Via Politico:
Before presenting tennis legend Billie Jean King with the Medal of Freedom Wednesday, President Obama ticked off some ...
... of her accomplishments: 12 Grand Slam titles, 101 doubles titles, 67 singles titles.
“Pretty good, Billie Jean,” he quipped.
But he didn’t get any of it right, according to King herself.
“They didn’t get any of my facts right,” King lightheartedly noted afterward. “Did you see all the – how many titles I won? I was cracking up.”
“Not even in the ballpark,” she continued.
King found it amusing, and said her accomplishments on the court aren’t the most important.
“I thought it was adorable,” she said.
Asked what Obama got wrong, she said, “Well the Grand Slam’s at 39 not at 12.”
“That’s not what’s important,” she explained. So when Obama got it wrong, “I thought even was more cute...I go, ‘Oh that’s really sweet.’
Your typical Obama supporter... what he says means little... what he stands for (and what color his skin is) trumps.
Sigh.
With thanks to Michelle.
Medal of Freedom for playing tennis? OhKay...
Posted by: tim aka The Godless Heathen | Thursday, August 13, 2009 at 02:28 PM
I listened to most of it on XM yesterday. What a bunch of bullochs as the Brits would say.
Posted by: Locutisprime | Thursday, August 13, 2009 at 03:35 PM
A 29 year old Billie Jean King defeated a 55 year old Bobby Riggs in 1973. The "Battle of the Sexes!"
In other words...
A female tennis star at the peak of her career defeated an aging, retired male has-been and it's proclaimed a moral victory for women everywhere.
Was that when political correctness started?
Posted by: Chris Vehr | Thursday, August 13, 2009 at 07:45 PM