Colorado Guv Hickenlooper: 'Prez is a shark. . . literally before my eyes he ran like four balls'

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Zeke Miller ‏@ZekeJMiller 10m
Colorado Gov: Obama’s a ‘Shark’ on the Pool Table http://time.com/2979665/hickenlooper-obama-pool-shark/ …



Speaking to reporters at the National Governors Association meeting in Nashville Sunday:

____ “You know I’ll tell ya — the man is a shark,” Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper said. “I was up a few balls. I felt pretty good. I was actually wondering whether how hard should I—you can’t beat the president of the United States. And then literally before my eyes he ran like four balls.”

So they played double or nothing.

“The second time I was playing as hard as I could possibly play and I still have four balls on the table when he nailed the 8-ball,” the Colorado Democrat said. “And he was making long shots with a difficult angle. I didn’t know that people in Hawaii played that much pool. But evidently they do.”

The stakes? $10 for the first game, and then $20, but the President was out to exact a more significant prize.

“I gave him the $20 bill and he laughed,” Hickenlooper said. “And of course by that time the press corps had all left but there were still 100 people who were there with their cell phone cameras. So he said, ‘no, no, governor, come over here—hand it to me again.’ And he holds the $20 bill up so that everyone can get pictures of it. And I give it to him. And as he’s getting into the car he shakes my hand, and in his handshake is a $20 bill and he says ‘find a good charity.’ Which is, like, very diminishing.”

“I’m not a bad pool player,” Hickenlooper continued, chalking up Obama’s victory to his focus. “When I was in the private sector I built five pretty good sized pool halls. A lot of our business meetings were around a pool table trying to think through problems. It’s a great way to think, right. To have a discussion with someone you focus on the game, talk about the issue, then you focus on the game. Anybody who was trying to prepare for exams in college has done that once or twice, not always too good effect. But the fact that—he’s good. He’s good. Part of it is, and this is no surprise to anybody, is he’s obviously got a remarkable focus. So he was when he was just kind of playing, we’re talking and hanging out, he made some and lost some. But when he focused, he was really good.”


read: http://time.com/2979665/hickenlooper-obama-pool-shark/

related:

Prez Has Pizza With Locals at the Wazee Supper Club in Denver - Then Beer and Pool w/ the Guv

[louis-t]

1. "M-m-miss it, m-m-miss it, Noonan!"

Was the guv in the background making armpit noises and coughing?

[sheshe2]

2. "he’s obviously got a remarkable focus"

Yes he does and not just when he is playing pool.

That last picture is amazing, he is both calm and focused.

Thanks bigtree.

[bigtree]

3. he's a good sport, sheshe2

. . . 'and not just when he is playing pool!'

[MADem]

4. What a fun story! Love the pic! nt

[11 Bravo]

5. FoxNews reports: Obama plays with his balls in full view of white co-eds!

[riqster]

8. Naaah. They'd have to credit him for being a "four ball man".

That wouldn't fit the "mom jeans" narrative.

[trumad]

6. Love the game of pool

The Prez has excellent form.

[intaglio]

7. And that's trouble

[riqster]

9. Make your blood boil?

Well, I should say.

[locks]

11. not in Denver City

[Fred Sanders]

10. A bear and a shark all in man. That is some "weakness" he is projecting.

[Initech]

23. Mitt Romney would have had a glass of tap water and played Bingo.

And have been in bed before 9:00.

[Baitball Blogger]

12. I don't mean to be a party-pooper, but, it really is inane how some people bond in positions of

power. They try to bridge the gap between them through things that, in the long run, are pretty irrelevant to actually getting the job done properly. I realize there is a need to social network. But too many people rely on who they know, rather than what they know.

[Lucky Luciano]

13. Fact is though, that no matter what you know,

...you still gave to realize that you are always working with people. So, people skills are critical to make the "what you know" get applied properly. The who you know comes from working. I knew nobody when I started my career. Now I know a bunch of people after having worked with a few folks. Now I can use the "what I know" more effectively.

[Baitball Blogger]

15. "Now I can use the 'what I know" more effectively."

Is that true, though? Too many jobs require an employee to practice "go along" office politics in order to survive.

Think about where our world is today. Scientists who work for private companies are expected to provide results that support the product the company sells and public employees will break with government protocol if there is a result that the high ranking city adviser or manager desires.

At the top of the pyramid we have CEOs and high ranking government officials getting drunk at benefit golf tournaments.

Yes, I'm a bit jaded.

[elleng]

14. 'chalking up Obama’s victory to his focus'

[AAO]

16. Very diminishing?

“I gave him the $20 bill and he laughed,” Hickenlooper said. “And of course by that time the press corps had all left but there were still 100 people who were there with their cell phone cameras. So he said, ‘no, no, governor, come over here—hand it to me again.’ And he holds the $20 bill up so that everyone can get pictures of it. And I give it to him. And as he’s getting into the car he shakes my hand, and in his handshake is a $20 bill and he says ‘find a good charity.’ Which is, like, very diminishing.”

(one more example of the looped hick.)

[bigtree]

17. I think he said that 'tounge-in-cheek'

. . . I thought he was very gracious and friendly in his remarks.

[AAO]

18. Darn - I may have misinterpreted. I assure you it wasn't willful.

[Cha]

19. "I didn’t know that people in Hawaii played that much pool. But evidently they do.”

"Focus"! The President's got it! Funny story.. just don't ask him about "bowling".. rofl.

mahalo bigtree

[bigtree]

20. oh, you're bad, Cha!

*snicker*

[Cha]

21. Pres Obama was having fun in his big bowling shoes.. and the gopress got

another chance to rage on Obama.

[bigtree]

22. »

[progressoid]

24. "I didn’t know that people in Hawaii played that much pool."

I think you mean KENYA!!1

[backscatter712]

25. Dude, they were playing at the Wynkoop!

I love that place!

[nilesobek]

26. The President must have good vision, (no glasses)

and is thinking further ahead than his opponent. Knowing where the cue ball will be after the shot is over. And he plays left handed, as I do, even though I'm right handed.