Matt Yglesias

23 Responses to “Sir Charles Speaks”

1. mpowell Says:
   September 2nd, 2008 at 1:14 pm

   That’s a pretty good interview. It seems that the political views that Chuck endorses are pretty much no-brainers to me.

2. pseudonymous in nc Says:
   September 2nd, 2008 at 1:19 pm

   Barkley and Chotiner hit it off, didn’t they? And thank fuck, they’ve rescued the original conversation from the archives, with that great line of his: “America is divided by economics strictly.”

   The guy doesn’t have finely-articulated views on policy, but on the fundamental point — how economic hierarchy is maintained by divide-and-conquer politics — he’s ahead of plenty of ’sophisticated’ professional pols and pundits.

3. Jeffrey Davis Says:
   September 2nd, 2008 at 1:29 pm

   If he became governor, he’d go from being the Round Mound of Rebound to the Round Mound of Renown.

4. JJ Says:
   September 2nd, 2008 at 1:38 pm

   Wow, great interview. He’s got my vote.

5. Al Says:
   September 2nd, 2008 at 1:53 pm

   Damned right, Charles. I mean, about this:

   How did you compare this Olympic basketball team to the Dream Team, which you were on?

   I don’t, and you better not, either.

6. mark f Says:
   September 2nd, 2008 at 2:12 pm

   Good catch, Al.

   On Dan Patrick’s page in SI (my roommate subscribes and I read it in bathroom), he had quotes from Larry Bird and Patrick Ewing on the same subject.

   Ewing said “We’d kick their butts,” then presumably started sweating. Bird said ‘92 would win because ‘08 wouldn’t have an answer for Barkley.

7. right Says:
   September 2nd, 2008 at 2:22 pm

   Bird said ‘92 would win because ‘08 wouldn’t have an answer for Barkley.

   I have to agree with that. Barkley was ridonkulous in the Olympics.

8. Petey Says:
   September 2nd, 2008 at 2:25 pm

   One can begin to imagine him winning Alabama in the right year…

   Charles Barkley -> George Jefferson -> George Wallace.

   Why the hell not?

9. Petey Says:
   September 2nd, 2008 at 2:57 pm

   Gilberto is on the dark side!!!

   B-Diddy to the rescue.

10. Colatina Says:
    September 2nd, 2008 at 3:07 pm

    Charles is lying. He was a conservative 10 years ago, based on apparently selfish reasons. In 2000 he said on-air that he favored Steve Forbes. Now that the zeitgeist has changed he thinks progressive taxation is no big deal.

    I love to see Chuck on TNT, but the guy doesn’t even take his analyst job seriously. And yet it’s racist to say his candidacy for governor would be a joke. Franken has been a political commentator for years.

    He’s also pretty weak on basic analytical skills. There’s the time when he said lengthening the holes on the PGA was a racist attempt to undermine long-driving Tiger Woods (when it actually *helped* players who can really drive it). Then there’s this:

    “Barkley: First of all, that is so asinine! The league is 80-percent black. Of course there are more fouls!

    Chotiner: But I think this was by minutes played.”

    He was right about the Dream Team, though:

    Stockton> Paul or Williams
    Jordan> Kobe
    Bird or Magic = Lebron
    Barkley> Bosh
    Malone> Howard
    Mullin> Redd

11. medrawt Says:
    September 2nd, 2008 at 3:13 pm

    Bird or Magic = Lebron

    How dare you.

12. Joel Says:
    September 2nd, 2008 at 3:45 pm

    The dream team versus redeem team thing isn’t a career comparison; you have to compare the teams at the times they were formed. Given that, Bird and Magic would be out; in modern Olympic competition, they wouldn’t be starters.

    I still think the ‘92 team wins. I think Robinson would be center and Barkley the power forward. Their games were better suited to FIBA rules than the pure paint guys Malone and Ewing.

13. trza Says:
    September 2nd, 2008 at 3:48 pm

    Charles Barkley: The Clash of political commentary.

14. Colatina Says:
    September 2nd, 2008 at 3:51 pm

    “Bird or Magic = Lebron

    How dare you.”

    Yes, I dare. I think that the 92 team would have had a hard time guarding Lebron. There was no perimeter player that big and strong and agile. Jordan would be guarding Kobe or Wade. Bird and Magic may have been better overall players, granted.

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