He would never last at ESPN.
Barkley, as he often is, is correct.
War Eagle!
You could extend this to all major wars, whether it’s a war over politics or religion, the division is almost always started by some politician or leader inflaming the differences between people as way to say follow me I can fix all that’s wrong...
It could be blaming the Jews, Muslims, Christians, or it could be blaming white people, communists, socialists, let to their own, most people will get along and any differences will be settled locally without starting a major war....
Charles Barkley gets a lot of stuff wrong. But he was spot on during BLM riots. He said ordinary Americans didn’t want to listen to this “stuff” and wanted to watch basketball without politics getting involved. What shocked me was that Shaq agreed with Charles.
OK Charles, take the next step…..which politicians?
Barkley is smarter than many people think he is.
More logic than the creeps running us ragged over Covid, also.
PDJT was a shining exception to this rule:
“Americans want great schools for their children, safe neighborhoods for their families, and good jobs for themselves. These are just and reasonable demands of righteous people and a righteous public, but for too many of our citizens, a different reality exists.
“Mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities, rusted out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation, an education system flush with cash, but which leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of all knowledge and the crime and the gangs and the drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealized potential.
“At the bedrock of our politics will be a total allegiance to the United States of America and, through our loyalty to our country, we will rediscover our loyalty to each other. When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.
“The Bible tells us how good and pleasant it is when god’s people live together in unity. We must speak our minds openly, debate our disagreements honestly, but always pursue solidarity. When America is united, America is totally unstoppable.”
"I really believe that in my heart, but I think our system is set up where our politicians, whether they're Republicans or Democrats, are designed to make us not like each other so they can keep their grasp of money and power."
Almost a good statement. In reality the Democrats are far worse about creating and using racial division for political gain. It's the Democrats who are the bad actors when it comes to race.
There is no comparison between the GOP & The Rat Party. Rats preach hatred of whites, men, conservatives, orthodox Christians, capitalusts, rich people etc. Constantly. The GOP talks about policy differences, and the Rats call that bigotry. Barkley is playing that silly game that lets the Democrat Party off the hook.
Politicians are dividers. They see the world in terms of voting blocks and how to exploit them.
Chuck is 100% correct. And frankly, politics has a hugely outsized importance in our lives. Politics and government has become a monster in all of our lives.
Barkley gets it. The politicians sit in a backroom together, laughing at us, pitting us against each other, lighting each others cigars off the $100 bills of our productivity.
And if you think that room is free of republicans, well you just haven’t been paying attention.
I respect Barkley. I don’t always agree, but he’s open about his views, and supports why he has them.
Politicians? Panty-weight wuss Charles won’t even tell the truth on that other than utilize “politicians”. No, it’s DEMOCRATs, CharlesIdiot, DEMOCRATs!
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So says the fat slob that ALWAYS votes for the Marxist’s dimocrats because they used to give his mama free stuff to feed little fat Charles all his calories to keep his fat @$$ going!! Burgers, fry’s, cokes, pizza. Nothing green for little Round Mound of Rebound Charlie from I think it was Leeds High School on the outskirts of Birmingham. Then down to the plains of Awbern Tiggers and their two football national championships (ROLL TIDE with 18!!! THIS YEAR, but now back to little Charles. I have family who are Tigger fans and they are okay, except when they play Bama). Little fat Charles then played for the lousy Philly Black Panthers HQ 76ers. These never were the 76ers of Wilt Chamberlain’s 1960’s teams. With little Chuck, they were losers and he never played in an NBA championship and never got the ring, yet with his numbers he got into the NBA hall of fame, sure!! Then little Chuckie has BLOWN more money than most people have ever seen in gambling halls of Vegas and back room card games. Yup, that expert of all things round leather ball thrown through a steel round rim. That is our little Chuckie Cheese Bark Bark Bark Barkley!!! That CNBC, SeeBS, NBC, KNN, ABC, expert on all things social issues. Have much of those BLOWN MILLIONS THAT little Chuckie could have given to black people to build homes, help out those with bills and were destitute??? All those MILLIONS BLOWN IN VEGAS!! Hey Chuck, ever THINK (yeah, I know you cannot think) how those MILLIONS WOULD HAVE AIDED THOSE WHO COULD HAVE USED IT, instead of getting it from we who never made those kind of millions, actually working for a living?? Ever thought of that Chuckie Cheese Bark Bark Bark Barkley???? Nope, he NEVER gave it ONE THOUGHT!! Not one.
Yes they do and then those same politicians ask for money from all sides and then use that money to divide us some more.
Democrats benefit by pitting racial groups against each other... It’s called ‘playing the race card’.
Just in case Charles Barkley hasn’t heard of it ... it’s ONLY done by democrats.
I’m also sick of the moral equivelance being played by people who are trying explain the evils going on. IT IS NOT BOTH SIDES!!!!
YOU CANNOT LAY THIS EVIL ON BOTH DOORSTEPS!!!
I hear this from some of my favorite conservatives and it is so disappointing.
STOP SAYING ITS BOTH SIDES CAUSE ITS NOT!!!
It just makes me so mad to hear that the right does the same thing. What a crock of @&$).