Speakeasy: President Obama By Jeff Dufour FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinEmailPrint April 5, 2009 4:00 am FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinEmailPrint “As a basketball fan, I’ve even noticed that Hedo Turkoglu and Mehmet Okur have got some pretty good basketball games.” — President Barack Obama, referring to the two Turkish-born NBA players as he addressed the Turkish Parliament on Monday. Recommended Stories Trump in no rush to end shutdown impasseLoyal to a fault: Review of ‘Independent’ by Karine Jean-PierreSpanberger leans on Bill Nye and Buttigieg in closing days of Virginia governor’s race TagsJeff Dufour Related Content Beltway Confidential Why does Trump tolerate Viktor Orban’s many insults? Beltway Confidential Sliwa exploits taxpayer funds instead of dropping out House Mike Johnson says he ‘doesn’t see the path’ for third Trump term News Kai Trump making her official golf association debut in Florida mid-November Beltway Confidential Brandon Johnson’s racial obsession leaves more dead