2016 Postmortem
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(It's possible this never happened and anyway I don't even know who Allen Iverson is, but the purported speech was funny and true to me so I posted it.)
Allen Iverson on the "violence" of Sanders supporters in Nevada:
"But we're talking about **flipped chairs** man. What are we talking about? Chairs? We're talking about chairs, man. [laughter from the media crowd] We're talking about chairs. We're talking about chairs. We ain't talking about capitalism running amok, racism everywhere, ecological crisis, political system run by rich people. [more laughter] We're talking about **flipped chairs** man. But we're talking about chairs right now."
Sorry, can only find FB link.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154132146818361&set=a.10151061949538361.454442.648013360&type=3&theater
GeorgiaPeanuts
(2,353 posts)Not a policy position, we talkin' bout chairs!
d_legendary1
(2,586 posts)We have to respect our chairs dammit!
Barack_America
(28,876 posts)KingFlorez
(12,689 posts)And there was also there incident where he threw her out of their home with no clothes on. Real stand up guy.
JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)That would be bad. But unrelated to the wisdom of the quoted words.
VulgarPoet
(2,872 posts)MattP
(3,304 posts)And Iverson
shanti
(21,675 posts)Yupster
(14,308 posts)He's one of the all-time best NBA players of all time.
In the early 2000 years, he may have been the best player in the game. Super exciting to watch too. Specialized in the crossover dribble, leaving defenders in the dust.
The bad part?
Looks like he never got his act together. There's all kinds of reports, but he came into the NBA with a bad reputation, and it stuck with him. I've heard from time to time that he wasted his entire fortune which was something like $ 100 million.
Don't know what's true and what isn't, but I had heard that he had a big gambling problem. I also heard he never had an investment account. He spent his money as he earned it. That's hard to believe, but it's what I heard.
Anyway, he was a pleasure to watch. Only Michael Jordan has a higher scoring average in playoff games than he does in all of NBA history, and he was only about 6' tall. He's still young. I hope he's doing well.
griffi94
(3,733 posts)Isn't Curt Schilling a professional athlete of some kind.
JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)griffi94
(3,733 posts)His worldview and mine are lightyears apart
anotherproletariat
(1,446 posts)griffi94
(3,733 posts)KingFlorez
(12,689 posts)pinebox
(5,761 posts)SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)It involves more than smilies.
GummyBearz
(2,931 posts)libdem4life
(13,877 posts)YouDig
(2,280 posts)libdem4life
(13,877 posts)procon
(15,805 posts)Why does any care what this guy has to say? He not exactly a respected political source, so once again some poor Sanders proper-upper is so desperate that they'll C&P ANYTHING if it has even one nice word about their crumbling idol.
d_legendary1
(2,586 posts)And a major murdering asshole. And he likes Clinton. And she likes him back...
procon
(15,805 posts)That's the best you can churn out? Look at yourself, anxiously flailing around and frantically trying to defend ... who? A has been sports figure with a checkered past? He's your go to guy now just because he said something nice about Sanders because you lot have nothing left but the scrapings from the bottom of the barrel -- exball players and Fauxnews say Bernie's great -- yea! Meanwhile, the legitimate news, op eds, the real political pundits are peeling off in droves and exposing Sanders as the con man he is, who will take the whole party down with him.
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)his. Yours is about all The Bubble has. Discredit anyone and everyone. Defend. Disregard. Can't say anything bad about Bernie other than he's an opponent of HRC or HRH, whichever you prefer.
And the con man? Pshaw. He just won't get out of Hillary's way. Yet we still have a "con job" and much more awaiting the Investigation and depositions from them.
I agree. Time to stop and wait.
procon
(15,805 posts)djean111
(14,255 posts)And give unquestioning obedience to rich-as-Croesus politicians.
Ain't that a bit, well, funny? Shoot the messenger has become their go-to deflection and defense.
YouDig
(2,280 posts)NWCorona
(8,541 posts)Tyktak
(11 posts)I used to be a huge Iverson fan back in the day No way he uses the term "ecological crisis"
Yes please find a better source stating he actually said this.
bahrbearian
(13,466 posts)Trenzalore
(2,331 posts)and lost it all.
YouDig
(2,280 posts)JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)I just thought this was funny.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,719 posts)d_legendary1
(2,586 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,719 posts)I tried to be polite the first time.
Here is a google search for news of The Answer:
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=allen+iverson&tbm=nws
Bupkis
d_legendary1
(2,586 posts)I'll check their twitter feed to make sure that they said!
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,719 posts)Oh wait... I found the quote :
"We sitting in here -- I'm supposed to be the franchise player, and we in here talking about practice. I mean, listen: We talking about practice. Not a game. Not a game. Not a game. We talking about practice. Not a game. Not the game that I go out there and die for and play every game like it's my last. Not the game. We talking about practice, man."
and the incident:
http://articles.dailypress.com/1993-07-13/news/9307130073_1_mr-iverson-allen-iverson-bowling-alley
that was the basis for the meme.
d_legendary1
(2,586 posts)My job is done here!
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,719 posts)I am not remotely surprised the denizens of this board, or most of them, thought it was true.
"My job is done here!"
firebrand80
(2,760 posts)seabeyond
(110,159 posts)Tarc
(10,478 posts)What a clown.