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In reply to the discussion: GOOD CATCH MR. PRESIDENT! Obama Catches Fainting Woman During White House Speech! (Video) [View all]Cha
(296,775 posts)79. Wasn't it, she! I've just been cracking up
at all the comments(mostly). rofl
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GOOD CATCH MR. PRESIDENT! Obama Catches Fainting Woman During White House Speech! (Video) [View all]
Coyotl
Oct 2013
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That's great. Like the time someone fainted in audience, and he said, "you have to eat."
Hoyt
Oct 2013
#2
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
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
I did forget! Yeah, he must have had practice one way or another.
Dark n Stormy Knight
Oct 2013
#187
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
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
He does have daughters. Parents have to have eyes in the back of their heads.
Tigress DEM
Oct 2013
#157
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 what they told the legally blind lady who got stuck on the bridge when it started to raise.
IrishAyes
Oct 2013
#95
He may have also caught the other woman moving in his peripheral vision.
charlie and algernon
Oct 2013
#19
The fainter looked like she was breathing heavily, too. Maybe that tipped him off.
randome
Oct 2013
#30
Either that or he may have heard them talking behind him, which normally wouldnt happen
7962
Oct 2013
#169
One of my daughters is in school choir. She fainted once when not following that rule.
randome
Oct 2013
#26
No worries the TP/GOPers will say it was staged while the corporate media agrees
Iliyah
Oct 2013
#34
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
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
Then cancel Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Then see how folks feel about
TeamPooka
Oct 2013
#129
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
rec 50! he clearly knew this person wasn't well or heard or saw something before his reaching out
Divine Discontent
Oct 2013
#49
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
And he does it all with self-deprecating humor so the woman is not embarrassed.
SunSeeker
Oct 2013
#117