Charles Barkley to interview President Obama during All-Star weekend

thegrio.com ^ | February 14, 2014 | Todd Johnson

[Yorlik803]

Nope. Worse than the Clintons. One would have to squirt Chemo therapy drugs on them to be rid of this cancer.
I suspect soon Obama will be CGI into classics movies like “Maltese Falcon”.

[Henri Gaudier-Brzeska]

I'm sick of hearing Obama was a player. Let's see some stats or are they with his grades?

[bray]

Bet Charles could beat him in golf too.

[chrisinoc]

“Only MSNBC could refer to Obama as a former player, as if he played in the NBA. When did Obama ever play organized hoops? He is incapable because actually playing hoops can be all about him.”

A friend of mine went to HS with Obama. He said Obama was in the yearbook but he never recalled meeting him or seeing him play basketball or any other sport (my friend played football).

[jjotto]

If he means ‘NBA player’, he’s just playing to the low-info crowd, who will believe him. I can imagine bloggers and DU calling him a former NBA player henceforth.

If he means ‘has had pickup games with friends’, that would be ongoing and there’s no reason to modify it with ‘former’.

Or maybe the author is just a bad writer.

[jjotto]

The author, Todd Johnson, no doubt has an Affirmative Action degree from a prestigious university.

[Joe 6-pack]

Will Obama wear a $12,000 dress for the interview?

[John W]

Under his suit, yes.