Posted on 08/30/2006 8:39:02 PM PDT by Dane
NEW YORK -- Charles Barkley was his usual outspoken self during a recent television interview in which he said, among other things, that he advocates gay marriage, believes Republicans have screwed up the country and is "struggling with my idea of what religion is."
The former NBA MVP, who is considering running as a Democratic candidate for governor in his home state of Alabama, also said Democrats have concentrated too much on criticizing President Bush in the last two years instead of focusing on what they can do to improve things in the country.
"They're criticizing a guy who can't run again, who can't get fired," Barkley said during an appearance on "CMI: The Chris Meyers Interview," which will air on Sunday night on Fox SportsNet. "So they spent the last two years criticizing him instead of saying, 'Some things aren't right. This is our game plan.' And now we're two years away from the election, and we have no solutions and no front-runner."
Barkley was a Republican until recently, saying he switched parties when the Republicans "lost their minds." He said he is troubled by some of the actions of people in the United States in the name of religion.
"Religious people in general are so discriminatory against other people, and that really disturbs me," he said. "My idea of religion is we all love and respect. We all sin, but we still have common decency and respect for other people. So right now I'm struggling with my idea of what religion is."
He also said he supports gay marriage.
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| 20 Feb 1963 | Charles Barkley born, Leeds, AL. |
| 1984 | Drafted fifth, Philadelphia 76'ers. |
| 21 Dec 1991 | Arrested in Milwaukee for disorderly conduct, after breaking Joseph McCarthy's nose in a bar. |
| Jun 1992 | Acquitted of assault charge resulting from his December arrest. |
| 7 Jul 1996 | Jeb Tyler files an assault complaint against Barkley over an altercation in The Basement, a Cleveland dance bar. Tyler: "He said it like three times, 'You got to leave.' I said, 'No, I'm not leaving the bar.' Then I said, 'How about you leave the bar?' As soon as I said that, he punched me in the nose." |
| 2 Aug 1997 | Jury rejects Jeb Tyler's claim of $550,000 against Barkley, over the July 1996 bar fight. |
| 26 Oct 1997 | Basketball great Charles Barkley is charged with aggravated battery and resisting arrest after throwing 20-year-old man Jorge Lugo through a plate glass window in an Orlando, Florida dance club. Barkley later tells reporters: "I regret we weren't on a higher floor." |
| 19 Apr 2000 | Retires from NBA basketball. "Now I'm just what America needs: another unemployed black man." |
| 1 Oct 2002 | Book, I May Be Wrong, But I Doubt It. |
You know something about Alabama. LOL
He sounds quite stupid.
Who cares? Basketball sucks. : )
You damn right they would as long as he was a CONSERVATIVE.But chuck wont stand a chance.
Judging from his sense of loyalty, he's a perfect fit for the democrats.
"They're criticizing a guy who can't run again"
Lookee here, Barkley's too smart to be a moonbat.
I hope he wises up more and becomes a Republican again.
It's these new, self-styled "progressives". They don't even like the old-school liberals. They are the ones that have made the D party so scary. They believe they can say things like "Katrina was Bush's fault" and "Bush Lied" without anyone noticing that it just isn't true."
It's worse.
THEY DONT CARE IF IT IS TRUE. Ends justifies means and all. Read between lines of dailyKos banter and their willingness to do anything (lie, steal, cheat) to win comes out - mixed in with the moral smugness that they are morally superior to us on the 'right' who want normal civilization.
Horowitz's FrontPage mag is all over the Gramscian roots of the new left.
Barkley was on Howard Stern years ago and talked about his exploits at sex parties at Donald Trumps home.
He's all yours democrats!
Maybe it's like this:
When he was a high income worker paying bigtime taxes, he was GOP.
Now that he is a loafer, he fits more with Democrats.
"Charles Barkley was his usual outspoken self during a recent television interview in which he said, among other things, that he advocates gay marriage, believes Republicans have screwed up the country and is "struggling with my idea of what religion is."
Honestly, who cares what this idiot has to say? At least 5 years out of the NBA and he is still running his mouth. Can't he just shut up?
IQ of 13
RGink what you want. He's a buffoon. ALways has been.
OH that is hilarious!!; I wish I'd thought of that!
RGink = think
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