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Barkley was no academic achiever at Auburn. When he left after his sophomore year, he was failing in every subject. The NBA was not a choice; it was a necessity.

Having said that, I have to resist coming down too hard on the Round Mound of Rebound. Barkley, for a number of years, identified with
the Republican Party. But he now says, "I was a Republican until they lost their minds."

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Barkley has thereby demonstrated a quality of objective open-mindedness that, sadly, has eluded the still-loyal GOP knee-jerk true believers, such as those deluded voters in the last national election who actually believed that Sarah Palin was fit to hold the office of Vice President of the U.S.
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Originally posted by gracies old man:
we as a state would get plenty of press, if he did, but keeep in mind, there's a difference between good publicity and bad publicity. If he was an ex pro sports dude, in the vein of a J.C. Watts or Lynn Swann, who actually have AND use their brains when they speak, he might be a choice worth considering.


J.C. Watts? Give me a BREAK! If ever there was a robotic, programmed GOP token black, J.C. was it. The entire time he was in Congress, the man never had an original idea. His strings were pulled and his utterances programmed by his political mentors at every turn.
jcrowder-

Are you sure you aren't thinking of Bud Cramer?
I've seen and heard Watts on talk/political shows and he spoke succinctly and with passion.
I never detected any strings moving his arms, legs, etc.

jcrowder, you reming me of another liberal minded person of this forum, with your word usage and thought processes. If I didn't know Better, I'd thiNk yoU were an imposter?
He would probably be better than most we've had in that position lately, but then that's not saying much. He'd probably be better suited for congress than governer though, in congress he'd represent Alabama but as governer I'm afraid he'd only represent black Alabamaians due to his lastest press coverage. I didn't feel that way about him at first and I didn't think he was too far off base about the Auburn coach hiring he just should have made his case on the coaches resume's alone and left race out of the issue. Sometimes it's better not to state the obivous. I think that was a good example of when to keep your mouth shut, and to hold a high political office that's a quality you MUST have.

The comments Barkley made about the hiring of Auburn's coach seemed to move him into the Jessie Jackson/Al Sharpton category of race issue politician and away from the Barack Obama/Colin Powell mainstream political movement.
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Originally posted by geddon97:
How does this differ from the "Chosen One".Obama is no different.


If you can see no difference between a jock who flunked out of college in his sophomore year and a Harvard Law school Graduate who headed up the prestigious Harvard Law Review, then you need to find some way to clarify your obviously clouded vision! If you want to get any credibility for what you are asserting, you better put up more detail and argumentation than the paltry sniping you have offered thus far. Just who do you think was pulling any strings for Obama? The man ran an inspired campaign, one that will be long remembered for its genius, and one that makes him YOUR NEXT PRESIDENT. So get over it.
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Originally posted by gracies old man:
How come we can't seem to get any records or dissertations or transcripts from the 'dazed and confused' college days of the obamessiah? I think it was Barack (toke) who had the (toke) "obviously clouded vision"(toke) (ccough, cough, cough)


I don't know about that, but I know that a Harvard Law student does not get to head up the Harvard Law Review unless his grades are high. That post takes up a lot of time, meaning that the person occupying it has the double burden of law school plus a demanding assignment on the side. A multi-tasking person like that is the kind of person we need in the White House in these Bush-whacked times!
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Originally posted by geddon97:
How does this differ from the "Chosen One".Obama is no different.


If you can see no difference between a jock who flunked out of college in his sophomore year and a Harvard Law school Graduate who headed up the prestigious Harvard Law Review, then you need to find some way to clarify your obviously clouded vision! If you want to get any credibility for what you are asserting, you better put up more detail and argumentation than the paltry sniping you have offered thus far. Just who do you think was pulling any strings for Obama? The man ran an inspired campaign, one that will be long remembered for its genius, and one that makes him YOUR NEXT PRESIDENT. So get over it.
So you are saying that J.C.Watts flunked out of the University of Oklahoma?Lets see "He graduated in 1981 with a BA degree in journalism".So jcrowder are you mistaken?
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Originally posted by geddon97:
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Originally posted by jcrowder:
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Originally posted by geddon97:
How does this differ from the "Chosen One".Obama is no different.


If you can see no difference between a jock who flunked out of college in his sophomore year and a Harvard Law school Graduate who headed up the prestigious Harvard Law Review, then you need to find some way to clarify your obviously clouded vision! If you want to get any credibility for what you are asserting, you better put up more detail and argumentation than the paltry sniping you have offered thus far. Just who do you think was pulling any strings for Obama? The man ran an inspired campaign, one that will be long remembered for its genius, and one that makes him YOUR NEXT PRESIDENT. So get over it.
So you are saying that J.C.Watts flunked out of the University of Oklahoma?Lets see "He graduated in 1981 with a BA degree in journalism".So jcrowder are you mistaken?


You have lost the theme, geddon. The dropout that is the subject of the post you challenge is Charles Barkley. See post by jcrowder on Dec. 25, 10:35 a.m.
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Originally posted by gracies old man:
Do you even wonder about his records, how he got there, what he did, who paid his way, what he did his papers on? If not, aren't you the sheeple you accuse others of being?


I know this much--the speculation about who paid his way is silly and baseless. He and Michele both had student loans and took years to pay them off. As to what he did his college papers on, I couldn't care less. I am not among those who look back 20 years at something a college student wrote and try to make something of it. I would not do that relative to any candidate--Republican, Democrat, or Independent. If a person's knowledge and perspective have not changed a lot in the two decades following college, that person would be in no position to seek public office. I wrote stuff in college that I would not support or pormote today and so have many others. College term papers are not useful for judging the competence of seekers of high office. All this post-election carping about who paid tuition, the "suspicious" birth certificate, etc. are kust the crybaby rantings of the defeated!

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Originally posted by geddon97:
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Originally posted by jcrowder:
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Originally posted by geddon97:
How does this differ from the "Chosen One".Obama is no different.


If you can see no difference between a jock who flunked out of college in his sophomore year and a Harvard Law school Graduate who headed up the prestigious Harvard Law Review, then you need to find some way to clarify your obviously clouded vision! If you want to get any credibility for what you are asserting, you better put up more detail and argumentation than the paltry sniping you have offered thus far. Just who do you think was pulling any strings for Obama? The man ran an inspired campaign, one that will be long remembered for its genius, and one that makes him YOUR NEXT PRESIDENT. So get over it.
So you are saying that J.C.Watts flunked out of the University of Oklahoma?Lets see "He graduated in 1981 with a BA degree in journalism".So jcrowder are you mistaken?


You have lost the theme, geddon. The dropout that is the subject of the post you challenge is Charles Barkley. See post by jcrowder on Dec. 25, 10:35 a.m.
Actually I stayed on subject.He was the first to attack J.C. Watts for being a token black congressman.So I countered with how does this differ from Obama.That is when he went back to Charles Barkley.I was still discussing Watts and Obama.If you recall Watts was a star football player for the U.of Oklahoma.So you can see where I was confused with his statement about dropping out of college.
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Barkley will not have a chance he is almost as stupid as Sarah Palin


And she would run circles, intellectually, around you. Wow! That puts you down even lower than stupid. Cool


I think you got me confused with your mother


Boy you are really showing off your superior intelligence now you freakin kindergartener.You have no basis to ASSume Sarah Palin is dumb,xo you must resort to mommy jokes.Your wife must be so proud.
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Originally posted by Zeb:
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Originally posted by kperk:
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Originally posted by Zeb:
Barkley will not have a chance he is almost as stupid as Sarah Palin


And she would run circles, intellectually, around you. Wow! That puts you down even lower than stupid. Cool


I think you got me confused with your mother


Boy you are really showing off your superior intelligence now you freakin kindergartener.You have no basis to ASSume Sarah Palin is dumb,xo you must resort to mommy jokes.Your wife must be so proud.


Itis no assumption that Palin is less than mentally astute. She lends credence to that assessment every time she opens her flapping pie hole. You betcha!
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Originally posted by beternU:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by gracies old man:
Do you even wonder about his records, how he got there, what he did, who paid his way, what he did his papers on? If not, aren't you the sheeple you accuse others of being?


I know this much--the speculation about who paid his way is silly and baseless....

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I NEVER speculated, only asked the question. I simply want some answers, from himHim, not you.
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Originally posted by Zeb:
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Originally posted by kperk:
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Originally posted by Zeb:
Barkley will not have a chance he is almost as stupid as Sarah Palin


And she would run circles, intellectually, around you. Wow! That puts you down even lower than stupid. Cool


I think you got me confused with your mother



If I was as stupid as you, I wouldn't post ANYWHERE! But you gotta hand it to you libs, you have absolutely no shame.
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Originally posted by gracies old man:
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Originally posted by beternU:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by gracies old man:
Do you even wonder about his records, how he got there, what he did, who paid his way, what he did his papers on? If not, aren't you the sheeple you accuse others of being?


I know this much--the speculation about who paid his way is silly and baseless....

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I NEVER speculated, only asked the question. I simply want some answers, from himHim, not you.


You probably are not interested, but Obama has a web site where a myriad of accusations, lies, and insinuations about him are answered in detail. I am sure you can Google it up, being as technologically astute as you are.
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Originally posted by SHELDIVR:
Well, I can tell you this much, if we did elect Barkley, he wouldn't be the first drunk Alabama put in the governor's office... Wink


Alabama has had at least one governor who was a serious alcoholic--Jim Folsom, Sr. The old drunk was once so besotted on election eve that during a television appearance that he could not remember the name of his wife. Many think that this obviously drunken event cost the old boozer the election.

Some alcoholics are able to function with amazing effectiveness. William Faulkner reportedly never took pen in hand without first juicing up. And a very great University of Alabama football coach was heavily into the old hooch. Guess who??

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