Thanks, Obama!

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

A man arrested by deputies in Florida for allegedly assaulting his pregnant girlfriend became the living embodiment of the "Thanks, Obama!" meme after he tried pinning the blame on the President.

Escambia County deputies were dispatched to the scene of a domestic dispute in the town of Century, where they found John Henry Shiffner, 18, and his 30-year-old girlfriend, Lakesha Tolbert.

Tolbert, who is 10 weeks pregnant, told deputies she was pushed to the ground by Shiffner who was "upset about a death in the family" and had been drinking.

As Shiffner, who denied shoving Tolbert, was being escorted into the back of a squad car, he "began rambling on about how Obama is right," according to the sheriff's report.

Deputy Matthew Bevins wrote that Shiffner told him "Obama said cops always listen to women."

The report goes on to state that Shiffner's mother denied buying alcohol for her son, and Shiffner denied he had been drinking.

He was ultimately booked on a charge of felony aggravated battery and misdemeanor disorderly intoxication.

Shiffner was still in jail as of Wednesday, unable to post his $3500 bond.

Freaking Obama always getting poor drunk white guys to beat their girlfriends

 

[Ant-manic]

that guy is 18? that's a hard 18. kind of looks like the Daryl from Walking Dead.

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

Escambia county is Pensacola Fl and it's basically the deep south. FL is weird the more north you go the more southern it gets then the more south you go the more Urban it gets

 

[Morg]

that guy is 18? that's a hard 18. kind of looks like the Daryl from Walking Dead.

drugs will do that

 

[The Question]

I'm pretty freakishly liberal (which is actually why I don't like Obama all that much, he's too center for my tastes), but I think that regardless of political leaning, saying "thanks, Obama!" when something goes wrong is super funny.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

I feel like the comments by the guy really don't equate to him blaming Obama, hell, he said Obama was right about cops. A lazy title just trying to cash in on a meme that really has nothing to do it with


Though I agree the meme itself is pretty damn funny.