What do you think of Obama’s comments on White Sox and Cub Fans?
Obama, a Southsider, was asked by ESPN’s Stuart Scott what would happen if both the Cubs and the White Sox made it to the World Series.
"I would be going,” Obama said.
"Who would you root for?” Scott asked.
"Oh, that’s easy,” Obama replied. "White Sox.
"I’m not one of these fair weather fans,” the junior senator from illinois and presumptive presidential nominee of the Democratic Party explained. "You go to Wrigley Field, you have a beer, beautiful people up there. People aren’t watching the game. It’s not serious. White Sox, that’s baseball. Southside."
Obama, a Southsider, was asked by ESPN’s Stuart Scott what would happen if both the Cubs and the White Sox made it to the World Series.
"I would be going,” Obama said.
"Who would you root for?” Scott asked.
"Oh, that’s easy,” Obama replied. "White Sox.
"I’m not one of these fair weather fans,” the junior senator from Illinois and presumptive presidential nominee of the Democratic Party explained. "You go to Wrigley Field, you have a beer, beautiful people up there. People aren’t watching the game. It’s not serious. White Sox, that’s baseball. Southside."
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/08/barack_obama_white_sox_serious.html
I don’t care if he likes the Sox over my Cubs but, was a little disappointed that he had to spout off uneducated Cubs bashing that most Sox fans do. Sox fan is jealous of the following / attention the Cubs get & this is their only response. Cubs fan may enjoy Old Style but they know more about their team & farms than most fans.
his comments won’t sway my voting
Eamus Catuli
February 21st, 2010 at 3:17 pm
umm who cares? he has his teams he roots for just like everyone else
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February 21st, 2010 at 3:31 pm
Another empty answer from an empty suit. Who cares what Obama thinks?
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February 21st, 2010 at 4:07 pm
He is a human being just like you and has opinions, just like you.
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February 21st, 2010 at 4:16 pm
It’s great that he didn’t just say the team that 25% of America wants to hear.
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February 21st, 2010 at 4:44 pm
If you were wearing a cubs hat and asked that then he would say cubs all the way. the man is a joke in politics. look at his voting record in the senate. it says present at best. he doesn’t vote unless the rest of the dems tell him to. just check his senate website.
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February 21st, 2010 at 5:23 pm
Obama supports whichever team gets him the most votes. At the DNC this week, he supports the Rockies. Next week, it’ll be the Twins. Then the Cardinals.
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February 21st, 2010 at 5:29 pm
I now love Barrack Obama.
CUBS SUCK!
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February 21st, 2010 at 5:53 pm
Anybody who is upset needs to get a life and a brain. Anybody who would change their vote based upon this ought to have their Voters Registration Card taken away and never be allowed to vote again.
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February 21st, 2010 at 6:13 pm
I am just glad he is actually honest and doesn’t say what people want!
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February 21st, 2010 at 6:34 pm
Thats what I like to hear! Go Sox!
He’s got my vote!
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February 21st, 2010 at 6:58 pm
I don’t care if he likes the Sox over my Cubs but, was a little disappointed that he had to spout off uneducated Cubs bashing that most Sox fans do. Sox fan is jealous of the following / attention the Cubs get & this is their only response. Cubs fan may enjoy Old Style but they know more about their team & farms than most fans.
his comments won’t sway my voting
Eamus Catuli
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Cubs Nation
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/cubs_nation/
February 21st, 2010 at 7:36 pm
He’s right….cub fans are a joke. If the cubs win a WS…you will see the worst group of fans since the 2004 red sox
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February 21st, 2010 at 8:18 pm
Well, this won’t change my standards on politics, even though I do want him to win. I am super glad about those comments! Better the President be a Sox fan than Cubs fan, if he is elected! And what if the Sox visited the White House when he was President, like they do after they win the title. If that happens, that would be cool!
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February 21st, 2010 at 8:27 pm
i dont think much of it
people have their opinions and that was one of his
no big deal
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February 21st, 2010 at 8:34 pm
Seeing as he’s ignorant on economics, international relations, issues of race, how to choose a non-lying-plagiarizing-racist VP candidate, I don’t expect him to be correct on this either.
BOB BARR 2008!
GO CUBS!
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February 21st, 2010 at 9:16 pm
He only likes the White Sox because the uniforms are half black and half white. Typical.
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February 21st, 2010 at 10:04 pm
Personally I could care less.
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February 21st, 2010 at 10:38 pm
Baahahahaha…
Sorry, I’m still laughing at what Spam said.
I don’t like Obama AT ALL. But I have to admit that he’s right. I’ve been to Wrigley, and I didn’t hear the fans screaming or yelling. It didn’t even look like they were watching the game. They were all on their cell phones or talking to the person next to them, or just walking around.
When I go to games I like to hear yelling and screaming, seeing signs from fans, the whole sha-bang.
EDIT::
Hey CubsBearsBulls, I’ve BEEN to Wrigley and I was just stating what I saw. I never brought politics into baseball. So… *cough, read closer, cough*
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February 21st, 2010 at 10:55 pm
i hate barack obama and this right here just puts more fuel to that. he’s a god damn foreigner that should try to go run some other country and not try to ruin ours. Obama is just some nobody that nobody even knew about until this year when he started to run for president. Also, i’m getting sick and tired of people saying cub fans don’t watch the game when they are there. That’s the dumbest piece of shit i’ve ever heard, why the hell would people spend all that god-forsaken money if they weren’t gonna watch a baseball game?
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February 21st, 2010 at 11:15 pm
I didn’t know Obama was a baseball fan.. hmm south side alrighty then
he roots for what he roots for fine with me he’s a person too
its his opinion i’m sure cubs/sox fans heckle each other all the time right?
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February 21st, 2010 at 11:45 pm
obama is the worst! everyone who agrees with me should go vote him down on this page.. you’ll get a free gift card if you do!
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February 21st, 2010 at 11:52 pm
LMAO at Spam’s comment. So true.
As for Obama, he didn’t have my vote to begin with, but his comments on the Cubs only solidified my vote. I think we’ll have a lot more Sox fans voting for Obama because of these comments rather then Cubs fans voting against him for these comments. Cubs fans would never bring politics into baseball, they’re smarter then that (only the ignorant and clueless think Cubs fans are uneducated and don’t actually watch the games *cough erica cough*). White Sox fans however are the group more uneducated then probably any other team in baseball and they probably would bring politics into sports (kind of like how Bud Selig did as well). I don’t think the question people should be asking here is "How many Cubs fans aren’t voting Obama because of these comments?" it should be How many White Sox fans will be voting for Obama because of these comments?
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February 22nd, 2010 at 12:27 am
O yeah!! Go Obama! im glad he doesnt like both just 1 and he picked the right choice! Southsiders 4 life! Go Sox!
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February 22nd, 2010 at 1:01 am
he roots for his own team if he wants to!!!!!!!!!!!!
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