doubleplusundead

March 30, 2008

obama's pro-bowling career about as likely as a primary win in pennsylvania

This is funny, Barack Obama went to a bowling alley in Altoona with Bob "Hey, my dad was governor!" Casey Jr. Commenting on his crappy bowling,

"My economic plan is better than my bowling," Obama told fellow bowlers Saturday evening at the Pleasant Valley Recreation Center.

"It has to be," a man called out.

Welcome to PA, Barack. Though I'd definitely dispute Obama's claim above.

Of course, some eeeevil right winger had to be there to rain on the Hope'n'Change Parade,

Some Democrats worry the hard-fought, drawn-out race is already hurting the party's chances to win in November and Republicans hope they're right.

"I think it's a good competition, but I think the Democratic party is going to be blown apart," said Mark Irvin, a 49-year-old Republican who was bowling at the same time as Obama.

Mark, you mean you aren't an Obamican? Shhhh?

And when I say Obama sucked at bowling, I mean daaaayum he sucked, and there is video, so do hit that link.

The crowd of regulars pressed in to take pictures, get autographs, and rib him on his poor skills.

Obama did improve, nearly getting a strike in one frame, and in the seventh, picking up a spare, giving him a score of 37. Casey had a score of 71 after getting a strike, and Hart, with one less frame, racked up a score of 82.

Heh, maybe they should have put up some bumpers. It doesn't really qualify as a gaffe, it's just entertaining to see the Messiah utterly fail at something.

Posted by: doubleplusundead at 01:30 PM | Comments (25) | Add Comment
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1 I could score better than than left-handed, blindfolded, drunk, and on ice skates. These Dhimmicrat politicians are truly disconnected from normal life.

Posted by: skh.pcola at March 30, 2008 02:27 PM (jFpwo)

2 Yeah, I mean, 37? Really? I mean just throw the damn ball as hard as you can down the lane and you could beat that!

Posted by: doubleplusundead at March 30, 2008 02:37 PM (LEDkk)

3 Actually, they were all pitiful, I mean, at least get a 100.

Posted by: doubleplusundead at March 30, 2008 02:38 PM (LEDkk)

4 Well, maybe if he hung out with more white people he would be better at bowling.

Posted by: Scoop11 at March 30, 2008 03:10 PM (AEmfc)

5 A 100 would still be pitiful, but at least make triple digits, and Scoop, there are black bowlers, it isn't quite hockey level whiteness.

Posted by: doubleplusundead at March 30, 2008 03:32 PM (LEDkk)

6 Well, you wouldn't know it where I am. When I worked in the newsroom we would make cracks about how white this state is -- when we had a NAACP representative come to Bike Week to protest a vendor who was selling racist t-shirts, he told the reporter that the "local black community" wouldn't stand for it.

The reporter's thought to us afterwards: "Yeah, all 3 of them."

To be fair, the minority population is increasing here -- my mother in law is helping out some Somalis through her church who are refugees here. But it's still predominantly white in these parts.

Posted by: Scoop11 at March 30, 2008 03:40 PM (AEmfc)

7 I was gonna say, where you're at you can count the black population on your fingers.

Posted by: doubleplusundead at March 30, 2008 03:41 PM (LEDkk)

8 I've never made a triple digit score in bowling. Neither have any of my friends, which is why we invented our own bowling game. We call it Lots 'n' Little. Basically, you try to knock down as many pins as possible with the first ball, and as few as possible with the second. Your score for the frame is the number of pins you get on the first ball minus the number you get on the second ball (and if you get a gutter ball, there's a huge penalty, so no deliberately throwing the ball in the gutter).

There are various other rules for strikes, spares, splits, etc. A spare is REALLY bad - you get double the points subtracted. If you have a split, like 7-10, and you roll the ball directly between the pins without hitting either one, you get double points added.

(Naturally, we coded a spreadsheet to calculate the score for us and brought the laptop to the bowling alley.)

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at March 30, 2008 06:32 PM (FlRBy)

9 I started bowling because there was a girl in elementary school who i had a crush on and she was in the saturday morning kids league, so i joined to be around her. Actually got pretty good and was averaging 140 by the time i was 10. And to further prove what a lame ass kid i was, my folks not only got me my own bowling ball, they also got me my own bowling shoes. I even had a favorite pro bowler, Mark Roth, and copied his style. The girl moved about a year after i first joined, but we're still friends to this day.

Posted by: forged rite at March 30, 2008 08:50 PM (MoSub)

10 Neat story, I'm amazed you're still in touch after all that time.

Posted by: doubleplusundead at March 30, 2008 09:26 PM (LEDkk)

11 Lot of times you end up never seeing childhood friends outside of chance or class reunions.

Posted by: doubleplusundead at March 30, 2008 09:27 PM (LEDkk)

12 Yeah, she's the only person i keep in touch with from that far back. Looking forward to Obama getting crushed in your neck of the woods btw, it's gonna be sweet.

Posted by: forged rite at March 30, 2008 11:12 PM (MoSub)

13 What's makes Obama's score really sad is that they were using the gutter guards they usually put up for the little kids.

Seriously, this is as bad as those pics of Kerry trying to catch a football. Looks stupid and does nothing but give the opposition ammo to make you out to be a fool.

Of course, in Obama's case, pretty target-rich environment to start with anyway.

Posted by: wiserbud at March 31, 2008 10:21 AM (wWwJR)

14 Wait, he was bumper bowling?

Posted by: doubleplusundead at March 31, 2008 10:57 AM (LEDkk)

15 I dunno, but it wold have been funny if they had, huh?

Posted by: wiserbud at March 31, 2008 11:31 AM (wWwJR)

16 *Rolls eyes*

He wouldn't have had all those gutter balls if the bumpers were up.

He should have requested them before he started, as he obviously needed them.

Posted by: Nice Deb at March 31, 2008 11:51 AM (vGyLr)

17 Heh, true.

Posted by: doubleplusundead at March 31, 2008 12:11 PM (LEDkk)

18 The bumpers don't extend all the way down the lane, so it is perfectly possible to get gutter balls with them up if your ball takes an unexpected hook at the end. I did it plenty of times as a kid.

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at March 31, 2008 07:52 PM (FlRBy)

19 True, but that would be pretty pitiful for an adult.

Posted by: doubleplusundead at March 31, 2008 07:58 PM (LEDkk)

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