Yesterday…Bowling Gate!
Baracky bowled a 37. MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough called ‘prissy’. The Left calls tizzy. Someone said Baracky should stick to hoops. Harold Ford said he would make some sort of ‘pass’ on Baracky.
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McCain 55%
Obama 37%
Others 8%

I have to admit that my gaydar was going haywire when I saw this video. Ain’t nothing wrong with a little sugar in the tank!

It’s just an opportunity to look dumb.

Let’s say Obama grabbed a skateboard at X Games this Summer and does a kick flip. He’ll pretty much get the coveted skateboarding vote with one move.

What if it was a hunting trip and he comes back with an entire flock of geese?

I wouldn’t underestimate these tiny moments on the campaign trail. Basically what you’re looking for is what you think people will expect of you and then try to do one or many better than that. It’s enough of a psychological accomplishment as you can hope for.

If the President throws a perfect strike on opening day, how many more times do the networks show the clip?

From what I’ve read, he is lefthanded. Also, he apparently left after picking up a spare (his only one, I think?) Maybe leaving on a high note?

gabriel sutherland on April 1, 2008 at 3:24 PM

37! How did I miss that?!

- The Cat

And then, to top it off, he leaves the game unfinished! Was it that he became a poor sport, left his ball and went home? Or is that his best approximation of being ‘present’ at the bowling alley without establishing an official record? Actually, leaving things unfinished is how he wants to ‘frame’ his foreign policy, so upon reflection, I’m not too surprised.

By the way, is he really left-handed, is the picture backwards, or is he just dumb enough to bowl with his off hand?

Anyone else having a good “Clerks” laugh right now? Oh, bowling a 37? Shoot, that’s almost as bad as the Clerks reference. Ok, not quite as bad.

Obama said he hasn’t bowled since the Carter years. Yikes. Is that how the Obama timeline works?

A 37 out of 300 is quite poor. In 10 frames that less than 4 pins per frame and less than two pins per bowl. 37 of 300 is 12.3% of the pins. In politics, you only need 18% of the eligible vote to win. So Obama’s not even close to tasting political victory if he’s so far behind in the bowling game.

On the video, Harold Ford doesn’t look too happy about being forced to talk about bowling. He’s trying to take a serious route and Joe’s just smiling over at him needling him with bowling chatter.

Stevie Wonder could bowl a 37.

According to reports by MSNBC’s First Read and Salon.com, Obama played seven frames and left with a score of 37. Additionally, on Morning Joe, Obama campaign spokesman David Axelrod noted that Obama did not play all 10 frames. Nevertheless, on the March 31 edition of MSNBC Live, Tamron Hall claimed: “Mr. Obama scored a 37 when he hit the lanes this weekend. And yes, he bowled all 10 frames. That’s impossible.”

I don’t consider one graph to be going into “great detail.” Furthermore, as pedantic as it may seem, I find the fact important.

Obama sucks at bowling. My four-year-old can see that. But that doesn’t give MSNBC license to lie. I don’t like it when they do it to my candidates detriment or benefit. They need to be able to report the facts.

Scarborough gets good guests because he’s in the old Imus slot. But he’s pretty flaccid as a host.

Better than Obama’s average

Scarborough referred to Obama’s bowling as his “prissy side”, which sent the Left into a tizzy.

Acknowledgement is the first step to recovery.

And that just give Larry Sinclair the opening,,,,,,,

This is a silly little story that gets some chuckles — Obama bowling a 37. But what makes it truly hilarious is Media Matters’ making a major issue out of Joe Scarborough commenting that this didn’t show off Obama’s “human……

How is he at baseball? I understand W sent out a pretty good opening pitch recently. Isn’t that part of the President’s official duty? Anything that keeps him away from giving speeches in front of cubicles… (recent photo op of W. in Freehold, NJ)

I mean, I suck at bowling, but come on!

From NBC’s Andrea Mitchell
In an April Fool’s Day newser, Clinton opened her media avail today by challenging Obama to a “bowl-off” in Pennsylvania.

She says its time for Obama to get out of the gutter. [Har, har.]

Now she’s taking real questions about how to handle the energy crisis, etc. We’ll have more on that ASAP…

*** UPDATE *** NBC/NJ’s Athena Jones has more: Clinton approached the podium and said this had been a hard fought race and that something had to be done. And then she joked that the Obama campaign needed to “get out of the gutter.”

“We don’t have a moment to spare, because it’s already April Fool’s Day,” she said, before going on to take other questions.

Actually is was Ted and Al. Ted had all these empty gin bottles laying around. And Al, fresh off one of his latest inventions, “the ball”, saw what could be the only logical thing to do with this combination. Roll the ball and knock down the bottles. And thus bowling, and drinking while bowling was born….

Those people either have no sense of humor or are way too easily offended. Or both.

Like I said… Metro…