WTF does bowling have to do with the ability to lead this nation?

Apparently, Barack Obama went bowling in Pennsylvania the other day as part of a photo op. Apparently, Barack Obama's bowling score of 97 at this photo op was, well, not very good.

The idios on TV teed off on BO for being, well, less than manly for bowling so "poorly," implying that he was not manly enough to be Commander-in-Chief. Chris "tweety" Matthiews actually said that he should have, to be considered man enough to be Commander-in-Chief, bowl at least 150

Sexist assholes!

First a word about bowling.

As someone who spent a good part of his early teens in bowling alleys and was a state individual, league and singles champion in my age bracket (12-13), with weekly league play I carried a 21-week book average in the high 180s. In tournaments I routinely got hot; my best game ever -- 267 -- was rolled in a singles event at a state tournament. My younger brother once 6-7-10 split his last ball and wound up three pins shy of a perfect 300 and also routinely shot 200+ with about the same average as me.
I can say I know a bit about bowling. Even fit adults who don't bowl every week will typically roll right around 90 to 100.

With a few weeks of bowling with his own ball (that makes a big difference) custom drilled in a pro shop and his own shoes on his home alley, Barack Obama could get 150-160 easy. My dad, who bowled leagues in his younger days also bowled 180+ consistently.

Then again, just what does the ability to bowl have to do with leading this great nation? NOTHING! Twisted punditoid games, again. Just reminding the knuckle-draggers that BO is, well, different and, in these troubled times, different is dangerous!

Then these bastards wonder why I refuse to watch them on teevee.

Finally. if I remember correctly, I am voting for a President. One of the President's Constitutional roles, and not his most important one, is Commander-in-Chief of the US military. If I were voting for a high military leader, I'd want to vet his or her grasp of military strategy. The candidate does not have to have been a soldier, sailor or airman -- experience in that role can provide insight, yes it can. But how does BOWLING test for this? If they want to vet candidates for this ability with a game, why not give them a D&D character and run them through a dungeon? D&D is a game of intense strategy and resource management; given the nation's issues, these skills could come in handy and should be better tested here than in a bowling alley.

This could be fun. Maybe I oughta bring BO, HRC and that icky Republican together for a run through one of Miresseia's garden spots like Mid-Thule (think Norway with nasty monsters that give Thor trouble) or Stygia (Sandworms! Orcish Jihadi! Psychoactive drugs! OHMY!).

I'd love to tell Hillary to make a Will saving throw or have McBush kidnapped and imprisoned by Orcs who do not comply with the US Army field manual for interrogations.

Then there's another way to test these abilities: World of Warcraft. Leveling takes strategy, as does doing those dungeons and especially raids.

Make them all roll blood elves; HRC rolls a warlock, BO a hunter and John McLame a paladin. Power level them to 70 and drop them in a 10-man raid dungeon like Karahzan.

Now that would be worth the eewtoobery!

"McCain, L2P ya noob! We wiped form the aggro you pulled on the boss!"



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