Friday, August 16, 2013

According to Reggie Love...





“Most people were like down in the Situation Room and [the president] was like, ‘I’m not going to be down there, I can’t watch this entire thing.’ So he, myself, Pete Souza, the White House photographer, Marvin [Nicholson], we must have played 15 games of spades.”
-Reggie Love, former personal aide to President Obama

The Daily Caller

26 comments:

Roger J. said...

damn--isn't playing a game of spades racist?

ndspinelli said...

I guess it was too boring??

Roger J. said...

As the photo (assuming as perhaps Love is suggesting) wasn't photo shopped, Mr Obama is clearly leading from behind.

I'm Full of Soup said...

Obama has this little posse who almost never leaves his side. Isn't Nicholson his regular golf buddy and Love used to be his b-ball teammate in his pickup games?

Roger J. said...

AJ--here in Memphis we are memorializing Elvis' death--Elvis, imo a pretty good guy, had his gang a sycophants. Sad.

I'm Full of Soup said...

Hey Roger- yeah I heard some of that this morning on my Sirius - a favorite channel of mine is the Elvis station.

But, all due respect, I would never put Obama in Elvis's category. Elvis will be remembered for another 100-200 years. Obama will be remembered only the hyper-failure, inexperienced asterisk president who was elected due to dumbass white guilt.

edutcher said...

Again, this story is so stupid, the idea Panetta did and end run around Choom (and ValJar) makes more sense, it also sounds better.

Roger J. said...

As the photo (assuming as perhaps Love is suggesting) wasn't photo shopped, Mr Obama is clearly leading from behind

More like from his behind.

AJ Lynch said...

Obama has this little posse who almost never leaves his side. Isn't Nicholson his regular golf buddy and Love used to be his b-ball teammate in his pickup games?

Are we talking BFFs or boytoys?

I'm Full of Soup said...

The story I heard is Hillary and Panetta had to grab Obama by the lapels and yell at him that he had to do this now.

Roger J. said...

AJ--no disrespect noted--Elvis was a really good guy--his walls I graceland (and yes I was there) are plastered with the checks for 1000 dollars and more to local charities. And as an old soldier I can tell you Elvis was quite a remarkable soldier, making buck sgt in less than two years in Europe. Served his time honorably and well. I am sorry the drugs got to him toward his end, but the guy was a really fine man. RIP

Roger J. said...

AJ--from what I understand about the raid--and it will go down as a classic raid in special ops history, Adm McRaven had the con on the ground. All credit to him and his seal team six.

I'm Full of Soup said...

Roger - I am with you on your view of Elvis - and agree it is sad that drugs took him down so young. He was a remarkable human being.

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

Card games sounds about right because it's pretty hard to imagine Obama playing chess with Death.

edutcher said...

AJ Lynch said...

The story I heard is Hillary and Panetta had to grab Obama by the lapels and yell at him that he had to do this now.

That's one I had heard.

The one I heard was Panetta tried to sell it to Choom 3 times, each time to have ValJar shoot it down, so he got buy-in from Hillary!, Gates, and whomever all else and did it on his own, Choom having to be called in off the 18th green when it went down.

Roger - I am with you on your view of Elvis - and agree it is sad that drugs took him down so young. He was a remarkable human being.

Supposedly, Elvis' mother was the great rock in his life and, when she died, all that was left was Col Tom and a lot of hangers-on, no friends and no real family.

edutcher said...

PS I can't see Hillary! grabbing Choomie by the lapels.

According to what I've read about her as a candidate, deciding even the smallest decision or dispute was an impossible ordeal for her.

The Dude said...

Reggie talks like a Valley Girl - he should be ashamed.

Roger J. said...

Ed: with respect to Elvis' mom, sadly you are right--she was his rock.

Methadras said...

Consistent isn't he? Can't be there to watch a major terrorist leader get what's coming to him, just like he couldn't be bothered with sending in any form of help to his Ambassador in Benghazi because he had a found raiser in Vegas the next day he needed to be fresh for.

rhhardin said...

I don't remember where I was when Elvis died, or any Kennedy except JFK.

They closed work for JFK because the mail girls couldn't function and I went flying.

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

I distinctly remember hearing Christa McAuliffe's death scream but I didn't know until a few minutes ago that Sally Ride was a carpet muncher.

Amartel said...

I thought this was photoshopped at first, too, because he's so out of place in this tableau of concerned concern and concentration. Looks vaguely resentful about having to pretend to care. Now we know why. Interrupting Presidential Happy Fun Time is Counterindicated.

Amartel said...

It is a B F D!

AllenS said...

There are two of these photos from the same event. Both make Obama seem so small and out of place. Which, or course, he is.

I'm Full of Soup said...

Rrhardin:
I was driving to a convention in NYC and I remember remember the announcement on the car radio..."the King of Rock and Roll is dead".

I'm Full of Soup said...

Edutcher: I meant figuratively re "grabbing the lapels".

AllenS said...

As opposed to literally -- grabbing him by the short hairs

edutcher said...

Methadras said...

Consistent isn't he? Can't be there to watch a major terrorist leader get what's coming to him, just like he couldn't be bothered with sending in any form of help to his Ambassador in Benghazi because he had a found raiser in Vegas the next day he needed to be fresh for.

There's a piece that says all Benghazi tapes are classified - by his order.

I can understand JSOC or NAVSPECWAR or SOCOM doing it, but Choom?

AJ Lynch said...

Edutcher: I meant figuratively re "grabbing the lapels"

Even so, it doesn't seem she's got that kind of testosterone - except where Willie - or Huma - is concerned.