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Home Front: Politix
Obama: I could take Palin in basketball
2008-09-07
Oh my has he fallen into McCain's trap big time. What next, Obaby - gonna challenge her to a Trivia contest?

I'm deeply worried about the corrupt machine, voter fraud and the hordes of operatives making up shit about the Palins - not to mention the machinations in AK to try to indict her for Tasergate. But then thin-skinned O swaggers out to defensively insist he could take her on the court and I feel a little more optimistic about our chances in Nov.
ABC News' George Stephanopoulos Reports: The rivalry between the Democratic and Republican tickets for president could shift from the ballot box to the hardwood if Barack Obama has his way.

In an exclusive interview airing this morning on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos," the Democratic nominee for president said he would be open to going one-on-one in basketball with Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.

"You know, I would play her a game of horse," said Obama. "She looks like she's got some game."
Could be. She took her team to a state championship in high school and is in better shape after 5 kids than Obama after a light schedule as a legislator who hasn't done much heavy lifting in the last umpteen years
Palin was a standout high school basketball player whose skills on the court earned her the nickname Sarah Barracuda. But Obama said he doesn't fear her. "On the basketball court, I think I'd stand up pretty well," he said. Standing upright is the first step, true 'nuff.
After that you would need to be able to run, dribble, shoot and deal with sharp elbows though.
Sill, Obama said he wouldn't want to go head-to-head with Palin in another sport: target shooting. "I know she's a sharpshooter, and I know that -- I probably wouldn't do target practice with her," he said. "I think she'd be a better shot than me."
I doubt you know which end of a gun to hold, sweetie.
The idea of an Obama-Palin basketball matchup was suggested by Linda Lilley, a viewer from Union City, Pa., who submitted her question for Obama on abcnews.com.
Posted by:lotp

#23  #7, He could couple it with a campaign tour of her state, which he hasn't yet visited after all.
But, but, but... I thought he had already visited "all 57 states",TW.
Posted by: GK   2008-09-07 18:18  

#22  Ltop, you already alluded to that, when you mentioned his "ghetto swagger" vis a vis hillary during the debate

Barry Obama isn't the only one. There's some of that in the trailing daughters' schools, too. Middle class white kids as well as black who think pretending to be ghetto makes them cool... while the kids who really live in the inner city would love the opportunity to get out.
Posted by: trailing wife   2008-09-07 16:01  

#21  Gee... and all this time I thought he was running for President of the United States. I didn't know he was actually running for captain of the basketball team.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2008-09-07 15:55  

#20  ethnomasochism

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TM or did ye lift it?
Posted by: .5MT   2008-09-07 15:32  

#19  "These are not the Republican opponents I knew"
Posted by: Frank G   2008-09-07 15:26  

#18  You got it, GK: the country is currently comparing the Repub #2 to the Dem #1, and finding the former comes off better. That's not the way Mr. Axelrod had it scripted.
Posted by: Zebulon Gravirong9021   2008-09-07 15:09  

#17  And by the way, artificial as it is, this is also very revealing; I have no doubt the real obama is the church of trinity, Chicago racial politics one.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2008-09-07 15:08  

#16  Ltop, you already alluded to that, when you mentioned his "ghetto swagger" vis a vis hillary during the debate; I find it pretty amusing, in a sick kind of way, you've got that well-to-do middle class kid, educated abroad and in exclusive schools, whose only black/african lineage is the fact that his exotism-seeking marxist/leftist mother was the trophy girlfriend of a third world bureaucratic cog in the making, who has always enjoyed a life of privilege and lots of free passes and got it all on a silver plate because he was taught how to ride the system... and he's playing the "homeboy" tune to that intended audience, all the while playing the white guilt/ethnomasochism of white liberals.
I find the contrast between that chicago machine-learned "trick" (no way he got it through his own background, see above) and the "post-racial image" he's created for himself very amusing.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2008-09-07 15:06  

#15  GREAT! Whadda a maroon! The presidential candidate of one ticket vs the VEEP candidate of the other. Hoisted with his own petard ego. They got it right at the RNC: 0Obama = zero, oh, null, nil, naught.
Posted by: GK   2008-09-07 14:04  

#14  Barry Baby's representin' to the hood.  It's all about lookin' & talkin' tough.  And his base laps it up.

Which is worth keeping in mind. These are not people who want to evaluate him or to learn the facts about the candidates. They're looking for justifications to vote the way they already want to.
Posted by: lotp   2008-09-07 13:35  

#13  Basketball, tiddlywinks, horseshoes, hand grenades -- wouldn't matter, my money's on Palin. I don't think Barry's quite got his head around the idea that the lady is a stone killer.
Posted by: Matt   2008-09-07 12:56  

#12  BO, take it from an expert. Stop digging. (It's hard, I know from experience.)
Posted by: Perfesser   2008-09-07 12:47  

#11  Saracuda Rocks!
Posted by: Legolas   2008-09-07 12:41  

#10  How will it look if a "black man" loses to her in basketball? He'd be a laughing stock. And if they played one-on-one instead of horse he'd have the potential of knocking her down (street hoops can be rough after all) and looking like a bastard in the process.

On the other hand if he wins he gains nothing. He beat a mother of five. Big whoop.

Obama is a fool to even open this door because he'll look bad even if she calls his bluff and then he refuses.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2008-09-07 12:36  

#9  Horse is a game of shooting skill - players alternate shooting baskets unimpeded by the other player. The Big O might do well. But in a game of one-on-one, I'd bet money Palin would steamroll him. She played point guard, if I'm not mistaken.
Posted by: SteveS   2008-09-07 12:34  

#8  What makes Gov Palin so impressive is that she did not fall for the cheap baiting meted out by the lefties. Her MO is keep cool, keep focused and let the opposition tumble into its own crude trap.

Keep it up Sarah -- show them what presidential timber is all about!
Posted by: regular joe   2008-09-07 12:07  

#7  A serious lose-lose for poor Candidate Obama. If he doesn't follow up, it's 'cause he's scared of her. If he does, and wins, he's picking on her. If he does, and loses...

She should call him with an offer of possible dates after she finishes with the work that's piled up on her desk up north there in Alaska. He could couple it with a campaign tour of her state, which he hasn't yet visited after all.
Posted by: trailing wife   2008-09-07 11:16  

#6  In fairness to Barry, he got a call and he tried to make light with it. What I do think it shows is that his responses are more juvenile than statesman-like. A seasoned diplomat would not have fallen into the trap of accepting the challenge and thus allowing the listener to have the amusing image of him getting stomped in basketball by Sarah Palin.

I think the Hollywood barn setting is more damaging. It brings to mind the fact that Obama is out of touch in middle America.

I think George Stephanopoulos is still a Clintonite groupie and probably set Obama up knowing full well that Obama didn't have the savvy to sidestep the trap, much less see it coming.
Posted by: Betty Grating2215   2008-09-07 10:10  

#5  Fake greek temples to appeal to the college stoner crowd and now a fake barn to appeal to the everyman crowd.
Posted by: Mike N.   2008-09-07 10:05  

#4  It's seldom the colour of the sulky or the guy with the whip, but rather the HORSE.
Posted by: Besoeker   2008-09-07 10:01  

#3  They just rolled this interview out here and I sat and watched it. Basically let barry sit there and talk with a couple softballs to keep the interest going. Steph did ask what some may consider tough questions. barry apparently now thinks that governor of Alaska is indeed a qualifier. barry has his usual number of stupid comments but what was striking me was his condencending way of answering question even to Steph, interrupting Steph and occasion and being snappy. Also, his lawyer mindset always saying stuff like "make the case" and couldn't help but think the old joke a lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client. My favorite part of the interview was the backdrop they picked for the bluescreen - it looked like they were sitting in a Amish barn or something (I know I know it does make sense on account of the amount of horseshit in the interview) so here are two guyes sitting on chairs in the middle of a barn having a conversation with no barn noises or wind. Thats some stupid stuff and to me reinforces the phoney hollywood crap. Hell, might as well put up a background of Tatooine and have some damn gungins running around it would be as believable as a quiet barn with no flies or wind.

And for barry's sake, stay clear of the arm wrestling contest.

*side note, now that Palin is qualified, barry said that running for president gives him some qualification...anyone else think he is running a piss poor election despite the amount of money he has spent? And he want to run the country like this...
Posted by: swksvolFF   2008-09-07 09:46  

#2  I have the distinct feeling the GOP campaign is setting him up for a game of 'character'. The Zero is so foolish and smug, he probably will accept the challenge to his everlasting regret.



Posted by: GORT   2008-09-07 09:30  

#1  Every man has got to know his limitations, even The Lord of The hoops.
Posted by: Besoeker   2008-09-07 09:26  

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