Charles Barkley on Quayle and the Mellencamp Walk-out

[MADem]

Mellencamp said he couldn't care less that Quayle got his knickers in a twist: "I certainly wouldn't have changed a word." NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley backed Mellencamp, saying, "He's right." While that may sound odd coming from a former conservative, Barkley told a local reporter,

"I was a Republican - until they lost their minds."

http://www.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix/bad_vibes_over_quayle_exit_pagesix_.htm

[RedStateShame]

1. Charles Barkley to GOP: "I Think You're CRAAAAAAAAAAAZAAY...."

[rep the dems]

11. I love that song!

:toast:

[BOSSHOG]

2. So Charles

you haven't been a republican since 1981??

[xultar]

3. The defection isn't complete until I see him campaign for the Dem nominee

Republicans can say all they want. When they get in the fuckin voting booth or donate it is an entirely different story.

[silverojo]

4. Chuck was a Dem BEFORE he turned Repuke

Basically, he's just waking up to the fact that he was right the first time. :evilgrin:

[Skink]

5. So he was a Dem till he got filthy rich.

:bounce:

[MADem]

6. He fell in love with his money for awhile when he started making it

hand over fist. So he went to the dark side. Now he's got so much money, he can afford to use it to wipe his ass, and taxes aren't so onerous to him as they once were.

He's figured out, at long last, that it's just money.

[blondeatlast]

12. Hopefully more of the filthy non-corporate rich will begin to do

same.

I'm a dreamer, I admit it.

[blm]

8. Barkley did make a couple campaign appearances for Dems in 2004.

.

[MADem]

9. Well, here's a Charles Barkley who's a Democrat!!!

But if he is any relation, he's probably a distant cousin to Sir Charles: http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa02763.html

[Orion The Hunter]

7. One of the greatest lines ever...more (former) Republicans should say it!

"I was a Republican - until they lost their minds."

[Greyhound]

10. That's what I've always like about Sir Charles, he never fails to speak

his true mind, even when he is wrong.