One-on-One with Obama

I am a 58 years old -slightly over-weight and slightly out-of-shape.  However, I am firmly convinced that I can beat Mr. President in a game of one-on-one.

First, I'd like to point out that the President is "all talk."  He likes to talk a good game, but talking is not going to get you the points you need to win the game, and talking will not stop a determined opponent who is trying to score points against you.

When Mr. Obama has the ball, he is easy to stop.  He is a lefty, and his natural tendency should be to go left.  His whole career has been scoring from the left.  However, now he fights his natural abilities and tendencies, and has developed a clumsy and awkward cross-over to the right that more often than not causes him to drop the ball.  He is not hard to stop as he mechanically moves to the right.

The President has only one reliable offense strategy, which is that long-range, "Hail Mary" jump shot; but if you get right up in his face and play tight defense, he gets stuck in that one position and is unable to score.   In the event that he does make a clever move and drives to score his point, you can give him a hard foul to throw off his shot.  He is too polite to call "foul" and just smiles to let you know that maybe he did not appreciate that defensive move.

It is not very hard to score points against Mr. Obama, because he is soft on defense.  He can be backed down.  He does not have the weight or strength to stop an opponent that turns a shoulder and slowly and steadily moves to score the point.  Mr. Obama  is too polite to foul an opponent, even when the opponent is pushing and shoving him back on the way to score the point.

It probably would not be a pretty game between me and the Prez.  The battles to score would be very intense.  I would score my points early and then give him some face-saving points at the end of the session.  I must let the President know that the next opponent, John "Doc" Boehner is going to be stronger and faster who will want to deny the President of any points in the game.  Mr. President, you are going to have to step-up your game to face your new opponent.