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Obama invite Bonds? Probably
Tribune
August 9, 2007
Asked at a news conference in Oakland on Wednesday whether he would invite Barry Bonds to the White House if he were president, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said he "probably would."
"It's a remarkable achievement," Obama said. "And he deserves, I think, our congratulations. I remain concerned about the cloud that exists not just in baseball but in everything from basketball to the Tour de France. I mean you just get a sense right now that sports is suffering from a crisis of confidence and my hope is that all the various sports leagues take those responsibilities seriously. I left out Michael Vick and what's happening in the National Football League.
"So you basically have every single sport suffering from some major questions."
Asked how he would have combated the growing steroid problem over the past decade were he president, Obama responded, "First of all, I would not have entered into an illegal war based on false pretenses," to which the crowd responded with a thunderous ovation. "But when I'm president, if we have actual information about big time athletes using steroids, and if Commissioner Selig won't act, I will."
Obama then further detailed his plans to address improprieties in professional sports were he elected president.
"If that means having federal agents storm Tim Donaghy's house with helicopters and tear gas, we will do that," Obama said. "If it means sticking a catheter in Floyd Landis's urethra while he sleeps to draw a urine sample, we will do that too. Or if it means dipping Michael Vick in corned beef hash and tossing him to a pack of starving pitbulls, we can do that also."
After several audience members chuckled in response to the latter comment, Obama added, "No, for real. Thanks to laws passed since 9/11, that's actually legal, and I would gladly do it."
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Wow, before reading this article and your account of it, I thought Obama was an unaccomplished politician who could talk some serious political BS but would never accomplish anything of consequence. But this post makes it clear: Obama means business.
I heard that question asked for real at the AFL-CIO debate at Soldier Field earlier this week. The first thought in my mind was, "People are going to pick the President based on THIS issue?"
The second thought was that when looking at the crop of candidates in both major parties, I realized it probably wouldn't make a difference anyway.
I propose the YCS staff form a junta.
Because a sports question would be the first and only time a President was picked based on a ridiculous issue.
Like, based on picking a candidate they'd want to have a beer with, despite the fact that he is a recovering alcoholic.
Or, let's be honest, who's simply the best looking.
We should go back to the real issues and vote only for whomever spouts the most consistent and unwavering bullshit while wearing the nicest ties.
As for me, I'm voting for Hillary based purely on how awesome it would be to have Bill Clinton back in the public eye, this time with absolutely no responsibilities of his own to cut into his rabblerousin' time. By my estimate, he's slated to break Wilt's record in late 2010.
Man though, a lot of the women that Clinton has bagged are not exactly worthy of boasting. I love the style of Mr. Clinton, but the man either has a bad vision problem or extremely low standards. If we did a side-by-side comparison, I'm guessing Wilt takes it a landslide. A darkhouse third candidate for this competition might be Scott Baio. Dude has nailed every hot blonde in Hollywood and still has it working at 45.
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