Video: Thanksgiving PSA of the day
posted at 4:10 pm on November 20, 2009 by Allahpundit
I had hoped that, like the noble White House turkey, we too would be given a reprieve this Thanksgiving. Alas, there’s no escaping the Hopenchange, my friends. I’m surprised the NFL didn’t offer to let him guest-referee one of the games, frankly. That would have kept him on TV for three full hours and cast him in the sort of “above the fray” role he seems to enjoy so much in international relations.
Not shown: An illegal horse-collar tackle made by Glenn Beck after the whistle.
Update: From lorien1973 in the comments: “It’s a metaphor right? Brees is … throwing the ball (a paycheck, a job, whatever) to the kid running in the background. Instead Obama intercepts it and gives it to another kid who didn’t even try to catch the ball.”
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The NFL really does want to lose fans, doesn’t it?
kingsjester on November 20, 2009 at 4:13 PM
Throwing the bulls*t flag on this one…
d1carter on November 20, 2009 at 4:14 PM
C’mon, AP, there’s a time limit on how long a game can last.
LastRick on November 20, 2009 at 4:14 PM
It’s a metaphor right?
Brees is the throwing the ball (a paycheck, a job, whatever) to the kid running in the background. Instead Obama intercepts it and gives it to another kid who didn’t even try to catch the ball.
lorien1973 on November 20, 2009 at 4:14 PM
Won’t watch. Please tell me no Cowboys participated.
txag92 on November 20, 2009 at 4:14 PM
One of those rare occasions that I’m glad YouTube is blocked at work.
Doughboy on November 20, 2009 at 4:14 PM
The “NFL Rush” website. What marketing genius made that one up?
Drained Brain on November 20, 2009 at 4:15 PM
The NFL is dead to me.
bbz123 on November 20, 2009 at 4:16 PM
Epic catch, did you see that? WoW I suddenly trust him a little more.
Mord on November 20, 2009 at 4:17 PM
The guys a dorkus.
Even in super slo-mo,
He looks like a jerk.
Haiku Guy on November 20, 2009 at 4:18 PM
If they had he’d take 4 months to make a call.
Meric1837 on November 20, 2009 at 4:18 PM
Yuck.
watson007 on November 20, 2009 at 4:18 PM
This.
BadgerHawk on November 20, 2009 at 4:18 PM
The dude is good!
WashJeff on November 20, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Call me a racist, but I didn’t see a lot of white faces among the kids on the Whitehouse lawn.
johnsteele on November 20, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Say it isn’t so Drew….say it isn’t so.
Lay-Z on November 20, 2009 at 4:20 PM
They lost me when they started their own network and required us to pay extra for their already watered down product.
thomasaur on November 20, 2009 at 4:20 PM
He got an extra $1 Billion for New Orleans by doing the commercial.
WashJeff on November 20, 2009 at 4:21 PM
I tried watching last week’s game online. They let you watch about 2 mintues each quarter. The rest of the time you’re watching guys sitting at a table watching the game.
It made me want to purchase the NFL network even less.
BadgerHawk on November 20, 2009 at 4:22 PM
So true!! I laughed when I saw Obama’s face coming out of the woodwork…then I thought, I thought it was about the kids getting exercise, not Obama
deidre on November 20, 2009 at 4:22 PM
thomasaur on November 20, 2009 at 4:20 PM
I don’t watch much pro football at all. I’ll watch college football and basketball, though. The NFL is making a mistake by taking a political side.
kingsjester on November 20, 2009 at 4:23 PM
I just threw up in my mouth a little.
Somebody better be working on a parody where Barry drops the ball.
ElectricPhase on November 20, 2009 at 4:23 PM
The O is not only stealing our kids future, now he is stealing their footballs!
mwdiver on November 20, 2009 at 4:23 PM
Well, this is a little better than his Tai Kwan Do punch yesterday, but not much.
John the Libertarian on November 20, 2009 at 4:23 PM
Should be QOTD.
And txag92, I’m very sorry, Demarcus Ware is involved.
AdrianG on November 20, 2009 at 4:23 PM
I thought this someone copy and pasted the One into this commercial when he popped in out of nowhere.
I mean a bunch of kids are playing and having fun, and then he comes out of nowhere and doesn’t let them catch a ball from Drew Brees? That’s cold Mr. President.
El_Terrible on November 20, 2009 at 4:24 PM
I wish we could throw the challenge flag on Obama.
EnochCain on November 20, 2009 at 4:24 PM
Our President throws like a girl.
BadgerHawk on November 20, 2009 at 4:25 PM
Major HEH!!!
BigWyo on November 20, 2009 at 4:25 PM
United we serve?
Are you F#(@ing serious?
daesleeper on November 20, 2009 at 4:27 PM
Palin objects to that remark.
WashJeff on November 20, 2009 at 4:27 PM
Obama couldn’t be a REF.
It would either be the shortest game in NFL history since Obama wouldn’t/couldn’t make a call…
Or the longest game evah because with every penalty called we’d be bombarded with endless soliloquys.
catmman on November 20, 2009 at 4:27 PM
*gag*
NickelAndDime on November 20, 2009 at 4:28 PM
LOL! That’s what I thought! As soon as I saw Obama I thought, ‘Wait… is he intercepting the ball from the little girl?!? What a loser.’
j_galt on November 20, 2009 at 4:29 PM
But clearly Rush Limbaugh is too political for the NFL.
Enoxo on November 20, 2009 at 4:29 PM
Another reason to root against the Saints.
SouthernGent on November 20, 2009 at 4:29 PM
While the president makes cutsie commercials, the troops in Afghanistan still need re-enforcements.
Priorities…
catmman on November 20, 2009 at 4:29 PM
Don’t tell me Obama celebrates Thanksgiving. Doesn’t he know that we used and abused the poor Native Americans?
misterpeasea on November 20, 2009 at 4:30 PM
beyond pathetic
D2Boston on November 20, 2009 at 4:31 PM
Not only thread winner, but week winner. We can all go home now.
Enoxo on November 20, 2009 at 4:31 PM
“Give the gift of Service”? “Volunteer”? Did BO not check that language with his masters at the SEIU?
Girlie throw for sure.
ROCnPhilly on November 20, 2009 at 4:32 PM
Do you think Cris Matthews will comment on that the way he did at Sarah’s book signings?
fourdeucer on November 20, 2009 at 4:32 PM
The creatives on this ad will surely get an NEA grant or two after this. Slo-mo, romantic music, Leni Reifenstahl would be proud!
PattyJ on November 20, 2009 at 4:33 PM
LOL. I had to watch it again. Check out the kid at the 45 sec mark. He has his hand out saying, ‘Hey Mr. President toss me the ball, but Obama just runs on by.’ Poor kid.
j_galt on November 20, 2009 at 4:33 PM
I watched this really really hoping I wouldn’t see a Bronco in that video and I didn’t. Then I watched it a second time and noticed the pullover O has on……ARGHHHHHH.
proudteadrinker on November 20, 2009 at 4:33 PM
Hahaha – what a tool. What an insignificant, nutless, shallow, insecure jacka$$ Obama is.
He just has to be the one making the star catch. Look, look at me, making this super-awesome slo-motion catch.
Me, me, me.
Spoiled brat in chief.
reaganaut on November 20, 2009 at 4:34 PM
When ESPN kicked out Rush I started to wonder.
When Keith Olberman is part of the NBC Sunday Night Pregame show the fog was beginning to lift.
When Goodell publicly aired the bogus quotes about Rush and prohibited from owning a portion of an NFL team, I was convinced.
Now this. The NFL is in the tank for the Dems and Obama.
Christian Conservative on November 20, 2009 at 4:34 PM
Drew’s interceptions have been dragging me down for weeks.
exception on November 20, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Sure that isn’t the bears?
deidre on November 20, 2009 at 4:36 PM
“Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed, freely tossing a football.” — Michelle Obama
SirGawain on November 20, 2009 at 4:37 PM
What a shock.
He catches like a girl too.
Slow mo doesn’t even help.
notagool on November 20, 2009 at 4:37 PM
Seriously, what the hell Barry? Let the kids play, or are they just there to see how awesome you are? More props for your ego, you worthless pile of dung?
Oh, how much I would give to be a strong safety covering the middle right then and there…
reaganaut on November 20, 2009 at 4:37 PM
Nah. He intercepts. Runs it back, stiff-arming little kids as he barrels toward the endzone. Does some in-your-face trash-talking and throws the ball over the fence onto Pennsylvania Avenue. Conducts 2 hours of post-play interviews. Wins Heisman Trophy.
ROCnPhilly on November 20, 2009 at 4:37 PM
Suck it kids! I got the ball!
Caper29 on November 20, 2009 at 4:38 PM
You’re right it sure could be. I am gonna go with that, I’m in a better mood already thanks!!!!
proudteadrinker on November 20, 2009 at 4:39 PM
racist
Joe Caps on November 20, 2009 at 4:40 PM
It’s all about the O.
Joe Caps on November 20, 2009 at 4:41 PM
You have got to be shi11ing me!
crash72 on November 20, 2009 at 4:42 PM
Don’t worry about catching the ball yourself, kid. The government is here for that.
Joe Caps on November 20, 2009 at 4:43 PM
Stop the tape (as Rush would say) at 1:10 – isn’t that the event that was so very important that the White House canceled the tour of a bunch of kindergartners (there had been a mixup in the times and the Obots insisted that The One had to “help” pack some boxes for a photo op w/the Steelers)?
And…United We Serve? Didn’t the NFL’s big charity used to be the United WAY?
Why are so many people so servile toward this clown???
Lurking Vet on November 20, 2009 at 4:45 PM
He is wearing his Mom Jeans again
utebell on November 20, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Thank you :-)
And yes, it is all about the “O”
johnsteele on November 20, 2009 at 4:47 PM
When I first skimmed the headline my first thought was oh great here we ago again..I figured it would be a story something along the lines of “Men do not need to have their PSA test until they are old turkeys” or something along those lines. After the mammogram and pap smear announcements this week I wouldn’t have been one bit surprised.
proudteadrinker on November 20, 2009 at 4:48 PM
That’s a Heisman.
batterup on November 20, 2009 at 4:49 PM
We pay people to volunteer now. Did you miss the memo? SEIU will be asking the “volunteers” to join the union, before long.
mwdiver on November 20, 2009 at 4:52 PM
Don’t forget that one of Obama’s disciples is now head of the players union. You want change? How about a strike to redistribute the wealth.
JavelinaBomb on November 20, 2009 at 4:53 PM
I couldn’ stop laughing at this video; my wife is shooting me weird looks. He’s still wearing the mom jeans ROFLMAO.
alohapundit on November 20, 2009 at 4:53 PM
Every time I think I’m done puking over things this guy does… it’s like he waterboards me with a bottle of tequila.
RightWinged on November 20, 2009 at 4:55 PM
Goodell’s hands are tied. New contract negotiations coming up next year and the dude who heads up the Players’s association is an Obama transition team member who is already making noises about bringing in some WH power. Workers of the world, unite!
a capella on November 20, 2009 at 4:57 PM
Come on NFL, Obama running a route in super slo-mo? Really? That was ridiculous.
CP on November 20, 2009 at 4:57 PM
They skipped the end, where he shares his cigarettes with some of the kids.
RBMN on November 20, 2009 at 4:58 PM
Hey! I think I saw a white kid at the 50 sec mark!
j_galt on November 20, 2009 at 4:58 PM
MKH has a better version
Here
Yakko77 on November 20, 2009 at 4:58 PM
I would have paid money to see Polomalu come full speed and knock him out like Terry Tate the office linebacker.
“You know you can’t bring that weak a$$ stuf up in this humpy bumpy! You kill the joe you make some mo’!”
alohapundit on November 20, 2009 at 5:00 PM
I don’t think that’s really Obama in the video.
ihasurnominashun on November 20, 2009 at 5:03 PM
So, the President of the United States is the Ultimate…. Receiver?
I thought he was supposed to be the quarterback.
DarthBrooks on November 20, 2009 at 5:08 PM
Obama: You Guys Make a Pretty Good Photo-Op
This is the video they’re showing.I’m positive. You must be mistaken.
I just made it and I’m sure it accurately portray’s our president.
No Niks on November 20, 2009 at 5:08 PM
I don’t watch TV, and still the overexposure is starting to grate. Can there not be a day without this fool’s vacant Alfred E Newman face in it?
mr.blacksheep on November 20, 2009 at 5:10 PM
I wonder how many takes it took for O to catch the ball? “CUT! Uh…Mr. President we’re just gonna have to insert the ball in post production.”
tims472 on November 20, 2009 at 5:13 PM
Why do Democrats never get any outrage over their political use of kids? I hear Republicans get criticized for it whenever they have a child in one of their ads.
JohnJ on November 20, 2009 at 5:15 PM
RT @batterup
JohnJ on November 20, 2009 at 5:15 PM
60 minutes of play every day mandated by the US government. Quit playing and spend some time in jail (or in another commercial with the O).
tims472 on November 20, 2009 at 5:17 PM
Check out the little four year old girl throwing the football at 59 seconds, then check out the highly cropped part with Obama “throwing” the football.
Lol!
Which one throws like a girl?
Funny how comments are disabled for that vid, huh?
OxyCon on November 20, 2009 at 5:24 PM
Hilarious.
lorien1973 on November 20, 2009 at 5:25 PM
Kiss of Death for Brees and the Saints. Watch them lose the rest of their games.
Oh well, they can blame it on O’bama, right?
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Anti-Harkonnen Freedom Fighter on November 20, 2009 at 5:37 PM
“Let me be clear: I am just two seconds away from fundamentally catching that ball! And the only reason I’m here today, able to catch that ball, is because a black man from Kenya and a white woman from Kansas were willing to march across a bridge in Selma, Alabama. So they got together and Barack Obama Jr. was born. And as I run across this lawn today, I promise to catch that ball, and when I do, the rise of the oceans will begin to slow, and our planet will begin to heal. And let me be clear: It doesn’t matter that the pass was intended for little Bobby, because this is MY White House, and MY backyard, and MY ball, and if Bobby doesn’t like it, then too bad, because it’s all about ME! ME, ME, ME! And let me be clear…”
Dopenstrange on November 20, 2009 at 5:38 PM
I could’ve sworn this was from the Onion.
The Onion, The NFL, about the same these days.
NebCon on November 20, 2009 at 5:41 PM
As he dithers on the lawn, doing what he really does best – smiling for the camera – our soldiers die.
Hail to the Commercial in Chief
sara in va on November 20, 2009 at 5:42 PM
No, but he will be on the sidelines to provide laying on of hands to injured players.
The Ugly American on November 20, 2009 at 6:20 PM
Dang he won the heisman already and now he’s in the NFL?
I knew I voted for him alot but just like the HealthScare Bill I didn’t know it was over!http://promo.espn.go.com/espn/contests/theheismanvote/2009/
What kind of NFL award can we vote on to get Pinnochio an undeserved trophy?
Did he get the Olympics yet?
dhunter on November 20, 2009 at 6:23 PM
What, no mommy pants?
yoda on November 20, 2009 at 6:27 PM
Where’s Terry Tate when we need him?
The Ugly American on November 20, 2009 at 6:28 PM
*facepalm* I’ve never been so disgusted to see the fleur de lis.
I guess it makes sense though, the “saint” passing the ball to the “savior”, it’s like heaven on earth!
Ingenue on November 20, 2009 at 6:37 PM
“…Help our kids become more active…(unless they encroach on union territory)…”
erakis on November 20, 2009 at 6:46 PM
At least he’s hanging out with his (emotional age) peers….
cs89 on November 20, 2009 at 6:46 PM
Through mutual friends in New Orleans, I know for a fact that Brees is a diehard conservative. He was definitely holding his nose and doing what he had to do for the kids and also probably because the NFL made him.
Unlike the Looter-in-Chief, Brees has visited our troops for their benefit in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait, and Guantanamo Bay (where he had this to say about the treatment of the terrorist scumbags there). He also threatened his mother with a lawsuit to get her to stop using his image in her Democrat campaign for judge back in Texas.
Don’t worry about Drew Brees; he’s on our team.
DrZin on November 20, 2009 at 6:47 PM
I went from neutral on the Saints to rooting against them when 3 years after Katrina every nationaly televised game they played was so special because they were able to carry on after Katrina.
cobrakai99 on November 20, 2009 at 6:57 PM
Nothing but more of Obama’s racist crap.
We really need this from our President!
Cybergeezer on November 20, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Jive ass turkey!
Cybergeezer on November 20, 2009 at 7:01 PM
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