White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said the President received a dozen stitches after getting hit with an errant elbow during a Friday morning basketball game with White House aide Reggie Love and some unidentified family members at the Fort McNair military base in Washington.
A senior administration official said the cut was not caused by Love, a former player for Duke University who serves as the President's personal assistant, but the official was still checking for more details on who caused the accident.
"After being inadvertently hit with an opposing player's elbow in the lip while playing basketball with friends and family, the President received 12 stitches today administered by the White House Medical Unit," said Gibbs. "They were done in the doctor's office located on the ground floor of the White House."
Clinton jogged, Bush biked, Obama plays hoops. Hope the guy's alright. Whoever did throw that elbow has to be pretty mortified, at any rate. Glad the President is alright.
I've seen worse accidents around my family. Then again, my hoops games never made national news, either.
Lifted from TPM:
ReplyDeleteElbowist Revealed
The White House has released the name of the guy who elbowed President Obama in the lip today. It's Rey Decerega, who is the Director of Programs for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute.
Decerga released a statement: ""I learned today the president is both a tough competitor and a good sport. I enjoyed playing basketball with him this morning. I'm sure he'll be back out on the court again soon."
"Elbowist"?
ReplyDeleteWell, to be fair, at least it wasn't shooting someone in the fucking face, ehehhee.
THIS ABSOLVES CHENEY! ACCIDENTS HAPPEN!
*ahem* That said, this is kinda funny in a mean way, but I'm glad Obama will be alright. Although I'm more laughing at the idea of people using this to absolve Cheney.