[Fumblerooskies]

Geesh. The poor guy can't have a drink at a basketball game without catching heat from it. Now he fills out a bracket and Coach K is giving him grief. The last I heard, Obama is still a citizen and why not enjoy some aspects of life to keep some sort of normalcy. Give the guy a break, regardless of what is thought about his politics.

Barack Obama picked North Carolina to defeat Louisville for the NCAA championship, a relatively safe selection for a trailblazing president.

Obama spent part of Tuesday making his tournament picks for ESPN, which posted his completed bracket online Wednesday and showed the First Fan filling it out with Andy Katz on the noon edition of "Sportscenter."

Of course, the president's choice drew a reaction from the Tar Heels' most intense rival.

"Somebody said that we're not in President Obama's Final Four, and as much as I respect what he's doing, really, the economy is something that he should focus on, probably more than the brackets," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said from the Blue Devils' first-round site in Greensboro, N.C.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03 ... caa-picks/

[Hold My Own]

Well, now wouldnt be the time I'd fill out a bracket on national TV...sure do it in your office...but just not on TV...to many americians are losing money every day to see their leader doing that....either that or go into the office earlier, you know...like the last president did...haha

[Rocketfan]

lets be honest very few people are on Obamas back.....there too busy humping his leg trying to get noticed....

[TylerBakersGonnaBGreat]

lets be honest very few people are on Obamas back.....there too busy humping his leg trying to get noticed....

I know Im too busy out committing crimes trying to get him to give me a job!

[thepostman]

Well, now wouldnt be the time I'd fill out a bracket on national TV...sure do it in your office...but just not on TV...to many americians are losing money every day to see their leader doing that....either that or go into the office earlier, you know...like the last president did...haha

are you serious or joking?? because seriously presidents do this kind of thing all of the time...all the conservative media outlets are jumping all over this crap...I think obama is doing a pretty crappy job...but I could care less if he is filling out a bracket on tv or going to a game and having a beer...these conservative outlets crack me up, because they are getting upset over the dumbest things...focus on the crap policy he is putting into action...this other crap is just childish

[Hold My Own]

Well, now wouldnt be the time I'd fill out a bracket on national TV...sure do it in your office...but just not on TV...to many americians are losing money every day to see their leader doing that....either that or go into the office earlier, you know...like the last president did...haha

are you serious or joking?? because seriously presidents do this kind of thing all of the time...all the conservative media outlets are jumping all over this crap...I think obama is doing a pretty crappy job...but I could care less if he is filling out a bracket on tv or going to a game and having a beer...these conservative outlets crack me up, because they are getting upset over the dumbest things...focus on the crap policy he is putting into action...this other crap is just childish

It's no different then you being laid off then turning on your tv and seeing your CEO hamming it up golfing and having a beer...its just not good PR

[ALUmnus]

Well, now wouldnt be the time I'd fill out a bracket on national TV...sure do it in your office...but just not on TV...to many americians are losing money every day to see their leader doing that....either that or go into the office earlier, you know...like the last president did...haha

are you serious or joking?? because seriously presidents do this kind of thing all of the time...all the conservative media outlets are jumping all over this crap...I think obama is doing a pretty crappy job...but I could care less if he is filling out a bracket on tv or going to a game and having a beer...these conservative outlets crack me up, because they are getting upset over the dumbest things...focus on the crap policy he is putting into action...this other crap is just childish

If you were really familiar with all the conservative media outlets then you would know that this is a VERY minor issue and one just to bring a little humor into all the serious policy issues that are being discussed. You just like being the contrarian to the conservative "bias" you see in some places.

[Fumblerooskies]

It's no different then you being laid off then turning on your tv and seeing your CEO hamming it up golfing and having a beer...its just not good PR

I disagree and think it is BRILLIANT PR. It shows that he is no different than the rest of us this time of year and puts him "in touch" with "we the people."

[thepostman]

It's no different then you being laid off then turning on your tv and seeing your CEO hamming it up golfing and having a beer...its just not good PR

I disagree and think it is BRILLIANT PR. It shows that he is no different than the rest of us this time of year and puts him "in touch" with "we the people."

see that is what i thought when i saw it...I can't stand the guy, but he does a great job making people think he is just like everybody else...he even smokes!

this is why I don't think people should even talk about this crap, i think it shines a more positive light on obama...I don't think the comparison to a big company is a good comparison

[flamesfilmguy]

It's no different then you being laid off then turning on your tv and seeing your CEO hamming it up golfing and having a beer...its just not good PR

I disagree and think it is BRILLIANT PR. It shows that he is no different than the rest of us this time of year and puts him "in touch" with "we the people."

It show's he's not focused on doing his job. the job he isn't doing a very good job at IMO.

[Hold My Own]

It's no different then you being laid off then turning on your tv and seeing your CEO hamming it up golfing and having a beer...its just not good PR

I disagree and think it is BRILLIANT PR. It shows that he is no different than the rest of us this time of year and puts him "in touch" with "we the people."

I dont want a President that's the same as me! I want someone that makes me think wow, this guys on another level, no wonder he's the President


But I know with Obama that's just wishful thinking

[blwall1416]

Wow.......what's next?....Obama takes too long in the can?.....drinks milk from the carton?....sleeps more than 8 hours at night???

Everyone knows he loves basketball, as evidenced by him playing pick-up ball with the Heels during his campaign. He's a basketball fan, that filled out a bracket. There is no story here. Big freakin' deal.

[Fumblerooskies]

I dont want a President that's the same as me! I want someone that makes me think wow, this guys on another level, no wonder he's the President


But I know with Obama that's just wishful thinking

He IS no different than us...just at a different pay grade!

[SuperJon]

It show's he's not focused on doing his job. the job he isn't doing a very good job at IMO.

You can't be serious. There's no way you actually thought through that statement.

So, as president, he has to be doing "presidential" things from the second he wakes up to the time he goes to bed. I guess he can't spend some time with his kids.

His job is to put people in place to do the "every day" things. They're the ones going about and doing the things he wants to get done. He doesn't have to do every tiny little thing.

The people complaining that he should be working instead of doing things like this obviously don't know what goes into being the president.

[Hold My Own]

Maybe thats the problem...I know when I get into something over my head I think I can buy my way out of it and hire someone who can fix it....and he's spent trillions of dollars...he is like me! Just at another level!


I guess the term being "presidential" just doesnt apply anymore or it does but it means "just like you, even just as smart"

[Fumblerooskies]

Maybe thats the problem...I know when I get into something over my head I think I can buy my way out of it and hire someone who can fix it....and he's spent trillions of dollars...he is like me! Just at another level!

PRECISELY my point.

[SuperJon]

Maybe thats the problem...I know when I get into something over my head I think I can buy my way out of it and hire someone who can fix it....and he's spent trillions of dollars...he is like me! Just at another level!


I guess the term being "presidential" just doesnt apply anymore or it does but it means "just like you, even just as smart"

If JFK lived in the ESPN era, you can bet he would've been on tv posting his bracket.

[RagingTireFire]

So, as president, he has to be doing "presidential" things from the second he wakes up to the time he goes to bed. I guess he can't spend some time with his kids.

Except he wasn't spending time with his kids, he was spending time at a photo op. I guarantee that filling out his bracket took a lot more time out of his day than mine did.

[Hold My Own]

Maybe thats the problem...I know when I get into something over my head I think I can buy my way out of it and hire someone who can fix it....and he's spent trillions of dollars...he is like me! Just at another level!


I guess the term being "presidential" just doesnt apply anymore or it does but it means "just like you, even just as smart"

If JFK lived in the ESPN era, you can bet he would've been on tv posting his bracket.

without a doubt...and on the cover of Vogue with Marlyn

[SuperJon]

So, as president, he has to be doing "presidential" things from the second he wakes up to the time he goes to bed. I guess he can't spend some time with his kids.

Except he wasn't spending time with his kids, he was spending time at a photo op. I guarantee that filling out his bracket took a lot more time out of his day than mine did.

So should Bush have not taken time to read to those kids in Florida on 9/11 and instead be in Washington being presidential? What would it have changed? I know that's a leap, but it's what people are equating it to to an extent.

[Ed Dantes]

It's no different then you being laid off then turning on your tv and seeing your CEO hamming it up golfing and having a beer...its just not good PR

I disagree and think it is BRILLIANT PR. It shows that he is no different than the rest of us this time of year and puts him "in touch" with "we the people."

I don't want a President in touch with the people. I want him to solve problems. If I wanted to watch someone yuk it up with Leno, I'll tune in when Brangelina are on.

[Fumblerooskies]

JFK always used his kids as props...esp when Jackie was away...as she always tried to shield them from the public eye.

[Hold My Own]

So, as president, he has to be doing "presidential" things from the second he wakes up to the time he goes to bed. I guess he can't spend some time with his kids.

Except he wasn't spending time with his kids, he was spending time at a photo op. I guarantee that filling out his bracket took a lot more time out of his day than mine did.

So should Bush have not taken time to read to those kids in Florida on 9/11 and instead be in Washington being presidential? What would it have changed? I know that's a leap, but it's what people are equating it to to an extent.

Wasnt he already there when he heard about it? Im pretty sure he was...

[SuperJon]

That's what I'm saying. Even if he was in Washington being presidential, it still would've happened.

The way our government is set up is that the president can't do anything on his own. He can put forth what he wants to do as policies and what laws he wants to do, but it takes people to get it done.

[RagingTireFire]

Politics isn't about reality, it's about perception. If it were about reality, Congressmen wouldn't have the balls to complain about AIG wasting money.

The Obama administration has been in a self-described "crisis mode" since they took office and if Bush had been reading to those kids on 9/12 I'd be saying the same thing about him. Whether or not Obama takes time out to fill a bracket is irrelevant. What's relevant is the fact that he took time out from the crisis to do it in public.