Charles Barkley Gets Political Again During NBA Broadcast: We‘re Going to Beat Romney ’Like a Drum’
- Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:47am by
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Former NBA star and current NBA analyst Charles Barkley just can’t seem to keep from mixing sports and politics. During a Sunday broadcast on TNT, Barkley took several shots at Mitt Romney after Romney was spotted attending the playoff game Between the Hawks and Celtics. And it isn’t the first time the Weight Watchers spokesman has used his sports TV platform to preach politics.
“We’re going to beat you like a drum in November,” Barkley said when Romney flashed on the screen. “Don’t take it personally. You seem like a nice guy, but you’re going down, bro.”
HuffPo has the video:
This isn’t the first time Barkley has gotten political during a basketball broadcast. In March, during the NCAA tournament, he blasted co-host Greg Anthony, saying that Anthony was a typical Republican who was blaming “everything on the president.” That outburst followed the rather benign suggestion from Anthony that a tournament game might have been delayed for security reasons because Obama was attending.
As HuffPo notes, Barkley was once a Republican but switched to Democrat.
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Comments (155)
hempstead1944
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:28amBarkley”s brain works almost as well as his golf swing……and if you have seen his golf swing you know what I mean !
Report Post »jimtrees
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 12:27pmWill it be as bad as when he beat his white wife?
Report Post »johnnylingo
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 12:33pmSaid Goliath to David.
Report Post »PCsince1776
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 12:48pmLOL – y’all are bad!! Keep it up!
Report Post »LIBSALWAYSLIE
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 2:00pmjust proves a big head doesn’t mean a big brain
Report Post »3monkeysmomma
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 4:06pmI hate to say it but he might be right, true fiscal conservatives have recoiled in horror from Romney’s budget plan, civil libertarian purist are swearing they won‘t vote for anyone but Paul and there are recent pictures of Romney’s speaking venues 2/3 EMPTY.
I’m not convinced that this is a done deal folks. As much as I despise O, I’m not in love w/ Romney either.
Report Post »ACLUHater
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 5:28pmThe sad thing is that liberals will be influenced by someone who’s IQ is about ten percent of his weight.
Report Post »oneshiner
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:55pmThis guy might have had his day, but that day is long gone. And this is for the horse he rode in on<
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 10:04pmi follow almost all the playoff basketball games and watching the interaction between barkley and the other co-hosts is hilarious. If you dont watch it – dont pay this any bother because he deserves it!
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 1:28amYea, Ok Chuck, kinda’ like the Championship you helped
Report Post »Phoenix win…Lot’s of Bullshi** and not much else….keep
working on that golf swing, Bro…good for a laugh !!
RJJinGadsden
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:24amOnce again, the populace of Leeds, Alabama cringe.
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 9:01amDid he even win an NBA Championship? I don’t think so!
Report Post »HKS
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 9:16amIs TNT giving away champagne time here, Is there not some sort of equal time rules? Is Obama paying for these ads? May we need an investigation of TNT for champagne violations?
Report Post »IndyGuy
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 9:26amCharles who???
Report Post »Listen_then_think
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 9:33amCampaign…. the other is a drink.
Report Post »zorro
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 10:11amChanged to Democrat? When? When a black guy ran for President? Kind of like Colin Powell….
Report Post »MAMMY_NUNN
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:03pmCareful there Charles you lay with the dogs you will surely get fleas ask Oprah.
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 1:34am“We’re going to beat you like a drum in November..
Report Post »Who is “We” Chuck ? Got a TUR* in your pocket..
Or are you talking about your Bud, O’Blamer ?????
only easy day was yesterday
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:21amAre the anything this liberal’s can say to get fired from their jobs. Everytime you turn on the T.V one of those people from 30 rock, has a commercial or new show. Barkley has been arrested, said racist remarks, and still getting more jobs than before. Same with Baldwin, remember when actors kept their opinions and their lifestyles to themselves for fear of public outcry.
Report Post »Oldmantex
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 2:20pmThe only reason these actors have the power is that to many of the silent majority watch their crap on TV and movies. I dont get TV anymore because of this. I will watch a series on Zune or something like that but as soon as I see one of the actors start talking about politics, or the show starts promoting gays like in almost all shows now, I stop watching. Just turn it off. If they cant sell advertisement, they cant make shows and cant pay actors.
Report Post »If people would get some conviction and turn off the crap they claim not to support, things would change. As long as Americans continue to support them, they will continue to use that support against us. People need to pickup a book or monitor what they watch and once it goes liberal turn it off. Refuse to support it. We dont have to OWS to make a change, just vote with your pocket book.
Rowgue
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:04pmCharles barkley isn’t really a liberal, he just supports obama because he’s black. Yes it’s still moronic, but the motivation is different. It’s not an ideological thing, it’s a racist thing.
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 1:53amYea !! kinda’ like Sammy L Jackson and Morgan Freeman..
Report Post »Chuckie has joined the ******* to re-elect their Rock-Star…
CUZ’ HE BE BLACK, BRO !! these Clowns can afford $5.00
Gas and ridicules prices at the store. and these jerks call us
racist.. GOOD GAWD !!!
RedDirtTexas
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:20amIf Barkley picks Obama to win, I‘m putting everything I’ve got on Romney! He never picks winners! Last year he hated on the Mavs all season (too many roll players, not enough true talent) until they had the Heat on the ropes and he finally started giving Nowitski and the bench some tight lipped cudos! If a white man from Bama spoke like Barkley he would be labeled an insignificant hillbilly!
Report Post »RedDirtTexas
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:32am(Ala) Bama I know he played for Auburn
Report Post »HADEN0UGH
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:47amI seem to recall Barkley being the only one that picked the Mavs before the playoffs started. He’s still an idiot, but he did pick them to win it all.
Report Post »RedDirtTexas
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 9:30amWell I must have been grabbing a beer if he picked them to win it. But for years he hated on Nowitski and I always suspected it was a racial thing. At least Nowitsky has a ring. Barkley doesn’t.
Report Post »Dodsfall
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:17amIs the secret service now going to interview Barkley like they did to Ted Nugent? That sounded like a threat of violence, if taken out of context like it was with Nugent.
Report Post »zorro
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 10:15amLOL.. NIce. You’re right!!!
Report Post »THXll38
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:17amUnfortunately (not really. This country needs a serious lesson) he is right — Romney will lose. The media has chosen Romney because the media knows that Romney will lose against Obama. Americans do not want serious change — they want there safety nets and subsidies as well as the government protecting people from themselves.
It is clear that Barkley is a modern day liberal, and his thought process is as skewed as much as social neo cons, but I am pretty sure America will lose this coming election.
Report Post »TAXEVERYONE
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:26amThe media did not choose Romney.
Report Post »Get your head out of your butt.
THXll38
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:45amReally? How the hell didn’t they? That’s all they did moron. Where is Paul? He is kicking arse and taking names, but not one peep from the media. Paul is a danger to the modern day liberals, corporate welfare, crony capitalism, and the modern day progressive GOP. This is indeed a threat to the two party system and the way this country country thinks. Obama, Romney are two of the same. Even if Romney wins, nothing will change.
Report Post »marine249
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 9:55am38 I think your 1st name is Mark?
Report Post »Apple Bite
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 11:09amOMG not this bull again…
Get off of Ron Paul’s 18th century jock, man! Don’t start with this again, he knew he wasn’t going to win out. He just wanted to get his message out to the masses. But becoming President, it was mission impossible.
Report Post »P8riot
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 12:27pmLast I checked, it was the MILLIONS of voters who picked Romney –
Seriously, you Paulistinians really need to give it a break. Ron Paul has not won a single primary. Isn’t this his 3rd time running (and losing) for POTUS???
Report Post »elation
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:16amBarkley’s brain has no filter. He says whatever he wants whenever he wants and doesn’t care about consequences. I wonder how long it will be before he is fired from TNT.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:27amYou actually think that Ted Turner will allow this fool to be fired?
Report Post »GeneTracy
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 2:27pmIt’s just Barkley throwing his weight around again.We’ll see how successful he will be with Weight-Watchers too.
Report Post »Bruce1369
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:13amTime to dump the NBA and the lib/dem propaganda network, TNT.
Report Post »shirleyandpearl
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 11:22amBarkley is a kook like Ted Turner. He shoots off his mouth and has a little bit of an ego problem, not unlike a president we know. He‘s just spoutin’ out to his bro’s for the darker skinned guy. Rush used to interview him, but then he probably got the business, and knew that being a R would hinder his earning potential.
Report Post »obrien871
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:13amGo bounce a ball Barkley surprised your brain can handle that! Romney is going to mop the floor with Obama. After the first debate he’s going to looks like the economic illiterate and fool he is. He’ll drop ten points in the polls and then watch the rest of the democrats run for the hills. Best worst president we’ve ever had… Single handedly destroying the socialist democrat party. Five more months and we flush the Marxist an all his anti-American pals out of our White House.
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:13amI believe Barkley would say this no matter who was running against Obama, but sadly I have to agree. If Romney is the candidate Obama wins.
Report Post »Titainiumman
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 11:02amThe buyers remorse of Obama voters is intense,he has lost independents in droves,the college students that supported him in 2008 have graduated and cannot find jobs,he has alienated the catholics who voted for him in 2008,he has furhter alienated the evangelicans,the blue coller voter who lives pay check to paychaeck have seen how his economic illiteracy is affecting them daily,Although a union may endorse a candidate,that doesn’t mean they will get all of it,I was a union member for 30 years and never once voted for the candidate the union chose to back.
Report Post »Unions leaders would endorse Louis Farrakhan and Al Sharpton if they ran on the democratic ticket..
Moshy1
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:11amThat’s what happens when you diet (like a man lol) and get lightheaded.
Report Post »Penn
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:10amSomebody ought to ask the “Round Mound of Rebound” exactly why his black bro…excuse me his half black bro deserves re-election?
Report Post »Agnes
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 10:01pmDo you really think that this idiot follows the clown’s administration and its policies?
Report Post »karnhead
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:09amBarkley predicted his NBA championship…I’m comfortable with this prediction.
Report Post »oldguy49
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:17ami just wonder who will pay his salary if obama and the socialist get reelected and destroy the rest of the economy…………………..
Report Post »BreeZee
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:08amCharles ur a knucklehead. most ppl watch sports to escape this kind of political crap. What are the blk people going to tell their children and grandchildren? “I voted for him cuz he was blk, even if it cost ya ur future, he was the first blk president and that was more important than what he cost the country”
obamma has done one thing i am greatful for, he has give all the blk racist and race baiters a platform to come out of the shadows for the whole country to see who these ppl are.
Report Post »grunk
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:04amThat’s why they play the game, Lardo.
Report Post »Blazebanned
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:03amAnd we should be concerned by the words of an uneducated, washed up, mushed mouthed,ex-basketball playa?
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 9:16amNot that we needed another reason to dislike Obama, but Barkley gives us one anyway.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 10:53amHe talks like he golfs. Spastic slicer?
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:01amIt is time for Republicans to do what Col. West suggests. The Progressives spout off the ugliest comments without giving a thought to the civility of discussing ideas and issues. We have sunk to the lowest level in American politics with no respect for dignified debate. I do believe the intelligence of Americans has been corrupted by socialist teachers indoctrinating the masses. Is this the end of America as we know it?
Report Post »johnjamison
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:01amI turn the channel evrytime that hypocrit is on even if it’s a commercal for something he”s advertising.
Report Post »Can stand him.
lgccac
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:59amBarkley hates Romney because he’s white.
Report Post »Independent4233
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:12amBarclay hates all whites.
I’ve read where people will ask the question, “How could he hate whites if he has a white wife,” like Brian Gumbel, and Barry Bonds, who both dislike whites?
Well, the short answer to that is that it isn’t necessary to like a race to want to have sex with their women, especially when they’re own women are so unattractive.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:57amSomebody b@itch slap that idiot.
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:56amthis knucklehead should stick to boozing and hookers…he’s good at that.
Report Post »only easy day was yesterday
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:15amHe’s not really even good at that, remember he got busted by the police before he even got to the bunny ranch.
Report Post »blanco5
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:56amA black person is pro-prez islama???? No way!!!!!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:55am“Barkley was once a Republican but switched to Democrat.”
Race wins out again in the black community … obviously Mr. Barkley is trying to stay relevant in his community .. perhaps someone should remind him that the NBA depends on fans for all that money he and others made/make. Some of whom could well stop watching if they are going to get preached at by the likes of Barkley.
Report Post »only easy day was yesterday
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:13amI wish someone would remind TNT, and get his racist butt off T.V
Report Post »lgccac
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:51amBarkley must hate Romney because he’s white.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:50amIsn’t that hate speach?
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