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Obama's Handwritten Bracket
The past couple of days, everybody has been busy analyzing their NCAA Tournament pool picks when they should have instead been working. Even a financial meltdown and two wars can't keep our Hoopster-in-Chief from finding time to fill in his bracket, too. No way he's letting Rahm beat him! Barack Obama predicted a Final Four of Louisville, North Carolina, Memphis and Pittsburgh -- choosing three #1 seeds and one #2 seed. Pretty pragmatic picks, if we do say so. Most people view UConn as the most vulnerable of the top seeds.
The Official White House blog has posted Obama's complete bracket online, and Andy Katz talked with Obama about his picks over at ESPN.
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maybe he can predict when we'll get out of this fucking economic tailspin.
He has Illinois falling to Gonzaga? IMPEACH!
I know! Anyone with sense knows Illinois will fall to Western Kentucky.
If anyone thinks these are the markings of Barack Obama then give me a call...I got some shit I'd like to sell you.
I do love how the intern paid attention to detail...scratch offs...the question marks...very realistic.
One thing...the President is left handed (like me!)...where are the smudge marks a southpaw leaves on a bracket? :-)
Why would which hand the person used to fill out the bracket have an effect on smudge marks? Wouldn't that simply depend on the angle at which one holds their pen? I guess you could say that smudge marks on the right side of the paper would indicate that a righty and not a lefty did this, but I see no smudge marks whatsoever. Are leftys just lazy when they write, constantly resting their hand on the paper?
Why would which hand the person used to fill out the bracket have an effect on smudge marks?
Lefties leave smudge marks as we write left to write...or filling out a bracket.
Wouldn't that simply depend on the angle at which one holds their pen?
Fair enough. I just tried 3 different angles to hold a pen...smudge mark each time.
I guess you could say that smudge marks on the right side of the paper would indicate that a righty and not a lefty did this, but I see no smudge marks whatsoever.
Right, no smudge marks...Obama is left handed...leftys leave smudge marks. I agree a righty filled this out...that righty is called Obama's intern/assistant. No smudge marks, just the disguise of Obama "changing his mind" on the pick.
Are leftys just lazy when they write, constantly resting their hand on the paper?
You're not a lefty, eh?
Now, about this bag of shit you wanna buy from me....
I'm not sure exactly what it is you're trying to sell, but SportsCenter tonight had an extended segment with Obama filling in his bracket live on television, so I'm pretty sure these are his picks, unless of course ESPN faked the whole thing like the moon landing.
Oh man...I saw that on ESPN too.
My whole bit, out the window!
What's this moon landing you speak of?