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shugah

(4,037 posts)
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 01:18 PM Jun 2012

President Obama's possibly risqué comment

A comment by the commander-in-chief about his wife's exercise routine sent snickers through a crowd of Hollywood's gay and lesbian elite who gathered at an LGBT Leadership Council gala in Beverly Hills on Wednesday for a fund-raiser.

After being introduced by emcee Ellen DeGeneres, Obama called the comedian "a great friend who accepts a little bit of teasing about Michelle beating her in pushups" when the First Lady appeared on her show, the Los Angeles Times reported.

"I think she claims Michelle didn't go all the way down," Obama quipped.

The audience, which included cast members from "Glee," “Modern Family’s” Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Cher, reportedly giggled before breaking out in naughty laughter.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/president-obama-possibly-risque-comment-wife-pushups-provokes-laughter-fund-raiser-article-1.1091495#commentpostform

i don't think that's what he meant, but still kinda funny.
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President Obama's possibly risqué comment (Original Post) shugah Jun 2012 OP
it's actually pretty sad Enrique Jun 2012 #1
Then he only has his writer to blame.... Bluenorthwest Jun 2012 #2
More Evidence That Silly Season Has Arrived! SunsetDreams Jun 2012 #3
The mind has to already be in the gutter Gman Jun 2012 #4
Oh my. I bet she laughed her ass off when she heard about that! HopeHoops Jun 2012 #5
Its funny, which is why the right wing is upset about it. JoePhilly Jun 2012 #6
My take is that it's a blooper--and a hilarious one at that! meow2u3 Jun 2012 #7

Enrique

(27,461 posts)
1. it's actually pretty sad
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 01:22 PM
Jun 2012

watch the video, it's inconceivable that he meant it that way and he clearly is pissed that his audience reacted that way. What a mortifying situation that audience put him in.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
2. Then he only has his writer to blame....
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 01:26 PM
Jun 2012

There are sooooooo many alternative punchlines to that set up. You'd think they had a tight budget for such things....

meow2u3

(24,764 posts)
7. My take is that it's a blooper--and a hilarious one at that!
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 05:27 PM
Jun 2012

An unintentional double entendre, at worst.

Repukes, with their collective dirty mind syndrome, will read something sexual into it. I guarantee it.

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