Oh, FFS... American media really, really, really sucks

[scheming daemons]

President Goes Ring-less at Presser

http://www.politico.com/click/stories/1009/potus_goes_ringless_at_presser.html

Sometimes, a White House press conference can be a chance for a president to take some weight off his shoulders ... but weight off his fingers?


Eagle-eyed reporters noticed that President Barack Obama wasn't sporting his wedding ring during Friday's White House press conference.


"big to-do over potus not wearing his wedding ring today," Tweeted The Hill's Sam Youngman, who was at the presser.


Obama's wedding band is "an intricate gold design from Indonesia, where he had lived as a boy," the New York Times reported in 2009.


Michelle will probably be okay with it; after all, she once left home without her wedding ring, too.

UPDATE: A White House spokesman tells POLITICO that Obama's ring is being repaired, though it's unclear what needed to be fixed.

[HughBeaumont]

1. Pay no attention to the plutocracy behind the shiny object!!!

Bought and paid for stooge-a-thon, with Faux and CNBC leading the weigh.

[teenagebambam]

2. Good God.

I take my ring off while doing dishes and at night, and forget to put it back on about 3 times out of 5. Is there not enough actual news in the world?

[gkhouston]

3. God forbid he should ever do a presser with a bad cold...

they'll spend a week obsessing on the political meaning of whistling boogers. :eyes:

[madmom]

4. I haven't worn my ring in years.

[lamp_shade]

5. God Love him; he probably did it on purpose just to start some shit.

Good on my President.