# The President sends 90th birthday greetings to Betty White **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 18, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-sends-90th-birthday-greetings-to-betty-white/609910 "2012-01-18T17:06:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-sends-90th-birthday-greetings-to-betty-white/609910/1 "2012-01-18T17:06:58Z")
Good stuff: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Nm0tzc8kyEM/hqdefault.jpg "Betty White and Barack Obama --- 90th birthday") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm0tzc8kyEM) ---
**Author:** ![Al\_Bundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@Al\_Bundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al_Bundy)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-sends-90th-birthday-greetings-to-betty-white/609910/2 "2012-01-18T18:34:33Z")
Well, Betty did say she prefers the sheer black condoms. Does that suggest anything? The Betty White special was interesting. All those plasticized actors in one room was awesome. I wondered if they would melt under the bright lights. Betty has aged much better than most of them and they know it. Where does the president find time to do these things? ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-sends-90th-birthday-greetings-to-betty-white/609910/3 "2012-01-18T18:45:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Good stuff: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm0tzc8kyEM](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm0tzc8kyEM) My husband and I were watching the show when they aired this. When I finally stopped laughing/crying/choking, I said “He’s my favorite president EVER!” ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-sends-90th-birthday-greetings-to-betty-white/609910/4 "2012-01-18T19:12:06Z")
Hah! That was awesome! I liked the dig as well as the humour. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-sends-90th-birthday-greetings-to-betty-white/609910/5 "2012-01-18T20:27:53Z")
I saw it on youtube and didn’t think it was real. It is? Awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-sends-90th-birthday-greetings-to-betty-white/609910/6 "2012-01-19T05:08:39Z")
My only quibble: They shouldn’t have started playing “Thank You for Being a Friend” until he had his earbuds in. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2012, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-sends-90th-birthday-greetings-to-betty-white/609910/7 "2012-01-23T09:44:08Z")
Obama is a lefty! proof-positive right there! and he’s a “hooking” lefty at that! ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-sends-90th-birthday-greetings-to-betty-white/609910/8 "2012-01-23T17:47:55Z")
Hey I’m a hooking lefty. Except I move the paper into the proper orientation, not my hand. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-sends-90th-birthday-greetings-to-betty-white/609910/9 "2012-01-23T18:21:07Z")
Between this and his singing at the Apollo, how can anybody not like the guy at least on a personal level? ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-sends-90th-birthday-greetings-to-betty-white/609910/10 "2012-01-24T02:18:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > My only quibble: They shouldn’t have started playing “Thank You for Being a Friend” until he had his earbuds in. I don’t get the reference. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-sends-90th-birthday-greetings-to-betty-white/609910/11 "2012-01-24T02:47:48Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > I don’t get the reference. 😕 It’s the Golden Girls theme song.