President Obama is resting comfortably after being whacked up the side of the head. And this time we’re not talking about the mid-term elections.
The President took an errant elbow the upper lip during a basketball game on Friday and had to get 12 stitches.
The Associated Press has the details all sewn up:
Press secretary Robert Gibbs said in a statement that Obama was inadvertently struck by an elbow. The elbow’s owner wasn’t identified.
Obama received the stitches under local anesthesia in the doctor’s office on the ground floor White House after he returned home.
The president had traveled to nearby Fort McNair to indulge in one of his favorite athletic pursuits, basketball. It was a five-on-five contest involving family and friends and including Reggie Love, Obama’s personal assistant who played at Duke University.
Friends and family? What family? Was Michelle playing power forward? Aunti Zeituni leading a fast break? Sasha coming in off the bench?
C’mon, why do they try to make this sound like some warm, loving family get-together? Fact is, Obama was out there with his buddies playing hoops while the his daughters sat at home wondering where daddy was and Michelle wondered if Reggie Love is a name or a description of the services he provides.
Source: Associated Press
