Political trash talking off the court
November 1, 2008 by Ryan Pravato
Filed under Basketball
It’s no secret that legendary North Carolina head coach Dean Smith is a liberal and current Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski is a conservative.
Fairly recently Dean Smith announced that he is endorsing Barack Hussein Obama.
Current North Carolina coach Roy Williams might be supporting Barack Hussein Obama? Not really sure…
UNC spokesperson says Roy didn’t endorse Obama.
Of course he didn’t. Wink. A UNC basketball rep described the statement Williams made calling Obama “the next President of the United States” as “playful.” Of course Williams could have refused the Obama campaign’s request to have Obama on court. No, instead, he offered Obama some great free media in a state that loves basketball and their Tar Heels.
Coach K, I can assume, is a McCain supporter.
Many will say—always off the record—that they can agree with K on nine out of 10 things, but all their coach will remember is the one disagreement. Like one of his heroes, George W. Bush, Krzyzewski sees the world in absolutes: You’re with him or against him. That unites his players on the court, but it confounds them much of the rest of the time.
So are there any other past or present college basketball figures stepping up and endorsing a Presidential candidate? VP?
Not that I know of.
Though Craig Robinson, first year coach of the Oregon State Beavers, is the brother-in-law of Barack Hussein Obama.
Reggie Love, former Blue Devil walk-on, actually is a body man for Barack Hussein Obama.
No such news from the McCain-Palin side.
Though there was this speech er… shout out er… some kind of mavericky prattle coming out of Palin’s mouth about native Alaskans Carlos Boozer and Trajan Langdon.
Palin’s memo is here
Props to Goathair on that. Also, and I won’t take credit for pointing this out: dude in that picture is a dreadful David Stern wannabe.
Anyways,
Via studiodave.
To be fair and balanced, well, I have to now show something that casts Barack Hussein Obama negatively.
How convenient, according to one political party, I’ve already have.
Yes folks, November 4th couldn’t come any quicker, plain and simple. It’s aggravating and is really polarizing much of the country.
Only a few more days left until we “elect” a new president. Hang in there.
