Yikes! The return of Bill Clinton is bringing back all sorts of 1990s flashbacks. Twitter erupted tonight in oral sex talk as word spread of President Obama’s possibly prurient joke tonight at a Los Angeles gay/lesbian fundraiser involving poor Mrs. Obama, Ellen Degeneres, push-ups, and, um, not going “all the way down.”
Stay classy, White House!
WH Pool report line of day?:" Check the transcript for the incredibly awkward joke." (Cc @beckybcnn) #potus—
Shawna Thomas (@ShawnaNBCNews) June 07, 2012
@ShawnaNBCNews WOW you were NOT kidding. "A line that he let hang, naughtily, provoking laughter from the crowd."—
Meredith Shiner (@meredithshiner) June 07, 2012
Did President Obama Just Make A Blowjob Joke? 0wh.blork.ly—
Dave Winer ☮ (@davewiner) June 07, 2012
@RBPundit Tacky, tacky, tacky. bit.ly/LmXLBv—
Sarah Rumpf (@rumpfshaker) June 07, 2012
Trying to overshadow Bill Clinton? RT @BuzzFeedBen: Can't quite believe @barackobama tried this joke bit.ly/MfJmWf—
(@AlexaShrugged) June 07, 2012
Buzzfeed rushed out with a “Did President Obama Just Make a Blowjob Joke?” post. But the transcript included in the piece makes the more probable innuendo a little clearer:
Pres Obama drew snickers when he said his wife beat Ellen DeGeneres in push-ups but "she claims Michelle didn't go all the way down."—
Mark Knoller (@markknoller) June 07, 2012
RE: Obama’s joke about Michelle and Ellen -> RT @lalisa: @BuzzFeedAndrew I was there – the audience sure thought he did, and enjoyed it.—
RB (@RBPundit) June 07, 2012
Ditto:
Like that makes it better! RT @RBPundit: It wasn’t a blow job joke…it was a lesbian oral sex joke. See transcript bit.ly/MfJmWf #tcot—
(@AlexaShrugged) June 07, 2012
Heh:
Tongue in cheek? RT @RBPundit: @freddoso Did you see update? It w/n a blow job joke, it was a lesbian oral sex joke. bit.ly/LmXLBv—
Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) June 07, 2012
maybe he just blew a jobs joke MT @BuzzFeedAndrew: Hard to see Obama made blow job joke from transcript, but pool report says he did.—
Jeff Ballabon (@ballabon) June 07, 2012
So, it wasn’t a blowjob joke, per se.
More like a composite off-color gag.
Not that it’s gonna make Mrs. Obama any happier…
