All Three Networks Fawn Over Obama Kiss: 'Woohoo! Hot in Here!'
All three networks on Tuesday absolutely gushed over Barack Obama kissing his wife at a men's Olympic basketball game on Monday night. CBS This Morning guest anchor Norah O'Donnell thrilled, "Whoo-hoo-hoo! Hot in here!" Good Morning America news reader Josh Elliott cheered on the President's ability to kiss his wife in public: "[Obama] is showing the world he's got a little game off the court as well!" [See a video montage below. MP3 audio here.]
Today's Natalie Morales recounted how the President, after being spotted by the Kiss Cam, at first refused to kiss Mrs. Obama. Morales hyped, "...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." Weatherman Al Roker joked, "Mr. President, get a stadium."
CBS anchor Gayle King lauded the second chance, praising, "Yes! I love when they get clapping."
This isn't the first time the network morning shows have rhapsodized over high profile Democrat couples. In 2007, the hosts of GMA cooed over John Edwards and Elizabeth Edwards (the former would later cheat on and divorce the latter) renewing their wedding vows at Wendy's.
In 2004, then-Today anchor Katie Couric touted the idea of two millionares spending their anniversary at a fast food restaurant. Couric enthused, "What do you say, ‘One Frosty, two straws?"
For more on Monday's kiss, see a blog by the MRC's Kyle Drennen.
A transcript of the GMA and CBS This Morning segments can be found below:
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07/17/12
7:11
JOSH ELLIOTT: And finally, we all know the President loves to play basketball. But he is showing the world he's got a little game off the court as well. Take a look. The first family taking in a Team USA basketball game last night when the kiss cam zooms in. President Obama fouls out, choosing to forgo a public display and thus drawing boos from the crowd. But, the kiss cam gave him a second chance. And wouldn't you know it? The President puckered up. Ahh, young nationally-televised love. Ain't it grand?
ROBIN ROBERTS: Look at Malia.
ELLIOT: Malia's like, "get me out of here. This is so embarrassing. Would you guys stop that? You're on camera." Yeah, it's great stuff.
CBS This Morning
7:50am
NORAH O'DONNELL (voice-over): Well, even the President can't say no to the 'kiss cam.' President Obama and the First Lady were watching the men's Olympic basketball team play an exhibition in Washington yesterday. Whoo-hoo-hoo! Hot in here! (Charlie Rose laughs) And the arena's 'kiss cam' spotted them, but the first couple wouldn't bite. Well, that generated some boos. And then, later in the game - you just saw it - a second chance, and this time, the President delivered. Look at his daughter, even laughing.
GAYLE KING: Yes! I love when they get clapping.
O'DONNELL: Yeah - roared with approval.
KING: It seems like even the President and the First Lady bowed to peer pressure there, because there is a lot of pressure when it comes on you.
O'DONNELL: Yeah. It wasn't quite the Al Gore and Tipper Gore kiss, though.
KING: No, no-
CHARLIE ROSE: Didn't last that long.
O'DONNELL: It didn't last that long.
KING: It was tasteful and appropriate, I thought-
O'DONNELL: Yes-
KING: Tasteful and appropriate.
O'DONNELL: Yeah.
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HEY
Submitted by bolivar on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 4:14pm.
Did he give her any tongue?
I know I will probably go to hell but, I could not help it......
I almost threw up
Submitted by Free Stinker on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 4:19pm.
Please. Some of us are at work. Its a bad time to make us retch or vomit.
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
No, no, he's über-cool Barack
Submitted by CO2Maker on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 5:43pm.
He's not Global-Warming hot like Algorithm and his convention kiss. I'd call that a deep-throat kiss, but that was already taken by Gore's predecessor-in-chief, Blue-skirt Clinton.
No Republican president has ever been oohed and ahhed about PDAs like all of the presidents since ... well, since WWII. DDE? Oh, lord no. Then there was JFK, the bare-chested heart-throb on the beach (remember that photo?), followed by two duds, LBJ (whew) and RMN (whom one Secret Service agent once joked he had to show how to kiss Pat), then Gerald the accidental president. Then we had Jimmah (whew), followed by RR, whom everybody seemed to like but who wasn't mistaken for a rome, then GHWB 41 (snore), followed by Bill in his dapper Priapus car, then GWB 43 (not a snore, but not a rake, either). Gore got his minor bit of osculating fame at the 2000 convention (not the Naomi Wolf-does-my-colors goof or the later Krispy Kreme trudge-body of inconvenient pudge fame).
Now it's B and M on the jumbotron. Wunnerful.
Chris Matthews last seen in
Submitted by ant on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 4:17pm.
Chris Matthews last seen in tears ripping up love letters.
ant
Submitted by Radical1979 on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 5:19pm.
Excellent!!
To the libs on here
Submitted by jon_torlin on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 4:22pm.
And you know who you are....do the pictures of Obeyme "kissing" Moochelle look like a gay man pretending to kiss his wife? Kinda reminds me of Rock Hudson in some of his roles before it came out that he was a gay man and someone pointed it out to someone I know that he kissed a woman like a gay man pretending to be a straight man.
I ask you libs because you guys know the subject better than a conservative(speaking for myself of course) and that's what I'm seeing in DuhOne here.
-Jon
It's a shame when a husband
Submitted by celator on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 4:51pm.
It's a shame when a husband has to look at instructions on a teleprompter to kiss his wife properly.
When it takes two tries to get them to kiss
Submitted by Radical1979 on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 5:40pm.
they just aren't into it. Anyone here surprised? Didn't think so.
By the way, how did poor Malia get stuck sitting next to Biden? I'd be calling Family and Youth Services!
They would catch
Submitted by Boudin on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 7:47pm.
Me and the misses, over and over and over!
Where's Reggie Love?
Submitted by b-dob on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 5:43pm.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=beard
It's not Obama's first time*
Submitted by cajun2 on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 5:58pm.
He has others reject his advances
http://thekansascitian.blogspot.com/2011/11/barack-obama-accused-by-two-...
Cajun
Submitted by Radical1979 on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 7:53pm.
My goodness you are good internet researcher. Can you imagine that the MSM failed to know this? /s
I'll be back when NB has fixed it's Oprah problem.
Yeah, this disqus thing is turning out really well.
Ms Rad*
Submitted by cajun2 on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 9:14pm.
If it is negative news about Obama or other issue, it stays local. Notice, the 3 or 4 men involved cannot speak because that is part of their settlement. This is interesting because the women who filed complaints against Herman Caine also signed silence agreements but didnt hesitate to run their mouth. I'm guessing they have been offered more money.
And this is why I check 'local" news outlets rather than the big msm. Like in Jacksonville Fla. There has been another "flash mob", this time about 300 blacks "flashed and robbed' a wal-mart and cleaned the place out. "Youth" were involved.
Tin Foil Hat perspective. Dont try to tell me the media country wide is not being controlled to make the dems/libs the only "good" news around.
While Obama is talking to the Russians about giving away drilling rights in Alaska, he has issued another moratorium in the gulf. Heard either of those stories?
It is an absolute crime of
Submitted by Martin2717 on Wed, 07/18/2012 - 3:24am.
It is an absolute crime of what they did to Herman Cain and those people know who they are.
Like Clinton
Submitted by Boudin on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 7:55pm.
He has to "get it" when he can!
He really dont deserve this at all.
Oh Lord
Submitted by miss911ninja on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 10:07pm.
Her friends all drove Porches, so she asked the Lord for a Mercedes Benz. She sang: "I worked hard all my lifetime; no help from my friends."
I bet THAT song isn't on The Commie's iPod!
Gush...Gush...Gush
Submitted by Bass_Man on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 6:02pm.
Of course, it never occurred to any of them that the President can spend time at a basketball game with his family but is too busy to meet with the NAACP.
Its funny he never married...
Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 6:51pm.
Oh wait, he did-to his BEARD! This is more embarrassing to him that most anything hes done in public-he didnt have a teleprompter to instruct him on how to kiss a woman, even Moochelle!
At least Algore knew how to kiss Tipper-the problem was, he needed instructiuons on how to STOP!
Tamale Breath
Submitted by miss911ninja on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 7:25pm.
It looks like he kissed her on the side of the mouth. Maybe she had tamale breath.
They did the same thing when
Submitted by Slyrr on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 8:12pm.
They did the same thing when the Obamas went to London and stayed at Buckingham palace. It was revolting. This was within a few days of Prince William being married. All the liberal media were asking each other with sly smirks on their faces - 'Do you think Obama and Michelle were.... ya know.... DOING IT in the same bed as the Prince? And they were grinning and nudging each other and saying 'Ya think....? Ya think....? YA THINK???'
Answer is - no. They weren't 'thinking'. In fact I'd say 'thinking' was the exact opposite of what the liberal media did then, and still doesn't do today. Sky high inflation. Corruption. Destruction, mayhem and misery. Unemployment through the roof. Taxes through the roof. Terrorism on the march all across the globe. Iran nuking up, Russia trying to stab us in the back. Despair all through the US because of horrible policy after horrible policy.
And all the media cares about is whether Barry-boy and Mooch-elle were knocking boots in Buckingham Palace.
Lord help us all.
You know what kissing can
Submitted by ant on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 9:42pm.
You know what kissing can lead to...I hope they're not 'punished' with a baby.
Speaking of which, can someone please answer me this? Tell me I'm wrong. Obama pledges to give about $4 million in taxpayer 'funding' to Planned Parenthood......Planned Parenthood has given $1.4 million to Obama's re-election campaign. Sooooooo.........
1) Why does PP need our 4 million if they have 1.4 million to give away? (I know a leftist would say ,"But that's SEPARATE money", like they try to say regarding abortions vs. mammogram referrals)...uh, yeah, nice try..
2) How is that legal? Hasn't Obama just, in reality, taken taxpayer money for a bogus ride to a crony organization only to take it back into his own personal coffers? Shouldn't he be in serious trouble and under investigation for just this stunt alone?
Wonder if
Submitted by panzerakc on Wed, 07/18/2012 - 1:31am.
he kisses her when no cameras are rolling.
I guess he does. They do have two kids, after all.
These news people are sick.
Submitted by Martin2717 on Wed, 07/18/2012 - 3:21am.
These news people are sick.
Way to go, dinosaur media.
Submitted by HockeyKid on Wed, 07/18/2012 - 8:27am.
Way to go, dinosaur media. Good job using up airtime on irrelevant tripe when you could be reporting on real news, like Obysmal's employment numbers, Obysmal's economic numbers, Obysmal's spending numbers, etc.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Senior shoots thugs........
Submitted by Redrowan2000 on Wed, 07/18/2012 - 9:09pm.
Scott,
Why no comment section on your story?
"Elderly Man Saves a Cafe Full of People By Shooting Gun-Wielding Robbers; NBC, CBS Skip"