OBAMA PLAYING FOOTBALL IN THE OVAL OFFICE: THE LITERAL TRUTH AND THE FIGURATIVE TRUTH

LITERALLY TRUE: 

OBAMA TOSSING AROUND A FOOTBALL IN THE OVAL OFFICE - A TYPICALLY DISRESPECTFUL ATTITUDE TOWARD THE OFFICE HE HOLDS AND THE OFFICE HE WORKS INSIDE OF:

FIGURATIVELY TRUE: 

HE MIGHT AS WELL BE CAVALIERLY TOSSING AROUND THE NUCLEAR FOOTBALL - AS CAVALIERLY AS HE DRAWS RED-LINES:

OBAMA: NOT FIT FOR THE OFFICE HE WAS ELECTED TO HOLD OR THE OFFICE HE WORKS IN.