President Obama Attends Press Conference Without His Wedding Ring

[Tx4obama]

http://www.politico.com/click/stories/1009/potus_goes_ringless_at_presser.html

Excerpt:

Eagle-eyed reporters noticed that President Barack Obama wasn't sporting his wedding ring during Friday's White House press conference.

"big to-do over potus not wearing his wedding ring today," Tweeted The Hill's Sam Youngman, who was at the presser.

Obama's wedding band is "an intricate gold design from Indonesia, where he had lived as a boy," the New York Times reported in 2009.

SNIP

UPDATE: A White House spokesman tells POLITICO that Obama's ring is being repaired, though it's unclear what needed to be fixed.

[still_one]

1. I wouldn't expect anything less from politicrap /nt

[Spazito]

2. Perfect example of the "media" of today...

nuff said.

[HuckleB]

3. I have a fairly intricate wedding ring, too.

It needs to be "cleaned" by a jeweler every few years, or it begins to look a bit shabby.

Apparently, in this day and age, Obama should have started the conference by pointing it out, and offering up copies of the claim receipt for the jeweler.

:eyes:

[Radical Activist]

4. So this is what they worry about instead of reporting actual news.

Can't we just send them home to watch Days of Our Lives?

[Contrary1]

5. My husband hasn't worn his wedding band in 20+ years...

Yeah, I'm worried. :eyes:

[mcar]

17. I've barely worn my for the last 15 years

We moved to FL and my fingers swell in the heat. Don't think my SO is worried either.

[leftynyc]

26. Neither of my parents

have ever worn a wedding band. They celebrated their Golden last June - should I start worrying?

[Contrary1]

31. Golden is 50 years, right?

I have only been married for 38 years, so I cannot advise you on 50...but give me another 12 years, and I will respond to your post.

Catch you in 2022.

:hi:

[mediaman007]

39. Sad to say, but mine is somewhere on a golf course in White Bear Lake, MN.

[monmouth]

6. If it's intricate, perhaps it's being cleaned..Gawd, they're getting

on another one of my last nerves...

[Whoa_Nelly]

7. I will be concerned ONLY if he does not put his hand over his heart

while saying the Pledge of Allegiance AND wearing a hat at the same time AND not wearing his wedding ring.

Other than that, the MSM can go fuck themselves because this li'l ol' "no wedding band" crap is very boring. :sarcasm:

[Demit]

8. Look at the comments a place like Politico gets (I clicked thru so you don't have to):

I could only stomach the first 20 comments:


#For someone who so handily forgets the Constitution, his role, and the needs of the country, forgetting a ring is nothing.

#Probably left it on his prayer rug...

#Has anyone checked George Soros' ass?

#Barry is wearing his wedding ring in his nose.

#Which ring, the one for his finger or the one in his nose? Big Meshell leads him around like a dog on a leash.

#He also is not wearing his watch. First time in two and a half years of closely watching him that I've seen him without either.

#Obama's wedding band is "an intricate gold design from Indonesia, where he had lived as a boy,"
So he didnt buy Union or buy American? figures...

#He is probably getting it adapted to fit in his nose.

#Not to worry...I just found it in my grandson's.... back pocket.

#BFD! I mean who the heck cares, really?

#Be interesting to know what design was on the ring... The design might have sent a message that the president did not want to send so he is having the design removed or altered. Or it is possible that he has gotten it a little dirty with all the bull s- - - he is throwing around.... :}

#He's so shriveled up, the ring probably fell off his finger...into the urinal or somewhere. The first cow is probably starving him to death so she can take over the country!

#I just figured he wanted his favorite verse from the Quran put on it.

#Hmmm......Muslims are forbidden to wear gold rings upon their fingers. An an agnostic, wouldn't care either way if the ring was there or not.

#My precious, where is my precious.

#I guess competing with HuffPo sex stories is getting tough for you guys?

#0bama - the muSLUM-SCUMBAG that just keeps on giving!!

#Go to hell you lying jug-eared Kenyan sKKKumbag!!

#I am told that Obama hocked it for hard cash, and has turn over what he received to the US Treasury to pay down the debt he has created. What a noble act.


—that's Politico's audience.

[Spazito]

15. Given Politico is an updated version of Talon News, it's no surprise...

It was set up to be a right wing propaganda rag and is doing it's 'job' so it is only natural the rabid right wing scum gravitate to it.

[Tx4obama]

18. wow....

So, the comment that says: "Muslims are forbidden to wear gold rings upon their fingers... "
shows that Obama is NOT a Muslim since he wears a gold ring on his finger.
Wonder how politico let that comment slip in ;)

[KamaAina]

9. Maybe it eloped with his flag pin

:eyes:

[blondeatlast]

10. FTW!

:applause:

[SteveM]

11. Pull my finger! "Pff-r-r-r-Up! Pu-pu-pu-pffft" Politico has spoken. nt

[tammywammy]

12. So are they going to report that they're separating?

I mean that's what happened after Sarah Palin showed up without her ring a few times. :eyes:

This is all stupid, a marriage is more than a stupid ring.

[mediaman007]

16. Remember: America is nothing without its flag!

(sarcasm)

[tammywammy]

21. Well I make damn sure to wear my pin every day

Don't want no one thinking I'm some damn unpatriotic hippy. :sarcasm:

This is all silly.

[earth mom]

13. Hmm...has anyone ever seen Obama without his ring? nt

[blondeatlast]

20. I was keeping an Excel spreadsheet but I spilled Diet Coke on the hard drive.

Of course, you aren't serious.

[blondeatlast]

14. No doubt he's on the prowl, since no one knows he's married.

Do I really need that red thingy?

[m00nbeam]

19. good grief

Our media is officially irreparably damaged. Talk about focusing on the wrong damned things.

[MrScorpio]

22. I'll alert the media. nt

[AspenRose]

23. Sarah Palin and Joe Biden don't wear rings.

*yawn*

[Tx4obama]

36. Palin threw her wedding ring in an Alaskan lake after a fight w/ Todd. Google it. n/t

[LiberalFighter]

24. Probably had to clean the scum left from Republican spittle off of the ring.

[FLyellowdog]

25. He took if off when we were together and I guess he forgot to put it back on.

:rofl:

[CTyankee]

27. I take both rings off when it is very hot. I don't have significant swelling from the heat,

but both the rings and the wristwatch can bother me a bit...

[spanone]

28. wow, i'm so proud of our white house press corps they don't miss a thing

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[JustAnotherGen]

29. Does Politico even KNOW what it means to report actual NEWS?

:eyes:

[blondeatlast]

30. I clicked on the link and there wasn't a solid story to be found--

just pure speculation and rumor.

[MaeScott]

32. That means we're not dreaming, right? nt

[enid602]

33. wow

You mean he's not only a muslim but a cheating one at that?

[cleanhippie]

34. And THIS is what counts as news?

No wonder we are so fucked.

[Tx4obama]

35. Oh good lord... CNN has posted the ring story now LOL

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/10/where-did-president-obamas-ring-go/

[trof]

37. HOLY SHIT! This is BIGGGGGGGG!

:eyes:

[lunatica]

38. My ex took his ring off when he broke it and it got caught in heavy scenery

and almost tore his finger off. He was a stagehand.

[YvonneCa]

40. Is this high school? Unbelievable! n/t