The minute I heard Obama was going to pick a bracket, I knew some idiot right-wing wharrgarbler was going to spout this nonsense. It was a shock to me that the Rat King turned out to be that idiot.

ZOMG11!!!!

let's see... bush spent a third of his presidency "clearing brush" while america burned... and obama's in trouble for picking his bracket? STFU and GBTW!

oh, and duke sucks.

FlashHarry: ZOMG11!!!!

let's see... bush spent a third of his presidency "clearing brush" while america burned... and obama's in trouble for picking his bracket? STFU and GBTW!

oh, and duke sucks.

It was nice to be rid of all that brush at least though, What Obama is doing accomplishes nothing of value.

This is a clear call for impeachment.

God, I hope Binghamton cleans their clocks.

Mike Krzyzewski's the Duke coach? Is Sully one of his assistants? What about Boo?

/Duke sucks.

Hey, dickfor, shouldn't you be gameplanning instead of scoring some cheap AW publicity for yourself?

Coack Kock is just mad that Obama picked UNC to win it all and picked his sissies to lose to Pitt in the Elite 8.

Feck all the powerhouses. UNI-UNI-UNI er anyone?

- I've never been a good chant starter.

"We're here we're appear-ing kind of big and physically threatening but the point being we respect a woman's right to choose cause I mean hell I wouldn't want to keep my own baby thank god I'm probably shooting blanks as I haven't fathered anyone that I know of at least!", didn't go over too well either.

I can only hope that Pitt stomps them into dandruff sized dust. Even if Pitt chokes on the next rung, it would be enough.

Indeed. It must have taken him all of 10 minutes to fill out a bracket. That was valuable time wasted.

Heh. I picked Binghamton as well for an upset.

/STFU Duke!

Duck Fuke.

/GO HEELS!!!!!

Mordant: It was nice to be rid of all that brush at least though, What Obama is doing accomplishes nothing of value.

This is a clear call for impeachment.

1/10.... waaaay too obvious

PhilMP: Mike Krzyzewski's the Duke coach? Is Sully one of his assistants? What about Boo?

That was my first thought, too.

Yes, yes. Obama should be doing something useful, like clearing brush or abstaining from golf.

Everyone fills out a bracket. It takes 5 minutes, and can even be done while on the toilet.

/ZOMG! Why is Obama wasting time shiatting? He should be fixing the economy!

It's Barackatology 101. Suck it, K.

Go Deacs!

Hey coach Krygyzstani - maybe you should work on making your team not suck instead of picking on the president.

Binghamton has enough problems to deal with besides Duke.

/fark you, skookum

can obama do any wrong? (serious question)

Coach is butthurt that Obama doesn't like him, blames Obama for not fixing the economy.

Typical butthurt Coach.

Context? Was he a pissy little ratface about it or was he joking? Video?

Why didn't he just say STFU and GBTW?

Hey Mike, why don't you take your bajillions and go buy a vowel already.

I'm sure he's mad he wasn't picked by O to at least to the final 4, but K certainly has a point. Like one of the comments from the source said, the campaign is over. Yeah I know it doesn't take that long to fill out a bracket, but what about his Leno appearance this week? I know the prez is almost a figure head, but he should be leading the free world, not sitting back letting his Congress do whatever they want while he's still trying to win his popularity contest. Dude is starting to make a mockery of the office.

/wearing flame-retardant suit

Hey, since I'm getting into an Obama thread early for once, can I just plead for people to try their best to stay away from:

"Kool-aid"

and

"Change you can believe in..hurr hurr"

"Krzyzewski" It's pronounced how it's spelled

Asshole.

/FTT

Bush watched football while in office, right?

Being president is a full time job with long hours. But if Obama is putting in 100 hours a week already, I'd have no problem with him doing whatever he damn well wants the other 68 hours.

"Now watch this drive..."

Bush got away with playing golf for days at a time and spending more time on vacation than any other President. Obama didn't even play a game of basketball - just talked about it briefly - and the right is pulling this "fiddling while Rome burns" crap?

Douchebags...

Seriously, though. Just 'cause he's President and he has a lot of work to do doesn't mean he has to pretend college basketball doesn't exist, which is basically what anyone faulting him for this is demanding. This is stupid as hell.

And yeah, butthurt coach is just doing what butthurt coaches always do: take shiat waaaaaaay too personally. He thinks he's under a lot of pressure? Try being expected to fix the entire world's economy in your first three months on the job while almost half of Washington is actively trying to sabotage you because turning the economy around would make them look bad.

Okay, here's my opinion. Does it take a lot of time to pick a set of brackets? No. Does he deserve the time to be able to do it? Absolutely. However, when it is done as a photo-op, that's where the problem is. He does have a job to do, and he is doing it, but these pointless things (this, him at a basketball game, talking about getting rid of the BCS, etc.) are not what we need to see the president doing.

As a moderate I find it entertaining watching the far right go after everything he does (good or bad) and the far left only removing his dick from their mouths to either praise or defend him.

Obama's trying, and trying hard, but he's made some big gaffe's (not thoroughly vetting most of his appointments) and I honestly don't want to see him talk about his picks for the NCAA tourney. I want to hear him talk about why his policies should work.

dikkcor28: Yeah I know it doesn't take that long to fill out a bracket, but what about his Leno appearance this week?

The one that hasn't even occurred yet?

I went to Binghamton, so this is Bizzaro World to me.

If Bingo wins, I am going to die from laughter.

Pres. Obama has the political balls to come out as a White Sox fan,
AND let his Final Four picks be known? This doesn't bode well for Obama.

tweekster: dikkcor28: Yeah I know it doesn't take that long to fill out a bracket, but what about his Leno appearance this week?

The one that hasn't even occurred yet?

Just because it hasn't happened yet doesn't mean that it still isn't in the same week that we are currently in. Granted it may not happen, but he is scheduled to be on Leno. I think he's trying out for American Idol next year too.

Obama is wrong.

Duke is not going to make the Elite Eight.

drfunke: can obama do any wrong? (serious question)

We'll take criticism of Obama seriously when you get less ZOMG HES NOT WEARING A FLAG PIN and more actual thought into your criticism. We don't hear you when you talk about Socialism or destroying the military or caving in to our enemies, because its FULL OF CRAP and a BOLD FACED LIE. When you are ready to read and comprehend and talk with adults as an adult, then we can talk. Otherwise, go listen to Rush or watch Hannity and STFU and cry in the god damned corner.

Did you see Obama's picks!? There wasn't any seed lower than 5 in the Elite Eight!

The guy doesn't know anything about March Madness. I'm beginning to think the Kenyan rumors are true!

drfunke: can obama do any wrong? (serious question)

Unless you support him, in which case I withdraw my comments and feel like a moron (well MORE like a moron).

Then just pretend I am replying to GaryPDX

PC LOAD LETTER: drfunke: can obama do any wrong? (serious question)

We'll take criticism of Obama seriously when you get less ZOMG HES NOT WEARING A FLAG PIN and more actual thought into your criticism. We don't hear you when you talk about Socialism or destroying the military or caving in to our enemies, because its FULL OF CRAP and a BOLD FACED LIE. When you are ready to read and comprehend and talk with adults as an adult, then we can talk. Otherwise, go listen to Rush or watch Hannity and STFU and cry in the god damned corner.

So is that a no?

I thought the president gets a 9 month pass of being able to do whatever and it doesnt count?

I like how some farkface rat who spends his worklife swearing at a bunch of teenagers has the gall to piss and moan about someone's bracket when he hasn't been to a Final Four in five farking years. Idiot.

MBK: Did you see Obama's picks!? There wasn't any seed lower than 5 in the Elite Eight!

Sort of like every single "expert" on ESPN.

Set'im straight coach!

Seems like a good motivator to me.

"OK team, the president thinks we are going shiat bricks during this tournament, so how about we fark up the competition, win the championship, and we can go in the White House and say "SUCK IT, SOCIALIST ARAB!""

John Buck 41: Was he a pissy little ratface about it or was he joking?

How could you tell?

dikkcor28: So is that a no?

That's a "only when we say he's doing wrong". Yep, he's done wrong, but nothing really that I care about. Bush raised the "I farked up" bar high.

mjbok: Okay, here's my opinion. Does it take a lot of time to pick a set of brackets? No. Does he deserve the time to be able to do it? Absolutely. However, when it is done as a photo-op, that's where the problem is. He does have a job to do, and he is doing it, but these pointless things (this, him at a basketball game, talking about getting rid of the BCS, etc.) are not what we need to see the president doing.

As a moderate I find it entertaining watching the far right go after everything he does (good or bad) and the far left only removing his dick from their mouths to either praise or defend him.

Obama's trying, and trying hard, but he's made some big gaffe's (not thoroughly vetting most of his appointments) and I honestly don't want to see him talk about his picks for the NCAA tourney. I want to hear him talk about why his policies should work.

Amen!

It isn't that this is bad, or takes much time, per se. But yeah, he is dedicated half an hour here and an hour there. And since none of this is really off-the-cuff it means he has to plan and dedicate time to it. It means people around him have to.

It means at some point in a meeting someone said, "ok, enough about that, what are we planning for Leno?" and "so who has the material for ESPN bracket thing?"

This same man is saying we are possibly headed towards the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression and yet he can be on tv and hobknob.

Yes, Bush did it, that is the point, he got pounded for it and there wasn't a "crisis" the first few months. And after there was he got pounded twice as hard, as he should have.

PC LOAD LETTER: drfunke: can obama do any wrong? (serious question)

We'll take criticism of Obama seriously when you get less ZOMG HES NOT WEARING A FLAG PIN and more actual thought into your criticism. We don't hear you when you talk about Socialism or destroying the military or caving in to our enemies, because its FULL OF CRAP and a BOLD FACED LIE. When you are ready to read and comprehend and talk with adults as an adult, then we can talk. Otherwise, go listen to Rush or watch Hannity and STFU and cry in the god damned corner.

National Health Care is a socialist program. Caving to our enemies? Maybe not caving, but being incredibly shiatty at negotiations is not good. If someone doesn't take the fall for the AIG situation I'll be shocked. I actually give credit for Obama stepping up today and taking some of the blame, but I don't think he should have. He needs to surround himself with the best people to do the jobs that need to be done. He has not done that with his current cabinet appointments in my opinion.

Serious question for people who think Obama needs to "get to work": do you not watch the news? I seem to recall a pretty massive stimulus, with more on the way. Not to mention the Iraq and Guantanamo legislation that he's done.

MBK: Did you see Obama's picks!? There wasn't any seed lower than 5 in the Elite Eight!

The guy doesn't know anything about March Madness. I'm beginning to think the Kenyan rumors are true!

He must have seen something in person when he practiced with UNC.