Obama goes courtside day after being elbowed in game

[kpete]

Source: The Hill

Obama goes courtside day after being elbowed in game
By Elise Viebeck - 11/27/10 04:24 PM ET

Less than 24 hours after a basketball injury required 12 stitches in his lower lip, President Obama was back courtside to see a game between Howard University and Oregon State.

Obama and his family attended the game at Howard on Saturday afternoon, according to White House pool reports.

The president's brother-in-law, Craig Robinson, is the coach of Oregon State's men's basketball team.

The pooler said that Obama did not appear to be wearing a lip bandage or hurting in any kind of way.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/130799-obama-family-attend-college-basketball-game

[Drale]

1. Man he's got more basketball spirit

than some of the NBA players. An injury like that might take a NBA player out for 2 or 3 games.

[wakemewhenitsover]

2. K&R brings it to 0...

Why would someone unrec this?
(?????????????????????????????)

[SkyDaddy7]

3. There are people here on DU who hate Obama and...

Any press release that does not attack Obama in some way that they use to express their hatred.

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[Tx4obama]

6. That's not really a good reason to unrec something.

Rec'ing a story is if you think others would enjoy reading it.
To unrec a 'good' story just doesn't makes sense.
There's always the option of not doing either,
which would be the same as saying: Okay the story was okay, neither great nor bad.

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[Tx4obama]

10. It's not a contest.

Rec'ing isn't only for the 'best top ten stories'.
When a post is rec'd it just means that it is worthwhile to read,
someone reads it and says to himself/herself this was interesting to read
so I'll click the recommendation button so others will know I liked the article.
And even the unrec'd stories don't go away, as soon as someone posts a comment it goes back to the top of the again ;)

Btw, Welcome to DU.

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[kiva]

13. OK, you persuaded me...K & U

[enlightenment]

15. It really has become the equivalent of a

beauty pageant. Probably a side-effect of those 'text to vote' reality shows or something.

It is somewhat amusing to watch people try to justify a post that is the equivalent of a teenybopper squealing over the latest teen idol . . . but not amusing enough.

[lunatica]

8. Substantial? Relative to what?

How long have you been reading DU?

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[Tx4obama]

12. The artilce was important if only to let us know how the Prez is feelling today

after his injury yesterday.
Not all posts on DU deal with policy.

[kpete]

17. thanks Tx4Obama

I thought it was important to post for that reason,
he is ok, he is good out in public, no biggy, moving on...
no recs or unrecs necessary.

I just wanted DU to know.
peace, kp

[Tx4obama]

5. Because that is what happens a lot of the time.

When I post 'positive' Obama articles they get unrec'd most of the time too :(

[canetoad]

14. Here's a K & R for ya Tx4obama

He got right back on that horse and rode it.

[orion007]

16. The first thing I thought of was that hopefully he'd still be able to indulge

in all their Thanksgiving Dinner leftovers with his mouth stitched!

[Doremus]

18. Good grief, the comments at that link are about the most obnoxious and illiterate as any I've read.

Wish I hadn't read them. :(

It's rather hard to pretend that we as a nation will improve our lot when I read the likes of such outrageous ignorance.

No point in denying it I guess. Damn, but we're screwed. :scared:

[Alameda]

19. Did you see the ugly comments at the site where the article is?

I'm astounded people can be so stupid and mean.

[tavalon]

20. Ouch

I'm sorry that happened to him but I'm sure it won't keep him out of the game long and I'm sure it was a very good plastic surgeon who did the stitching. I wish him a speedy recovery.