President Barack Obama received 12 stitches Friday after being inadvertently hit with an opposing player's elbow in the lip while playing basketball with friends and family, according to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.
The stitches were administered by the White House Medical Unit.
The medical procedure was done in the doctor's office on the ground floor of the White House.
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I am sure it didn’t happen on a basketball court, they just don’t wanna say it but it happen while he was on lane at Wal-Mart for black Friday
Its Obama's fault.
Playing basketball while we teeter on the verge of war with North Korea and 10% unemployment for 2 years. He is hard at work I see.
The man has to exercise! Geez! That's just the way he does it.
and what were you doing to help-out the economic crisis? Had your hand out, i bet...
there are safer ways to excercise than 2 on 2 basketball – jogging comes to mind (you only need like an hour a day)...
smitty: by not regulating housing his party created the crisis why do i need to fix it? I'm already going to suffer from the things his administration does like not extending tax cuts or making work pay (the one good thing he did)? Do you realize the inflation higher taxes is going to create? I think just holding a job is enough in this economy and he has the best job in the world.
so now we're going to critique the President's exercise regimen: arguably the most powerful man on earth–and you want to attack his cardio schedule?
@paulie:
i agree: it's tough. the president is "one of the people, elected by the people", and i don't want to take-away the human factor. i understand your words but know that it will never be "clean" when 295 million people are involved.
310.7 million.
You are tethering on the brink of war not the United States. Regardless if US is at the brink of war, whats that got to do with exercising. Should he hide like osama bin ladin? I bet you are jealous because your ass alone weighs 340lbs. Don't hate sis, go get a gastric sleeve.
Well, with the military turning away record numbers of Americans due to their not being physically fit enough to even go through BT, I guess it's good that he's exercising – somebody will have to fight that war now won't they?
MAYBE IT'LL KNOCK SOME SINCE INTO HIM
err, sense
i'm sure we'll be getting the bill.
@mosdef: it's spelled "loser"... sigh. what's with this current, illiterate US generation? Your country deserves all the Palin it gets.
Leave the Palin with the salmon. Please don't push her into a "collective society".
He got elbowed in the biggest part of him, his mouth. To bad he was not playing hockey, he would need a new head.
It came from the right, right? Ha!
Feel Better Mr. Obama, Get Well Soon.
Obama gets worse than this every time he talks to the republicans - I'm sure a bloody lip is no problem.
Could this be a cover up to a domestic dispute? Instead of "I ran into a door" it is "I get hit playing basketbal"???
obama got elbowed in the face, it's all north koreas fault! they were trying to take him out with a double agent, time to nuke em!
that would mean 23 million civilians dead. not to mention the uselessness of the place after the place becomes radioctive. think before you speak.
No blood, no foul.
So apparently this was a foul then...
It sounds like the president got punked.
Hmm. I suppose we won't be hearing people gleefully describe Rahm Emanuel as "a guy with sharp elbows" anymore.
I think it is admirable that we have a chief executive who is setting an example of physical fitness for the nation.
As a country of fat people, we need to examine how we live.
Instead of participating in the mob mentality of mass consumerism, let's try to become a fit nation.
To read other comments, some people believe a president should never exercise, or leave the Oval Office for that matter...
After all, we hired him to run the country, not be alive...
i agree. allow him a life and family. He's in better shape than most Americans; and sets and example every time he graces our teles and rags.
and btw: kudos @brownstain for saying what needs to be said. thank you.