From the mouths of idiots ...

Comes common sense. I'm no fan of Charles Barkley. From some of the crap I've heard coming out of him, I put him in the same category of sports 'heroes' who are too stupid to find their ass with both hands tied behind their backs. (see: Clemens, Roger; McGwire, Mark; Bonds, Barry) But, however, Barkley does manage to see a few things through a reality-based lens. He was on with Wolfie yesterday and Nicole has the transcript:

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BARKLEY: Hey, I live in Arizona. I have got great respect for Senator McCain. Great respect. But I don’t like the way the Republicans are taking this country. Every time I hear the word “conservative,” it makes me sick to my stomach, because they’re really just fake Christians, as I call them. That’s all they are. But I just — I’m going to vote Democratic no matter what. [..]

BLITZER: All right. One quick point before I let you go. You used the phrase “fake Christians” for conservatives. Explain what you’re talking about.

BARKLEY: Well, I think they — they want to be judge and jury. Like, I’m for gay marriage. It’s none of my business if gay people want to get married. I’m pro-choice. And I think these Christians — first of all, they’re supposed to be — they’re not supposed to judge other people. But they’re the most hypocritical judge of people we have in this country. And it bugs the hell out of me. They act like their Christians. And they’re not forgiving at all.

BLITZER: So you’re going to get a lot of feedback on this one, Charles.

BARKLEY: They can’t do anything to me. I don’t work for them. [em in orig]

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Way to go, Charles. Didja finally go back to school and get your degree?