November 2, 200421 yr Charles Barkley just announced on PTI that he would run for governor of Alamaba if Kerry loses.
November 2, 200421 yr is that some kind of threat to Alabama? Vote Kerry or else I will try to be your governor? If he feels he can help out AL he should run regardless if he is of the political mind to do so .... not just qualify it based on a national election not sure what the motivation for those comments are
November 2, 200421 yr He'd be an awesome governor. His sound bytes would be out of this world. :thumbup
November 2, 200421 yr I just googled up some info on sir charles... If Barkley were ever to run for political office?he's repeatedly threatened to run for governor of his native Alabama as a Republican?he'd be constrained by certain ideologies. But now he can contradict himself every other day or every other game or every other sentence, can recharge the moment with meaning, whether it's a pick-and-roll or a racial incident. Quizzed by Robert Novak on CNN's Crossfire as to whether he was a Republican or a Democrat, Barkley said, "I'm not either, to be honest with you. I made a joke with my grandmother one time. I was asking her, 'Why are we Democrats?' She said, 'Republicans are only for rich people.' And I said, 'I'm rich.' And she hasn't given me a viable answer." The person he'd most like to meet is Colin Powell. After spending four hours with Clarence Thomas, he said, "I think I'm smart, but I was learning on the go talking with him. He's achieved true greatness." Many years ago he said, "I look at all my old friends in the 'hood, and they're in the same place they've always been. On welfare, mostly. All the liberals have done is give the black man an inferiority complex. They gave us a little fish, instead of teaching us how to fish." And yet, asked what Republicans might do differently, he said, "I don't know. Actually, to tell you the truth, I have no idea." Explaining why he's never voted in his life, he said, "My one vote isn't going to mean much." He's political without being politicized. He's a bull in a china shop who respects the china shop. Here's really why Barkley doesn't vote: "You're voting for who'll do the best for you, and I don't like that system. You should vote to help everybody." In other words: People are good; the system is f***ed. When he speaks about race, the media cast Barkley as the articulator of dangerous, difficult truths, as white America's nightmare in high tops. This, too, is exactly wrong. Barkley is a race-man of nearly 19th-century vintage. He believes in everybody pulling himself up by his bootstraps. Barkley's race-anger is exactly the amount of race-anger we can process, which is to say: not that much. White America needs to know that beneath all that black rage is, finally, forgiveness, even love. Barkley offers proof. read the rest is at http://slate.msn.com/?id=2074459 It'd be quite a sight to see a black republican governor in the deep south. Then again, I don't know how much I'd want some guy who has never even voted to govern my state.
November 2, 200421 yr People should stop trying to be the next Arnold, they cant. Arnold is too awesome with his approval rating in the seventies.
November 2, 200421 yr People should stop trying to be the next Arnold, they cant. Arnold is too awesome with his approval rating in the seventies. 606764[/snapback] By David Shields Updated Friday, Nov. 22, 2002, at 10:38 AM PT Yeah, Charles went into the future and saw how successful Arnie would be. :plain
November 3, 200421 yr On TNT, Charles Barkley said he just found out you have to be a resident for 7 years to run for governer. He said it was "a stupid rule". :lol
November 3, 200421 yr Author is that some kind of threat to Alabama? Vote Kerry or else I will try to be your governor? If he feels he can help out AL he should run regardless if he is of the political mind to do so .... not just qualify it based on a national election not sure what the motivation for those comments are 606715[/snapback] Supposedly the people in Alabama love him and he's a hero there, he's done a lot of work and donated millions of dollars to charities in Alabama and he's talked about wanting to run for some for of high public office for a while now. I don't really understand the whole thing about he'll only run if Kerry loses though.
November 3, 200421 yr I don't think that Sir Charles would make a bad governor. At least he stands his ground on things.
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