Posted on 09/26/2017 7:36:36 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
To cleanse the palate, I think he means “education” in terms of civic education, i.e. familiarity with policy and the candidates’ backgrounds, not grade-level achieved. It’d be weird if he didn’t since James himself famously skipped college after being drafted number one out of high school. Still, how often do you get to watch a mega-star athlete call the voters of his home state ignorant? This’ll be an interesting test to see if there’s anything Ohio’s favorite son can say or do to piss off his fans. Besides committing to play for another team at the end of a one-hour special devoted to his free agency, I mean.
And how the hell has Trump not taunted him yet on Twitter about having won Ohio? Normally he can’t stop talking about how many electoral votes he got last year, and the one time in his life he has a chance to call “scoreboard” on LeBron James, he clams up? For fark’s sake. What did we elect him for if not to ruthlessly troll major cultural figures and world leaders? If only he wasn’t stuck in a Twitter flame war right now with North Korea, he could focus.
The most dubious thing LeBron said, trying to capture the magnitude of the mistake he thinks Ohio made last November:
“You can go back in the history of time of sports and say the same thing because we keep bringing sports and politics into it, so you could look back at some of the greatest drafts of all-time and say that, ‘Okay, did the Trail Blazers make the right choice when they took Sam Bowie?’
I know he’s not suggesting that Hillary Clinton is the Michael Jordan of politics. If anything, she’s the Fred Brown of politics.
Watch to the end and you’ll see him say that he’s not inclined to participate in any anthem protests himself when the NBA season begins, preferring to pursue activism (mostly) off the court. (James is famously generous in his charitable endeavors.) But when asked elsewhere if he thinks there’ll be demonstrations by other players, he says he wouldn’t be surprised. The “take a knee” thing may be just getting started. Good news for Trump.
So says the guy who skipped college...lol. MORON spoiled brat athlete.
He’s a total dumb-ass himself.
You can’t make this stuff up. LeBron didn’t even attend college. That’s okay by me, until he starts telling this old gal with a masters degree that I’m uneducated.
This social commentary/voter psychological evaluation brought to you by a guy who plays basketball for a living.
I recall some years ago an article in some newspaper about the 18 year old Lebron James being given a $50,000 bonus for signing with a pro team. The highlight to me was that the young Lebron used the money to buy himself a Cadillac Escalade. It took a lot of good education and smarts to put that money to such a savvy use.
The Dem leadership has gone silent during all this.
It must be significant if it causes them to shut up.
Northeast Ohio, Die-Hard Cavs/Browns/Indians/Buckeyes.
Can’t wait to rip this guy on my NormieBook errrr Facebook.
Why anyone would ask LeBron James a question on anything other than basketball is beyond me.
From a guy who only graduated high school.
And how many NBA “stars” are Rhodes Scholars or Nobel Prize candidates?
I know Bill Bradley was one.
I wonder how many black professional football players paved their way through by playing college football with very low academic expectations?
“From a guy who only graduated high school.”
There’s a 900 lb. elephant in the room in the form of many pro athletes’ were “ushered” through college in the form of tutors doing their work for them so they can play. Everybody knows it, nobody wants to talk about it.
Ya know, Trump’s greatest skill is flushing out all the true deplorables in this country. We knew about the Democrats. Now everyone knows about the insidious Republicans. Now everybody knows about these sickening athletes. His greatest legacy may end up being pulling to the surface all these disgusting elements of our society that have been hidden for so long. Now it’s up to us to deal with them.
LeBron said: “Well, I mean, that’s a great question. At the end of the day, like I said, I don’t think a lot of people was educated.”
What is the drop out rate for inner city yutes?
From a guy who only graduated high school.
Let's see how this one plays out. Talking about biting the hand that feeds you.
It was a better time when the gladiators killed each other off eventually.
The good news about all this is that it will only help turnout in Alabama and Roy Moore’s chances. The establishment must be really sweating.
I have to say it...If ANY conservative had made the statement 'going to the White House was a great honor until YOU (obama) showed up' ...
The woman who lost the election to Donald Trump would be the first to step out and say 'dog whistle'.
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