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Title: Rome is burning and this fool is making NCAA picks
Post by: ericire12 on March 18, 2009, 04:28:37 PM
Obama fills out his NCAA Tournament brackets

Video:
http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/video?id=3992869







Exit Question: What if Bush did this?
Title: Re: Rome is burning and this fool is making NCAA picks
Post by: Hazcat on March 18, 2009, 04:33:37 PM
UN -FRIGGIN- BELIEVABLE!

and of course not only does he get a 'pass' from the MSM they will praise him for this foolishness!

GET TO WORK YOU LAZY BASTARD!
Title: Re: Rome is burning and this fool is making NCAA picks
Post by: TAB on March 18, 2009, 04:48:32 PM
Why is this even news?
Title: Re: Rome is burning and this fool is making NCAA picks
Post by: WatchManUSA on March 18, 2009, 04:52:25 PM
I heard that the ESPN telecast is sponsored by AIG.

I guess Obama got all his hard work done.
Title: Re: Rome is burning and this fool is making NCAA picks
Post by: Matthew Carberry on March 18, 2009, 05:55:09 PM
Really?

THIS raises outrage?

 ::)

What, exactly and in detail, should the President of the United States within his Constitutionally delimited powers be doing with the, call it an hour (assuming he doesn't actually have a favorite team already), this took?

He is participating in a positive activity shared by millions of the people of this country.  It's the kind of populist thing all Presidents have and will do,

For goodness sake in 99% of the other threads people are bemoaning the fact he is doing too much (all of it bad of course), so when he actually takes a few minutes to do something harmless we're going to jump on him for that?

Take off the old hate blinders and come back to reason.
Title: Re: Rome is burning and this fool is making NCAA picks
Post by: Hazcat on March 18, 2009, 06:02:34 PM
And his on going fund raising and his Leno appearance and .........  The asshat needs to STOP campaigning.
Title: Re: Rome is burning and this fool is making NCAA picks
Post by: tombogan03884 on March 18, 2009, 07:27:57 PM
And his on going fund raising and his Leno appearance and .........  The asshat needs to STOP campaigning.

But Haz, 2012 is only 4 years away.

But I have to agree with CareBear on this one, If he has to do something it's MUCH better if it's meaningless. (Except for the poor team that he curses by picking them )
Title: Re: Rome is burning and this fool is making NCAA picks
Post by: ericire12 on March 18, 2009, 08:08:48 PM
Duke coach says Obama should spend more time worrying about the economy:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/03/18/coack-k-disses-obamas-basketball-picks/

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"Somebody said that we're not in President Obama's Final Four, and as much as I respect what he's doing, really, the economy is something that he should focus on, probably more than the brackets," Krzyzewski told a reporter from the Associated Press on Wednesday.
Title: Re: Rome is burning and this fool is making NCAA picks
Post by: tombogan03884 on March 18, 2009, 09:10:05 PM
Duke coach says Obama should spend more time worrying about the economy:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/03/18/coack-k-disses-obamas-basketball-picks/


He should ignore the economy ! He hasn't had any bright ideas in 2 weeks and the market has had continuous gains
Title: Re: Rome is burning and this fool is making NCAA picks
Post by: Rastus on March 18, 2009, 09:12:03 PM
He should ignore the economy ! He hasn't had any bright ideas in 2 weeks and the market has had continuous gains

Great idea Tom...I think he should ignore it from Tehran.
Title: Re: Rome is burning and this fool is making NCAA picks
Post by: TAB on March 18, 2009, 09:12:40 PM
nothing but time is going to fix the econ...but we already knew that.
Title: Re: Rome is burning and this fool is making NCAA picks
Post by: Rastus on March 18, 2009, 09:21:57 PM
nothing but time is going to fix the econ...but we already knew that.

Yes....but I still like my idea of Hussein fixing it from Tehran.
Title: Re: Rome is burning and this fool is making NCAA picks
Post by: tombogan03884 on March 18, 2009, 09:27:16 PM
Yes....but I still like my idea of Hussein fixing it from Tehran.

Hows that ?   ;D
Title: Re: Rome is burning and this fool is making NCAA picks
Post by: Rastus on March 18, 2009, 09:32:00 PM
Hows that ?   ;D

Continuous quality improvement is a trait of a high performance team.  How about this:

Yes....but I still like my idea of Hussein fixing it from Tehran while in Tehran.
Title: Re: Rome is burning and this fool is making NCAA picks
Post by: 1911 Junkie on March 18, 2009, 09:36:45 PM
Is there any way to extend the NCAA tournament for 3 3/4 more years. Maybe he will be so fixated on
it he won't have time to F**k up anything else.

BTW, does it matter who he picks, his white half will prevent him from winning any of the brackets anyway.
Title: Re: Rome is burning and this fool is making NCAA picks
Post by: MikeBjerum on March 18, 2009, 11:01:24 PM
Don't you see that he is just one of us ... A down to earth real American.  Of course that bracket board probably cost fifty grand to produce, and we'll waste another hundred grand tracking it.  I'm not against anyone playing a pool, but this it ain't news, and by making it news distracts from the professional level that we elected him to perform at.
Title: Re: Rome is burning and this fool is making NCAA picks
Post by: ericire12 on March 19, 2009, 09:14:25 AM
What, exactly and in detail, should the President of the United States within his Constitutionally delimited powers be doing with the, call it an hour (assuming he doesn't actually have a favorite team already), this took?

I dont know much of anything about running a country, but I do know that Obama did this for style points and to look cool - Thats NOT something he should be spending time on right now.

I would say that at the very least he could be reviewing the resumes of the candidates that will soon be replacing Geitner..... or perhaps taking a little extra time to further vet any future appointees for other various positions to make sure they have paid their taxes!

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Exit Question: What if Bush did this?

To answer my own question..... if you will remember, MSNBC(D) thoroughly drug Bush through the mud for pardoning the thanksgiving turkey this past year - A Presidential tradition that dates back for Lord knows how long...... he also took a pounding anytime we went on vacation to Camp David.
Title: Update: Rome is burning and this fool is making NCAA picks
Post by: ericire12 on March 19, 2009, 10:22:54 AM
UPDATE: Obama NCAA Bracket Suggests Bias Toward Schools from Swing States

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/03/obama-ncaa-bracket-shows-bias-toward.html
Title: Re: Rome is burning and this fool is making NCAA picks
Post by: tombogan03884 on March 19, 2009, 10:25:47 AM
UPDATE: Obama NCAA Bracket Suggests Bias Toward Schools from Swing States

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/03/obama-ncaa-bracket-shows-bias-toward.html

Obama trying to make points is a surprise how ?