Beat 360º 8/14/09
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White House Butler Von Everett pumps up a basketball for President Barack Obama in the Outer Oval Office of the White House, June 30, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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UPDATE BEAT 360º WINNERS
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Steve Brusk
Hey, it could be worse. Reagan rode horses.
Viewer:
Jason Kelling Dallas, TX
Republicans got guns; Democrats got balls.
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Hhhmmmm, Bill wasn't the only President that needed a little pumping.
Every time Hillary comes to the White House I have to inflate new ones!!!
White men can't pump?
Butler is "Air" Apparent in Obama's White House Court
I don't know which is pumped with more hot air, the ball Obama.
She loves me...she loves me not..
Obama asked me to write Mccain on one ball, and Palin on the other.
steve ramsey
high level, alberta
I hope Secret Service didn't hear the last one explode.
If only I could have gotten a higher security clearance.
For this I went to college?
Blow jobs for the President!!!! And I thought my last job was bad.
“I don’t complain, man! not the best job in the world, but better than what Monica had to pump in this very room.”
When I was freezing my butt working for this guy in Iowa and he kept saying that I would have an important role in the White House, this wasn't exactly what I had in mind
Economists were right. A bunch of hot air causes inflation.
pffast pffast pffast....need to go to the restroom!
Yes sir, masser, maybe we can gets us one them electrical pumps after you gets your healthcare reform boss.
: )
Vic
This sure beats pumping up the president BOWLING balls.
hmm......Mr. Globetrotter!
Wax on, Wax off . . . Wax on, Wax off
just keep pumping........pf pf pf pf pf
Really? You would think an eletric pump would be handy somewhere in that BILLION DOLLAR HOUSE?
And I went to college to do this...
"I'd rather pump Obama for answers than his basketballs.. I don't recall seeing this in the 'butler' job description."
Minnetonka MN
"Don't tell anyone, but my instructions are to prick holes in the balls of Obama's opponents so he always wins."
All that hot air has to go somewhere...
It takes a lot of balls to be a black President who owns a black butler
I was not paid for this...
Daniel Savoniemi,
Taiwan, Taichung
Baseball is a good sport! Why doesn't he get into playing baseball more often?
Breathe, breathe, PUSH! Breathe, breathe, PUSH!
These things are intended to promote good health and exercise, but they contain less hot air than a town hall debate about health care!
Nice balls.
I had to go through a very tough vetting process to get this job.
If these inflate enough, maybe the deficit won't seem so bad.
" I can't believe it, all that government training for this."
No one told me that basketball inflation was a skill I would need at the White House....hmmm beats when I had to learn the Texas Two Step tho'
Pafffff. The Magic dragon.
When they told me I'd be in charge of the White House ballroom, I expected something a bit more glamorous.
If you think this is unbecoming, you should have seen LBJ's butler blacksmithing horse shoes.
getting pumped up for the gruesome townhall meetings this summer.
She may not play basketball, but these are Hillary's balls.
Egos aren't the only things inflating in the white house.
What people don't realize is that this man was, until recently, the CEO of a mortgage company.
who says the prez doesn't have the balls for this job
I wonder if the butler first addressed the balls by saying: "Hello balls!"
Obama's new "Ball Czar".
No, I said pack the nuclear codes FOOTBALL!
Never take your eyes off the ball.
What! Made in China?
The butler is sweating just as much as Jon Edwards when he found out the baby was his.
Butler chores :Pumping up Health Care Reform is going to jump through hoops !
At least he hasn't asked me to pick up after the dog.....
I bet this poor guy never saw pumping basketballs in the closet in his job description. Then someone takes a photo, and here it is on CNN, can his day get any more embarrassing