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Like any red-blooded American.
by Tina Nguyen,
|June 20, 2016 8:25 am
Like millions of his fellow Americans last night, Barack Obama was glued to the T.V. during the last five minutes of Game 7, which may go down as one of the most dramatic games in N.B.A. Finals history. And like millions of other Americans, there was no way in hell that he would miss the outcome of an 89-89 death match between the Golden State Warriors, the best team in the leagues history, versus LeBron James, the best player in the world.
It was such an important game that Obama, who was returning from Yosemite with his family, put his job of being president on hold for at least 10 minutes:
More: http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/06/barack-obama-game-7
Lol~ How dare he~
Orrex
(63,203 posts)rjsquirrel
(4,762 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)dlwickham
(3,316 posts)underpants
(182,772 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,855 posts)calimary
(81,220 posts)rjsquirrel
(4,762 posts)tip your waitress and try the veal cutlet!
Appreciation appreciated!
tonyt53
(5,737 posts)Yeah, right.
louis-t
(23,292 posts)70 Jillion dollars!!!1!1
Or 5 bucks, I can't remember which.
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)Could be some fuel costs if the engines were kept running.
George II
(67,782 posts)sheshe2
(83,746 posts)Dorian Gray
(13,491 posts)Most common people were up watching that game, sure.
But not on Air Force One. There is nothing common about that.
(^^not a criticism. I would have done the same thing.^^)
BootinUp
(47,141 posts)brer cat
(24,559 posts)investigating it several times before he gets out of office.
Crabby Appleton
(5,231 posts)Great game.
lpbk2713
(42,753 posts)But I swear I can hear the cries of poutrage clearly.
virgogal
(10,178 posts)felt the same way for any president and any sport?
trumad
(41,692 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)matt819
(10,749 posts)The only schedule that Air Force One has is the schedule of the president. There is never any delay, as the plane moves when the president says he's ready to leave.
I was posted overseas in the 1990s when VP Al Gore visited. I was at the airport, one of many from the consulate and embassy. The VP and Tipper took their time getting back to the airport because they stopped, if memory serves, for a last minute hand-holding walk on the beach, or at least that's what we at the airport were told. Air Force Two wasn't delayed because it wasn't going to leave without the Vice President and his delegation.
bluesbassman
(19,370 posts)Like any good headline does. For those that were expecting VF to lambast the President for those ten minutes, they were surely disappointed.
sheshe2
(83,746 posts)This was a fun post or suppose to be. Have you lost your sense of humor?
cloudbase
(5,513 posts)that AF1 doesn't have a TV aboard. It's not as though he'd be sitting in coach and watching a small screen.
sheshe2
(83,746 posts)Travis_0004
(5,417 posts)The plane had landed, and he stayed onboard a few minutes watching the TV.
tallahasseedem
(6,716 posts)it was a great game!!!
Renew Deal
(81,855 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)...it's just another VC-25A. It's not like there were other passengers waiting at a connecting airport. Those 2 planes just wait all the time. That is the plan.
sheshe2
(83,746 posts)Second, this was suppose to be a light and funny post.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)Light and funny, this is inexcusable! I'm alerting the admins and asking for a jury rule against both light and funny. Attempting either will get you a hide. Attempting both will get you double secret probation. Light does not exist; we will beat that out of you.
FUNNY! You can't handle funny. sheshe2, this isn't Kansas anymore.
mcar
(42,302 posts)Where's Gowdy?
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)No actually, the Republicans never noticed. They were too busy making sure that the NRA was being coddled.
sheshe2
(83,746 posts)Hekate
(90,645 posts)sheshe2
(83,746 posts)PS...read a post of yours the other nite.
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You are the best!
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Wouldn't that be a very different world...