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Barack Obama: Flyswatter in Chief

By Kevin Robinson in News on Jun 17, 2009 2:40PM

After watching this video, you can just imagine John Harwood standing on Pebble Beach, cell phone pressed firmly to his ear, talking to his editor back at CNBC. "Dude, seriously, he caught the fucking fly with his bare hand. Yeah! First try. Of course we have it on film - I nearly crapped my pants when I saw it. I thought 'Oh my god, this is gold. It's like Mr. Miyagi! Yeah, we'll get it over to you right away."