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Post by QPR Report on May 17, 2009 15:14:13 GMT
It's the weekend, so Obama becomes a soccer dad 16 hours agoWASHINGTON (AP) — It's a busy Saturday for Barack Obama. First he named a new ambassador to China and then he switched from being president to being a soccer dad. Obama traded a business suit for jeans and a Chicago White Sox jacket before shuttling around Washington to see daughters Malia and Sasha play in separate soccer games. Obama cheered and clapped along the sidelines at 7-year-old Sasha's game with two Chicago friends. At one point, after Sasha's team scored, the president excitedly shouted "go ... go ... go ... goal." Obama then moved on to 10-year-old daughter Malia's soccer match. After soccer, Obama went golfing. www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h7T_swLRgM3F53A5wqfrnaSQ_GUAD987K94G0And think of all those millions of Americans who may be influenced...Even more take up soccer (football!)...etc. (
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Post by QPR Report on May 17, 2009 15:14:31 GMT
AP - As he wrote in April:As a child, I played soccer on a dirt road in Jakarta, and the game brought the children of my neighborhood together,” Obama said, according to excerpts released Tuesday by the U.S. Soccer Federation. “As a father, I saw that same spirit of unity alive on the fields and sidelines of my own daughters’ soccer games in Chicago...” “Soccer is truly the world’s sport, and the World Cup promotes camaraderie and friendly competition across the globe,” Obama wrote. “That is why this bid is about much more than a game. It is about the United States of America inviting the world to gather all across our great country in celebration of our common hopes and dreams.” ca.sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=ap-wcup-us-obama&prov=ap&type=lgns
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Post by QPR Report on May 17, 2009 15:17:58 GMT
And from last year Los Angeles Times - Soccer is more like it for Barack ObamaBarack Obama frequently bemoans that the biggest downside for him about running for the world's most important job is the amount of time he's away from his two young daughters, but lately he's worked more family time into his schedule. He spent much of last weekend on the home front in Chicago -- foregoing, somewhat surprisingly, a nearby meeting of the centrist Democratic Leadership Council. And Tuesday night, he got to watch his eldest daugther, Malia, play soccer (working it in after delivering a speech in Ohio on how he would operate the faith-based initiative started by President Bush and before traveling today to Colorado to talk about how he would run a national service program). The Times' Peter Nicholas was near Obama as the candidate and his wife, Michelle, sauntered onto the athletic field at the University of Illinois at Chicago, well prepared with matching bags containing fold-up chairs. Nicholas reports that when the Obamas arrived, some friends and acquaintances came over to shake hands or hug them. But after that, they were largely left alone -- there was a game to watch, after all. Before the action began, Obama playfully kicked a ball around with a small boy. And, Nicholas relates, he showed far more dexterity than he exhibited in that Altoona, Pa., bowling alley a few months back. During a break in Malia’s game, she wandered over to the sidelines and Obama offered some pointers on proper kicking form. And as play proceeded, his younger daughter, Sasha, sat in his lap for awhile. Obama's night was not completely given over to recreation, however. About 9 p.m. (CDT), he arrived at his campaign headquarters for a confab that lasted a more than two hours. Presumably, the kids were in bed when he returned home. -- Don Frederick Photo credit: Associated Press images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/images/2008/07/02/soccer.jpg&imgrefurl=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/07/soccer-is-more.html&usg=__14ROIeA8czYiXuHdOVqdUwJblqg=&h=399&w=280&sz=16&hl=en&start=10&tbnid=qFkqKmyLiA5n9M:&tbnh=124&tbnw=87&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dobama%2Bsoccer%2Bdaughter%26hl%3DenAnd a pre-Presidential game in Chicago www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzM6XCisBcI
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Post by blockhead on May 17, 2009 15:40:32 GMT
you can't please all the people all the time... but you can try!
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