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Regis Philbin
Jun 17th, 2009, 06:50 PM
Worshipers/Reporters were very impressed with The Messiah's skill at killing the fly...but what about the folks at PETA? :scratch:

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/geoffrey-dickens/2009/06/17/morning-show-anchors-marvel-obamas-fly-swat

Morning Show Anchors Marvel At Obama's Fly Swat

By Geoffrey Dickens

June 17, 2009 - 11:32 ET

The common, everyday act of swatting a bug is something that happens countless times a day at picnics and ball games across the country, especially during the summer, but when Barack Obama was caught on tape by CNBC's cameras doing it, the fawning liberal press couldn't contain their excitement. All three broadcast network morning shows, on Wednesday, praised the presidential kill as they were impressed by the "ninja" Obama's "precision," and "cat-like quickness."

On NBC's "Today" show substitute-host David Gregory opened the show declaring: "You just have to appreciate the, the concentration and the precision! Just a few things going on in the world but it's as if everything was stopped and at a standstill for the President to lower the boom." On CBS' "The Early Show," Chris Wragge marveled: "We've also just confirmed the President is a Ninja." And on ABC's "Good Morning America," they even brought out the Telestrator to break down the video as Chris Cuomo offered play-by-play: "You see? He stares at the fly. How many times have each of us tried to do this? Look at the hand coming up. The poise. The cupping. And the quick slap...Just knocked it away, very rare."

The following exchanges were aired on the June 17 editions of NBC's "Today" show, ABC's "Good Morning America" and CBS's "The Early Show":

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/geoffrey-dickens/2009/06/17/morning-show-anchors-marvel-obamas-fly-swat

LesterX
Jun 17th, 2009, 06:55 PM
My guess is that the folks at PETA would think this post is as idiotic as I do.

WannaBreatheYou
Jun 17th, 2009, 07:36 PM
PETA's too worried about the dead fish being thrown in Pike Place Market, Seattle right now to worry about a fly being killed by the President.

WannaBreatheYou
Jun 18th, 2009, 11:09 AM
Aaand, now PETA has chimed in.

http://www.king5.com/news/specials/politics/stories/NW_061809ANB-AP_PETA-Obama-fly-JM.bb235f.html

Annoyedlistner
Jun 18th, 2009, 11:28 AM
holy crap i killed a yellow jacket today....uh oh the republicans are going to tell me im starting WWIII.

If i was a republican, id believe what my leaders were telling me.....id build a bomb shelter and hide from the yellow jacket terrorist.

tiger_rascal
Jun 18th, 2009, 12:50 PM
Poor fly. :(

Regis Philbin
Jun 18th, 2009, 06:46 PM
You knew this was coming...LOL :laugh:

One thing about the PETA people...they're bipartisan. Doesn't matter whether it's a Dem or a hated Republican, they go after each just as hard. Now, if the global warming folks would just take a lesson. Yes, PETA has more integrity than the global warming movement---a ton more.

http://hamptonroads.com.nyud.net/2009/06/peta-wishes-obama-hadnt-swatted-fly

PETA wishes Obama hadn't swatted that fly during interview

The Associated Press
© June 18, 2009

WASHINGTON

Norfolk-based group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants the flyswatter-in-chief to try taking a more humane attitude the next time he's bedeviled by a fly in the White House.

PETA is sending President Barack Obama a Katcha Bug Humane Bug Catcher, a device that allows users to trap a house fly and then release it outside.

"We support compassion even for the most curious, smallest and least sympathetic animals," PETA spokesman Bruce Friedrich said Wednesday. "We believe that people, where they can be compassionate, should be, for all animals."

During an interview for CNBC at the White House on Tuesday, a fly intruded on Obama's conversation with correspondent John Harwood.

"Get out of here," the president told the pesky insect. When it didn't, he waited for the fly to settle, put his hand up and then smacked it dead.

"Now, where were we?" Obama asked Harwood. Then he added: "That was pretty impressive, wasn't it? I got the sucker."

WannaBreatheYou
Jun 18th, 2009, 10:53 PM
A little slow, Reeg?

pinky
Jun 19th, 2009, 11:13 AM
More likely, Drudge took a while to get the article up on his site. :nod:

TokenBlackChick
Jun 19th, 2009, 11:47 AM
*Gasp*