Pat Riley on Bush: “I voted for the man. If you don’t vote you don’t count.”

PMSNBC ^

[slowhand520]

Of course after he said this the media ponced on him:

Addressing reporters later, Riley denied that he had injected politics into the ceremony. “I’m pro-American, pro-democracy, I’m pro-government,” the coach said. “I follow my boss. He’s my boss.”

[RichInOC]

Riles is the man.

[jrooney]

Riley a man of honor.

[zarf]

He would been lauded as truth to power guy if he gave the Prez a bird in Oval Office.

[EyeGuy]

“Standing next to Shaq,” Bush said, “is an awe-inspiring experience.”



Should have been the other way around.

I won't hold my breath.

[Huck]

If you don't vote, you don't count in the election. But so what? I don't believe everyone should vote. And I'm ok with someone who doesn't follow politics sitting it out, and contributing to society in other ways. Politics is a sleazy, ill business. It's a necessary evil. Nothing more. And the system does fine with only partial participation.

[Sax]

It thudded flat on the stage. Bush looked startled as O’Neal and his teammates laughed.

Shaq knew the natural tendancy while holding a basketball is to dribble it, so beforehand, he bled off most of the air as a practical joke. Pretty funny, good natured joke.

[sanjacjake]

You just neglected to give the key word.INFORMED
and KNOWLEGEABLE voters.... too many people vote
because of someone they know is voting or some other
disjointed reason. Guess that will not change..but
the media could help if they weren't so damn bias???? JK

[Niteranger68]

You just neglected to give the key word.INFORMED and KNOWLEGEABLE voters.... too many people vote because of someone they know is voting or some other disjointed reason. Guess that will not change..but the media could help if they weren't so damn bias???? JK

Too many people also try to "pick" the winner....like a lottery number.

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

Shaq knew the natural tendancy while holding a basketball is to dribble it, so beforehand, he bled off most of the air as a practical joke. Pretty funny, good natured joke.

My natural tendency when holding a basketball is to spin it on my fingertip.

[Sax]

ex-Globetrotter?

[HitmanLV]

Shaq knew the natural tendancy while holding a basketball is to dribble it, so beforehand, he bled off most of the air as a practical joke. Pretty funny, good natured joke.

My natural tendency with a basketball is to fake to the right and then toss it over my head into the hands of Curly Neal.

Then, Meadowlark Lemmon throws a bucket of confetti at me, and then the band cues up 'Sweet Georgia Brown.' :-)

[1rudeboy]

Yup.

[7thson]

I will not say it is awe-inspiring but I stand 6'3'' and the few times I have stood next to people close to the 7 foot range and higher, it is slightly intimidating.

[rightinthemiddle]

Liberal jerks in the Media spinning Riley's comments:

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/story/501181p-422642c.html

"The Heat goes to the White House this afternoon, gets its 20-minute audience with George W. Bush in the East Room. "I'm not a very political man," Pat Riley was saying yesterday about the occasion. Riley voted for Bush the last time around. "You got to vote for someone," he confessed, reluctantly."

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

ex-Globetrotter?

No, but they were the inspiration for my acquiring the skill.

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

My natural tendency with a basketball is to fake to the right and then toss it over my head into the hands of Curly Neal.

Then, Meadowlark Lemmon throws a bucket of confetti at me, and then the band cues up 'Sweet Georgia Brown.' :-)

Goose, my man! What's shakin'?

[HitmanLV]

I love those guys!

[YoungSoutherner]

He probably was in awe about Shaq's height. In the picture Shaq looks like a giant compared to the president.

[YoungSoutherner]

Sounds like you spent some time on the basketball court.