the thing the really hardcore fans say about Alabama being more successful when Democrats were in office (or had been recently elected, such as in Clinton’s case).

But, any reason to vote for Obama is a good enough reason for me.

Voting for Obama is a given. This makes it even more so.

to read and talk about sports, not politics. We get enough of that crap elsewhere. Can we stick with the Crimson Tide and not talk about the Slick Willies?

...with a little political discussion as long as it stays civil.

...we’re watching this one very closely. The second this thread begins to devolve it is gone.

I don’t mind a little political conversation, but must we use the same standard party line arguments? I think it is a little simplistic to say that since we did not get enough taxes from the rich, tuition increased.

a political thread. It was a humorous comment about Barack Obama’s name and our school’s nickname. Totally relevant. If people had come on and started posting paragraphs about why Obama is a better candidate than McCain, I would think it would be inappropriate for an Alabama football blog. But no one did.

Funny story, I was wearing a Bama shirt in LA and an old woman walked up to me and said, “Bama (pronounced like Barack’s first name), you mean Obama.” I kind of looked at her and said, “No. It’s the school.” She had no clue. Some people on the West Coast don’t know anything exists east of Vegas and West of New York.

Oh, and yes, I think we do need a Democrat in office for obvious reasons.

1925: Coolidge (Rep.)
1926 Coolidge (Rep.)
1930: Hoover (Rep.)
1934: Roosevelt (Dem.)
1941: Roosevelt (Dem.) (hey, if you’re one of those AU/UT/LSU/et cetera people who talks shit, mind your own damn business, bitch. We could have had one in 1966 and 1977, too, so F*ck off and throw some toilet paper around in your trailer-park-trash-one-stoplight town, bitch)
1961: Kennedy (Dem.)
1964: LBJ (Dem.)
1965: LBJ (Dem.)
1973: Tricky Dick (Rep.)
1978: Carter (Dem.)
1979: Carter (Dem.)
1992: Bush (Rep.), but Clinton (Dem.) had been elected

Maybe it’s not that significant, but historically, Alabama football has benefited from political change.

Is there any real connection? No, but it’s fun to look at. An Obama victory is a sign of Bama’s renaissance. I mean, when Bush visited DuBose in the summer of 2000, that was a sign of our upcoming decline.

Think about it.

If this thread is really about Bama football, then respect should be given to the party and political candidates that give respect to Bama Football. For those that weren’t paying attention Condoleeza Rice(Republican) loves Bama football, even attending a game recently with Jack Straw( taking politics and Bama fandom to a new level and overseas)

We try to come up with which ‘Bama player / coach, both past and present, who the candidates best symbolize?

I’d say Bryant was the college football version of George Patton, lol.

Just a few off of the top of my head…

Bill Curry would have to be Bill Clinton. Both were divas, blowhards, and both full of it in my book.

Red Drew would have to be Bush 41. Drew, just like Bush, was the mere continuation of another highly popular regime (Thomas / Reagan), but in general, aside from a few high points, it was a general decline that saw both of them forced out a few years later.

Mike Shula would have to be either Lyndon Johnson or Gerald Ford. No one voted for any of them, but they were pretty well liked until the shit hit the fan with Shula / Johnson. Shula is a lot like Ford in the sense he was a star football player at a major college football program.

Sylvester Croom would be Al Gore… so close, yet so far…

Ears Whitworth would be Hoover… yes there were major problems lurking when he took over and a lot of the ultimate problems were the fault of many others as much as they were his, but nevertheless it was an utter catastrophe on both ends.

Stallings would be Truman… a tough, no-nonsense guy who reminded people so fondly of a great predecessor (FDR / Bryant), but the adoration for both causes many to overlook some problems that were lurking underneath.

Xen Scott would be George Washington… he was the guy who really started it all.

The whole voting for obama thing, please tell me my Bama brothers and sisters are much smarter than to do our country in by voting for such a liberal worse than Carter ever was….I like my freedom of choice….I like to live where I want and go where I want when I want….and I do not want this man in the White House…he scares the bahooky out of me even running!! I don’t like everything about McCain, but he KNOWS the threat of terrorism and has a lifetime of experience. My goodness this man was a prisoner of war for years, shouldn’t he know terror! Obama has NO, NONE, ZERO experience….I am a gun owner, church going, redneck he accused me of being, although I am not a real redneck per say, BUT if I had to chose sides I would certainly be a redneck over an Obama supporter….and he is a rich spoiled liberal who has never served this country in war who has an agenda that you guys should search out if what has already been revealed about him isn’t enough….

Anyway…there will be NO #7….it’s over for the War Chicken!

ROLL TIDE ROLL ‘08

Let’s remember that we are all here as Alabama fans and cut out all the “turn off CNN/Fox” rhetoric. We all have our own personal political beliefs and I doubt anyone is going to be swayed by this thread, so soap boxes away.

we should vote for whomever Nick Saban votes for. It is the least we can do as Alabama loyalists.

but the uneducated is obviously you. Read Obama’s own books and educate yourself.
You write….You’re living under the policy of fear, not freedom of thought or progressive optimism and action….
freedom is exactly what you are giving up with obama!

but I like what Todd says…so soap boxes away here!

ROLL TIDE ROLL!