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Old 03-18-2011, 03:02 PM
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No, I think even the President has a right to be a sports fan, of course there are many who will find fault with him no matter what so posts like that are predictable.
I don't have a problem with him being a sports fan, I actually think that great (even though he is a fraud in that sense too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPUhulaRzpU about .29 secs in)

Why in the world does he think (or ESPN for that matter), that anyone cares on who he thinks is going to win the Men's or Woman's tourneys? Shame on ESPN for even giving him the platform to do it. How about he does a segment /breakdown on what he is going to do to prevent oil from staying at $100 a barrel. That might have been a bit more informative and productive then his little ESPN charade.

You said it, the guy has a few things on his plate right now.
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Old 03-18-2011, 03:05 PM
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The less real work he does the better. Where is his NIT bracket?
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Old 03-18-2011, 03:06 PM
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I don't have a problem with him being a sports fan, I actually think that great (even though he is a fraud in that sense too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPUhulaRzpU about .29 secs in)

Why in the world does he think (or ESPN for that matter), that anyone cares on who he thinks is going to win the Men's or Woman's tourneys? Shame on ESPN for even giving him the platform to do it. How about he does a segment /breakdown on what he is going to do to prevent oil from staying at $100 a barrel. That might have been a bit more informative and productive then his little ESPN charade.

You said it, the guy has a few things on his plate right now.
I actually agree that too much emphasis is placed on sports in this dangerous age. Regarding ESPN...well they gave James an entire program to announce he was taking his skills to Southbeach.
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Old 03-18-2011, 03:10 PM
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I actually agree that too much emphasis is placed on sports in this dangerous age. Regarding ESPN...well they gave James an entire program to announce he was taking his skills to Southbeach.
I don't blame ESPN for that. It's not like Lebron is the Secretary of State.

It's Apples and Oranges.
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Old 03-18-2011, 03:29 PM
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George W spent 487 days at Camp David, and 490 days - including 10 days in a row of vacation - "clearing brush" at his Crawford ranch during his presidency.

Filling out a bracket - big deal. Many Presidents were into sports, and did the same type of thing.
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Old 03-18-2011, 03:48 PM
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Obama already has over 60 rounds of golf.

Big deal.
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Old 03-18-2011, 04:14 PM
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The great thing about sports is it has always been an escape from the real terrible things like earthquakes, tsunami's, etc. I don't think it was Obama's idea to do the brackets on ESPN, but I don't see the problem.

I don't care who he picks, but someone must, or they wouldn't have him do it every year. What happened and what is ongoing in Japan is terrible. But, not to be too harsh, life goes on. I'm sure he's dealing with the Japan stuff and everything else going on. Taking out a few minutes to do a few brackets doesn't seem like a big deal to me and I would say that regardless of who is in office.
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Old 03-18-2011, 05:22 PM
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3 Different wars... Where is the fuking logic to that? Why must we be the worlds savior when they Sh*t all over us? I voted for him becuase I hated what the Republican thieves had become. It won't happen next round.

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Unless its va. Sarah "PILF" Palin
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