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November 26th, 2010
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President Obama injured
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Washington (CNN) – Apparently no good deed goes unpunished for President Barack Obama, who was trying to make sure he didn't get a flabby belly after Thanksgiving but wound up with a fat lower lip instead.
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said the president received a dozen stitches after getting hit with an errant elbow during a Friday morning basketball game with White House aide Reggie Love and others at the Fort McNair military base in Washington.
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  1. terry, vaMaybe he will keep his mouth shut for awhile.
    November 26, 2010 02:43 pm at 2:43 pm |
  2. T'sah from VirginiaAww, I hope it does not hurt Mr. President!! Get Well Soon!!
    Now I will wait for the HATERS who will come out CLAIMING that the President should not have any vacation at all – nor should he participate in any "recreational" activities!!!
    Let's continue to Move America FORWARD with our current leader, President Barack Obama – BIG lip and ALL!!!!
    November 26, 2010 02:46 pm at 2:46 pm |
  3. BruceThis is news why? We are on the brink of WWIII and they are talking about some dumb basketball game It's official, CNN has finally lost it's sense of importance in the journalistic world.
    November 26, 2010 02:50 pm at 2:50 pm |
  4. the manNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
    they hurt obama
    November 26, 2010 02:52 pm at 2:52 pm |
  5. OBXGuyJust wondering if the Secret Service were guarding the President, and what the penalty for fouling the POTUS is????? Actually happy to see that the president can find the time to play some Post Thanksgiving BBall.
    November 26, 2010 02:59 pm at 2:59 pm |
  6. Rick McDanielSports can be dangerous for everyone, including the President.
    November 26, 2010 02:59 pm at 2:59 pm |
  7. awaitingmoderationby CNNIf he had been working on getting jobs, instead of playing, perhaps it would not have happened. Did we elect him to play basketball and fly around in the jet at $181K per hour or fix the economy. Stop playing and get serious about your job like the rest of us have to be.
    November 26, 2010 03:04 pm at 3:04 pm |
  8. TonyThe IRS will be auditing the person who elbowed the president pretty soon. However, this person will probably get a job at FOX News and be a leading contender for the Republican presidential nomination.
    November 26, 2010 03:06 pm at 3:06 pm |
  9. Milton K. WiahThis man should stop playing this basketball at all. It is dangerous for a president. You might not know who is
    coming with a blow the next time.
    November 26, 2010 03:08 pm at 3:08 pm |
  10. Amy
    Great! A fat lip to match his fat head!!!!
    November 26, 2010 03:08 pm at 3:08 pm |
  11. MerleHe will be fine. He seems to walking alright. Get the stitches. ice it down. you will be okay.
    November 26, 2010 03:08 pm at 3:08 pm |
  12. KeithKnowsObama can handle it. He's been dealing with all the dirty play of the Republicans for 3 years now. What? You thought I was going to make an anti-Obama joke out of this? Nah, I can think clearly.
    November 26, 2010 03:12 pm at 3:12 pm |
  13. runner305Unbelievable: the President gets his lip hurt in a game of basketball, and all some low-lifes can say is stuff like "Maybe he will keep his mouth shut for awhile", or "This is news why?" ?! I'm glad there are still some people left in the world, like T'sah from Virginia, who have decent and positive things to say when something like this happens. Thank you, T'sah!!
    November 26, 2010 03:14 pm at 3:14 pm |
  14. fayse1This is for Bruce, What are you doing the day after Thanksgiving? Patting your fat belly while trying to think up some ignorant comment? Just in case you did not know, the President of the United States ceases to be a private citizen once he has been sworn in to office. The President then becomes an institution of the Federal Govefrnment. And the Presidency deserves respect. Perhaps no one cares about you but, there are still millions of Americans who stand with the President.
    November 26, 2010 03:15 pm at 3:15 pm |
  15. Mr EdMaybe he should get that tubo wife of his, and dumpling children out there playing too...
    November 26, 2010 03:20 pm at 3:20 pm |
  16. News HoundSomeone asked why this is news. It's news because it happened to the President and leader of the free world and because there are millions who like him, care about him and would want to know about this. It's called human interest news, Dummy.
    November 26, 2010 03:22 pm at 3:22 pm |
  17. Marie MD@awaitingmoderationby CNN – you are kidding, right? So the President can't have some down time like the rest of us. Do you work 24/7/365? I very much doubt it.
    Your idiot from midland, tx went on vacation at least once a week. Camp David, texas, anywhere but the WH because he couldn't handle the job.
    @bruce – yes, we might be on the brink of WWIII but I rather read about the President (sorry that he was hurt, of course) than the wasillabilly klan. If only the media gave coverage when he does something he promised or that the economy is improving, etc., then we would be all set.
    November 26, 2010 03:23 pm at 3:23 pm |
  18. Fed UpPoor baby! Maybe he should get a Purple Heart. The Prez gets a boo boo and this is national news. Has he spoken to anyone about North Korea yet? Our allies got blown up, but he gets a boo boo. That's too bad!
    November 26, 2010 03:25 pm at 3:25 pm |
  19. bcrunnerAny time you play sports, you run the chance of getting hurt. It happens! The president is not different. He's taking it like a man. And some of you mouthing off here, you have every right to do so... but you are just not very nice at all... Somehow it was OK for George Bush to be "clearing brush" on his property or taking spills on his bike, but this "black" president, how dare he play something that he enjoys!!
    November 26, 2010 03:26 pm at 3:26 pm |
  20. Marcusawaitingmoderationby CNN – I can't recall ANY of your post criticizing the vaccationing-in-chief that was Obama's predecessor when he decided to stop by at his ranch... What did you said about it back then again?
    November 26, 2010 03:35 pm at 3:35 pm |
  21. DangHe is human after all...
    November 26, 2010 03:36 pm at 3:36 pm |
  22. MargieHard at work creating jobs and turning the economy around.
    November 26, 2010 03:37 pm at 3:37 pm |
  23. BeefeaterSay, didn't Tiger suffer the same kind of deal last Thanksgiving? I ain't buying the official cover story. Check his voice mail.
    November 26, 2010 03:44 pm at 3:44 pm |
  24. ~~ July ~~ ( Palin is the new Paris Hilton )awaitingmoderationby CNN
    If he had been working on getting jobs, instead of playing, perhaps it would not have happened. Did we elect him to play basketball and fly around in the jet at $181K per hour or fix the economy. Stop playing and get serious about your job like the rest of us have to be.
    November 26, 2010 03:04 pm at 3:04 pm |
    ____________________________________________________
    yeah it feels good saying this to Pres. Obama right? ... after all those 8 yrs you kept everything to yourself when Pres. Bush went to clean his ranch in Crawford ... every time he went ... EVERY TIME HE WENT you must have been dying inside.
    November 26, 2010 03:50 pm at 3:50 pm |
  25. Odalice yolanda felizaccidents happen give him a break.
    November 26, 2010 03:50 pm at 3:50 pm |
  26. PeaceAccidents happen even in the war zone there is a friendly fire. It hurts even more to a person who cause it than the one injured!
    November 26, 2010 03:55 pm at 3:55 pm |
  27. Laura, BostonDid you all see the menu that the Obama's had? No wonder he needed to exercise. He probably ate all 4 of those pies and was moving too slow and got hit...come on Prez...practice what you preach.
    Most of America were fortunate to have a turkey...but a turkey and a ham plus all the fixings...
    November 26, 2010 03:57 pm at 3:57 pm |
  28. NVa NativeObama can take this and so much more and be back at work as soon as soon the stiches are in. Not like the wimpy neo-con and tea-baggers that are afraid of their own shadow.
    And at least it's about Obama, somebody who matters and not about the "bubble bimbo" from Wasilly.
    November 26, 2010 03:59 pm at 3:59 pm |
  29. SonnyBy percentage G.W. Bush took more vacation time than any other president in history.
    All presidents take vacation time – including Ronald Reagan. By the way at his 22 month period of presidency Reagan had a 44% approval rating and the unemployment rate was at 9.7%. Obama currently at his 22nd week has a 45% approval rating and the unemployment percent is at 9.6%.
    Just as with Obama people were saying Reagan was going to be a one term president. Like Reagan Obama is and has been working diligently on fixing the terribly broken economy he inherited (although Reagan did not inherit such a badly broken economy as Obama did – Obama's got it a lot harder). There have been many signs of things improving – the deficit has decreased by 8% in 2010, we paid the lowest taxes in 2009 that we've paid in 50 years, Obama has created 3.5 million jobs in less than 2 years (Bush only created 1.1 million jobs in his entire 8 years). Next we will see the unemployment percentage drop.
    I am one of the many millions who stands up for President Obama and I support him in any way I can.
    November 26, 2010 04:01 pm at 4:01 pm |
  30. once upon a horseI'm sure that those on the hateful right are going to have a field day with this one. You just watch.
    November 26, 2010 04:01 pm at 4:01 pm |
  31. clintAll the B.S. from the right wing nuts is hilarious. They think "real" men choke on pretzels, not hurt themselves actually participating in a sport.
    November 26, 2010 04:02 pm at 4:02 pm |
  32. TurnerSo what? GW fell off a Segway and he didn't have no sissy stitches cause he landed on his head.
    November 26, 2010 04:04 pm at 4:04 pm |
  33. Annpoor President got stitches and the first post on the Ticker is still about Sarah Palin. Not that I care about his fat lip...
    November 26, 2010 04:05 pm at 4:05 pm |
  34. HasmattGW got a really bad rash from riding his stick pony. It's in his book
    November 26, 2010 04:05 pm at 4:05 pm |
  35. MardickoBrink of WWIII ? Is this about Silly North Korea? China isn't going to defend North Korea folks. We should be more concerned with the Republicans cozying up to the Israelis and their plan of invading Iran. (with American lives on the ground of course...). First Iraq, next Afghanistan and now Iran. What is next? The entire middle east?
    November 26, 2010 04:08 pm at 4:08 pm |
  36. TrishLaura In Boston, if your President Bush had not lied us into war we all would be in much better shape financially. You right wing goofs can dish it out but can't take it or remember just WHO started us on the road to ruin.
    November 26, 2010 04:10 pm at 4:10 pm |
  37. awaitingmoderationby CNNrunner305@we learned this nastiness from democrat liberals. Take a look back at all of the uncalled for, nasty demeaning, degrading shots they took at Bush, Cheney and Palin. The idiot should be working on jobs, at least fulfill one promise except "share the wealth (steal your money."
    November 26, 2010 04:10 pm at 4:10 pm |
 

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