Obama Crushes Pesky Fly On CNBC (VIDEO)

President Barack Obama had a lengthy interview on CNBC today to talk Wall Street, health care, and his proposed financial industry reforms. The President was interrupted, however, by a pesky fly.

During a break in the interview, the President made quick work of the pest. "That was pretty impressive wasn't it?" President Obama said. "I got the sucker."

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[Samsara]

10:14 AM on 06/19/2009

Dodging shoes or killing flies: US-Presidents have displayed some presence of mind recently ...

[nomorefed]

02:31 PM on 06/18/2009

Take back the trillions of $$$ given to the banks, who just sit on it and make it totally ineffective then
recommended reading: http://www.bit.ly/12NCJR

[RedRedRed325]

12:53 PM on 06/18/2009

I make the innocent observation that flies like to circle dung.

[gallimaufry03]

10:33 AM on 06/18/2009

It would have been more impressive had he then paused the interview to wash his hands.

ick

[wingsabre]

02:10 AM on 06/18/2009

WTF, He's Mr. Spock and Mr. Miyagi at the same time? What's next? He puts on the bling and turns into Mr. T?

[FebM]

10:52 PM on 06/17/2009

PETA wishes Obama hadn't swatted that fly

PETA is sending President Barack Obama a Katcha Bug Humane Bug Catcher, a device that allows users to trap a house fly and then release it outside.

"We support compassion even for the most curious, smallest and least sympathetic animals," PETA spokesman Bruce Friedrich said Wednesday. "We believe that people, where they can be compassionate, should be, for all animals."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090618/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_dead_fly;_ylt=AncBcexfqofF8qVDrjnupm4D5gcF;_ylu=X3oDMTJucGdudjZ0BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNjE4L3VzX29iYW1hX2RlYWRfZmx5BHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl9wYWdpbmF0ZV9zdW1tYXJ5X2xpc3QEc2xrA3BldGF3aXNoZXNvYg

[fredjernig]

07:43 AM on 06/18/2009

That's a joke, right? Tell me it's a joke. Please.

[RJII]

10:45 PM on 06/17/2009

impressive. don't mess with the Obama. hear that GOP and Somolian pirates. he's droppin ya like flies.

[AlaninElkGrove]

09:42 PM on 06/17/2009

Apparently, the unknowing insect had entered a "no fly zone" ...(insert rimshot)

[MsIrisMG]

09:24 PM on 06/17/2009

Damn PETA will probably be up in arms over the cruelty. I'd like to send them over to the Red Sea so they can play with the pirates...

[FebM]

10:52 PM on 06/17/2009

You betcha!

PETA wishes Obama hadn't swatted that fly
PETA is sending President Barack Obama a Katcha Bug Humane Bug Catcher, a device that allows users to trap a house fly and then release it outside.

"We support compassion even for the most curious, smallest and least sympathetic animals," PETA spokesman Bruce Friedrich said Wednesday. "We believe that people, where they can be compassionate, should be, for all animals."

[anghiari]

07:48 AM on 06/18/2009

When did the fly become an animal? Thought it was a insect... but do they have a katcha a human humane catcher for Dana the cream puff Rorbacher?

[larmarch5]

10:40 AM on 06/18/2009

How about viruses? Catch and release?

[OatmealFlower]

07:21 PM on 06/17/2009

I have been a longstanding member of PETA & a Buddhist. I was thoroughly sickened by this display unprovoked violence toward this helpless creature. We must learn to get along w/our exoskeletal friends or we shall never reach a higher plane of existence.

[DWX]

05:01 PM on 06/17/2009

They say 10,000 flies can't be wrong.

[smchp]

04:15 PM on 06/17/2009

When you think about it, this is really a metaphor for the state of politics right now. The GOP is like a swarm of flies buzzing around the president trying to get in his face. He just swat's them down one by one.

[desertman]

12:40 AM on 06/18/2009

No I'm sure he is using a Katcha Bug Humane Bug Catcher. He wants all his constituents happy.

[wingsabre]

02:21 AM on 06/18/2009

I voted for him, and I'd rather see him kill those flies bare hands than to use that flimsy bug catching device. This is only a fly, not some butterfly or bees that are dieing out.

[jane gutowski]

01:34 PM on 06/18/2009

I was waiting for him to snap his fingers and a team of czars break thru the door with fly swatters.

[Arrecho]

04:06 PM on 06/17/2009

That fly was a Fox News reporter. Their hiring standards are pretty low, almost like the Army recruiters these days.

[Onpage17]

05:36 PM on 06/17/2009

Billo sent him to ambush the Prez.

[Patriot1970]

03:43 PM on 06/17/2009

Who gives a sh.....

[Arrecho]

04:05 PM on 06/17/2009

The fly

[Clare53]

03:30 PM on 06/17/2009

Very impressive!