Barkley the party-switcher? Commentary on the Iowa caucuses last night leaked into the NBA game on TNT. During the halftime show, the studio crew riffed on politics, and analyst Charles Barkley started talking up John Edwards -- he’s even given Edwards money. Ernie Johnson, the anchor, looked at Barkley and said: "Charles, I thought you were a Republican." (Barkley has talked about running for governor of Alabama as a Republican.) Barkley's response: "That was before they started screwing all the poor people!"
He's been with Edwards for a while. Spoke up for him on TNT about a month ago. I was happy to hear it. One of my favorite Rockets all time. Only stain on his record was his misguided Republican leanings. Glad to see he's finally seeing the light.
I loved Barkley when he was with the Rox and I find him very entertaining and occasionally insightful on things other than basketball. OTOH though I'm not going to take him as a role model on politics or much else. While I don't want to see GW get a second term I'm not all that heartened by Barkley supporting a Dem. candidate.
Not me. To me, they are all bad guys. The chore of voting is trying to choose between the lesser of two evils.
unfortunately, i think you're right...or at least this is true far too often. i have a friend that once said that the irony of choosing the best man for the job is that the best man would never want that job!
