Another Obama Mistake

Submitted by ToledoGoBlue on

Looks like our Basketball-Player-in-Chief did quite poor;y on his picks yesterday for the NCAA Tournament. Obviously, the most glaring omission is Michigan over Clemson. I guess Coach K was correct!!

Magnus

March 20th, 2009 at 9:53 AM ^

That comment of Krzyzewski's was stupid. Obviously, Obama could be spending every waking minute working on the economy. Is he not allowed to have ANY down time where he can fill out a bracket?

You can say the same thing about everyone's job. Coach K could probably be spending his time more wisely watching film or checking up on his players' academic progress rather than taking time to comment on Obama or even talk to reporters.

I should probably concentrate on work rather than posting this.

All of those "Obama has better things to do than fill out brackets" comments are idiotic, unless they're said by a person who spends every minute of his life working at 100% capacity.

Blue2000

March 20th, 2009 at 9:56 AM ^

I thought Coach K's comments were ridiculous as well, but I watched the press conference this morning in which he said them, and they were pretty tongue-in-cheek. He was smiling as he said it, and followed it up by saying "I love the guy" (though I'm not sure if that's actually true). The AP reporting of it makes the comments seem a lot harsher than they actually were.

tpilews

March 20th, 2009 at 10:12 AM ^

I think the problem that many people see with it, is that the Obama administration needs to make everything in to a media circus. I've got no problem with the guy filling out a bracket on his own time, but to have espn there with one of their "analysts" is absurd.

marco dane

March 20th, 2009 at 12:07 PM ^

*I'm the decider?* By the way,no usage of the teleprompter when standing in front of the people taking question...taking his case to the people allow him to state HIS message and agenda without the media filter.

Funny thing...dubya would go to some military installation to state his case or lack of one,for going to war. As a matter of fact,after being elected in 04 he took to the road to talk about his ill-fated campaign for privatization of social security. Should he have simply stayed in DC and not get out among the people to state his case? baROCK is his own best spokesman...

marco dane

March 20th, 2009 at 12:36 PM ^

I agree. However while hosting a Grid Iron Dinner for the elite politicians and media types,dubya did a skit showing himself looking for wmd in the white house. Looking in closets,under his desk in the Oval Office,even in the trash can,all the while silly music was playing in the background while he ran around looking. I don't seem to remember him issuing a apology for this justification for going to war... Now that some character you can believe in. I'm sure those who have lost dear ones were simply laughing along with him.

We ALL suffer from a disease called *Dumb Things I've Done or Said.*...baROCK isn't immune from doing them so lighten up.

Route66

March 20th, 2009 at 2:01 PM ^

295lbs, I cannot lighten up very easily. But for me being fired up....not really. Politics to me are all a sham so I don't get too bent. But I do have a soft spot for those kids/people in the Special Olympics and those with less abilities than you and I. You just don't go there. He was feeling a little too good about himself last night. Bush making fun of himself and the WMD's at a dinner is a little different than a Special Olympic dig on the Tonight show. Behind closed doors does not make it right, but it sure makes it a little more calculated......and they said Bush was dumb. I'm just sayin'.

marco dane

March 20th, 2009 at 11:57 AM ^

Coach K comments made me think about those who were trying to say that baROCK was an *elitis*,when in fact,hes just someone who has a PASSION for bball. The POTUS fills out his bracket on the air and Coach K dosen't like the fact he didn't pick his team. Cry me a river....

Some haven't gotten the memo yet...the campaigning is over.

boats and hos

March 20th, 2009 at 10:04 AM ^

Funny how some are coming to Barack's defense over this while raising hell over other president's activities. Bottom line is the President is usually always working or having his advisers working even when on their so called vacations.

What Obama needs to be more worried about is VERY STUPID remark he made on Leno that could hurt him big time. This is why he always needs a script and a teleprompter, because without one, he says things like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKlYT2bseII

His Dudeness

March 20th, 2009 at 11:22 AM ^

If you truly get bent about that comment I would advise you to get rid of your tv and radio. You should also avoid talking to people for the rest of eternity.

It has been commented before Boats and Hos, but I sure hope you are more successful in real life than you are on the internet. You are an epic failure here on the webs.

Subrosa

March 20th, 2009 at 11:57 AM ^

A) Limbaugh says stuff like this at least relatively often and never apologizes for it. What he said about Michael J. Fox was similarly bad, if not worse. People "call for (his) head", but it doesn't matter because he's not a politician. He doesn't care what people who aren't his listeners think of him.

B) If Bush had said something like this and then apologized, it wouldn't have been that big a deal either. The problem there is that Bush almost never apologized for anything. Ever.

Really, this is much ado about absolutely nothing. Guy made an off-color joke in an inappropriate setting. It happens. He apologized for it immediately. He'll probably follow up that apology with some other sort of gesture to the Special Olympics to further show his remorse. That's what any good politician would do. People who like Obama will take that apology as heartfelt. People who don't will take it as another reason to dislike him. Both sides will almost certainly forget about it before too long.

However, the idea that this gaffe will hurt him "big time" is totally ridiculous. Obama will be judged primarily on two things: 1) If the economy turns around, and 2) Foreign Policy, including getting us out of Iraq safely and responsibly and continuing to "fight terror" (however you want to define that). That's it. If he does 1) and 2), he will be re-elected. If he doesn't, he won't. The idea that if he DID do those things, there would be a bunch of people out there who would say to themselves "Well, the economy's awesome and we caught Bin Ladin... but that nasty Hussein made that joke about the retards on the teevee that one time so I'M 'A VOTIN' FOR ROMNEY!!!!" is beyond deluded.

bronxblue

March 20th, 2009 at 12:16 PM ^

This story has received enough press coverage, given how innocuous it really was. With the way the airwaves and internet are saturated with news coverage, the President farting in public becomes a front-page article on the Drudge Report or Daily Kos every day. George Bush, Bill Clinton, Bush Sr., Reagen, etc. have all said and done stupid things, and the smart ones make their public mea culpa, society accepts it as a mistake, and move on. No different here.

AdamBurmeister

March 20th, 2009 at 2:33 PM ^

Alliteration aside...which was completely unintentional haha...

If George W. Bush would have said that, people would have bitched and moaned for his impeachment or his removal from office or his gosh darned death.

Barack Obama could rape a cat and people (especially the "news" media) would write an article about how much our good Prez loves animals.

I'm not trying to sound holier-than-thou at all. I'm not going to lie, I call friends "retard" and I say things like, "That is retarded" and I'm not saying it's less wrong -- I probably should not say it. What I AM saying is a) I'm not the President who has millions upon millions of people hearing every word I say and; b) George W. Bush would have been set on fire for saying the same words Barack Obama has not, and probably will not, apologize for.

Magnus

March 20th, 2009 at 9:00 PM ^

Also, George Bush was/is an asshole. Bush's screwups happened over and over and over and over again. He had a long history of being a fuckup and a substance abuser and a bad speaker and...

Obama doesn't really have the same history. Everyone's allowed some mistakes.

If Bush had made that joke at the beginning of his first term, I think he would have been given a pass by most people. If he still made a joke like that two months before he left office, then I think we'd be like, "Thank goodness that guy is going to be gone soon."

bluesouth

March 20th, 2009 at 10:05 AM ^

is the coach of a child's game, he makes a living off of a game. His chief materials to accomplish his job is a ball and a bunch of young guys putting that ball in a hole. The absurdity of any remarks from a guy that coaches a game for a living to the "leader of the free world is well.....absurd

Emperor of Blogs

March 20th, 2009 at 11:45 AM ^

coach K was kidding around, why are you fools taking that so seriously? I mean, if coach B made the same wise crack, what's the big deal?

chitownblue (not verified)

March 20th, 2009 at 11:55 AM ^

This is why nobody on this board should ever mention Obama. If you want to go talk politics do it - somewhere else. "Whether he fills out a bracket" or "his comment on Leno" are probably #5,673,892 and #5,673,893 on things we should actually care about.

Magnus

March 20th, 2009 at 12:51 PM ^

Where does football recruiting fall on that list? It seems to me that football recruiting should be lower on our collective list of priorities than what our president says and does.

You certainly spend a significant amount of time thinking about/discussing recruiting, though.

Politics are fine. Say what you want. If you don't like reading about the politics, there are plenty of other threads in which to voice your opinion, Fidel.

bronxblue

March 20th, 2009 at 12:12 PM ^

Coach K's comment was a little jab, and I'm fine with it. K's problem is that he just doesn't have the facial expressions/timing for some of these tongue-in-cheek comments, and instead they come across as a little, well, petty and whiny. I doubt that was his intent, even though is a staunch supporter of Republicans and probably is none too happy that Obama is the current president.

That said, I think this was blown out of proportion, along the same lines as Obama's ill-advised comment mentioned by Boats and Hos. Guys sometimes say dumb things when they are trying to be funny, and some people need to have a little better sense of humor.

STW P. Brabbs

March 20th, 2009 at 12:44 PM ^

I don't think it's an enormous deal, but this stuff is getting irritating. Obama is unnecessarily playing with fire by showing up on late-night talk shows, filling out brackets on ESPN, hosting multiple musical acts at the White House, hanging out with the Bulls ...

Either a) he's hoping for some kind of political gain by appearing as 'just a normal guy', or b) he really just wants to have some fun while he's in office. The first option rings false to me, especially at a time when, you know, there are tent cities springing up in the United State and whatnot. The second option sounds eerily familiar to W's daily naptime and two-hour workouts. Ultimately, there's nothing to be gained from all this shit, and I don't know why there are some advisers to pull Barry aside and tell him to cut it out. Sure - everyone needs a little down time, but IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A FUCKING MEDIA EVENT ALL THE TIME.

/ Voted for Obama; went to the election night rally at Grant Park; still want him to hunker down a bit and think about how this stuff might bite him in the ass in 3 years.