NBC's 'Today' Cheers: 'Crowd Went Wild' for Obamas Kissing at Basketball Game
Offering some pro-Obama fluff on Tuesday's NBC Today, news reader Natalie Morales gushed over the President and First Lady getting caught on the "Kiss Cam" at a basketball game during a "date night." After the First Couple initially just waved to the camera, Morales excitedly told viewers: "Not to worry, they got a second chance when the 'Kiss Cam' found them again. So this time he delivered, planting a very presidential pucker on the First Lady and the crowd went wild."
Co-host Matt Lauer followed up: "That's a good moment....If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." Weatherman Al Roker joked: "Mr. President, get a stadium." Co-host Savannah Guthrie remarked on one of the Obama daughters urging the kiss: "And what teenager girl's encouraging their parents to kiss in front of everybody? Good for you, Malia."
Here is a full transcript of the July 17 supposed news item:
7:02AM ET TEASE:
SAVANNAH GUTHRIE: And then later on we will show you what happened when President Obama and the First Lady ended up on the dreaded "Kiss Cam," not once, but twice last night at an exhibition basketball game. And yes, they finally did kiss.
MATT LAUER: It's one of the most embarrassing moments you could ever have. We'll talk more about that.
7:08AM ET SEGMENT:
NATALIE MORALES: And date night for the President and the First Lady, got the crowd at the USA basketball exhibition game hot and bothered. The pair were minding their own business when daughter Malia spotted her parents on the "Kiss Cam." Michelle Obama looked shocked and the two just smiled and waved. The disappointed crowd there booed. But not to worry, they got a second chance when the "Kiss Cam" found them again. So this time he delivered, planting a very presidential pucker on the First Lady and the crowd went wild. And Savannah, Matt, and Al, in case you're wondering about the game, well, Team USA beat Brazil. But I think everybody was focused on that, clearly.
[LAUGHTER]
LAUER: That's a good moment.
AL ROKER: Mr. President, get a stadium.
[LAUGHTER]
MORALES: Exactly.
LAUER: Alright, Natalie, thank you very much. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Even took the jacket off for the second time.
GUTHRIE: And what teenager girl's encouraging their parents to kiss in front of everybody? Good for you, Malia.
ROKER: Very nice.
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An Obama Faux-toe-Op
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 1:29pm.
See MOTUS's most excellent photo essay, today.
He surely looks much happier to be hangin' with the "body man", Reggie, than he does with his *ahem* lovely wife.
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I thought he'd put the mommy jeans in the back of the closet,
Submitted by UpNorth on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 1:34pm.
along with the dork helmet.
Check out Michelle in that last pic
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 2:54pm.
What a fashion icon, and a role model for the young ladies of America!!!!
I don't have a big enough "/s off" for that statement. 72 point typeface won't cover it.
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What's with Disqus?
Submitted by Model850 on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 3:04pm.
J,
I know you're a Disqus moderator for NB. What gives with the commenting inconsistencies?
Most times if I post a comment it goes straight through, but a couple of times I get a message that my comment is "awaiting approval by a moderator" or some such wording.
I just replied to your Disqus comment above about the media fawning over O but got the "pending" message. Is it because I used the word "ass" (in reference to an animal, BTW)?
<EDIT> I see my Disqus comment has shown up. Still curious, though, about the "sometimes" delays.
Not sure, Model
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 3:14pm.
Supposedly there is a banned word list (I don't think it's been activated because I have been madly deleting vulgarity).....and even if it had been activated, I don't think "ass" should be on it (but that's just my personal opinion).
I think it may take a bit to queue them up, particularly when we've been linked to Drudge.
But do check your pm's.
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Hey model*
Submitted by cajun2 on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 9:27pm.
Remember, there are lots of lib trolls flowing through here now. They will flag anything if it is a dis on their messiah. Regardless of *****
My rods!! My cones!! AAAAAAAAHHHH!
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 3:13pm.
You could have given us a warning!!
Word goes out today: NO ARMPIT SHOTS!!!
Good luck with that, MB
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 3:19pm.
I take it you're not a regular MOTUS reader.....
I hate to break it to you, but "that" shot of MO is the norm, rather than the exception to the rule.
All class, that one.
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Did you see the kid to
Submitted by ricklail on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 1:46pm.
Did you see the kid to Moooochle's right wearing the DOOK shirt? I don't normally feel sorry for DOOK fans but I do for thsi kid.
The beer moment
Submitted by jon_torlin on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 1:46pm.
The beer was to wash the taste out of his mouth. Plus the expression on his face "OMG I need a drink after that! Can't smoke in here!"
Bleah.
-Jon
Pathetic.
Submitted by mattm on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 1:45pm.
Pathetic.
Ditto. Who cares that they
Submitted by Martin2717 on Wed, 07/18/2012 - 3:18am.
Ditto. Who cares that they kissed?
So did ESPN!
Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 2:12pm.
Could they have showed him, Plugs Biden and then Moochelle and he enough times? And that was during the game-then they didnt stop with the "hilights" of them during endless loops of Sports Center- Gee, I didnt know they played in the game?
We get it, youre a bunch of lib sports fans who cant get enough of
Ear Leader-cause hes such a huge hoops fan, right? UGH!
Easy, stomach...don't turn over now!
Submitted by Mary Louise Turner on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 2:53pm.
For the last five years, the MBM have been doing nothing but slobber over Mr. and Mrs. Ears, and it's getting worse all the time! (It doesn't help if many "journalists" believe in the radical leftist agenda of this President.) This kind of gooey nonsense is one reason I haven't watched any nutwork news show in the last six years...
Would George and Laura Bush or Mitt and Ann Romney get the same treatment? All together now: "NO!" Instead, there'd be wailing about "why isn't he helping people get jobs?", etc.
This could put me into
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 2:57pm.
This could put me into relaspse, and I haven't eaten anything for almost 3 days, so it would be a dry gagger!!!
And there's a story on Yahoo News sayin' (Obamaspeak) that Boy Baraka 'should make college sports more fair'. I'm sure that's something he would be interested in doing................anything to keep from actually trying to do his job - which is something that he is totally incapable of. Or, I guess I should say - the job that WE feel he should be doing..............which is not really on his agenda.
Killa
Submitted by Radical1979 on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 3:00pm.
Hey, lets transfer that to the NFL and the NBA. Let's give guys that are 5'5" tall the opportunity to play basketball, and guys that weigh 150 lbs the chance to be quarterbacks.
I'm so sick of the word fair. Life isn't fair. If it was, we never would have gotten saddled with Obama.
If sports were 'fair', then
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 3:23pm.
If sports were 'fair', then ol' Baraka would have to make each team carry the percentage of that particular population on the roster, right?? We'd need to have 'fair' proportions of white, black, asian, latino, and whoever else made the percentage cut. For some reason, I don't think there would be any mooooooooooooooooooooslems - unless he got hired as a towel boy.
Makin' sports fair - The Obama way
Submitted by Model850 on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 4:40pm.
No team is allowed to be more than two scores ahead of their opponent. If one team goes ahead by three scores, the last points scored are "redistributed" to the team that's losing.
After all, at some point you've scored enough points. You know, it's not that we want to punish the winning team's success, we just want to make sure that the team that's behind has a chance for success, too. When we spread the points around it's good for everybody.
Winning!
Submitted by miss911ninja on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 10:20pm.
And trophies for everyone creates jobs!
no matter
Submitted by ron on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 3:15pm.
who wins the election, the american public still loses. if he wins, 4 more years. if he loses, he will be on tv every day on every talk show. he might get a position on nbc or msnbc.
Yeah, what is this "fair" crap?
Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 7:02pm.
Well, 3 sports have salary caps which is basically communism to balance income so each team cant spend more than another, and they all have to be the same, blah blah blah! What will he do-make it this year that the Royals and Pirates play in the World Series, since they havent been in the longest, lol?