My fondest memory of Charles Barkley was at a Los Angeles Clippers game a number of years ago. We (the crowd) taunted him so much that he threw his shoe up into the audience. He isn't one to mess with to be sure. So when Sir Charles says that the GOP is bogus, you know it has to be true.
As a potential gubernatorial candidate in Alabama three years from now, the basketball player turned politician has to get his game on and this is one way to do it. Speaking out against the war and the GOP in general has become a very popular thing to do and Charles is playing to his audience yet again.
Barkley went on CNN yesterday with Wolf Blitzer:
Barkley labeled himself as an Independent, a change from his Republican status not too long ago. He isn't a big fan of Democrats either but he knows the Republicans are far, far worse. He credited the Republicans with losing the 2006 elections and not the Democrats winning it. Perhaps he should look more closely at the party with an actual plan to lead the country and enacting a tremendous amount of legislation with two months. However, since he is a political novice, he has a couple years before he runs to get the facts straight."I want to be a politician," Barkley said. "I think I understand how the system works, I think a lot of politicians are corrupt, and it's about time we put some people in there who are going to look out for the majority of the people instead of the rich people."
When asked about the war in Iraq, Barkley replied that the situation was simple, "It's an easy call for me. We've got to get out of Iraq. [Saddam Hussein] is dead. That situation hasn't gotten better. So, anything that the Republicans say about the war in Iraq -- it's just bogus. I mean, it's a terrible situation. We've got a lot of innocent kids getting killed over there, and we're never going to be safe over there."
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