{"id":96814,"date":"2018-03-18T17:02:01","date_gmt":"2018-03-18T21:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=96814"},"modified":"2018-03-18T17:11:06","modified_gmt":"2018-03-18T21:11:06","slug":"march-madness-the-obama-obama-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=96814","title":{"rendered":"MARCH MADNESS: The Obama Curse Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"post-title\">The Curse Lives On=&gt; Obama Picks UVA to Reach NCAA Finals \u2013 Instead They Are First #1 Seed to Lose to a #16 Seed in History<\/h2>\n<p><!--more-->by Joe Hoft<br \/>\nGateway Pundit<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-395273\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Obama-sad-and-frustrated.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"379\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>The Obama Curse Lives On\u2026<br \/>\nBarack Obama picked the University of Virginia to go to the Final Game this year in the NCAA Men\u2019s Basketball tournament.<\/h3>\n<p>Barack, the narcissist, even\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ahammsportsgeek\/status\/974026493725761536\">signed<\/a>\u00a0his bracket this year.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-405974\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/obama-signed-bracket.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/obama-signed-bracket.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/obama-signed-bracket-600x464.jpg 600w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"927\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Instead UVA became the first Number 1 seed in history to lose to a 16 seed in March Madness NCAA Tourney!<\/h3>\n<p>UVA was expected to beat 16 seed UMBC \u2013<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">Sup, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ESPN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ISHem7E57R\">pic.twitter.com\/ISHem7E57R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UMBC Athletics (@UMBCAthletics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UMBCAthletics\/status\/974861051568193536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>But Obama\u2019s curse is too strong\u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thanks Obama <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IMaWWV7ylp\">https:\/\/t.co\/IMaWWV7ylp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UVA (@UVA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UVA\/status\/974018101657456640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>UVA Fans \u2013 \u201cThanks Obama!\u201d<span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The curse continues.<\/h3>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/thegatewaypundit.com\/2018\/03\/obama-picks-uva-to-go-to-ncaa-finals-instead-first-no-1-seed-to-lose-to-a-no-16-seed-in-history\/\">http:\/\/thegatewaypundit.com\/2018\/03\/obama-picks-uva-to-go-to-ncaa-finals-instead-first-no-1-seed-to-lose-to-a-no-16-seed-in-history\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Curse Lives On=&gt; 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