Obama Gives Basketball Teams Similar Speech

WASHINGTON — President Obama is using a bit of a replay when lauding the WNBA champion Detroit Shock.

Part of his speech Monday was almost identical to remarks he gave three months ago, when hosting the Connecticut Huskies, the NCAA women's champion.

In both speeches, the president said he wanted to speak as a father. He then used a line about his daughters watching him watch SportsCenter on ESPN and seeing women on the screen.

In both speeches he said that made young women look at themselves differently and showed his daughters that "they can be champions too."

All presidents and their speechwriters borrow from themselves. President George W. Bush, for instance, liked to tell a story about a rainbow he saw during a visit to Romania.

Comments

[celticjag]

And this is important why?

[lionzion]

Hey, whatever fits..just use the same speech for similar situations. I do that in my university classes. I bet you did too, guys?

[Michele Himmel]

Who even watches womens B Ball? lol ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

[hidenout]

no sh*t......

[ckfan]

Who gives a rat's a**.

[Bitsko]

Who cares?

[Conservador-Rebelde]

Apparently you care enough to say that you don't care. Maybe you just came to try and belittle any who does care. Either way, you are the sorry looking one.

[BlueFloyd]

....and how does that make you look, putting someone down for not caring. actually i do agree... i liked bitsko's other avatar better.

[sense oar sheep]

sensitive threads like this require heavy moderation.

[harriscrl3]

Slow News Night?

This is such a nonstory that it ends as a NONSTORY.

[dillydawg]

This is a story? SO WHAT!

[NoahVail]

Its a different team. I doubt that they heard the earlier speech. Its not like he gave the same toast at both his daughters' weddings.

Why did you have to spoil it for them?

[sheaintsayin]

I suppose the speeches were similar, with the same or similar phrasing sue, in part, to the fact that his feelings about women in sports / basketball and his desire to express support and admiration remains ...unchanged?

[americaismyhome]

TOTUS is starting to get tired. Fatigue from all these speeches are starting to set in.

[Janet Barnes]

Blame it on the teleprompter.

[jeniferdaniels]

my president is green :-) at least he didn't recycle a policy speech

[edwarvir]

So what?

[opine2u]

It was already in the TelePrompTer.

[dillydawg]

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