White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said the President received a dozen stitches after getting hit with an errant elbow during a Friday morning basketball game with White House aide Reggie Love and some unidentified family members at the Fort McNair military base in Washington.

A senior administration official said the cut was not caused by Love, a former player for Duke University who serves as the President's personal assistant, but the official was still checking for more details on who caused the accident.

"After being inadvertently hit with an opposing player's elbow in the lip while playing basketball with friends and family, the President received 12 stitches today administered by the White House Medical Unit," said Gibbs. "They were done in the doctor's office located on the ground floor of the White House."

Aides said Obama was given a local anesthetic while receiving the stitches, and doctors used a smaller filament. That increases the number of stitches needed to patch up the tear, but it makes a tighter stitch so that the President's scar on his lower lip should be smaller.

The president will be unable to speak in public for two weeks, so at least we'll have a short break from his incessant bullshit.

Fund Raising

Afterthought: How to solve the national debt problem?

Sell tickets to people who want to play basketball with Barry. No referees, the rest of Barry's team to consist of cabinet members and czars in rotation.

I have so many parts that don't work anymore that I don't do "athletics" at all. About the only sport I participate in is precision target shooting. But the US Secret Service is all about NOT letting me do THAT with Barry.

I'm not flying to Washington, I don't want to get groped by the TSA goons. Driving is too damn dangerous. D.C. gun laws are unconstitutional. So, fuckit Barry, you're not getting any of my money, you'll just have to get as much as you can from the people who want to leave the basketball court slippery with your blood.

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