by Don Frederick
Barack Obama probably will spend the rest of his political career taking grief over his ineptitude as a bowler.
It was last Saturday, as part of his sustained effort to curry favor with certain segments of Pennsylvania's Democratic electorate, that Obama dropped by a bowling alley in Altoona and proceeded to embarrass himself.
Chris Matthews has been among those not letting him forget it; the MSNBC commentator opened an extended interview with the presidential candidate Wednesday by asking Obama if he was "ready to bowl from Day One."
Obama replied good-naturedly: "Obviously, I am not." But he added: "Basketball I can play."
Thanks to YouTube -- as well as a good friend of Top of thhe Ticket, Ben Welsh, who called our attention to it -- voters now have a chance to examine Obama in his heyday as a high school hoopster in Hawaii. We aren't experts in this field, but he looks better than we ever were.
Don Frederick is a political editor in Washington for the Los Angeles Times and wrote this for Top of the Ticket, the L.A. Times poltiical blog.
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Comments
Believe it or not he can play golf! I played a round with him once. He was a candidate for Senator at the time I'd guess he shot an 87.
Posted by: John | April 4, 2008 5:54 PM
So Barry Barack Hussein Obama bowls like a Ninny!
But he sure can sneak in
his cocaine on all you Toxic
Obama Kool Aid Drinker
Obamabotics Cultists. Just
Say No To Obama!
Posted by: Sandy5274 | April 4, 2008 7:32 PM
i don't think that should be an issue in choosing a poerson for such an office
think you should care more about his integrity , the plausibility of his campaign promises and maybe pressing him about a federal law that allows recaLL exactly as for governors and public officials who are elected to other charges
Posted by: claudio cannella | April 5, 2008 6:29 AM
Obama can't bowl and Hillary can't tell the truth!
Posted by: groucho | April 5, 2008 6:57 PM