The Hill’s Blog Briefing Room ยป Charles Barkley To Run For Alabama Governor in 2014:
NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley said he’s going to run for governor in Alabama.
“I plan on it in 2014,” Barkley told CNN’s Campbell Brown on Monday.
When asked if he was serious, the former Philadelphia 76er said, “I am, I can’t screw up Alabama.”
He added that his native state could only improve. “We are number 48 in everything and Arkansas and Mississippi aren’t going anywhere,” Barkley said.
I wonder if, essentially, insulting the entire state is the best way to get elected. But maybe that’s why he plans to run SIX years from now… so the citizens of the state will forget how he views them and the state.
He’s right, though, of course…