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Javaman

(62,438 posts)
35. That's the first thing I thought as well...
Mon Oct 21, 2013, 03:23 PM
Oct 2013

I used to video tape weddings and I can't tell you how many brides, grooms, bestmen, bridesmaids, etc have keeled over because of that.

I saw that--very smoothly done! nt MADem Oct 2013 #1
That's great. Like the time someone fainted in audience, and he said, "you have to eat." Hoyt Oct 2013 #2
This happens at press conferences from time to time. NutmegYankee Oct 2013 #81
How soon we forget rocktivity Oct 2013 #3
LOL. Bush was worst than boring. Nonethless, send the kid a paycheck. Coyotl Oct 2013 #36
And to think, the worst I ever wished on Bush IrishAyes Oct 2013 #91
The only credit I ever gave bush in his 8 years is that fucker could duck a shoe pretty good. Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2013 #152
You can't imagine how much I wished I could've thrown a shoe at him IrishAyes Oct 2013 #159
Hate to say it, but I was quite impressed when he ducked that shoe so adeptly. Of course, Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2013 #162
He was used to ducking flying objects from his wife fasttense Oct 2013 #167
Both shoes, remember? brush Oct 2013 #173
It comes from a lifetime... awoke_in_2003 Oct 2013 #180
Hee Hee! nt brush Oct 2013 #181
I did forget! Yeah, he must have had practice one way or another. Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2013 #187
The story behind that video was incredible flygal Oct 2013 #39
Remember the the three day hyper-spin put out for that incident? " He was just tired, not bored." Mnemosyne Oct 2013 #141
Remember the Bush Boooo'ed viral video. On YouTube it was breaking world records on April 1. Coyotl Oct 2013 #174
I saw that too, while it was developing! cilla4progress Oct 2013 #4
Something like that happened to me at a concert rocktivity Oct 2013 #9
What did you do? Faint or get out of there? CrispyQ Oct 2013 #103
I'm wondering the same thing. Coyotl Oct 2013 #109
You can tell she was really trying to hang on... Phentex Oct 2013 #17
You are right, she is diabetic. RedSpartan Oct 2013 #25
I too coldbeer Oct 2013 #31
She looks pregnant, and that can send your systems a bit out of whack! Hekate Oct 2013 #33
exactly what i thought... nashville_brook Oct 2013 #43
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Aw, that's just awesome. Laelth Oct 2013 #5
chivalry, and good situational awareness! nashville_brook Oct 2013 #42
Ikr? How can he be giving a speech, yet tuned in to the people behind him!? I have done my Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2013 #163
He can see the responses of the people in front of him. They were watching her faint. Coyotl Oct 2013 #172
Many politicians would not even notice that! Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2013 #186
Perfectly said! JNelson6563 Oct 2013 #171
Cue Right Wing "false flag" talk in 3,2,1.....nt Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2013 #6
She's being interviewed on CNN right now by phone pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #7
Watched it live malaise Oct 2013 #11
I know malaise.. like he has eyes in the back of Cha Oct 2013 #59
+1! sheshe2 Oct 2013 #65
So true! He has an amazing sensitivity to people. SunSeeker Oct 2013 #112
He does have daughters. Parents have to have eyes in the back of their heads. Tigress DEM Oct 2013 #157
That's what I was thinking of when I wrote it.. not on Cha Oct 2013 #158
DON'T ever stand with your legs locked back, cuts off blood flow REALLY fast. Learned in Boy Scouts uponit7771 Oct 2013 #8
That's the first thing I thought as well... Javaman Oct 2013 #35
That's what they told the legally blind lady who got stuck on the bridge when it started to raise. IrishAyes Oct 2013 #95
I learned that in the military... Callmecrazy Oct 2013 #144
You can learn a lot in the military. ... spin Oct 2013 #182
I agree... Callmecrazy Oct 2013 #183
I was fortunate as I enlisted in the Air Force during the Vietnam era. ... spin Oct 2013 #184
I'm not surprised. He has ninja-reflexes, as he showed when he caught the fly Tanuki Oct 2013 #10
LOVE this one! calimary Oct 2013 #28
Who said anything about 'dry'? IrishAyes Oct 2013 #97
Lol.. I had just thought of that when I Cha Oct 2013 #62
Time for some Karate Kid Fly Catching Coyotl Oct 2013 #114
"You beginner luck"! RoFL! People are so Cha Oct 2013 #124
What you didn't see... Jeff In Milwaukee Oct 2013 #12
Heh heh pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #14
Yeah, if you have to have a fainting spell that was definitely the Cha Oct 2013 #63
and then he passed out pie and milkshakes for everyone. BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2013 #52
..and brought those m-fers donuts. louis-t Oct 2013 #58
LOl.. These donuts? Cha Oct 2013 #67
I LOVE THIS Jeff In Milwaukee Oct 2013 #68
You're Welcome, Jeff! Glad to share Cha Oct 2013 #83
I love this man. louis-t Oct 2013 #73
I know.. it was brilliant, louis. lol :) Cha Oct 2013 #84
That is the man I voted for! Southside Oct 2013 #13
I'm sure it was all staged nobodyspecial Oct 2013 #15
That will be the leading Fox story tonight, I bet. randome Oct 2013 #27
They will say it was Obama's fault. Coyotl Oct 2013 #38
Wait. Wait. It can get worse than volcanic eruptions and staged faintings. randome Oct 2013 #40
Thanks Obama! Cha Oct 2013 #69
How did he realize someone was in trouble behind him? My Pet Goat Oct 2013 #16
Must have been. avaistheone1 Oct 2013 #18
He may have also caught the other woman moving in his peripheral vision. charlie and algernon Oct 2013 #19
Wow, I just read her tweet that she was pregnant... My Pet Goat Oct 2013 #24
The fainter looked like she was breathing heavily, too. Maybe that tipped him off. randome Oct 2013 #30
Or audio Thav Oct 2013 #55
Either that or he may have heard them talking behind him, which normally wouldnt happen 7962 Oct 2013 #169
Lucky for her she wasn't standing behind President Romney making a speech. red dog 1 Oct 2013 #20
Nah, it would have been all military people behind bush. louis-t Oct 2013 #77
Or photoshopped military people. Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2013 #153
I guess I do feel sorry for Boehner and other repubs cilla4progress Oct 2013 #21
lol! nt ecstatic Oct 2013 #23
Don't ever lock your knees when standing ecstatic Oct 2013 #22
One of my daughters is in school choir. She fainted once when not following that rule. randome Oct 2013 #26
"This happens when I talk too long... " Whisp Oct 2013 #29
That was EXACTLY the right thing to say. Laelth Oct 2013 #37
I know, huh? Cha Oct 2013 #70
yup! and he made sure to give somebody else the credit Botany Oct 2013 #101
Poor woman. I'm sure she's embarrased. Laffy Kat Oct 2013 #32
she's been a good sport about it Liberal_in_LA Oct 2013 #188
No worries the TP/GOPers will say it was staged while the corporate media agrees Iliyah Oct 2013 #34
I read the first few comments on the video Lordquinton Oct 2013 #61
Does he have eyes in the back of his head? nt No Vested Interest Oct 2013 #41
The use of people as backdrop to speeches is unfortunate. mahannah Oct 2013 #44
No, it's NOT.. they're there for a very important Reason. Cha Oct 2013 #74
They are there as props for a speech. mahannah Oct 2013 #80
You call them "props" .. I call them people who are there to support POTUS. Cha Oct 2013 #82
President Obama has a great presence. Most powerful, I think, when he is alone on the stage. mahannah Oct 2013 #86
And I think he's at his best when he's off script, especially when he's interacting with the People. CrispyQ Oct 2013 #106
What one may see as stagecraft, another may see as tradition. LanternWaste Oct 2013 #87
We need to move beyond tradition. mahannah Oct 2013 #90
I like this tradition. I think every politician should stand in front of the people his law helps. SunSeeker Oct 2013 #126
This "tradition" is outdated. We need to address real issues, not photo opportunities. mahannah Oct 2013 #132
Demostrating who a law helps will never be outdated. nt SunSeeker Oct 2013 #149
Then cancel Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Then see how folks feel about TeamPooka Oct 2013 #129
+1 FailureToCommunicate Oct 2013 #170
They want to be there, so it is fortunate for them. Coyotl Oct 2013 #119
What did you have to say about Junior's use of a battleship, fighter jet, and troops? Hekate Oct 2013 #150
At least they're not school children forced to be there to fill the seats. Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2013 #164
Then I guess my dad was merely a prop when he FailureToCommunicate Oct 2013 #168
+1, FTC! I didn't find civil rights people but .. Cha Oct 2013 #185
pResident Bush helping someone out who is feeling tipsy mockmonkey Oct 2013 #45
ROFL! pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #46
LOL!!! What a perfect comparison. nt rivegauche Oct 2013 #64
LOL skeewee08 Oct 2013 #78
BAWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Rex Oct 2013 #104
Bob Dole stage fall - YouTube Coyotl Oct 2013 #108
I remember seeing that over and over mockmonkey Oct 2013 #111
+1 uponit7771 Oct 2013 #161
Bless her heart, she was clearly fighting it. Skeeter Barnes Oct 2013 #47
Cool dude Aldo Leopold Oct 2013 #48
rec 50! he clearly knew this person wasn't well or heard or saw something before his reaching out Divine Discontent Oct 2013 #49
He's a kind man. blue neen Oct 2013 #50
Obamacare: TexasTowelie Oct 2013 #51
Case in Cha Oct 2013 #75
what a laff that the YouTube ad banner is a teapuke.com "vote now!!1!" idiocy. BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2013 #53
"I gotcha... ...You're OK." Through his acts, he actually saves many people, every day. NYC_SKP Oct 2013 #54
That's the wannabe baller in our Prez. liberalmuse Oct 2013 #56
You got that, 'pubs? liberalmuse Oct 2013 #57
Poor lady MissNostalgia Oct 2013 #60
Is there anything this man DOESN'T do well? ffr Oct 2013 #66
"There you go, you're okay, I'm right here. I got you." savalez Oct 2013 #71
IT doesn't surprise me... yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #72
I sometimes forget my President is a superhero. n/t vaberella Oct 2013 #123
And has his own action figure! yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #128
I had forgotten about this! Brigid Oct 2013 #133
Now that was amazing! sheshe2 Oct 2013 #76
Wasn't it, she! I've just been cracking up Cha Oct 2013 #79
Pregnant + diabetic + close to Obama = feeling faint Nonhlanhla Oct 2013 #85
"Super senses".. That nails it, Nonhlanhla! Cha Oct 2013 #89
And bionic ears, of course! Nonhlanhla Oct 2013 #92
Of course! Rofl! Cha Oct 2013 #98
Wider range Pic of Karmel Allison and the President, Coyotl Cha Oct 2013 #88
I love the man's awareness of his surroundings! Rex Oct 2013 #93
Thank you for that, Rex. It said a lot to me, too.. Cha Oct 2013 #99
It is the reason he is always one step ahead of the GOP. Rex Oct 2013 #100
Imagine that. IrishAyes Oct 2013 #94
Freeper responses LOL Nonhlanhla Oct 2013 #96
Oh crap, it is another sign of the ends times Coyotl Oct 2013 #105
I was just about to post "CLEARLY a plant!! CLEARLY staged!" underpants Oct 2013 #118
MIHOP or LIHOP? dreamnightwind Oct 2013 #165
"This happens when I talk to long." CrispyQ Oct 2013 #102
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Hope you like pizza! Enjoy your stay! CrispyQ Oct 2013 #115
Your back I see. hrmjustin Oct 2013 #120
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She is also in one of her moods. hrmjustin Oct 2013 #127
AndThenTheresMaude! William769 Oct 2013 #130
She does come up with winners. hrmjustin Oct 2013 #131
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I got the impression that he heard someone asking her if she was okay underpants Oct 2013 #116
Adios! Coyotl Oct 2013 #122
And he does it all with self-deprecating humor so the woman is not embarrassed. SunSeeker Oct 2013 #117
Had it been GWB 90-percent Oct 2013 #121
had it been Putin: dreamnightwind Oct 2013 #166
Good job Mr. President! gopiscrap Oct 2013 #134
K&R...Thanks Coyoti for posting. red dog 1 Oct 2013 #135
aw, she is trying so hard to hang in there Skittles Oct 2013 #136
yes I agree gopiscrap Oct 2013 #147
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Back again? hrmjustin Oct 2013 #138
looks like it gopiscrap Oct 2013 #143
Welcome to DU gopiscrap Oct 2013 #139
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That was quick. Tombstoned twice in one thread! A new record. Coyotl Oct 2013 #145
Yeah how about, just doesn't learn gopiscrap Oct 2013 #146
LOL Cali_Democrat Oct 2013 #148
We had a thread a while back in which she was banned 8 times. cyberswede Oct 2013 #151
How do you come up with 8 names? Coyotl Oct 2013 #154
OMG - don't give her any ideas! cyberswede Oct 2013 #155
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Back again! Get a new hobby. Read a book or something. hrmjustin Oct 2013 #177
Ok, now THAT is funny. nt cyberswede Oct 2013 #178
Well, you are right about something..... Curmudgeoness Oct 2013 #142
BENGHAZI! Tree-Hugger Oct 2013 #156
thats cool tillikum Oct 2013 #160
Boink Scurrilous Oct 2013 #175
Very observant. I can't believe he noticed that. bravenak Oct 2013 #179
"It's Time to Stop Rooting for Its Failure"... Cha Oct 2013 #189
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