Oh dear – Has Obama cursed Duke by picking them to win tonight?

Say it ain’t so!

This summery, sports-drenched day will be capped off by the finals of the NCAA basketball championship. Will POTUS be watching? β€œAbsolutely,” said White House press secretary Robert Gibbs.

In the announcers’ box after his first pitch, Obama predicted a victory for Duke University, though he added that underdog Butler University is a β€œgreat story.” Predicting Duke was certainly the safe answer. His personal aide, Reggie Love, played on Duke’s 2001 championship team.

β€œI can’t imagine what Reggie Love is going to be like if Duke wins tonight,” Mr. Gibbs said. β€œThis building and this complex will not be big enough for Reggie’s exuberance and the rest of us to coincide in the same place.”

Props to Love for playing for a great basketball program like Duke’s, but dang, couldn’t his boss have stayed quiet on who he thought was going to win? After all, last I checked, the dreaded Obama Curse is still in effect:

Obama campaigns for Creigh Deeds: He lost.
Obama campaigns for Jon Corzine: Another loss.
Obama campaigns for the Chicago Olympics: Out in the first round of voting.
Obama campaigns for Martha Coakley: Epic fail.
Obama lobbies hard for health care: It’s now in a dangerously deep coma

Last night, Kentucky’s basketball team, #1 in the nation with a 19-0 record, gets a phone call from President Obama before the game. What happened? You guessed it, Kentucky lost to a mediocre South Carolina team.

Now, Doug Powers wrote that back in January (and no, I haven’t forgotten that ObamaCare came out of that coma – with a lot of palm greasing and federal tax $$$ changing hands behind the scenes), but if you take a look at Obama’s men’s basketball bracket, he, er, didn’t do too well with his picks. Granted, there were a lot of upsets and surprises, but still – as a Duke fan I’m feeling really uncomfortable now that I know he’s picked the Devils to win tonight. :-ss

I think it’ll be a good game and that Butler is a strong team that a lot of people are misunderestimating right now, but in the end, let’s hope the curse is lifted and that, in spite of Butler being a clear hometown/underdog favorite, Zoubs and Company bring home NCAA championship number four tonight! [-o<

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