President Obama Sits Back & Enjoys A NBA Game

[Clueminati017]

On Yahoo! Sports. The bloggers from The Ball Don't Lie is showing a video and pics of President Barack Obama attending a Washington Wizards game playing the Chicago Bulls. This is like the most down to earth president of the United States that we can get right now... Attend a NBA game, chat with the fans, and drink a cold one from a cup.

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[Alejandrov011]

Why not can he attend an NBA game, he's human too.

That's tea or beer?

[puttincomputers]

um bush did this as well. no big deal. i dont see obama throwing out the first pitch at a nats game. then again i could be wrong

[Drex]

You didn't see Bush shooting 3s right?

[benji]

This is like the most down to earth president of the United States that we can get right now

lol wat.

You didn't see Bush shooting 3s right?

No, that's because he was a baseball fan, not a basketball fan. The guy was a physical beast though.

um bush did this as well.

As did Clinton, attending multiple Wizards games. Like Bush however, he was not a basketball fan, Obama is, so Obama knows he wants to sit on the sidelines, not in a box. Just as Bush did at baseball games.

What a weird cult of personality where people are applauding and getting excited over someone rich and powerful attending a sporting event. Did you know a U.S. Senator attends most Bucks games?!?!? OH MY GOSH! INCREDIBLE!

[Andrew]

Perhaps people just find it refreshing to see politicians, particularly such a high ranking one, doing something "normal" as their position would seem to place them above everyone else and politicians in particular come off as thinking they know best for everyone suggesting superiority to the common man/woman, an image broken by seeing them doing something mundane. Or something like that.

Whatever the case, unless he's changed allegiances with his election to office I'm guessing Obama wasn't too happy with the outcome as the Bulls stunk it up, particularly in the fourth.

[Clueminati017]

um bush did this as well. no big deal. i dont see obama throwing out the first pitch at a nats game. then again i could be wrong

True... We all seen Bush do this....

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[benji]

Perhaps people just find it refreshing to see politicians, particularly such a high ranking one, doing something "normal"

Diminishing returns.

And as shown in this thread, nobody cared when Bush and Clinton did it. Nobody cares when every other politican under the sun does it, they see it as it is. Obama does it and it's awesome and amazing and deserves attention and "proves" something.

[Clueminati017]

Clinton is something people cheered for before the scandal which was messed up that the Republican party forced the Democrats to impeach him. He's pretty much one of the popular Democrat. When it came to Bush... Sure, he thrown the opening pitch, but he was never a favorite to all people besides the Republicans. What I'm trying to explain is... Barack is a down to earth character. He's trying to show people that he doesn't need to stand behind the desk all day, and him showing up at a NBA game drinking a beer is something that people wanted to see.

Besides... I thought this was interesting to view, and I know about Herb Kohl attending the Bucks game. My uncle in Milwaukee told me about that time after time.

[Hoyasaxa]

And the American people continue to love this idea of "Obama's one of us". See [[Jimmy Carter failed presidency]]

[benji]

Clinton is something people cheered for before the scandal which was messed up that the Republican party forced the Democrats to impeach him.

What?

1. Nobody cheered for Clinton, he didn't have a cult of personality. Ever. The Left despised, as they still do, the DLC. And the Right despised being removed from power. He was solidly supported when he did what most people wanted which was his entire M.O. The Democrat Party was different then. The endless campaign and triangulation (along with the focus on absurd things like school uniforms and V-Chips) were specifically designed to keep approval high despite failure on the ideological front. (Where success and failure would've depressed approval, see: Bush, George W.) Clinton's learning of his lesson from the Republican Revolution, backing off, being conservative and working with the Republican Congress, when combined with the bubble economy is why his approval was high. His approval ratings were quite poor before Morris returned to overhaul his political standing and save him from Hillary and the ideologues. The Clinton governance and personality has nothing in common with the Obama ("I won") one outside of the love for lavishness. (Of which all of Washington loves.)

2. The Republicans did not force the Democrats to do anything. Clinton was impeached pretty much along party lines. The Democrats were stronger in the Senate, and along with "bipartisan" Republicans prevented conviction. Which was the right course of action. Clinton needed to be impeached for perjury and obstruction of justice, but he shouldn't have been removed from office for it. (Just like Bush.) I have a high standard of conviction, I'm convinced every President should be impeached at least once but almost none convicted.

Barack is a down to earth character.

Except, he's not (and even if he is, him sitting sideline at a NBA game isn't evidence of it), as you explain here:

He's trying to show people

People in Washington are elitists. Clinton was not because he had no Washington background, and Arkansas is a backwater. Bush hated that culture and that's why he went to Texas, but he never escaped his ancestors or it. Obama has spent his entire adult life pushing his way into elite culture and at the Presidency. Clinton and Truman are the only Presidents who can make a legitimate claim to being "down to Earth characters" since The War. I'd accept if you said Eisenhower, but he existed in a completely different circle.

The "common man" thing is an act. Obama enjoys being there because he enjoys basketball, just like Bush and baseball. When Obama or Bush have to work in a mail room and put up with all the mail regarding Pepe Silvia, and has to talk to Carol in HR, they'll be "common men." Not when they sit courtside or in the owners box, something the rest of us will never do.

him showing up at a NBA game drinking a beer is something that people wanted to see.

Yeah, the people in the absurd cult of personality.

I know about Herb Kohl attending the Bucks game. My uncle in Milwaukee told me about that time after time.

That wasn't the point. The point was that Obama is not special, he is not great because he attended a Wizards game along with their six remaining fans. The point was that he is the same as all the other politicans and celebrities. They use their power and prestiege to attend sporting events in order to further their power and prestiege. Obama being praised for this (not here, I do visit other forums) or it being considered interesting is sickening. The hatred for Bush/Clinton and the ignoring of them attending sporting events, that was a better America. (We should only care about politicans at sporting events when they're idiots like John Kerry and we're lulzing at them. Bush throwing pitches perfectly in flak jackets = boring, Kerry failing epicly = funny.) (The original Kerry page seems to be gone, that's the best google result I could find, the original website was far better. Another example of his strange desire to play football on the tarmac: http://people.wm.edu/~bmjord/kerryfootball.htm See also: his going hunting randomly, visiting Wendy's, etc.)

Anyway. We have to question the intelligence of anyone who openly chooses to attend a Wizards game, especially against the Bulls.

And the American people continue to love this idea of "Obama's one of us". See [[Jimmy Carter failed presidency]]

Hey, there was that killer rabbit.

I like the cut of your jib though.

[Clueminati017]

I almost forgot this thread was up...

Benji...

Why are we arguing over politics due to the Obama statement and the thread I made? I feel like this is starting to become FOX News meets Rush Limbaugh.

[benji]

I have no idea what you're talking about.