Video: Even All-Star Game not safe from gratuitous Obama photo ops
posted at 9:06 pm on July 14, 2009 by Allahpundit
I’m so bored of watching him that I almost clicked over to the Food Network in disgust. But then I figured he’d probably be on there too, making casseroles with Rachael Ray or whatever, so I stayed put.
Dude, seriously: What’s with the mom jeans? Click the image to watch.
Update: Hi-rez mom jeans!
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Again, as I said earlier, “W” was part owner of the Texas Rangers before he became Governor of Texas,so he is a real baseball fan, and actually knows how to throw out a first pitch. He did it because he loved the sport, not for the ego boost Obama does it for.
Susanboo on July 15, 2009 at 12:06 AM
You noticed that, too? That guy was hilarious. It looked like he was thinking: “I’m going to kill my boss for giving me this gig. Look away! Look away!”
Then when Barry reached over to shake his hand, it looked like he was thinking: “Shake your hand? Yeah. Yeah. Whatever, dude. Hope you bounce it”
Fed45 on July 15, 2009 at 12:06 AM
D’OH!!!!
Fed45 on July 15, 2009 at 12:07 AM
I didn’t know Bo Jackson was back in the league???
Fighton03 on July 15, 2009 at 12:09 AM
Medvedev was driving the golf cart???
Fighton03 on July 15, 2009 at 12:10 AM
“W” or Laura would not be seen in the bedroom in those jeans, much less in public. Maybe they belong to Obama’s mother-in-law.
Susanboo on July 15, 2009 at 12:10 AM
Relax, I wouldn’t piss on the best part of Green Weenie Land.
I’ve visited many times. My sister has lived in Denver for 30 years. I was probably bombing down a slope at Key Stone when you were in the 8th grade and your dad decided to move from Texas or California to take that sweet janitorial job at the bus station.
BigWyo on July 15, 2009 at 12:10 AM
If he had worn man jeans, we would have all seen exactly where he’s lacking. Cripes I’m surprised they weren’t pressed.
landshark on July 15, 2009 at 12:11 AM
nope….we just call’em like we see’em.
Fighton03 on July 15, 2009 at 12:12 AM
still left from Billy Jeff then?
Fighton03 on July 15, 2009 at 12:13 AM
A president throwing out the first pitch?
HOW OUTRAGEOUS
W NEVER EVER DID THAT
Dave Rywall on July 14, 2009 at 11:47 PM
Again, as I said earlier, “W” was part owner of the Texas Rangers before he became Governor of Texas,so he is a real baseball fan, and actually knows how to throw out a first pitch. He did it because he loved the sport, not for the ego boost Obama does it for.
Susanboo on July 15, 2009 at 12:06 AM
——
Why don’t you be more petty.
There’s no denying that Obama’s pitch was crap.
So was W’s at a Nationals game:: 8 feet high and outside.
But really, who gives a sh1t. Oh, right. You do.
Dave Rywall on July 15, 2009 at 12:15 AM
Is it normal for the announcer just to say “the President of the United States” and not mention his name afterward?
Shy Guy on July 15, 2009 at 12:18 AM
Shut yer pie hole you douchebag.
Toronto has a good team this year…but I’m sure the Canadian Mediocrity will rub off and they will suck ass in the end.
Say…I got a question. When was the last time a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup???
BigWyo on July 15, 2009 at 12:19 AM
Honestly, I don’t know. I just like picking on the twerp. He’s such an easy target.
Fighton03 on July 15, 2009 at 12:21 AM
You are the one being petty. I am not criticizing Obama’s pitching, only his motives, which are to be on television, radio or in the public eye 24/7 if possible. The guy is an ego-maniac narcissist, and I for one am sick of him. On that note, I am retiring, as it is late here. Have a good one.
Susanboo on July 15, 2009 at 12:23 AM
Not as much as you do, obviously.
Jim Treacher on July 15, 2009 at 12:24 AM
BigBrokeback, my old man is a retired sub officer, and I’ve lived all over the US and the rest of the world as a result. Can’t think of a better place to live than Colorado. You’re a dishonorable tool.
dakine on July 15, 2009 at 12:24 AM
If by desperation you mean me slapping my knee and laughing out loud, then yeah, I’m one desperate hombre.
Don’t you like for The Jug-Eared One to be ridiculed? Awww.
hillbillyjim on July 15, 2009 at 12:27 AM
Reminded me of those shots of John ‘effin’ Kerry in full campaign mode trying to catch a football for the cameras. There are some guys who just ought to stick to figure skating.
a capella on July 15, 2009 at 12:29 AM
FIFY
Fighton03 on July 15, 2009 at 12:29 AM
True. Just like his job performance
Don’t you get it? It’s friggin’ embarrassing to see the POTUS, a young POTUS at that, unable to make a throw an 11 year old Little-Leaguer can easily make. I can tolerate high and outside. But to not even make it to the plate???? good god! Particularly the cocky way this guy comports himself. Bragging about having mad basketball skills and all. It was an utter pleasure to see him embarrass himself.
Fed45 on July 15, 2009 at 12:29 AM
well…I guess in the big game we know Obambi is catcher and not a pitcher…..
Fighton03 on July 15, 2009 at 12:30 AM
What a coincidence. I was on submarines too. Boomers. 1985-1991. Webster and the Grant. What your dad did has nothing to do with how you want to run your mouth on the internet. Stand a watch and then call me a ‘dishonorable tool’.
BigWyo on July 15, 2009 at 12:33 AM
Apparently someone at Fox also does or they would have shown the classic pitcher-catcher TV shot when he made the throw. Talk about covering his ass.
a capella on July 15, 2009 at 12:34 AM
What is it with all you people? All the homophobic and girly references…..
Most of you guys couldn’t slap your way out of the McDonald’s bag on your dashboards let alone have the balls to pitch in front of national TV.
He’s more of man than you will ever be.
Blueneck on July 15, 2009 at 12:35 AM
You sound upset.
Jim Treacher on July 15, 2009 at 12:36 AM
there’s something on your chin….
Fighton03 on July 15, 2009 at 12:36 AM
He throws a baseball like a little girl. Deal with it.
hillbillyjim on July 15, 2009 at 12:36 AM
He throws a baseball like a little girl. Deal with it.
hillbillyjim on July 15, 2009 at 12:36 AM
…and you throw it like your sister…errr…wife
Blueneck on July 15, 2009 at 12:39 AM
Now Jim, that just wasn’t fair. Benny’s only a kid.
Hawkins1701 on July 15, 2009 at 12:40 AM
Don Rickles you’re not.
Hockey puck.
hillbillyjim on July 15, 2009 at 12:42 AM
he’s just po’d ’cause his mom liked what you did.
Fighton03 on July 15, 2009 at 12:43 AM
To think, for years we were the wimps for taking issue with the whole “assassinate Bush” thing the lefties were into.
(Oh, and the whole “movies depicting it happening” thing, as well as the constant drumbeat of “W is a moron.”)
But give a little ribbing of Barry’s “fastball,” and now we’re out of line.
Mother did tell me a thing or two about how some people couldn’t take what they dish out.
Hawkins1701 on July 15, 2009 at 12:44 AM
I wouldn’t know. Do you have first “hand” knowledge of this?
Fed45 on July 15, 2009 at 12:45 AM
Sounds more like MO’s complaint
Fighton03 on July 15, 2009 at 12:46 AM
BigDickhead, back atcha tool, backatcha. Been there BTW.
dakine on July 15, 2009 at 12:46 AM
Obama (to crowd): “Were you saying ‘boo,’ or ‘boo-bama’?”
Moleman: “I was saying boo-bama.”
Sharke on July 15, 2009 at 12:48 AM
Not to mention all of the “nucular” jokes and Chimpy McBushitler rants nonstop for 8 years. Now they’re getting their panties in a wad because we simply point out that The Jug-Eared One throws like a little girl. Ah, the schadenfreude.
hillbillyjim on July 15, 2009 at 12:49 AM
Which actually raises a good question: who is “Smithers” to Obama? Is it Gibbs?
Sharke on July 15, 2009 at 12:52 AM
I wouldn’t know. Do you have first “hand” knowledge of this?
Fed45 on July 15, 2009 at 12:45 AM
Jesus, this is what I mean..does everything you a**s say have to have a 10-year-olds homo reference?
Did any of you actually graduate from a high school that didn’t burn down?
Blueneck on July 15, 2009 at 12:54 AM
Only for you.
hillbillyjim on July 15, 2009 at 12:57 AM
Sorry Blue, I know you consider his type, “men” ,considering most of your ilk have never met your fathers, but I would even dunk on this jug-eared nerd.
ClassicCon on July 15, 2009 at 12:57 AM
just conversing at the level of the topic.
Fighton03 on July 15, 2009 at 12:58 AM
hillbillyjim on July 15, 2009 at 1:00 AM
Barry sure brought the heat…and the day after his beloved TOTUS passed, to boot!
Christien on July 15, 2009 at 1:01 AM
blueneck must be a spitter…
Fighton03 on July 15, 2009 at 1:02 AM
Careful; I sense a tantrum coming on. Then mommy will make bluehoohoo turn off his lights.
hillbillyjim on July 15, 2009 at 1:08 AM
Why are you taking it so personally?
Jim Treacher on July 15, 2009 at 1:08 AM
blueneck must be a spitter…
Fighton03 on July 15, 2009 at 1:02 AM
OK OK UNCLE! Just stop…..I did think it might be harder to prove my point but….you guys are real sports!
Go back to your 1980′s Juggs magazines…do whatever it is you do!
Blueneck on July 15, 2009 at 1:14 AM
Al Bundy is a god. A god, I say.
hillbillyjim on July 15, 2009 at 1:15 AM
East coast All-Star Game, fine. A real man, however, doesn’t have the country pay for him and his entourage to fly out to St. Louis to grandstand in goofy pants just because his popularity is dropping and his programs are tanking.
Imperial weenie, indeed.
BuckeyeSam on July 15, 2009 at 1:19 AM
Dude…you’re psychic!!!!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!
Fighton03 on July 15, 2009 at 1:19 AM
Oh God….I don’t knowww….I MUST be gay!
Blueneck on July 15, 2009 at 1:27 AM
Dude, you’re the one that said Barry is more of a man than any of us are. Just curious what evidence you have to make such a statement.
Fed45 on July 15, 2009 at 1:28 AM
Mother of confession. Blueneck keep your debased passions to yourself. You are making crapitulus sound sophisticated.
Did Ogabe get the pitch all the way to home plate?
daesleeper on July 15, 2009 at 1:32 AM
It’s a figure of speech. Sort of like saying Harry Truman is more of a man than W, or Sarah Palin is more of a man than Newt…get it now?
Blueneck on July 15, 2009 at 1:36 AM
Oh Geeze Louise…look at the time! You fellas have been a hoot but now it’s time for my beauty sleep cause I’m sure there is a Palin thread coming up in the morning…
Don’t let the bed bugs bite!
Blueneck on July 15, 2009 at 1:43 AM
Even Yahoo has it titled: Obama’s Mysterious Pitch
That’s cold. And Yahoo loves the treasonous moron.
progressoverpeace on July 15, 2009 at 1:49 AM
LOL…..the O-bots have scoured that already!
“Obama reps Chicago’s South Side, delivers first All-Star pitch”
and the pitch was “low”….kinda like “JUUUUUUUST a bit ouside!”
LOL….their bucket is leaking now though.
Fighton03 on July 15, 2009 at 1:54 AM
Bush was perfect after 9/11, at Yankee Stadium to boot. From the mound, full wind up, with complete body armor. Obama had a toss that would make a softballer player wince.
Obama showed his stripes fullest when he tried to back the Philly’s and Tampa Bay in the world series, when a man can’t even be truthful about such things how can we trust him with important issues.
Rbastid on July 15, 2009 at 1:55 AM
I downloaded the Yahoo video (just in case it disappears). They showed the pitch in replay from the centerfield view. Pujols had to run out in front of the plate to catch it. Someone should take that and paste a vid of Shrillary running out to the mound with her dreaded ‘RESET’/'OVERCHARGED’/whatever button. THis administration is a million laughs, when they aren’t busy destroying the American way of life.
progressoverpeace on July 15, 2009 at 2:00 AM
well…it seems to have been “disappeared”, think there’ll be a congressional investigation into it? I also noticed that Pujols didn’t ask for an autograph on the ball.
Fighton03 on July 15, 2009 at 2:08 AM
found a secondary link to the center field view.
Fighton03 on July 15, 2009 at 2:10 AM
Good that you found one. My link above still seems to go to the right page. The title, “Obama’s Mysterious Pitch” evidently was only the title on the Yahoo home page news blurb, not the actual story. Maybe they had a rogue/drunk headline writer tonight, or something?
The centerfield view paints a really ugly picture, indeed. I’m surprised there weren’t laughs from the crowd.
progressoverpeace on July 15, 2009 at 2:17 AM
yep…found it on the main page of all things. A rovian operative must have hacked their page!
Fighton03 on July 15, 2009 at 2:20 AM
Holy cow.
That center field camera angle shows the “pitch” in all its majesty.
Snort!
It’s even more hilarious than the other view. Embarrassingly bad.
hillbillyjim on July 15, 2009 at 2:48 AM
If you say so.
Jim Treacher on July 15, 2009 at 2:57 AM
It’s a testament to the spinelessness of his fawning acolytes that not one of them had the stones to take The Jug-Eared One aside and advise him how pathetic he looks trying to throw a baseball. He should have stuck to the sky-box, or better yet, stayed in DC and continued his assault on prosperity or whatever the hell it is that he calls his shitty agenda.
More and more people are starting to see The Jug-Eared One in a more realistic light every day, and are realizing that he is inadequate to the job, and worse, hell-bent on an agenda that is bad for America and bad for all Americans.
Keep it up, O Jug-Eared One, for as someone famously said, America’s chickens are coming home to roost, and your particular chickens will be roosting soonest if you keep trying to throw good money after bad and the economy is still in the doldrums in the fall of 2010. The public is slowly but steadily becoming more educated to the fraud that is Cap and Trade, and insulting our intelligence by trying to call it a Jobs bill when it is a job-destroying nightmare of a bill will only hasten your downfall.
Calling everything a crisis and then having the incompetent Congress rush through legislation without even reading it much less debating the finer points is only effective up to the point where the citizens realize how “underserved” we are by our elected officials. Incompetence bordering on treason is not too strong a description for the manner in which this administration and this Congress have approached governance thus far.
The IG firings and the overabundance of so-called czars who skirt the checks and balances of our Constitutional Republic are very instructive for those of us who are paying attention, and should awaken everyone to the imperial mindset of this farce of a government. This cannot continue indefinitely as people become more aware of the malfeasance of this administration, and even the fawning media are starting to lose their blind devotion.
Even Obamabots have to admit the utter futility of repeating the “saved or created jobs” meme. Another case of insulting our intelligence with meaningless drivel that does nothing but call attention to the failure of Porkulus, and the administrations repeated attempts to move the goalposts on the subject only highlight that failure further for anyone with half a brain.
Keep up the good work.
Batter up!
hillbillyjim on July 15, 2009 at 3:46 AM
s/b administration‘s
hillbillyjim on July 15, 2009 at 3:50 AM
Did he throw the ball to left field?
la.rt.wngr on July 15, 2009 at 3:56 AM
Being a Democratic President, wouldn’t it be more appropriate for Obama to open the Gay Olympics,not a MBL game.
Jeff from WI on July 15, 2009 at 4:07 AM
Where’s the pitch?
WHERE’S THE PITCH?!!!
W always threw it right down the center. Always made an effort. So, again I ask…
Where’s the pitch?!
Tuning Spork on July 15, 2009 at 4:08 AM
Your mom is more of a man than you’ll ever be.
Mallard T. Drake on July 15, 2009 at 4:34 AM
Update:
hillbillyjim on July 15, 2009 at 4:53 AM
This will just about answer this debate…LOL:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/06/09/2008-06-09_barack_obama_gets_poor_fashion_marks_aft.html
Jeff from WI on July 15, 2009 at 5:51 AM
I turned the channel when Joe Buck and Tim McCarver began tonguewashing the Zero. The last place I want to see the idiot prince’s face is on a sports broadcast. I watch baseball to get away from politics. It really ruined the game for me.
VelvetElvis on July 15, 2009 at 7:33 AM
I stopped watching the game when Buck and McCarver got on there knees. From the player meetings, the first pitch, the once again life story of this arrogant a/o.
There was no baseball for me………thanks FOX!
try again later on July 15, 2009 at 7:36 AM
For one so ‘fit’ he sure is awkward. I think a nice pair of Michelle clown shoes would accessorize with his jeans nicely.
I wonder what rag store the bama’s shop at.
tarpon on July 15, 2009 at 7:39 AM
O.K., BuckeyeSam, your comment’s the winner on this round o’ whatevertheheckitwas. Having tried to read just the last page of comments, I now see why it was a good thing HotAir accidentally had the commenting feature turned off.
But, the wait was worth it to read that one from BuckeyeSam.
Second place goes to this one:
Adding my two cents, I think Obama DOES throw like the Girly-Man I now am completely sure he is. His limp-wristed whatevertheheckitwas, abuse of the ball by Girly Barack Man (in keeping with the Wise Latina Woman theme) was both sad and awful in no particular order.
I viewed another video playback of Girly Barack Man’s toss and saw that the catcher was over/infrontof Home plate and did a once-in-several-Seasons leap inorder to catch the wayward, wandering, limply tossed ball.
I think this explains Barack’s Pony Dance up and down the ramps in and off planes.
Lourdes on July 15, 2009 at 7:44 AM
The video was titled “Obama gets booed.” However, I didn’t hear any boos.
Kafir on July 15, 2009 at 7:52 AM
what’s next?…..a throw a pitch Czars!
try again later on July 15, 2009 at 8:01 AM
http://www.ohio.com/news/50172282.html
mankai on July 15, 2009 at 8:03 AM
Um…I wanted to hear the booo’s. Were there boos? Tell me there were. I did hear cheering, though. I’m crushed.
Mommypundit on July 15, 2009 at 8:18 AM
While I wasn’t exactly listening for it, the first thing I noticed was the low rumble of cheering and the clear enthusiastic booing.
Compare and contrast to G.W. Bush public appearances.
It’s heartening to hear Americans boo an a**hole.
regal on July 15, 2009 at 8:23 AM
Was it just me, or did I hear A LOT of booing when he was intro’d and walked onto the field???? I think it was booing. So glad to see that The One is NOT roundly supported!!
Tom66 on July 15, 2009 at 8:39 AM
I am surprised the his teleprompter wasn’t on the mound with him!
grapeknutz on July 15, 2009 at 8:40 AM
Yes, that’s the way the president is announced in public and to the Congress. “Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States”.
Big John on July 15, 2009 at 8:41 AM
You guys are F’d up……Ochimpy was only taking it easy on Pujols. His Greatness didn’t want to be accused of taking up the wrong calling by going into politics instead of baseball.
Meanwhile, Pelosi and Reid launch an investigation into the distance between the mound and home plate. Their first suspects are the guy driving the cart and every fan that booed His Eminence.
csdeven on July 15, 2009 at 8:45 AM
I asked that question this morning. But my lovely wife demonstrated one again why she is so brilliant. She responded – no body cares. And while you might think contrary, I had to conclude she was correct.
Because, you see, I would not mind having a jug eared black president who throws like a 10 year old girl and 2 feet short, IF HE WAS NOT AN IGNORANT SOCIALIST!!
gonnjos on July 15, 2009 at 8:47 AM
I dunno, because that doesn’t explain Obama’s limp wrist.
Lourdes on July 15, 2009 at 8:48 AM
Wish he would wear NewBalance shoes, the better ones are made in the USA.
James on July 15, 2009 at 8:59 AM
I want to know why that was the angle chosen. It was a very odd angle from field level that may have been appropriate as he walked out onto the field, but astoundingly inadequate to cover the throw. The cameras that were set up to cover the game were fixed in place and should have been ready to go. The camera in center field should have been able to give us the traditional shot from behind the pitcher usually used to cover pitches whereby balls and strikes are evident. Not only did the director not switch to the better camera angle, but the cameraman on the field jostled the camera so that the pitch could not be seen as it reached the plate. What does this tell us? Two people were in on the “fix” designed to make sure the President didn’t look bad — the director and the cameraman. Were they acting on their own motivation, trying to make their beloved Obama not look like the Urkel that his is? Or were they acting upon orders of the President or his minions, knowing that he is Urkel and wanting to cover it up for propaganda purposes? Either scenario is mildly disturbing and symptomatic of the larger problem of having a megalomanic narcissist in the office of the American Presidency, a position in a republic that requires a degree of humility.
tommylotto on July 15, 2009 at 9:06 AM
One thing I noticed about that pitch.
Obama throws like a girl.
MarkTheGreat on July 15, 2009 at 9:06 AM
Were this situation reversed, the Justice Dep’t would be all over this with investigations of civil rights violations, and the usual suspects would be on all of the news channels beating their breasts and gnashing their teeth, calling for heads on platters and stirring up unrest.
Ain’t it neat how the “post-partisan, post-racial president” has pulled us all together?
hillbillyjim on July 15, 2009 at 9:11 AM
Greta done betta. Maybe those were Mo’s jeans.
Kissmygrits on July 15, 2009 at 9:14 AM
ChickaBOOMer: Obama Pitches Like He Bowls
http://chickaboomer.blogspot.com/2009/07/obama-pitches-like-he-bowls.html
StewartIII on July 15, 2009 at 9:21 AM
I have seen people who voted for Obama taking the Obama bumper sticker off there car.This guy is on T.V.more than anyone in history and it,s wearing a little thin even for the fools who voted for him.Just look how many times he or his wife picture has been on Newsweek or Time Mag.The state run media has lost all sence of balance and they will be left on the trash pile of history.
thmcbb on July 15, 2009 at 9:25 AM
I was ok until he bit his bottom lip just before throwing the ball. What a girl. What a freakin’ girl.
SuperManGreenLantern on July 15, 2009 at 9:26 AM
Fox’s coverage of the entire game was atrocious. Beside the politics and Obama Butt Boys of Summer, the announcers talked about everything but the game.
Wade on July 15, 2009 at 9:59 AM
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