OT: U.S. Primary & athletes

[impulsenine]

I don't want to bring too much politics into this board, but I've noticed that an unusual amount of sports people are getting into the U.S. presidential primary.

Grant Hill apparently donated to Obama.

But what just made my brain explode is this: I'm a big (really big) Obama proponent. And I just watched this video and Bruce Bowen enthusiastically introduced him to San Antonio yesterday (1:30 in or so)

Argh my head.

[impulsenine]

Although this doesn't seem like the most popular thread, I was doing some home-town research on donations and realized I could look up our team to see who donated to political causes. So:

Grant Hill: $2,300 to Barack Obama!

Brian Skinner (MAY not be him): $2039 to Barack Obama!

Jerry (Gerald) Colangelo: $2300 to John McCain (my second choice).

Robert Sarver: $2100 to John McCain. Not a big surprise - the hometown nominee.

[url=http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/neighbors.php?type=emp&employer=NBA&search=Search[/url]David Stern[/url]: $4,600 to Hillary Clinton

[dm17415]

I don't want to bring too much politics into this board, but I've noticed that an unusual amount of sports people are getting into the U.S. presidential primary.

Grant Hill apparently donated to Obama.

But what just made my brain explode is this: I'm a big (really big) Obama proponent. And I just watched this video and Bruce Bowen enthusiastically introduced him to San Antonio yesterday (1:30 in or so)

Argh my head.

I am surprised because if i recall correctly Hill's mother was Hillary's roommate in college and they are friends.

[skatesb16]

Barack Obama plays basketball before all of his primaries. He said in an interview that he played before a couple wins, then didn't play before a couple losses, so now he has to play before all of them. That's enough for me

But seriously, glad to see some of our guys share my political views. I wonder who Steve would support if he was American?

[BurningHeart]

Sucks to see my guys not sharing my political views, but oh well.

[impulsenine]

Barack Obama plays basketball before all of his primaries. He said in an interview that he played before a couple wins, then didn't play before a couple losses, so now he has to play before all of them. That's enough for me

That is pretty awesome. I wonder how the logistics go? I mean, finding a court on the road and all ...

But seriously, glad to see some of our guys share my political views. I wonder who Steve would support if he was American?

My guess is he wouldn't go for the 'war' candidate, given that he's been vocally anti-war.

[KJ7]

Yeah, Steve has been known to say some rather Lefty things in the past. I remember him saying something when he came back to PHX but I don't recall exactly what.

I'm not usually *that* into US politics but I must admit that I'm finding these proceedings rather interesting. I personally don't think Hilary has what it takes to be President. It's amazing how many celebrities are being a lot more vocal about who they are voting for. It seems to be a passionate time in America's history. Not sure if they keep numbers on how many ppl vote but I get the impression that a much higher % then usual will.

[impulsenine]

Well it's a combination of being tired of a lot of the politics of the last 8 years, and that the three candidates that remain are generally better than the candidates of the last 16 years. Also, Obama has a real knack for getting people excited -- during the primary process, he's usually had more voters turn out than the top 3 Republicans combined.

Plus, I think the rest of the world is more curious than usual, given the current "preemptive strike" foreign policy.

So probably this is one rare instance in which what athletes are doing reflects what the rest of the U.S. is doing.