During a CNBC interview, New York Times reporter John Harwood shared an intense moment with President Obama: "He had this fly that was persistently buzzing around him during the interview...he swatted his hand and he said ‘I got the sucker’...it was a, you know, Dirty Harry ‘make my day’ moment."
Harwood described the showdown at the end of the 4PM ET hour on MSNBC, after anchor David Shuster remarked: "John, I know that the President is credited with being sometimes awfully lucky, rainbows appear sometimes when he speaks, but I understand there was an instance today where he killed a fly out of mid-air during your interview." Harwood began to tell the tale: "Well, David, this reminded me of that moment during the campaign when he took a three-point shot at a military base and it swished."
After detailing the President’s courage in battling the insect, Harwood also noted Obama’s cleanliness: "...and at the end of the interview, David, he picked up a napkin off the table and said ‘I clean up after myself’ and he picked up the fly off the carpet." In awe, Shuster observed: "Amazing...An amazing interview...it never fails, great weather, rainbows, incredible speeches, and three-point basket. A fly and he nails it. Unbelievable, unbelievable."
Co-anchor Tamron Hall concluded the discussion by comparing Obama’s quick reflexes to that of the martial arts expert in the movie Karate Kid: "Mr. Miyagi, just snapped it right up. Look at that – look at that intense look."
—Kyle Drennen is a news analyst at the Media Research Center.
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And he was walking across
June 16, 2009 - 16:52 ET by d1carterAnd he was walking across the swimming pool at the same time...amazing!
Finally!
June 16, 2009 - 17:00 ET by JustAlLeadership is demonstrated as His "O"lliness smites a foe of appropriate stature. I'm sure Little Kim is soiling his Depends over this brilliant accomplishment!
We all know what the headlines will be about tomorrow.
Fly's love Obama too...they'd die for him....
June 16, 2009 - 17:06 ET by bigtimerHow sick is this folks...this is news?
This is beyond belief...I mean it.
I'm shaking my head here...these people are mentally ill.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
bt don't you remember when
June 16, 2009 - 19:10 ET by motherbeltbt don't you remember when the audience applauded when he blew his nose????
I'm sure Harwood got a "thrill up his leg" at that amazing display of machismo and just giggled like a schoolgirl!
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
mb... Oh, I remember
June 16, 2009 - 19:16 ET by bigtimermb...
Oh, I remember well...but for these talking heads to report this non-story this way is beneath contempt...let alone out of this world.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
This is like the Onion, but
June 16, 2009 - 19:17 ET by Mitchell BlattThis is like the Onion, but it isn't.
Mitchell... So right you
June 16, 2009 - 19:44 ET by bigtimerMitchell...
So right you are!
You would think this would be The Onion...seriously...that is how ridiculous this is...even they wouldn't have thought of something like this display of insanity.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Obama defeats a fly - and Shuster's in LOVE!
June 16, 2009 - 17:20 ET by greggyIn the last three days at my house, three times I have swatted flies out of mid-air flight. Obama only swatted one, that had landed stationary on his arm. So, I'm thinking that this means I'm at LEAST three times the man Obama is. I'm also thinking that MSNBC and David Shuster owe me some air time and some well-earned adulation. As to the laughable "Dirty Harry" moment, Clint Eastwood might have something to say about that - I'm pretty sure Dirty Harry snuffed out violent, heavily armed, muscled thugs and murderers - so the fly parallel might be a little bit, oh I don't know - tenuous? But the larger question is, won't the insect-rights activists be up in arms about this? Shouldn't there have been an insect safe-haven established as part of the "stimulus" bill? But I digress..the important thing here, is that everyone needs someone to be truly, madly, deeply in love with - and at MSNBC, at least three supposedly heterosexual men have found the love of their lives, in Barack Obama. And that's the thing about love - you find yourself gushing over the slightest little thing your love has done, to the point where you sicken everyone else around you. Shuster, Matthews, and Olbermann just happen to gush and coo and giggle, on national television.
This is embarassing. These
June 16, 2009 - 17:29 ET by muh-oonThis is embarassing. These guys would be amazed by Obama taking a dump. "OMG, he draws flies!!!!!! It's soooo freaking amazing!!!!!"
Magnum Obama
June 16, 2009 - 17:33 ET by ForbusWhen are we going to hear about Barack......"A man's got to know his limitations......"
If it were Obama versus a
June 16, 2009 - 17:38 ET by gmaniac1If it were Obama versus a wet paper bag, I think the bag would be a heavy favorite.
When the people fear the government it's called tyranny, when the government fears the people it's called liberty!
PETA must be livid with him
June 16, 2009 - 17:40 ET by dark_dsPETA must be livid with him.
_______ Him and the Unicorn he rode in on
Fly lovers UNITE! Get rid
June 16, 2009 - 17:43 ET by bigtimerFly lovers UNITE!
Get rid of crazy Shuster and crew.
...and btw...the fly-swatter goes to the top...time for Impeachement.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
whoaa the missus and the
June 16, 2009 - 17:50 ET by kangaroowhoaa the missus and the mother inlaw are training him well, (pick up after yourself pig) poor bugger they don't even have to be there, just turn on the telly to ABC lmao
Yea
June 16, 2009 - 18:05 ET by MES41067I punched a fly in the face one time and at first I felt tough but then I started to cry.Still feel bad about to this day and this just brings it all back and it hurts.
(Lenin called them "useful idiots" I for one have no use for them.)
Kudlow Too
June 16, 2009 - 18:11 ET by slickwillie2001Kudlow opened his 7pm show with a gushing replay of the flykill. Most of the gush was from Harwood, who provided a play-by-play for Kudlow, who looked bored and irritated with the fly part. He repeated the comparison to the Bamster's jump shot. Kudlow moved him quickly into more substantial areas.
Well folks, the show is over....
June 16, 2009 - 18:24 ET by JTPWe just saw the extent of Obambi's military policy. He can't get much tougher than that.
And this crap:
rainbows appear sometimes when he speaks
Reminds me of the 'Carpenters' song... "Close to you" _ "Why do birds suddenly appear every time you walk by? Just like me, they long to be, close to you." -- These people remind me of the type that frequent adult book store movie peep booths.
"Live for yourself...there's no one else more worth living for.
Begging hands and bleeding hearts will only cry out for more"- Rush--Anthem
I'm so disappointed
June 16, 2009 - 18:22 ET by BKeyserhere I thought this guy wouldn't hurt a..., ah, forget it!
this
June 16, 2009 - 18:37 ET by jacktheripperis a joke...isn't it ? isn't it?? I mean seriously this is NB's idea of a joke right? Don't tell me these grown "men" actually said that swill on television !! ??
reply to Ripper
June 17, 2009 - 00:55 ET by JudithYeah, and sicko Brian Williams has never seen such a phenomenon. Sick dumb moron.
BK... LOL
June 16, 2009 - 18:48 ET by bigtimerBK...
LOL here...thanks...that was much needed after all the BS this week, let alone today, politically that is.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
This is ODS plain and simple
June 16, 2009 - 18:39 ET by red_dragon311Guys this is the natural progresion of BDS. But the sickness has mutated into Obama Derangment Syndrome Where the media hated Bush so much, everything he did was studipd or cowboyish...but now they love El Comandante so much, everything he does is amazing
FINALY A REAL CANDIATE FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!!!!!
http://zod2008.com/index.htm
Unilateral attack on a sovereign fly
June 16, 2009 - 18:41 ET by the strugglerWas the fly read it's rights?How much is this gonna cost us?
Animal Rights!
June 16, 2009 - 18:57 ET by ReaganConservative86Where's the outrage from PETA?
here is a WAY BETTER CLIP OF THAT... ICK
June 16, 2009 - 19:20 ET by upcountrywater0bama whacking a fly
Reagan VS Carter and 0bama
*heart palpitates* Oh my
June 16, 2009 - 19:22 ET by Roger the Shrubber*heart palpitates*
Oh my stars and garters, what a MAN!!
"Journalist" Devotion
June 16, 2009 - 19:30 ET by iveseenitall"Ignorance is the mother of devotion"
Henry Cole, 1559
Still true today.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
well well
June 16, 2009 - 19:53 ET by charlietexaswell thats about how he feels about unborn babies.......
mom
charlietexas... Amen to
June 16, 2009 - 19:58 ET by bigtimercharlietexas...
Amen to that!
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
dork!
June 16, 2009 - 20:00 ET by moskiAnd then . . . Unicorns and lollypops came flying out of his butt.
and the news anchors gladly enjoyed the pops! For they had been in the presence of a G O D !
Un fricken believable!!
One flew over the cuckoo's nest . . . and beyond
June 16, 2009 - 20:59 ET by SeftonIn awe, Shuster observed: "Amazing...An amazing interview...it never
fails, great weather, rainbows, incredible speeches, and three-point
basket. A fly and he nails it. Unbelievable, unbelievable."
http://i104.photobuc...
Big "O" Swaggar
June 16, 2009 - 21:06 ET by AMR1960Thank-You Obamedia for breathlessly reporting how "DearLeader" with resolute
patriotic fervor & at great personal risk, utterly vanquished the
counter-revolutionary threat that sought to interfere with his great &
glorious purpose.
What a thrill it must have been for you to see first hand, our Beloved Comrade 'O'
and his masterful display of martial skill! The self-contained presence of mind
you displayed in reporting the momentous events from start to finish are an
inspiration that is eclipsed only by the flawless actions of "DearLeader" himself...
_________________________
Long Live...THE REPUBLIC !
Big
June 16, 2009 - 21:30 ET by oldmanateedeal... a frog (not the French kind) can do that with his tongue. So, Kermit is more of a man than 'dear leader'. However, they are both married to pigs.
Everybody Loves Raymond
June 16, 2009 - 21:33 ET by ShanghaiRayThis reminds me of a really funny episode of "Raymond" where Robert brings home a fly-eating girlfriend and Raymond see her swat a fly, it falls on the table and after a few seconds she eats it. Is it possible that Obama....?
Can't blame the fly
June 16, 2009 - 21:45 ET by RESTLESS 1Those critters know a stinking pile of BS when they smell one.
"This liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008
RESTLESS
June 16, 2009 - 22:38 ET by BarkerI'm still laughing at that one.
I don't care who you are, that's funny right there.
Know who else was good at killing flies?
June 16, 2009 - 21:54 ET by OxyConHint: Grasshopper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnGEX_x_FGY
I was going to do this as well
June 16, 2009 - 22:13 ET by general companyKind of a RIP thing. : [
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
You Betcha
June 16, 2009 - 22:04 ET by BarkerWanna bet that's not the only fly Obama's ever pulled down?
He's swatting
June 16, 2009 - 22:16 ET by general companyHis opponents like flies. He will have us in ruin in no time at all.
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
That was probably the
June 16, 2009 - 23:59 ET by Clear thinkerThat was probably the finest reporting msnbc has ever done!
http://iamnotaracist.wordpress.com/
The Fly
June 17, 2009 - 00:48 ET by JudithThis is sick, these media people are insane they ...wait wait, bzzz bzzz bzzz a fly is buzzing around my head, I have to get it ... whoosh, swat, smack, splat, there, I got it! Eureka, look at it there on the ground. Look ABC, NBC, CBS, et al. Take a shot of it. Now, can I get back to what I was trying to say. These people um uh are huh oh insane don't you um um agree? Pathetic and I mean pathetic. I would like to send him a watermelon, one that ticks!
Yeah well, we all know what
June 17, 2009 - 03:29 ET by Jack BauerYeah well, we all know what flies are drawn to. Rhymes with zit.
Oh I'm sorry, does that vicious anti-Obama comment make me a racist? I guess so. Tough zit.
Tough zit!
June 17, 2009 - 08:57 ET by QueenMumGood one, Jack. :) From now on, I'll be using zit instead of putting in punctuation marks in order to avoid being offensive.
"All people are born alike - except Republicans and Democrats." - Groucho Marx
It would have been more impressive.............
June 17, 2009 - 03:56 ET by old croif, ala Dirty Harry, he bagged it with a .44 Magnum.
Good point, old cro. Looks
June 17, 2009 - 08:52 ET by QueenMumGood point, old cro. Looks like the Secret Service were not doing their jobs.
"All people are born alike - except Republicans and Democrats." - Groucho Marx
YOU CAN'T FOOL A FLY!
June 17, 2009 - 06:15 ET by billbYOU CAN'T FOOL A FLY!
full video about a fly and obama
June 17, 2009 - 08:50 ET by awerfull video about a fly without advertising: OBAMA and FLY
Too bad Tamron Hall missed
June 17, 2009 - 08:48 ET by HockeyKidToo bad Tamron Hall missed the irony of her own mis-recollection of The Karate Kid. It wasn't the wise martial arts expert Miyagi who caught the fly, but the incredibly unskilled but lucky novice Daniel.
So TH called The One an incredibly unskilled but lucky novice. I'd say that's accurate.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Obama vs. The Fly - Saturday at 9 p.m. on the Sci-Fi Channel
June 17, 2009 - 08:51 ET by QueenMumAnd of course it's headline news in the Chicago Tribune.
I'm surprised the Dear Leader didn't accuse Fox of planting the fly in order to spoil the interview.
Seriously. We're to be impressed with a President because he can swat a fly, but is too much of a coward to stand with the Iranian people?
"All people are born alike - except Republicans and Democrats." - Groucho Marx
Sales up 37% this week.
June 17, 2009 - 20:07 ET by upcountrywaterLord of the Flies
Reagan VS Carter and 0bama
Shouldn't that be Dirty
June 17, 2009 - 09:02 ET by Jack BauerShouldn't that be Dirty Barry?
Seriously, can the greatest country in the history of the world (so far) survive this hopeless incompetent socialist boob?
I am officially a tad worried.
Now this is REALLY disturbing...
June 17, 2009 - 09:19 ET by SickofLibsHere is a photo of the CNBC producer of Whorewood's interview in the control room
Coincidence? Perhaps not.
Lets see
June 17, 2009 - 09:52 ET by RD Kingflys are drawn to excrement and they love the bamster who after a few trys got that sucker. Meanwhile Clint of the other hand had already killed 3 flys before telling the one he had also wounded to make his day and if I remember correctly even mickey mouse got 7 with one swat. I ain't to much agreeing with the osama obama to Eastwood analogy, why he don't even meet the mouse standards.
Now if only Grasshopper
June 17, 2009 - 11:49 ET by RR GOPNow if only Grasshopper Obama could take the pebble out of Master Chrissy's (rosy) palm, it would be time for him to leave the Temple (White House).
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).
A really big day at MSNBC
June 17, 2009 - 14:23 ET by SickofLibsOff camera, Whorewood charged Shyster $10 to gaze upon the souvenir fly carcass/napkin he had in an ornate golden reliquary.
True to form, Shyster fainted upon seeing the holy relic in person.
Re souvenir
June 17, 2009 - 17:42 ET by slickwillie2001eBay, thousands.
Obama Fly on Ebay
June 18, 2009 - 13:37 ET by SickofLibshttp://cgi.ebay.com/...