoff system, wasn't that a campaign promise?

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    1. Uh..."move college ball to playoff system"

      Are you serious?

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    2. POTUS is a big fan and he said if he had his way, there'd be a playoff system in the FBS.

      But I'd rather that he wait until after he's re-elected in November because he'll have to get the Justice Dept involved in an anti-trust action, and it's not worth poking the Repugs in the eye right now with the way they whine and squeal about anything the Prez says.

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  2. Anonymous6:21 AM

    Can he do anything? Can't even throw a football? kidding, obviously.

    You should post a pic of Sarah Todd or Bristol at the Mexico race thing from earlier this month. They each have their favored sports haha

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  3. He’s one of those people who would succeed at almost anything… even singing.

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  4. Anonymous6:35 AM

    Sarah at the marathon!

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  5. Anonymous7:45 AM

    POTUS throws the football in a stadium.

    Pansy Hannity throws a nerfball in a tv studio.

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    1. Anonymous9:13 AM

      Good one! And watch pansy Mitt try to throw something this week...let's see...he could throw a soccer ball into a net maybe.

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  6. hedgewytch7:50 AM

    I'm a lefty. And I've always been told as the left side of the brain controls the right side of the body and visa versa, that left-handers are in their "right" minds.

    Another cool thing about lefty's, especially the ones that might have been brought up before the mid 60's is that often they were taught to not be left handers, which made quite a lot of us ambidextrous. My brother was supposed to write left handed, he was made to write with the right - which is maybe why he never writes letters??? - I was never forced, but was encouraged. I can throw or shoot with either hand. I can use utensils with either hand as well.

    Another thing about left hander-s - going back to why they made my brother switch writing hands, is something about "the devil uses the left hand". I'm not sure what kind of religious theology this came from but I'm thinking Southern Baptist. Can anybody tell us more about this religious myth?

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    1. Anonymous9:15 AM

      My dad was a lefty back when they were forced to become right...it caused him to have a stutter his entire life. I too, can eat well with either hand, and can write with either, although I was brought up as a rightie. My husband is a lefty, and so is our very gifted grand daughter (are there any other kind?) But yeah, I've heard the devil thing as well.

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    2. Anonymous4:26 PM

      From the Latin: "dextra"=right, "sinistra"=left, derives to "sinister" in Old Middle English and thus becomes synonymous with evil, i.e. the devil.

      Luddy

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  7. O/T but Baldy related...just saw this on HP!

    "Sarah Palin, who recently endorsed Texas senate candidate Ted Cruz in a competitive GOP primary, has started to make robocalls for the Tea Party-backed challenger -- and, reportedly, some of those calls are going out in the wrong state.

    According to the Topeka Capital-Journal's Tim Carpenter, Palin's recorded calls have been dispatched in Kansas. While the call begins with a cheerful "Hello, Texas!" greeting from Palin, Carpenter reported Sunday that he had received the message while at his office at the Topeka newspaper, hundreds of miles from the Lone Star State's border."

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/21/sarah-palin-ted-cruz-robocalls_n_1531932.html

    BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA...she can't do SHIT right! And the patients at "Crazies4Palin" are reporting that the Bald One will be in Sean InSannity tonight! Now we can finally get a look at her new mug!

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    1. Bless her Heart!

      Sarah can never get out of the starting blocks without first stumbling and falling over into the ditch!

      I do feel a little bad (again) for laughing at her (again) because it's been obvious for a long time that she IS a little slow... but she tries SO hard!
      lol

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    2. Anonymous11:36 AM

      I feel so badly for people that still have "landlines" and have to put up with this nonsense of unwanted robocalls. I've never been happier than when I unplugged the old landline and just lived cellular. If more people just gave up their landlines then this sort of nonsense would have no home.

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  8. I'm not that familiar with football.

    Is there a rule that says all quarterbacks must throw right handed?

    Just for enlightenment, does anyone know how many left-handed quarterbacks there are in professional football? All leagues? You need not count Canada.

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  9. Paul - Minnesota8:08 AM

    I dislike football (as an adult). I used to enjoy it when I was a kid/teen in the 1960s into the 1970s.

    Anyway, I like the pic.

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  10. Anonymous8:34 AM

    Good arm placement, ball should be tipped just a bit more downfield and drop the head just a bit. Front leg a bit too far forward for a gameday pass, looks like you're just trying to heave it. Bring your foot in just a bit for more control, use the mid-section torque, not your thigh (cleats would solve a lot here). But all it all, good form, the tie is a nice touch.

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  11. Anonymous8:56 AM

    I know you were being tongue-in-cheek on this, Gryph, but sadly, there is a lot of truth in how the Fox-led hatred of the President, would mean the Bigotry Squad of rightwing extremists now hate football.

    I feel sorry for such people. Instead of feeling pride, like the rest of us normal folks, they are so riled up with hatred, they cannot enjoy having a great person leading the nation.

    I go all the way back to when I was influenced to think that JFK was simply a stooge for the Pope. After a short while of witnessing the man, I was able to break away from such propaganda-fueled thinking, and become a huge fan of Kennedy.

    I can only hope, for their sake, that the Dittoheads and racists, allow their brains to actually work, and come to a similar conclusion about this great President.

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  12. Anonymous9:08 AM

    He sings Al Green, has a wicked sense of comedic timing, is extremely intelligent, and really looks good at whatever he does (except bowling). My crush on our President is getting worse by the day!

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    1. Anonymous1:10 PM

      Tell me about it!!!

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  13. OverMountainMan9:47 AM

    Awesome, And all the while balancing John Boehner on his right thumb ! I'm thinking 1st round pick in the 2017 Draft !!!

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  14. OT but funny: Sarah Palin Makes Robo Calls to the wrong state. What? We're not in Kansas anymore?

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    1. Anonymous11:57 AM

      Yes, Dorothy, Sarah Palin WOULD f*ck up a wet dream, which I've heard is really hard to do.

      Nothing she does even surprises me anymore. In fact, sometimes I feel guilty because we were raised to not make fun of the mentally handicapped, and Sarah obviously isn't ALL there!

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  15. Gasman10:54 AM

    Romney's never touched a football, but lot's of his friends own NFL teams.

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    1. Anonymous12:27 PM

      I found it telling in that New York Times peace about his private HS days that he wasn't much of an athlete, but he ingratiated himself with the jocks by being a manager and whatnot.

      What a wooden tool. He makes Gore look enigmatic.

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    2. Anita Winecooler6:28 PM

      He got a trophy in "running with scissors"! Does that count?

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  16. Anonymous10:55 AM

    GO DEEP!!!!

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    1. Anonymous1:20 PM

      That's what she said.

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  17. Anonymous12:26 PM

    Groan, yes, just give him a bat and the iconic white stitched ball and they will just.give.up American pastimes forever also, too.

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  18. Beldar J Conehead12:39 PM

    I hate to say this - but that won't stop me: I willing to bet a shiny new Richard M. Nixon commemorative $3 bill that Mittens throws like a girl. (And not in a good way.)

    Obama2012

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  19. Anonymous12:47 PM

    You just know someone on the right is going to squawk that the POTUS is wasting time fooling around throwing footballs when he should have already fixed the economy, put all the unemployed back to work, cured cancer, ended world hunger and personally helped deliver a litter of puppies.

    Geez, can't this President do ANYthing?? ;)

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  20. Anonymous12:48 PM

    It's the mark of being only 13 when we lost JFK that makes me gasp.... "Are those seats EMPTY??????"

    Body language tells me that President Obama is still able to find joy in the simple things. The weight of his office seems to float away in this picture.

    Thanks, G.

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  21. Anonymous1:13 PM

    He's great.

    http://willyloman.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/fish_i_believe-500.jpg

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