Obama Refers to Himself as ‘The Gipper’

By Doug Powers  •  February 12, 2011 10:22 AM

**Written by Doug Powers

At what point do jelly beans make an appearance on the Oval Office desk?

Real Clear Politics:

President Obama recounts an anecdote about the 2004 Democratic National Convention at White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs’ final press briefing:

“The most challenging problem was what tie to wear. And this went up to the very last minute. I mean, 10 minutes before we were about to go on stage we were still having an argument about ties. I had bought five, six ties. And Michelle didn’t like any of them, Axelrod didn’t like a couple of them — him being one of the best dressed men in the world. So we really valued his opinion.

“And then somebody — I don’t remember who it was — turned and said, ‘You know what? What about Gibbs’ tie? What about Gibbs’ tie? That might look good.’ And, frankly, Robert didn’t want to give it up because he thought he looked really good in the tie. But eventually he was willing to take one for the gipper, and so he took off his tie, and I put it on. And that’s the tie that I wore at the national convention.”

Video by way of The Blaze:

Ten bucks says that Obama uses the phrase “There you go again” in a 2012 debate.

Update: Some on Twitter are noting the difference between “win one for The Gipper” and “take one for The Gipper.”

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  1. #1
    On February 12th, 2011 at 10:25 am, publiuswarmac9999 said:

    There is a Christ and an anti-Christ. There is a Gipper and an anti-Gipper. There is a Reagan and an Obama

  2. #2
    On February 12th, 2011 at 10:28 am, tre said:

    When will he make a speech saying, “Mr. Bernake, tear down this Wall Street!”

    It’s definately Mourning in America.

  3. #3
    On February 12th, 2011 at 10:30 am, 123upnorth said:

    He seems arrogantly disrespectful in how he talks about his co-workers. Gibbs is leaving and zero says (paraphrasing) – it’s not the biggest departure today and then talks about ‘his’ press secretary. I stopped watching after that because I his attitude is ubearable.

  4. #4
    On February 12th, 2011 at 10:32 am, letget said:

    Gads, bho makes me tired! I hate to tell you bho, you will never ever be a President Reagan!
    L

  5. #5
    On February 12th, 2011 at 10:34 am, 123upnorth said:

    ‘This is going to be a reminder to me’? Is this a gift from Obama to Gibbs or from Obama to himself.

  6. #6
    On February 12th, 2011 at 10:37 am, scrubjay said:

    Why doesn’t he just put on a powered wig and call himself George Washington?

  7. #7
    On February 12th, 2011 at 10:51 am, happyscrapper said:

    Blasphemy!!!

  8. #8
    On February 12th, 2011 at 10:51 am, jlibertarian said:

    I believe it’s “win one for the Gipper” or “take one for the team”. Come on, it’s not rocket surgery.

  9. #9
    On February 12th, 2011 at 10:57 am, rocketman said:

    ***
    Comrade Obama (PBUH) is getting more delusional every day. Pretty soon he will declare victory on our unemployment problems as the rate decreases from 9 percent to 20 percent! His economic wreckovery plans are right on schedule. And his laser like focus on the problem is truly impressive.
    ***
    George Orwell had it mostly right. He only got the year wrong–it was 2009–not 1984–when Big Brother took over.
    ***
    John Bibb
    ***

  10. #10
    On February 12th, 2011 at 10:59 am, plymouthacclaim said:

    take one

    Of course… regressives only know how to take.

  11. #11
    On February 12th, 2011 at 11:00 am, Pasadena Phil said:

    On February 12th, 2011 at 10:51 am, jlibertarian said:

    I believe it’s “win one for the Gipper” or “take one for the team”. Come on, it’s not rocket surgery.

    jlib, you hit the nail right on the nose!

  12. #12
    On February 12th, 2011 at 11:11 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    “Take one for the anti-Gipper and call me in the mourning”? Send that man some jelly beans-all RED. (black jelly beans having a racist connotation)

  13. #13
    On February 12th, 2011 at 11:19 am, jrgdds said:

    …But eventually he was willing to take one for the gipper gypper…

    Fixed it.

  14. #14
    On February 12th, 2011 at 11:35 am, stillontheroad said:

    Hell, Any picture of the Sock Puppet should only be a Turd in a Punch Bowl.
    Any picture that is used to define the Sock Pupper regime should be the one of the Dali Lama being escorted out the back door of the White house where all the garbage was laying about.

  15. #15
    On February 12th, 2011 at 11:35 am, flmom said:

    A tie, actually worn by The One (framed, no less), be still my beating heart. Makes those Tom Jones sweat-soaked panties looking really lame.

  16. #16
    On February 12th, 2011 at 11:41 am, behiker said:

    Axelrod didn’t like a couple of them — him being one of the best dressed men in the world

    Whoa, I’m confused. Is he talking about the same Axelrod I’m thinking about? The one who looks like a sleazy porn movie director from the 70s?

  17. #17
    On February 12th, 2011 at 11:45 am, regularguy said:

    Sorry, I cannot bear to listen to Obama meander on for 4:42 on Youtube, or any other medium. He’s just insufferable.

  18. #18
    On February 12th, 2011 at 11:51 am, happyscrapper said:

    On February 12th, 2011 at 11:41 am, behiker said: Whoa, I’m confused. Is he talking about the same Axelrod I’m thinking about?
    The one who looks like a sleazy porn movie director from the 70s?

    What a PERFECT description of uh, uh, uh, Axelrob.

  19. #19
    On February 12th, 2011 at 11:56 am, right_on said:

    Roll eyes….

  20. #20
    On February 12th, 2011 at 11:57 am, Virginia Patriot said:

    He’ll always be The Usurper to me.

  21. #21
    On February 12th, 2011 at 11:59 am, zorro said:

    Obama Refers to Himself as ‘The Gipper’

    That’s just pathetic.

  22. #22
    On February 12th, 2011 at 12:00 pm, zorro said:

    What’s next, Michelle Obama referring to him as “Honest Abe”?

  23. #23
    On February 12th, 2011 at 12:02 pm, txvet2 said:

    Shameless self-promotion is an Obama trademark. For that matter, it’s a leftist trademark. No surprise that he’s actually arrogant enough to compare himself to a real President.

  24. #24
    On February 12th, 2011 at 12:06 pm, Virginia Patriot said:

    Newbarack, maybe…..

  25. #25
    On February 12th, 2011 at 12:18 pm, tre said:

    Isn’t it significant that he keeps invoking the memory of great REPUBLICAN Presidents.

    I suppose even he realizes there are no great democrat Presidents he can invoke.

  26. #26
    On February 12th, 2011 at 12:39 pm, Ron said:

    Obama’s not so much “the Gipper,” more like the “Grim Reaper.”

  27. #27
    On February 12th, 2011 at 12:41 pm, txvet2 said:

    On February 12th, 2011 at 12:18 pm, tre said:

    That’s not quite true. He’s been through FDR and LBJ, and now he’s working on Carter – involuntarily, it would seem.

  28. #28
    On February 12th, 2011 at 1:13 pm, bjc said:

    *Just 2 more years people, and this gipper will be a goner, figuratively speaking of course; The real gipper, placed in a crypt in the oval office, would do far less damage than P-BO “The Destroyer”; In that case, less is more, and we need a lot more of that!

  29. #29
    On February 12th, 2011 at 1:13 pm, pdigaudio said:

    Obama’s Sioux Indian name would be “Worse Than Carter.”

  30. #30
    On February 12th, 2011 at 1:14 pm, love2rumba said:

    I thought B.O. was the ‘Gypper’?

  31. #31
    On February 12th, 2011 at 1:20 pm, shimauma2 said:

    I remember some were saying barry hussien was comparable to Abe Lincoln earlier in his candidacy, and a painting came out with all the Republican presidents sitting around a card table. The caption was Lincoln saying. “So I told obama, ‘I know Abe Lincoln, and you’re NO Abe Lincoln.’” and the presidents are all having a good laugh. I suppose this could be the same thing…

  32. #32
    On February 12th, 2011 at 1:32 pm, Mister P said:

    Both vain and trite. Ties are useless items. I haven’t worn a tie in over 20 years. Might as just as well well ear-rings and a broach.

  33. #33
    On February 12th, 2011 at 1:32 pm, Flyoverman said:

    That’s like Richard Simmons calling himself Superman.

    The only thing exceptional about Obama is his ego.

  34. #34
    On February 12th, 2011 at 1:48 pm, no2pcbs1 said:

    zero actually meant to refer to himself as a grifter, which would have been a more accurate discription of what he is.

  35. #35
    On February 12th, 2011 at 1:50 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    I mean, 10 minutes before we were about to go on stage we were still having an argument about ties.

    So when he puts off a news conference about the Middle East from 1:30 to 3 – he isn’t necessarily waiting for Panetta to finish watching CNN News. Might just be tie indecision.

  36. #36
    On February 12th, 2011 at 2:02 pm, letget said:

    If you would like a gag for the day, check out Drudge with the picture of bho with a cowboy hat on! At least it is a black hat, the bad guy, not the white hat, good guy!
    L

  37. #37
    On February 12th, 2011 at 2:03 pm, greasywrench said:

    At what point can I refer to the appropriating Obama as being a liar, fraud, plagiarist, and thief without being redundant? I won’t even get started on Gibbs. That would take a couple of hours to even get going.

    RWR just spun in his grave at the speed of mach 1.

  38. #38
    On February 12th, 2011 at 2:18 pm, Azygos said:

    On February 12th, 2011 at 10:37 am, scrubjay said:

    Why doesn’t he just put on a powered wig and call himself George Washington?

    More like George III

  39. #39
    On February 12th, 2011 at 2:21 pm, beachmom said:

    I need a pepto after reading that!

  40. #40
    On February 12th, 2011 at 2:32 pm, GJCorby said:

    Ronald Reagan is rolling over in his grave.
    Obama, you sir are no Reagan

  41. #41
    On February 12th, 2011 at 3:39 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On February 12th, 2011 at 1:13 pm, pdigaudio said:
    Obama’s Sioux Indian name would be “Worse Than Carter.”

    I thought he was from that long lost tribe of Israel, the Shapirohos, went by the name “Little Running Skunk”?!

  42. #42
    On February 12th, 2011 at 4:10 pm, babbledabble said:

    BLECH!

    His arrogance knows no bounds!

  43. #43
    On February 12th, 2011 at 4:25 pm, Mister P said:

    I would say Obama is more like Lenin or Mao, his hero.

  44. #44
    On February 12th, 2011 at 4:31 pm, rambler said:

    Biden and bho make Quayle and Carter look like mensa members.

  45. #45
    On February 12th, 2011 at 4:36 pm, drfredc said:

    Gipper my FA. As far as jobs and the economy goes, Obama’s the “Reaper”, not Gipper… Reaper as in ‘grim’…

  46. #46
    On February 12th, 2011 at 4:42 pm, gco said:

    What will happen when Barry calls Michelle O. “Nancy?”

  47. #47
    On February 12th, 2011 at 4:45 pm, TXRose said:

    I have been waiting for MO to refer to herself as Jackie O. All of the liberal sycophants keep talking about her fantastic sense of style, etc. Personally, I don’t see it and I’m waiting for her to slip when she’s discussing herself. Jackie O and The Gypper! What a pair! *sigh*

  48. #48
    On February 12th, 2011 at 4:47 pm, TXRose said:

    …of course, I would love to see him on a horse. It couldn’t be worse than him on the bike!

  49. #49
    On February 12th, 2011 at 5:21 pm, Flyoverman said:

    On February 12th, 2011 at 4:47 pm, TXRose said:

    …of course, I would love to see him on a horse. It couldn’t be worse than him on the bike!

    Oh thanks TXRose. Now I have this vision of Obama on a horse in front of a K-Mart with the Secret Servcie desperately trying to find a quarter so Barry can ride it.

  50. #50
    On February 12th, 2011 at 5:51 pm, jrgdds said:

    On February 12th, 2011 at 10:25 am, publiuswarmac9999 said:

    There is a Christ and an anti-Christ. There is a Gipper and an anti-Gipper. There is a Reagan and an Obama

    Indeed

  51. #51
    On February 12th, 2011 at 7:09 pm, Jason L. said:

    It’s come to this folks: President Obama is so unpopular he must align himself with his very antithesis. Why? in order to try and gain some popular momentum going tinto the election cycle for 2012. Obama’s policies have failed: the American people do not want them. Obama’s agenda has failed: American citizens are rejecting them right and left. He MUST do soemthign to try and regain some capital coming off of the GOP’s historic November landslide, and the only way to do that is to emulate President Reagan. Will it succeed? If it does, it will be only because the Drive-By Media confounds the two and clouds their isues to the point that nundernourished-in-history Americans fail to see the forest for the trees: that President Reagan stood for policies that were God-oriented and america-first, while Mr. Obama has done naught but apologize and tear down the USA at every turn. As far as Americans really seeing who Mr. Obama really is, through the smokescreen of the MSM, I’m not going to hold my breath. The GOP/Tea Party/Conservatives need to put forward a candidate that will be the lihgt to Mr. Obama’s darkness (and I’m not speaking on race). Ron Paul ain’t it. Neither is Mitt Romney. Sarah Palin very well could be, but her skipping of CPAC has me wondering what’s up. Newt Gingrich could do it and so could Rick Santorum. I still believe that Bobby Jindal may not be someone who could, but then again, what do I know?

    Trust me folks, the Democrats/Liberals/Code-Pink/SEIU crowd will do their darndest to see Mr. Obama Re-elected. The fact that they are trying to channel President Reagan (though, in the words of John McCain’s Mother, they are “holding their noses” when doing it) comes as no surprise: desperate times call for desperate measures, and the O-team will be pulling all the rabbits outta’ the hat they can between now and November 2012….

  52. #52
    On February 12th, 2011 at 7:46 pm, Jarhead said:

    The one word that jumps out to me from Obama’s statement is… TAKE.

  53. #53
    On February 12th, 2011 at 9:12 pm, sbw999 said:

    Mr. Obama, we knew Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan was a friend of ours. Mr. Obama… you’re no Ronald Reagan.

  54. #54
    On February 12th, 2011 at 10:23 pm, Republicanvet said:

    On February 12th, 2011 at 4:47 pm, TXRose said:

    …of course, I would love to see him on a horse. It couldn’t be worse than him on the bike!


    If I remember right, Reagan rode his horse as President with his cowboy hat on…or without.


    Urkel rides his bike (a GIRLS bike) with a helmet.

    Gipper? Not even close. A Guppy at most in a man’s world.

  55. #55
    On February 12th, 2011 at 10:25 pm, Republicanvet said:

    On February 12th, 2011 at 5:21 pm, Flyoverman said:

    On February 12th, 2011 at 4:47 pm, TXRose said:

    …of course, I would love to see him on a horse. It couldn’t be worse than him on the bike!

    Oh thanks TXRose. Now I have this vision of Obama on a horse in front of a K-Mart with the Secret Servcie desperately trying to find a quarter so Barry can ride it.

    …with Moochelle behind them demanding they forget the quarter and just rock it back and forth a little.

  56. #56
    On February 13th, 2011 at 2:23 am, TomB said:

    Once again, lacking any greatness of his own, he tries to steal some from someone who does.

  57. #57
    On February 13th, 2011 at 2:34 am, Hangfire said:

    Perhaps the President is willing to divulge the results of his last PAP smear.

  58. #58
    On February 13th, 2011 at 1:53 pm, chsw said:

    Obama should be referred to as “The Gypper.”

    chsw

  59. #59
    On February 13th, 2011 at 2:45 pm, TooMuchTime said:

    So, when Obama tries to claim he’s Reagan, I’m waiting for a memeber of the press to say, “Mr. Obama, I served with Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan was a friend of mine. Senator, you’re no Ronald Reagan.”

    Oh, wait! I dreaming of where the press isn’t in the hip pocket of the socialists. I’m awake now. Never mind.

  60. #60
    On February 13th, 2011 at 4:28 pm, vsatt said:

    TMT, they should do a campaign ad with Dan Quayle making those remarks.

  61. #61
    On February 13th, 2011 at 5:43 pm, spaceycakes said:

    He meant to say ‘Zipper’.

  62. #62
    On February 13th, 2011 at 5:49 pm, Straight_Talk_Luigi said:

    This really isn’t fooling anyone. I think everyone on here knows that Obama and Reagen have nothing tangible in common.

    What is going to get Obama the most support isn’t so much him in photos with leaders who took the country, the economy and standard of living in the opposite direction (a better one), but the fact that Obama and the left give out government money and farming co-ops, unions and the urbanites take it like powdered cocaine up the nose.

  63. #63
    On February 14th, 2011 at 9:11 am, md1964 said:

    Orchestrated Re-Write of History..

    Watch..in the next few years.. Text Books and Websites on history will start posting Reagans Bio..without any Political party Reference..and once that sinks in..they will just say he was a democrat his whole life (not pointing to him changing later in life)… and because Schools have spent decades Telling kids what to think..they won’t look for themselves..and believe he was…

  64. #64
    On February 15th, 2011 at 7:36 pm, TK-421 said:

    Please tell me that cover isn’t real. If it is well I always knew Time’s new management needed a glass stomach but this, wow, just wow.

  65. #65
    On February 21st, 2011 at 6:30 pm, lorenztl said:

    Bizarre. Times Magazine feels the need to prop up the Marxist anti-American Obama by stealing from the character of the leading inspiration in the conservative movement.

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