President Barack Obama picks Indiana over Louisville in NCAA tournament

President Barack Obama is taking a relatively safe approach to his March Madness picks, choosing Indiana to top Louisville in the title game.

In addition to those two No. 1 seeds, Obama picked second-seeded Ohio State and third-seeded Florida to fill out his Final Four.

“I’m going with Louisville. I know it’s not a surprise pick,” the president told ESPN’s Andy Katz as he wrote in his picks on a board at the White House. “And I’m going with Indiana. These are the two best teams right now. And for the championship I’m going back to the Big Ten. I think this is Indiana’s year.”

Obama picked half of last year’s Final Four correctly, choosing Ohio State and Kentucky, but North Carolina, his choice for the national title, lost in the Elite Eight.

Obama also filled out a bracket for the women’s tournament, which will be revealed in its entirety Friday. His Final Four picks on the women’s side are Baylor, UConn, Notre Dame and California.

5 Comments for “President Barack Obama picks Indiana over Louisville in NCAA tournament”

1. teddyballgame Says:
   March 21st, 2013 at 6:42 am

   This clown has no time to deal with things like submitting a budget to run the country for years now nor to pay attention to getting Americans killed in Benghazi but has plenty of time to play more golf than Greg Norman and to fill in his brackets. What a country! No wonder we’re circling the drain.

2. Jim in Maryland Says:
   March 21st, 2013 at 7:59 am

   I’m glad to see our President is “on top of” this NCAA Brackett picks thing. We’re on the brink of an economic collapse, and the President can’t submit a budget to congress on time for 4 out of the 5 years of his Presidency. Conversely, he always gets his meaningless NCAA picks in before the tournament begins. This man, BY LAW, is required to submit a budget to congress by the first Monday in February every year, and as of today, March 21, he still hasn’t submitted a budget. He’s now almost 2 months late, and still no budget, but once again, he’s got his worthless sports picks in on time.

   We still don’t know why 4 good americans were killed in Bengazi last September 11th, but we know what teams he picked and why in the NCAA tournament. He still has not authorized the release of names of the survivors of the attack in Bengazi 6 months ago, so they can be interviewed as eyewitnesses to this atrocity, but we know the names of the teams he picked in the NCAA tournament.

   It’s nice to know our Preident has his prioritys in place. NCAA tournament picks important, nations budget, while over 16 TRILLION dollars in debt, unimportant. Watching this man fill out a stupid NCAA tournament bracket isn’t just an example of a political tin ear, it’s downright ugly to watch. This is like watching your 12 year old son playing Xbox games when he’s got a book report he hasn’t started yet, that’s due in 3 hours, in a class he flunking in. The only problem is, he’s not your irresponsible 12 year old son, he’s the President of the United States. WAKE THE HECK UP AMERICA.

3. Jim in Maryland Says:
   March 21st, 2013 at 8:07 am

   P.S. to my last post… I don’t give a crap that the President picked Indiana over Louisville. I want to know who he’s picking in the Israel Versus Iran conflict… as I see that as a bit more important.

4. Jim in Maryland Says:
   March 21st, 2013 at 3:17 pm

   This story just irks the crap out of me to the point I’ve got to put out yet another post. This activity of the President’s is something a President does durring GOOD economic times, NOT… HORRENDOUS economic times. We have had a sustained unemployment rate over 7.8% for this man’s entire Presidency, and given how unemployment is calculated,the REAL unemployment rate is closer to 15%. Deluded Americans don’t realize the only reason the Unemployment rate has ticked downward at all is because of the silly and callous way that rate is calculated, by not counting people who have given up searching for a job as unemployed.

   Further, this man has raised the debt by over 6 trillion dollars in a mere 4 years, which by his OWN definition is something BEYOND unpatriotic. Why do I say that? Obama himself refered to President Bush as “unpatriotic” for raising the debt 4 Trillion Dollars in 8 Years. Following Bush, Obama raises the debt by 2 trillion MORE than Bush did in HALF the time (a rate 3 times faster than Bush). That reality begs he question: How would Obama characterize his OWN raising of the debt? Wouldn’t he characterize it as something BEYOND unpatriotic?

   Now, take that raising of the debt at a rate 3 times faster than Bush’s “unpatriotic” 4 Trillion in 8 years, and couple it with his impending implementation of socialized health care. What do you have when you mix those two realities together? What you have is economic growth stagnated to the point there is no hope of the unemployment rate returning to normal anytime in the next decade.

   Meanwhile, he’s disbanded his “Jobs Council,” cancelled tours of the White House, labored over whether or not to also cancell the traditional White House Easter Egg Hunt, blaming it all on the sequester that HIS administration conceived of. Forget the fact that Obama’s opposition party offered him a way out of sequestration by giving this man the ability to pick and choosed where automatic spending cuts would go. No, that petty detail is left out of Obama’s speeches, and the reports offered up by his sycofant pals in the media.

   While this is clear to anyone with their eyes open, and a brain, the media sees fit to not call this man on this hypocracy. Instead, the media has forgotten the credo of a true Journalist, no longer acting as a check on government (regardless of which political party is in charge). Consequently this man gets away with shirking his responsibilities, talking out of both sides of his mouth, and silly “Presidential NCAA Brackett Predictions.” Lets all PRETEND times are good.

   Beyond this mans silly Sports Predictions, he gets away with playing 150 rounds of golf, and softball interviews. He’s calls reductions in spending increases… “CUTS” in spending, and not one member of the media calls him on it. He calls for “civility” while simultaneously accusing his opposition party of wanting dirty air and water, throwing senior citizens over the cliff, conducting a “war on women,” and apparently is ok with his dolt Vice President saying Republicans want to put black people “back in chains.” THAT’S civility? Way to set an example Mr. President. Apparently the media hasn’t noticed the disconnect between such rhetoric as this while simultaneously calling for “civility.”

   Through all of this nonsence, this man has time to do his “Presidential NCAA Brackets?” Why would he think we are curious about his “Presidential picks in times like these? Why would he think this would endear him to the american people? Why would he think ANY americans, without the head up their butt would care about his picks, much less the massive number of Americans in the ranks of the long term unemployed. I can assure you Mr. President, those folks without a job for over a year and losing their life savings, facing homelessness, don’t care at all abot your Presidential Predictions in the NCAA Tournament.

   Infact, I submit they are highly offended this is how you spend your time, along with playing 150 Rounds of Golf, and doing softball interviews. Plenty of time for Jon Stewart, and David Letterman and the gals on “The View” where you are asked such tought questions as: “Are you a great President, or a Great, GREAT President?” Time for that, but little time for actual Press Conferences and zero time for media outlets that oppose you. No time for conronting your actual critics? I’d guess you have little faith your arguments would stand up to critics?

   I’m curious Mr. President… Do you think times are booming and thus you have time to waste with such nonsence NCAA Brackett Predictions? Or, is it the case you have such disdain for your detractors that you are simply flipping us all the bird by doing such things as this, merely to anger us for fun. Are you THAT petty? Or, are you simply politically tone deaf? Is it the case you truly realize the gravity of our economic mess, but don’t see how doing your Presidential picks might offend people in times like this? This is truly stunning, baffling, and sad.

5. jj Says:
   March 21st, 2013 at 5:46 pm

   hey Obama , get back to handing out welfare checks and food stamps to the 47% moochers that support you

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