After throwing a pitch to open the game that looked like a right-hander throwing left-handed, President Obama joined the announcers in the broadcast booth and was asked why he wore a Nationals jacket but insisted on wearing White Sox hat. He said he was just a kid from the South side of Chicago. I'm not sure what that means...but looking up the Chicago South side all I got was stories about shootings and killings. Just about anyone from Chicago will tell you that infers that they are a White Sox fan. At least maybe that was the image Obama wanted us to get from it.
Obama was shown replays of his pitch that he himself described as "A little high. A little high and outside". Most of the first inning Obama spent complaining about how "heartbreaking" it was that he couldn't make a good throw when it counted. To top it off the announcers mildly chided him about wearing a White Sox cap instead of supporting the home team.
Then one of the Nationals announcers made the mistake of asking him if he could name any White Sox players.....and Obama answered the question like it was a question on taxes. After hyming and hawing for a bit he said "Well the truth is...since I've been in Chicago I've been a Cubs fan." Folks...he couldn't name one player and the announcer by mistake discovered Obama was lying about who he really supported.
Hint.....don't ask me the names of any Cubs players bub or the IRS is gonna be pounding on your door.
If this guy can't be honest about the little things...how in the hell can we expect him to be honest about the important things?
Obama joined Rev. Wrights church to establish street cred....and claiming to be from the South side seems to indicate a certain street awareness. Maybe it's Obama's way of trying to show he's one of the folks...the downtrodden, not some Harvard grad who never had it rough. He's trying to be someone he's not. He may have heard about the South side of Chicago but did he actually live there and walk the streets of that rough area?
I know to a lib this seems like a small thing...sure it's silly and if any read this they'll say that it's all about nothing. Problem is this kind of thing is what you expect from Obama. But for many of us integrity is very important. This character flaw is the very reason why everyone is learning that he cannot be trusted. It reminds me of Hillary and her sniper fire story and her claim of being a Yankees fan when she really was a Cubs fan. Isn't one of the reasons she lost to Obama? Her problems with the truth?
How can someone who hates Bush for lying about WMDs support a man that cannot be honest about anything? How can we trust him when he says his health care program won't raise our taxes. Now that it's passed all we're hearing is that the Tea-Party is a radical racist organization and we need to focus on that instead of all of the statements being made by Obama economic advisers about a new Value Added Tax (VAT) a Carbon Tax and a new program to go after overseas assets that belong to wealthy Americans.
Folks....a value added tax is going to effect the price of everything. Count on costs going up at least 25%. Can you afford a 25% automatic reduction in pay right now? Well that's what this White House is talking about. So regardless what this President says....can you trust him? I can't. Problem with lies is they grow bigger once you tell them. One lie leads to another and another...and so-on.
Over a year after Obama became President many still refuse to look at what this guy is. Well maybe it's because none of us has ever seen the real Barrack Obama. I'm not comfortable with that. I want to know who's leading this country...not some enigma.
Obama "high and outside" with baseball first pitch: Rediff Sports
Barack Obama: The opacity of hope - Joan Walsh - Salon.com
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