The Guardian (UK) analyses the fly-swat. Seriously.

[Jackeens]

Obama exhibits fly-swatting skills during TV interview

To Barack Obama's already scarily long list of accomplishments - orator, writer, political strategist, loving father, devoted husband, basketball ace - must now be added a further accolade: fly swatter-in-chief.

The president gained his new title in the course of a television interview with CNBC in which he interrupted a discussion on government intervention to give a virtuoso display of swatting technique. "I got the sucker," he pronounced at the end of it, looking highly satisfied.

The president is regularly irritated by fat flies buzzing around his head, distracting him from weighty affairs of state. Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity...

But the fly who came calling in the middle of yesterday's TV recording was in its own league. Interviewer John Harwood described the insect circling maddeningly around the president as the "most persistent fly I've ever seen".

Note to Limbaugh et al: not even the most persistent fly is a match for this president.

More: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/17/obama-fly-swat-cnbc-interview

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/jun/18/barack-obama-fly-swatting-tips

[Cha]

1. Hey, that was a good visual aid in how

Obama takes care of persistent buggery.

[rebel with a cause]

2. my 'wasband' use to kill flies

by shooting rubber bands at them. My daughter's friend told her the other day that his father did the same thing. I think it takes a special skill to do this. ;)

By the way, is PETA serious in criticizing Obama over this? Or am I right in assuming they are making a joke?