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Obama Steals Football from Children in NFL PSA

by Brad Jackson

Well, not really, but that’s how it seems. In a new PSA set to air during the Thanksgiving football games, we see Drew Brees throwing a football with children running in the frame. It seems that one of the kids is about to catch the ball, when suddenly (well, actually in extreme slow-mo), President Obama appears (mom jeans and all) and grabs the ball out of mid-air.

You can view it for yourself below.

The spot is meant to encourage volunteerism (and that is absolutely a noble goal), but with it’s ultra-exagerated slow-motion, it really just comes off as cheesy and ripe for parody. In fact, the Weekly Standard, already has a wonderfully mocking video posted.

What really concerns me about this though, is there no instance, no moment, no day on the calendar which Obama feels he cannot inject himself? Do I really have to endure “Hope and Change” at my dinner table on Thanksgiving? Does he ever think he has reached over-exposure or is that not even possible in the Obama universe?

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- March 22, 2010 -

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