White House: Obama Needed 12 Stitches After Being Hit in Lip During Basketball Game
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama needed 12 stitches in his lip after taking an errant elbow during a pickup basketball game Friday with a group of family and friends visiting for the Thanksgiving holiday, the White House said.
Press secretary Robert Gibbs said in a statement that Obama was inadvertently struck by an elbow. The elbow‘s owner wasn’t identified.
Obama received the stitches under local anesthesia in the doctor’s office on the ground floor White House after he returned home.
The president had traveled to nearby Fort McNair to indulge in one of his favorite athletic pursuits, basketball. It was a five-on-five contest involving family and friends and including Reggie Love, Obama’s personal assistant who played at Duke University.
Obama emerged from the building after about 90 minutes of play, wearing short-sleeve T-shirt and gym pants, and was seen dabbing at his mouth with what appeared to be a wad of gauze. A few hours later, reporters who had gathered on the White House driveway for the arrival of the Christmas Tree saw the president in an upstairs window, pressing something white against his mouth.
“After being inadvertently hit with an opposing player’s elbow in the lip while playing basketball with friends and family, the president received 12 stitches today administered by the White House Medical Unit,” Gibbs said.
Editor: Later Obama could be seen from the second floor of the White House looking out a window as the official Christmas tree was delivered. He had an ice pack on his mouth.




















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felina g
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:02pmThat`s what he gets for eating pie ! Bad juju.
Report Post »CaptC
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:11pmThat was truly excellent!!! Thank you so very much!!
Report Post »MeteoricLimbo
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:59pmHe needs a social Helmet……..
Report Post »ILoveGlenn
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:58pmHow badly was he playing the game?
Report Post »Fear The Voices
Posted on November 27, 2010 at 8:51amObviously not as bad as he plays president.
Report Post »sushidog
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:58pmSome of you should be ashamed of yourself wishing harm to our President. Afterall, he’s just practing what he preaches by “putting a little skin in the game.” Welcome to the club Mr. President. Now you know how it feels to have skin in the game like we do.
Report Post »CaptC
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:56pmI suppose now he will want a Purple Heart to go with his “Peace Prize”, he is Commander in Chief in wartime after all. Speaking of which has anyone noticed the are now longer than ever. Not that the Lame Stream media would report that sort of thing while the ‘Messiah’ is playing sports in the White House.
Oh ya, who plays baseball in late November anyway?
Report Post »Thevoice
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:45pmThis idiot will go shoot some hoops….You think he would have taken a little time and a quiet leave to say thanks to some troops on the line …. Just Give me that dumb bastards job for one week ..America would see what the meaning of leadership was …
katy the mean old lady
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:55pmI think the Missus just hauled off and belted him.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:20pmYou know what they say, “fat ass but good arms”. (Her arms didn’t eat pumpkin pie yesterday)
Report Post »krmike
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 7:16pmYea !! She’s more of a man then he is !!!
Report Post »missy8s
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:52pmThey‘re about 288 stitches short of giving everyone’s ears a break… :-)
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:57pmGood one! Needed a good laugh! Thanks!
Report Post »missy8s
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:07pmHumor is provided free of charge and doesn’t cost my fellow taxpayers a nickel… :-)
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 6:58pmHehe!
Report Post »squeaker
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:51pmNow he should go to “SANFORD, Fla” and play golf…
Report Post »peezee
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:51pmNow that makes the holidays all the brighter! I am giving thanks for yet another example of WHY A CHILD CAN NOT LEAD THE FREE WORLD!
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:50pmWelp…if he can’t move his lips, at least he won’t be spreading any more lies!
Report Post »ron the veteran
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:58pmhis flunky will lie for him.
Report Post »squeaker
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:49pmToo Funny…!!! Serves him right
Report Post »knotaclu
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:49pmI’ll bet ya $20 the teleprompter was on the court and he ran into it….
Report Post »cindyk618
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:53pmLol!
Report Post »missy8s
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:55pmHe probably needs the teleprompter to trash talk “effectively”…
Report Post »ILoveGlenn
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:03pm@ Missy,
He needs the telepromter to tell him when to shoot, or dribble. LOL [sarcasm]
Report Post »missy8s
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:16pmHe probably needs the teleprompter in the bedroom…
Report Post »Kelster
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:48pmGuess we won’t see him give a speech for a while ;)
Report Post »knotaclu
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:54pmyou honestly think a busted lip is going to stop this man from giving speeches?
Report Post »Fear The Voices
Posted on November 27, 2010 at 8:47amI doubt his speeches will sound any different, or make any more sense. Then again, maybe they will. However, he could just sit there with the teleprompter spun around, and we can just read it. That way there will be no defense for misspoken comments or claims that he went off course.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:48pmshould have hit him harder, maybe we can get him onto a golf course ?
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 4:42pmfour…
Report Post »VindexPoplicola
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:48pmDid it knock any sense in to him?
Report Post »ron the veteran
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:55pmnope hes still standing
Report Post »Iamfedup
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:47pmMy question is: why did he have to drive to a place outside of DC to play basketball when he has a court at the WH?
Report Post »And … how many cars were required in his motorcade for him to get there?
M31Sailor
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 5:14pmWanted to pick up an eightball on the way home. Konye was staying in the Lenin bedroom that evening. Party On Dude
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 8:32pmGive me a break – I guess you want to know how much it cost too? You don’t give the man a break about anything!! http://maboulette.wordpress.com
Report Post »EP46
Posted on November 27, 2010 at 6:22amI think it was all a “photo opt” Meecheelle wacked him big time, and then they had to make up a story. Does a PRESIDENT walk to a car for photos after being hurt???or does the doctor check him out before moving him??? Rattle the puppet head, etc. An elbo cuts the face??? Maybe a big ring slammed at his mouth by someone who did not get the last slice of pie. Don’t believe this story… He probably gets “bounced” around in the white house all the time, and this time she got him good …..LMA
Report Post »Fear The Voices
Posted on November 27, 2010 at 8:44amMaybe the people he was playing with can’t get clearance to enter the white house!
Report Post »Canuck GB Fan
Posted on November 27, 2010 at 4:23pmwww1966-Like you leftwing loons did for Bush? ?? HYPOCRITES
Report Post »Diamondback
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:47pmToo bad the communist POS didn‘t bleed to death maybe we’ll luck out and he’ll contract one of those aggressive, flesh eating infections.
New-American-Saviors
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:07pmI could use another 100 just like you ! lol
Report Post »StMichelob
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:46pm…and then Biden-pelosi???? Careful what you wish for…
Report Post »M31Sailor
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 4:50pmHow much would you have paid to be the doctor with the suture. Barry? Please lean forward(Left) this won’t hurt a bit. Insert’s Syringe( with water in it) ..and the fun begins.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 7:37pmI would have put his lip back together with a T-nailer. Not only is he a pinhead, he would look like one when I was done…
Report Post »georgio
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:45pmBush did it
Report Post »101
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 4:03pmYep, “Bushes fault” again!
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on November 27, 2010 at 3:02amtoo bad obama is too much a coward to go bird-hunting with American VP Dick Cheney. man, we’d PAY to see that accident.
Report Post »Dont Drink Cool Aid
Posted on November 27, 2010 at 9:32amYep, Barbara sure does have a wicked jump shot.
Report Post »Beckofile
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:45pmI wish I could have thrown the elbow. He has screwed my country and business up. Someone take out his vocal cords and teleprompter.
New-American-Saviors
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:45pmGuess we won’t be getting any speeches for a few days. I don’t think he really wantd to talk of the current situations anyway. “He Likes to Reasarch thoroughly”. Especialy the fact that we’re fast becoming 3rd in World Power Thanks entirely to his (Celebrated successes). Heal Slowly please.
Report Post »Diamondback
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:48pmDoesn’t matter. We’re all to stupid to understand his speeches anyway — no matter how many he gives.
Report Post »TexasHillsPatriot
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:45pmIt will be reported as some heroic dive he made in front of the ball to prevent someone else from being hit, or that G.W. did it.
Report Post »StMichelob
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:42pmfttthhh…barry AIN”T no kim jong il…
Report Post »Highland
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 4:12pmI wonder if his manservant and BFF Reggie defended his honor by slugging the owner of the errant elbow.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:44pmIt wasn’t me … but I support whoever it was that hit him in the lip!
Report Post »Cheekymnky2
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:50pmGeorge Bush DID IT!!!!
Report Post »what4
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 6:09pmImagine if it cost $1000.00 a shot at his mug….we could retire the national debt is, say, 3 weeks! Just sayin!
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:43pmhit by one of his peasants.
Report Post »a_bailey11BangBang
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:52pmhuh…i guess even a god king really CAN bleed.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 4:30pmAtleast he can still play golf !
Report Post »LibertyJusticeLeague
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:43pmI didn’t know Nancy Pelosi played basketball!
Report Post »First!
what4
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 4:02pmActually It happened yesterday in the pie fight at the White House!
Report Post »knotaclu
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 4:50pmthe picture of BHO thru the window is my nominee for picture of the year. Oh my is that not one of the funniest thing you have ever seen? Like a little boy with a boo boo…..I’m sorry, but this has made my Thanksgiving weekend a little brighter….I feel terrible for enjoying this….
Report Post »what4
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 5:36pm@knotaclu
Report Post »You may be on to somthing there…..Can you say FATHEAD…..hanging on walls across America!
Blacktooth
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 6:27pmPoor baby, got a booboo on the lip? Did he cry?
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 7:11pmHe does look like the little kid who‘s mom won’t let him out to play with the
Report Post »Big boys because he might get hurt.
LSX
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:42pmAbout time some gave him a dose of reality!
Report Post »sweetbees
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:51pmLMFAO!! I am sorry, I don’t care who you are….that is funny! I can’t wait for his next speech!!
john seven eighteen
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:00pmWhoever did it was a plant by those pesky Republicans. You know they’re always up to no good. :-)
Report Post »gobucks1
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:03pmMichelle smacked him with a turkey leg for eating to much pumpkin pie!
Report Post »what4
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:06pmshould have sewn the lips shut!
Report Post »missy8s
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:10pm“Behold the god that bleeds…!” ~ Star Trek
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:12pmDang, I wouldn’t want to be THAT guy. I bet he gets audited by the IRS – LMAO Funny!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIoEUTqhYmA
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:15pmWhere do we sign up for this tournament?
silentwatcher
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:18pmWho ever did it will probably lose their job. It just won‘t happen for a month so it doesn’t appear to be the reason.
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:25pmM31Sailor – It should be called the, “Purple Lip Award” LOL
Report Post »AR485
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:31pmHe’ll sound like Mushmouth from Fat Albert.
AR485
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:33pmA teleprompter finally fell on his face.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:36pmNews covers Basketball hitting Obama while the Senate
Report Post »moves forward on a bill to starve us out
http://foodfreedom.wordpress.com/2010/04/24/s-510-is-hissing-in-the-grass/
poor sheep are being distracted again
ADMIRAL747
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:38pmThere’s a shot for the people. Gee, I’d like to play hoop with the prez..
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:39pmthe news will read…
“President engages in heroic last stand against hostile republican tea party basketball hustlers.”
http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm
Report Post »StMichelob
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:39pmI hear he’s gonna give up basketball for quail hunting…Pelosi hired Dick Cheney to teach him and Biden the “tricks of the trade”…
Report Post »Oil_Ranger
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:46pmit couldn’t have been too bad, there’s not even any blood on his shirt…….oh wait, puppets don’t have blood do they?
ANTIPATHIZER308WIN
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:49pmNo comment and that’s a first for me.
Report Post »Oil_Ranger
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:50pmIt couldn’t have been all that bad, there isn’t even any blood on his shirt……..oh wait puppet‘s don’t have blood, do they.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:51pm@AR485
The newest White House movie “The Telepromtors strike back…”
Report Post »John 1776
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:55pmFrom Chicago…. I guess we can call him Scarface now… Fits…
Report Post »missy8s
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:55pmTOWER7:
You are right, this is a distraction and S 510 is pure evil, if S-510 passes you won’t be able to pick apples from your own trees or berries from your own bushes!
This is the equivalent of having the TSA patting you down to leave your house every day and it does need to be stopped if we are to survive the coming famine.
We can have a little fun for a few minutes but we need to get back to work on defeating a whole slew of lame duck bills especially this one!
Report Post »M31Sailor
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:56pm@ Tower
Report Post »Many different topics are covered on this site, Why does every one need to be a Anti- Obama Target? Life is too short , laugh once in a while while scrolling thru these Topics, you will live longer. Don’t fancy a topics click by it.No problamo. After I watch Fox , listen to talk radio ,. this is the one place I can vent and hear actual other people vent, on both sides. You have your info you want to get out, so stop telling these folks to Wake Up. You sound like 13th Gen. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving
Sailor
paperpushermj
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 4:11pmNow we know what it takes to shut him up.
Report Post »shorthanded12
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 4:15pmGov Palin schooled POTUS, threw him a ALASKA GRIZZLY “RIGHT”
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 4:16pmI guess he didn’t have anything pressing to do. He must think everything’s going so well he can go out and goof off.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_CsEgIfUX0
Report Post »bostonchris
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 4:17pmthank god he has private insurance…no lines nice feelling huh prez
Report Post »bostonchris
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 4:20pmour boys in afganistan are getting shot at for the holidays and hes having a nice basketball game with family and friends..nice life
Report Post »KingArthurUp
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 4:37pmThat was nothing compared to the smash in the face he got on November 2nd…
and what the hell is he doing playing basketball when N. Korea today threatened war????
Report Post »4CueB
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 4:52pmHopefully,
This means we won’t have to see or hear his ugly ass on tv for a long while———-
THERE TRULY IS A GOD !
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU !
StMichelob
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 5:12pmOh, God…i just read your link, TOWERSEVEN…i didn’t even KNOW that bill existed! EVERYONE needs to read that article! The socialists aren’t even using smoke and mirrors anymore in this lame duck session.
Report Post »http://foodfreedom.wordpress.com/2010/04/24/s-510-is-hissing-in-the-grass/
Semper Fi and Lock and Lock and Load.
always watching
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 5:15pmTripped over his ego.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 5:32pmFollowing the NFLs lead the NBA announced today new protective lip gear to prevent such devistating injuries…
Where do I mail my check to the guy who nailed him?
Report Post »Robert W
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 5:52pmYou mean hes really not the messiah? Yea def NOT!
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 7:09pm@missy8s I love the Star trek reference “ who mourns for Adonis ” I think it was the
Report Post »one about Apollo.
We are going into some bad times, I wish more people would wake up
and turn this mess around before we see the 4 horsemen come upon earth.
Monsanto has a big part in agenda 21 along with Bill Gates
The Rothschild‘s are running the world finance system and it’s not to benefit mankind.
free2bme1961
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 7:13pm@ Tower 7, So the stitches of the few, outweigh the starving of the vast majority huh? What a noble POTUS….taking a hit for the sake of the elite!
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 7:15pmmissy8s you might like this link
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLb8AAw0Vyk
tower7femacamp
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 8:02pmfree2bme1961 good point and very clever.
Report Post »Why does God need a Star ship ?
2
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 8:09pmBO is LOOKING REALLY OLD
LIKE HE AGED 10 YEARS in 2
Report Post »jmc88311
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 8:40pmRemember the lady that told Obama she was tired of defending him?
Report Post »last week she lost her job……
Guess this person that did what a lot of us would like to do….
well your pink slip is waiting now..
TY TY TY TY WTG LMAO
jzs
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 8:51pmRight wing hatred at it’s finest. Now, where was that thread where everyone was mocking the First Lady. Classy guys.
Report Post »nathanoc
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 8:58pmI just hope it was a right elbow.
Report Post »bulletsinthegun
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 9:46pmif he had OBAMACARE he y would have gotten 1 tape stitch, 2 asprins, and mabe an ice back, suck it up you cry baby, if you want to play be a man about
Report Post »Blazergirl
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 10:59pmI wonder how much this cost the taxpayers. $200,000 per stitch X 12 =$2,400,000 ? He should give up basketball for a while and start being a President like the left elected him to be. Can you say players got played:):):) OUTCH!
Report Post »bostonchris
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 11:21pmwas he bleeding blue-blood…
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on November 27, 2010 at 12:36amI swear it looks like the prez is sniffing glue in the picture of him in the window.
PatriotShops.com
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on November 27, 2010 at 12:43ammissy8s,
Where I live many people eat out of their gardens and have been doing so for the past 200 years. If the government thinks they can stop these folks from growing their own food, they will learn a hard reality fast….. that these people are also armed to the teeth.
Oh, and about Obama’s boo-boo… hahahahaha.
PatriotShops.com
Report Post »Been There
Posted on November 27, 2010 at 12:50amHere’s how it went down… BHO was getting all TSA on Mr. Elbow with his “body checks”. Mr. Elbow had enough when BHO got too personal with his junk and delivered his message Chicago style. Let’s see SNL do a skit on that!!!
Report Post »bostonchris
Posted on November 27, 2010 at 1:19amhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAaQNACwaLw&feature=fvw
Report Post »Uncle Sambo
Posted on November 27, 2010 at 7:56amWha, Wha, Wha; Mommy Nancy Pelosi belted me one in the face, Whaaaaa.
Report Post »Fear The Voices
Posted on November 27, 2010 at 8:30amHe now got a physical punch in the mouth to go with the symbolic one he got on election day from the voters!
Now if he’s willing to play a pick-up game of football; I would be inclined to risk paralysis to lay a couple devastating hits on him.
Report Post »UPSETVET
Posted on November 27, 2010 at 11:28amOpps, maybe Michelle slapped him in the mouth for some “indiscretion”, and if so, I’d also say I got “elbowed” in a basketball game by an “unidentified player”. Wow, 12 stitches. Monica Lewinsky wasn’t in the Whitehouse that day, was she ? lol
Report Post »AK0tA
Posted on November 27, 2010 at 12:05pmI guess he is mortal after all. I just hope it knocked some sense into his bone head. At the very least he deserves a Medal of Valor for not crying and a Purple heart for wounds in battle.
Report Post »realindependent
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 7:59amAgain cant you people just be civil? Didnt your mother teach you if you have nothing nice to say dont say it at all? I know mine did.
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on November 28, 2010 at 11:59amM31SAILOR: Don’t forget a Congressional Medal of Honor for his valor on the round ball court while the Korean peninsula explodes and Wiki Leaks release a ton of classified documents. Of course, he did take down those wicked web sited that had some copy right issues while illegals cross the border by the millions. What a hero – NOT!
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 12:31pmSo, he got a boo-boo. Who really cares anymore. The only thing I want to hear about this person
Report Post »is that he is working for America’s best interest for a change.