Posts tagged ‘barack obama’

Last Friday’s Presidential running-mate selection by John McCain took advantage of the morning news cycle (as opposed to a Saturday 3 am announcement, but at least Obama was up at that time, right?), and got people buzzing and studying the Wikipedia profile of Sarah Palin.

One thing which particularly caught my eye was her prowess as a high school point guard, among her affection for guns (this is, of course, a photoshop…it’s gotta be).

We are well aware of Barack Obama and his hoop exploits. And as True Hoop has pointed out, there will be a baller in the White House regardless……although, only one, to date, has made promises of a basketball court addition. Of course, this statement is a half-truth as the Vice-President lives, not in the White House, but at Number One Observatory Circle.

In any case who would win a game of one-on-one, (or the Mexican version) between Barack Obama and Sarah Palin?

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While Gilbert Arenas’ latest blog post is entitled This is Kwame’s Year, (more on than later) the bombshell that Arenas dropped was his opinion on the American political process.

Much akin to Charles Barkley, Gil kinda/sorta admits to being a Republican:

It’s hard for me to vote, because since I’ve been in the NBA I’ve been in the upper class so I’ve been a Republican. If you have any type of money, you’re a Republican, period. So, it’s hard because you see a better looking president in Obama – I don’t even want to say because he’s black, but he just looks the part – and then you have McCain who is Republican and I’m like, man. I know Obama is going to raise taxes on the upper class from 20-60 percent, that’s what I’m looking at.

Of course, Barkley “was a Republican until they lost their minds.”

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