THE PLANK AUGUST 27, 2008
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Ana Marie Cox asks Obama body man Reggie Love what he learned about politics from playing basketball for Duke. Love responds with some dreck about "being a part of something that is a lot greater than you" (although he does get credit for not mentioning the fist.) My question to Love would have been, what has the Obama campaign learned from Duke basketball? Judging from the angry emails I get from an Obama press person every time he disagrees with something I write, I'd say that Love has taught the Obama campaign some of Coach K's lessons on how to work the refs (although the Obama press person does get credit for, unlike Coach K, never dropping any f-bombs).
P.S. Mind you, I'm not complaining. I'm actually sort of impressed by the Obama campaign's vigilance. Besides, better it learn the ref-working lesson from Duke basketball than the one about collapsing late in the season.
--Jason Zengerle
4 comments
Sure Jason, because Roy Williams NEVER yells at the refs....
- Crock1701
August 27, 2008 at 2:14pm
They learned it from the Republicans. It worked so well for them that every member of the DC media became a self-loathing liberal and reporting became a contest of who could do a better job fragging our candidates.
- prnoonan
August 27, 2008 at 2:34pm
Also, at least so far Obama hasn't been knocked out in the first ten minutes, to the tune of 40-12 (40-12!) in the Final Four.
- Crock1701
August 27, 2008 at 2:59pm
There are few things stranger than seeing a fan of a team coached by "Second-Round Roy" talk about late-season collapses. The dig probably would have been more effective if Roy's game plan for this year's Final Four had not so closely resembled Mark Penn's post-Super Tuesday primary strategy.
- FWright
August 27, 2008 at 3:01pm