Pretty Fly for a DC Guy

OBAMA: HUMAN FLY-SWATTER
AP
The president, irritated by an omnipresent fly during a TV interview at the Executive Mansion Tuesday, took matters into his own hands.

Said Obama to the persistent fly: "Get out of here."

But it didn't.

So Obama waited for the fly to settle, put his hand up and then smacked the fly dead in one try.

Without missing a beat, the president said to CNBC correspondent John Harwood: "Now, where were we?"

Well, maybe one more second to gloat.

Said Obama: "That was pretty impressive, wasn't it? I got the sucker."

Does anyone think this is disgusting? He didn't wash his hands or use something other than his hands? He thought it was impressive to kill a fly. I know this might sound petty; it is. This reminds me of the scene in Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark; where Belloq eats a fly as Indiana threatens to blow up the Ark. He ate a fly and kept on acting and they used it. Now that's impressive.

I killed a fly with my hands a couple days ago...I washed them immediately.

One thing Obama has learned from the incident: The fly didn't respond to talk "Get out of here"; Obama had to resort to force and kill the fly. He should have asked his interviewer to help in talking the fly into leaving instead of using force.