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Thu Aug 28, 2008 12:00 pm EDT

YouTube of the Day: Charles Barkley at the DNC

By J.E. Skeets

Warning: Minus Sir Charles, this has nothing to do with the NBA or basketball. Feel free to skip it.

On Tuesday, former NBA superstar Charles Barkley spoke with CNN about why he's at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, why he's voting for Barack Obama, and the possibility of one day running for the Governor of Alabama. As always, Chuck didn't pull many punches.

Shifting focus: I'm from Canada and I can't stop watching CNN's DNC coverage. It's incredible. Wolf's FOX-like appetite for drama and negativity, John King's magic map, Roland Martin's dance moves, the funny hats with blinking lights, Campbell Brown "reporting" while there's a speech going on in the background — it's all so surreal. Seriously, when did CNN politics become the greatest reality show on television?

(via Docksquad Sports) 

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  1. Mickey D.
    1. Posted by Mickey D. Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:14 pm EDT

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    If you want to play with your own (non-touch screen) "magic map", you can tinker around at
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/interactives/campaign08/electoral-college/
    Enjoy... or not.
  2. the REAL Headless Chicken
    2. Posted by the REAL Headless Chicken Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:12 pm EDT

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    Uh ohh skeets, you need to do fairness a favor now and also post something about a republican follower among NBA stars. Just so you don't get called biased. (This statement has no further relation to my personal political oppinion other than asking for justice and fairness throughout. Darn, I ain't no American, what do I care about your politics, America. Just. Vote. Correct.)
  3. J.E. Skeets
    3. Posted by J.E. Skeets Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:33 pm EDT

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    I'll post video of Greg Anthony talking with Anderson Cooper next week.
  4. Everyone loves Myke Hawke
    4. Posted by Everyone loves Myke Hawke Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:34 pm EDT

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    Great post Skeets. I've really been in to the Presidential race even before the primaries and believe that Obama will be a truly great president. If someone had told you five years ago that the favorite to be president would be a black man that fistjabs his wife, is a baller, and wants to build a basketball court in the White House people would have have said that you were crazy. YES WE CAN!
  5. Zach H. from Talk H.
    5. Posted by Zach H. from Talk H. Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:00 pm EDT

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    Toronto is in Canada, Skeets??? Does Joey Graham know this?
  6. Anthony
    6. Posted by Anthony Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:36 pm EDT

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    I think Barkley would make a great politician. He may not know as much as other politicians, but he won't pull any punches.
  7. antonio banderas
    7. Posted by antonio banderas Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:30 pm EDT

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    Wolf Blitzer is the worst at being unbiased ever. Charles Barkley has got to be the most conservative guy ever on CNN.
  8. Head
    8. Posted by Head Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:12 pm EDT

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    Barkley may have little or no political experience, speak like the uneducated dolt he is, and always have something negative to say about white people or anything else that he happens to comment on, but obviously those are all traits to get a nomination at this DNC.
  9. Robin L
    9. Posted by Robin L Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:26 pm EDT

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    CNN is nigh unwatchable. It shouldn't even be described as biased; it's just ... lazy and panders to the audience's need for infotainment instead of doing actual reporting.
  10. pho
    10. Posted by pho Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:54 pm EDT

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    I find it ironic when Chuck says that Alabama is the fattest state and people need to get back in shape.
  11. Head
    11. Posted by Head Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:12 pm EDT

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    Robin, it's sad that former 'news' networks & outlets like CNN, SeeBS, Fox, & NY Times and most others are no longer actually credible news networks, IMO, since they wholeheartedly dedicate all of their programming to pandering to their editor's chosen political stances. You can read or watch two different outlets report on the same story and get two completely different pictures of what the he1l actually happened! None of them are trustworthy or have any integrity anymore at all. My tv goes off during sweeps week when MSNBC or CNN or Fox start their 'in-depth reports' on thong bikinis, undercover prostitution investigations and their all important spring break exposes.

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