Obama 3-on-3 basketball game in Kokomo

[BeyondGeography]

Run time: 02:11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqCHm1APy8Q   Posted on YouTube: April 26, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: April 26, 2008 By DU Member: BeyondGeography Views on DU: 4019

 

[RBInMaine]

1. GOOD STUFF. DO MORE ! Take off the coat, roll up the sleeves, talk from the gut and heart !

[kid a]

2. Great video - nice moves Obama.

[Diane R]

3. Oh no. I guess Hillary is going to drag out that story of the time she played in the sweet sixteen.

[WillyT]

16. LOL !!!

:rofl:

:hi:

[ForeignSpectator]

23. LOL! So true!

and :rofl: because it'd be less a stunt than any the stuff she made up already...

[EFerrari]

4. I love it!

:applause:

[MannyGoldstein]

5. Beautiful, Beautiful

Those kids were so excited - I don't think it'll happen, but if the nomination is stolen from Obama there'll be hell to pay by the Democratic Party.

[chill_wind]

6. Awesome. A great approach to get young voters to register.

He is truly in his element. Recruiting youth. A game he physically excels in -- enough of the bowling, beer and bingo audience!
Enough of the Bush junior falling off his bicycle. This works on so many levels.

Try and trash THAT, Joe and Tweety.

[MindMatter]

10. Well, but could he seal the deal? Hrumph

OK, maybe he registered some voters.

Maybe he inspired some young people to get engaged in civics.

Maybe his event drew thousands of people who also heard his message of where he wants to take this country.

But really, how many points did he score?

[chill_wind]

26. :-)

[Muttocracy]

7. NYTimes blog post on it has two interesting errors

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/25/its-hoops-for-votes-in-indiana/

April 25, 2008, 10:21 pm
It’s Hoops for Votes in Indiana

By Jeff Zeleny

...

"The winner in the high school division, Black Hancock, and in the college division, Kory McKay, brought along a few friends and played with Mr. Obama tonight. It was the first time during the presidential campaign that Mr. Obama has opened his basketball game up to network cameras, photographers and reporters."


The student's name is BLAKE. And I saw the video of Obama playing in N.C. with the Marines and the interview with Gumbel right here on DU.

[BeyondGeography]

9. Black Hancock

Talk about your Freudian copy slips...

Nice catch on the HBO piece. These reporters do just make it up as they go along sometimes.

[krkaufman]

17. Oh, jeebus!!! Wow, yeah, talk about a may-jor Freudian slip...! n/t

[Muttocracy]

21. They fixed his name but didn't post my comment to them about it.

Such is the nature of online news.

[krkaufman]

18. It's possible that they're differentiating "network" news cameras from HBO/cable cameras ...

... which is a petty difference. Nice catch on the name. Yikes!

[Divine Discontent]

8. this was a very good report! gObama! EOM

[Rose Siding]

11. That is so cool

k&r

[yellerpup]

12. This is change we can believe in.

Imagine registering 180 new voters! If not for Sen. Obama, he probably would have improved his game on the basketball court, but instead he improved the game for all freedom loving people by registering voters. K&R! GObama! :kick:

[Botany]

13. Let's see McCain, bush, or Hillary get out and "run with" some young studs

Now how is the media going to try and spin this?

Obama just picked up tons of more votes.

[Cant trust em]

14. I liked the HBO Real Sports piece better

We didn't really get to see him handle the ball much here. He's got some real game, but you didn't really see it in this clip.

[L0oniX]

15. I am surprised that a fixed station gave air to the event

[chill_wind]

19. Classic Obama: High School basketball days (video)

clip!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYCEnVmNkpE

[chill_wind]

20. More clips and pics-- basketball, dancing, family photos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAvfQRjkvDE&feature=related

For those, like me, who just can't get enough.

[ForeignSpectator]

22. Cool link, thx! n/t

[butterfly77]

24. I know what you mean...

[Ronnie Roach]

25. Obama can't dunk!

Maybe it's because he smokes? I like to see Hillary play arena football, don't you?

http://www.neilyoung.com/lwwtoday/videolinks/videolink_422.html

[Robeson]

27. On the court, or off the court, Obama's got game.

[Freedom Train]

28. When he was bowling that terrible streak not long ago

people in the MSM told him to stick to shooting hoops. I guess he got the memo.