White House: Obama needed 12 stitches after being hit in lip during basketball game

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White House: Obama needed 12 stitches after being hit in lip during basketball game

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[Kadie]

1. Ouch! (pics of him leaving basketball game)

US President Barack Obama (R) walks to his car with Secret Service Agents after a game of basketball with firends and aides on November 26, 2010 at Fort McNair in Washington, DC.


U.S. President Barack Obama walks back to his car after playing basketball at Fort McNair in Washington, November 26, 2010


President Barack Obama walks back to his vehicle after playing a private game of basketball at Fort McNair in Washington, Friday, Nov. 26, 2010.




Feel better soon Mr. President.

[Nite Owl]

3. That Secret Service guy

looks pissed! His face says "No more basketball for you!"

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[Billy Burnett]

2. Not a pretzel blackout? n/t

[Pirate Smile]

12. Now that was a classic. Just imagine instead of a basketball injury, explaining it as being alone

in a room, attacked by a pretzel with visible injuries to the face.

The "pretzel" and the "shot his 'friend' in the face" episodes are iconic Bush/Cheney moments. :)

[saracat]

4. I hope he gets better for Cristmas! That is awful. I'll bet whomever did this feels terrible!

Can you imagine being the person who accidently did this? Wow.

[KeepItReal]

5. Yeah, but imagine him telling his grandkids about it

"So I was like taking it to the hole and the President tries to check me..."

[Obamanaut]

6. I predict 30 more OPs on this in the next hour. nt

[Arkana]

7. That's gonna leave a mark.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

8. If it had been Bush we would be invading Burundi.

[Kennah]

9. If it had been Bush Jr ...

... the injury would have been self inflicted when the basketball smacked him in the chin.

If it had been Bush Sr, he woulda addressed the nation, "Read my lips. No more basketball."

If it had been Reagan, he woulda addressed the Soviets urging, "... tear down these basketball hoops."

If it had been Ford, he woulda tripped over the ball.

[Sanity Claws]

11. 12 stitches?

That's a lot. The most I've had at one time is 2. It must have been quite a gash.

[Posteritatis]

15. Mix of 'quite a gash' and finer stitches, apparently. (nt)

[pgodbold]

13. Oh Christ. It will be top story all week long from the media airheads. I'm glad I got rid of my TV.

[GSLevel9]

14. better than falling off a segway, right? nt