Jan

27

The Obama Curse Continues

Filed Under Politics, Sports | 13 Comments

Obama campaigns for Creigh Deeds: He lost.
Obama campaigns for Jon Corzine: Another loss.
Obama campaigns for the Chicago Olympics: Out in the first round of voting.
Obama campaigns for Martha Coakley: Epic fail.
Obama lobbies hard for health care: It’s now in a dangerously deep coma

Last night, Kentucky’s basketball team, #1 in the nation with a 19-0 record, gets a phone call from President Obama before the game. What happened? You guessed it, Kentucky lost to a mediocre South Carolina team.

At the State of the Union speech tonight, if Obama touts a perfect record so far in his presidency, he’s not lying. It’s all in how you “spin” these things.

Comments

13 Responses to “The Obama Curse Continues”

  1. Dandapani on January 27th, 2010 9:32 pm

    Obama man hugs Crist… you do the math.

  2. Nanny on January 27th, 2010 9:36 pm

    How about a group hug with the whole DNC – swoosh – take em out all in one swoop!!!

  3. Scott B on January 29th, 2010 12:58 am

    Ah, dammit! Had I known about the phone call I woulda called my bookie! ;)

  4. The Greenroom » Forum Archive » Did We Just Get Lectured on Fiscal Responsibility By the Guy With the $1.6 Trillion Budget Deficit? on February 3rd, 2010 1:08 pm

    [...] be spending their money in his state? Good luck with that. We’re witnessing the Obama Curse claiming another victim right before our [...]

  5. Allison on February 3rd, 2010 3:24 pm

    I knew it! It is a curse.

  6. Michelle Malkin » Hope & Change Ripples Across the Pacific: Republican Wins Hawaii District for First Time in 20 Years on May 23rd, 2010 10:56 am

    [...] Since almost every one of the Democrats Obama previously endorsed — Corzine, Deeds, Coakley, etc. (though based on Scott Brown’s performance so far I don’t consider Coakley’s loss to be a Republican win) — went down in flames, this time Obama didn’t endorse either of the two main Democrat contenders, so this loss can’t be directly pinned on the “Obama Curse.” [...]

  7. Djoumania On A Warm Sunday In May « Around The Sphere on May 23rd, 2010 6:43 pm

    [...] Doug Powers at Michelle Malkin’s place: Since almost every one of the Democrats Obama previously endorsed — Corzine, Deeds, Coakley, etc. (though based on Scott Brown’s performance so far I don’t consider Coakley’s loss to be a Republican win) — went down in flames, this time Obama didn’t endorse either of the two main Democrat contenders, so this loss can’t be directly pinned on the “Obama Curse.” [...]

  8. Michelle Malkin » Specter of Defeat: Slew of Democrats Invited to Obama Speech in PA Decline Due to Prior Committments to Not Ruining Re-Election Bids on June 2nd, 2010 12:39 pm

    [...] up for re-election this year are fully aware of President Obama’s campaign record, and nowhere is that more apparent than in Pennsylvania, where at least five Democrats have taken [...]

  9. Creosote Bush: Poison to Plants Around It « Finding Ponies… on June 2nd, 2010 1:48 pm

    [...] Malkin’s Blog: Democrats up for re-election this year are fully aware of President Obama’s campaign record, and nowhere is that more apparent than in Pennsylvania, where at least five Democrats have taken [...]

  10. Moe Lane » There is no such thing as an ‘Obama Curse.’ on April 2nd, 2011 7:58 pm

    [...] you, or a candidate running for office, the team or candidate endorsed by Obama immediately tanks. Doug Powers noted this phenomenon over a year ago, and there have been numerous other examples since then, most recently Obama’s [...]

  11. There is no such thing as an ‘Obama Curse.’ | RedState on April 2nd, 2011 8:01 pm

    [...] you, or a candidate running for office, the team or candidate endorsed by Obama immediately tanks. Doug Powers noted this phenomenon over a year ago, and there have been numerous other examples since then, most recently Obama’s [...]

  12. There is no such thing as an ?Obama Curse.? | Political News on April 2nd, 2011 9:15 pm

    [...] you, or a candidate running for office, the team or candidate endorsed by Obama immediately tanks. Doug Powers noted this phenomenon over a year ago, and there have been numerous other examples since then, most recently Obama?s NCAA [...]

  13. There is no such thing as an ‘Obama Curse.’ on April 3rd, 2011 7:49 pm

    [...] you, or a candidate running for office, the team or candidate endorsed by Obama immediately tanks. Doug Powers noted this phenomenon over a year ago, and there have been numerous other examples since then, most recently Obama’s [...]

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