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Warren Harding is often criticized for playing poker while his cabinet drained the treasury. Barack Obama plays basketball.

One on one game to 13 – OBAMA v. HOLDER – on pay per view!!! It would make millions!!!!

I am so proud of our new President. He knows how to balance work and play extremely well.

Bush gave up Golf during the Iraq War. When is Obama going to give up Basketball during his war in Afghanistan?

Wish his ability to govern was at least one quarter as good as his basketball abilities. He cannot select people for a cabinet post without taking tax cheats or worse. Change we can believe in. Oh year. Come on 2010 then 2012.

Is basketball going to be Obama's version of Bush's 'clearing the brush?'

Well since i cant comment anywhere else I will do it here. Meanwhile i dont care about his basketball, What I do care about is that Obama is now using the same fear tactics as the Rebuplicans. Amazing how when he says it it is fine. What a hoax. Give our money away, send more troops. By the way, our mission was not nation building in Afgansitan, it was to kill and keep Al Quada from being able to do more damage. IT WAS THEM THAT STARTED THE WAR. We should have left as soon as they were in Pakistan. Kill bin Laden and another comes up. WE SHOULD NOT BE INVOLVED IN anyone else country PERIOD. Look at the Constitution read it. understand it. Then find out what we are doing wrong. We have become and Oligarchy. Only the elitest run the country. 912 PROJECT

It sure seems like fun times down at the barbershop and basketball court for the obamas while this country suffers and he is destroying its future. What a disgrace he is.

Holder looks like he's out of shape a bit. He may have anY game, but i think the youth of the President will prevail.

Hey Barry.......we know you play basketball....we're sick of hearing about it. Here's an idea for you........do some real work for a change.

Obama focuses way too much on the youtube / e-entertainmnet crowd to worry about minor issues such as North Korea, the economy, Iran, etc.

This guy needs to go.

I like this. We have true, life blood americans ruling us. Love of sports, trash talk and good ole fashion braggin rights.

that's great, they're good b-ball players...now, if we could only get some honest, competent leadership out of them....

"Final 4: RNC(Jr, Cheney, Rush) vs DNC (Big "O", WH Aide Love (Duke), JDIG Fine (Spur) with Coach Holder. DNC has my $1, for a another Win!

Nobody says 'roundball'.

Once again, Obama is campaigning when he should be working. If he were my employee he'd be fired already. Oh wait, he does work for me, or is it the other way around? I forget.

Stop goofing off and playing around. Join the UN Conference Against Racism!

When Obama says things like this, he reminds me of Theodore Roosevelt. There was a man who was an intellect, athlete, a keen sense of humour, and a warm and loving wife and kids.....hmmmmmmm sound familiar? Oh yeah and the established players in politics weren't sure they liked TR and his ideas.... Go figure!!!

It sounds like someone backing away from a challenge.

I'd school em' both as neither would be able to play any tough defense, they would instead try talking me out of "taking them to the hole" and I would laugh at them.

On defense I would easily figure Obama out as his moves are all scripted by others and unless his "binkyprompter" is on the backboard, he wouldn't have an "answer" for my game.

Making fun of a couple of empty vessels is FANTASTIC.

There they are, the two of them, playing little boy games. You would think the president and the attorney general would have tried to grow up before now.

Duke did not make the Final 4...I guess the President likes to know before he speaks

Maybe instead of smack talking the AG about basketball, he should smack talk Terrorists about terrorism...err man-caused disasters. Too bad his war of words doesn't apply to the War on Terror...err The Overseas Contingency Operation.

Okay. Yes. Well, I see the newsworthiness of this and I have no problem understanding why this is in the "political ticker".

I love our new president. but come on CNN! This just isnt newsworthy!

There to "pay homage" to the rule of law, or there to get a headstart on a eulogy?

It's good they all get along and it is important for time to talk about interests other than what's going on in the world. Nothing wong with down-time.......But of course we will be hearing from the right in a few, "how can they think about basketball at a time likes this" and blah blah blah...Lighten up.

I am our president can find time to be himself in the mist of all the burdens he has to carry. Many bloggers will try and crucify him for having a little fun, but the hell with them, everybody needs an outlet!

As end all-be all of creative and artistic endeavors, I must profess my love for President’s Obama’s creativity. Whether it’s cracking jokes on Leno or mocking basketball trash talk, he’s always on the cutting edge. I would venture to say that he’s the most creative president we’ve ever laid our eyes on.

As Ever,

Shamus Goldensteinbergbaum

Our president only cares about basketball and everytime someone ask him a question about our economy hes laughs it off well its not a joke