obama bracket
michigan in the elite 8, iu winning it all
http://games.espn.go.com/tournament-challenge-bracket/en/entry?entryID=…
It's likely a good time for this one to get locked. Some bad endings are forseen. LSA
Joey's comment made sense, so I replied to him. Check it out.
(and because of the comments probably won't be up much longer) because the OP itself was completely facutal and I'm more of a believer in nice things than I probably should be.
I think a better question would be why this thread was only allowed to go ~60 comments at the rate things are going, but the anti-Obama thread had about double the responses. In three years of commenting and moderating, I honestly can't think of a single comment or action that would hint at a particularly favorable or unfavorable opinion of the president.
This is another reason why we need this old voting system I hear so much about (although it was before I posted much). The topic is completely harmless unless someone is moronic enough to make it political. If said person makes a stupid, tasteless political comment, they get negged ad nauseum by responsible posters. We all know the rules, and most people follow them. The 90% of us that can have fun discussing the bracket picks of one of the most famous people in the world shouldn't have our fun ruined by the small percentage of idiots who take every opportunity to make political statements.
It's more like 99%, maybe higher.
And what political statement did the OP make on this that sent him to Bolivia?
Wow, what a tight ship. Though I guess that's what keeps this from being Mlive.
Facist moderators.
March 20th, 2013 at 12:20 PM ^
March 20th, 2013 at 12:21 PM ^
Ah hell, no surprise he picks the Red team to win. Probably chose to play with the Red Army men growing up too.
~Herm
March 20th, 2013 at 12:42 PM ^
Go die in a fire you fake poster
March 20th, 2013 at 12:30 PM ^
of your post. It is a fact that Obama is a sports enthusiast. He loves to play basketball, and is somewhat athletic for a President, particularly when compared to his predecessors. We have all probably seen video clips of him playing. I see no harm in mentioning his picks; he is the POTUS, and he plays the sport. There is no harm and it is marginally interesting. (responding to Section 1)
March 20th, 2013 at 12:54 PM ^
Obama may love to play basketball and be somewhat athletic, but he's easy to defend: he almost always fakes right then goes left.
Hilarious! But not in a political way, I swear!
So, Nix and Obama are the same?!
March 20th, 2013 at 12:31 PM ^
Michigan in the Elite Eight huh?
I would be so happy with that.
Save the date, I agree with the prez for once.
March 20th, 2013 at 12:32 PM ^
Surprised he has time in between golf vacations.
what exactly is his handicap ? Is it true he struggles to break 100 ? C'mon these are very important questions, because we can't change the Constitution to re-elect him for 5 more terms if the guy is a well .... non-effective golfer, can we?
GO BLUE!
I would gladly take a round over 100 right now if Spring were actually here to allow for a day out on the course
March 20th, 2013 at 12:33 PM ^
Yeah I am starting to feel stupid about my moments earlier "we're mostly all grown ups, we can handle it" post. I may have mistakenly thought too highly of this group.
Im sure that we can handle this situation maturely, just like the responsible adults that we are. Isnt that right, Mr. Poopy Pants?
March 20th, 2013 at 12:37 PM ^
time submitting a budget to Congress than he did on his bracket.
One way to avoid politics on the board is to not post anything related to Obama, Snyder, Congress, Senate, etc.
I realize the argument for posting it is that it's just Obama's bracket nothing political here. Yet, half the people in this country think Obama poops gold and the other half thinks he is the devil incarnate. How someone can post this to the board and not expect a political flamewar to ensue is beyond reason to me. Downvoted OP for short-sightedness.
You make some good points, but as adults, we should be able to have a discussion without referring to the children.
Obama's brackets have all been pretty chalky, and this one is no exception. Unfortunately, there isn't much to say about it that hasn't already been said.
-Wisconsin to sweet 16
-Michigan to elite 8
I suppose I agree that this thread shouldn't exist--but on the grounds that it is uninteresting, not because we can't be mature.
What we should be able to do and what happens are often very different things, my friend.
Edit: But then I tend to be a pretty skeptical and risk averse person.
amen...if your intention is to not start a political discussion, don't post anything about one of the most controversial characters in American Political history.
A better word would be polarizing, but name a POTUS in the last 30 years who wasn't.
on this board is at full blast, and it takes a special brand of immaturity to involve politics into a discussion that doesn't need it. If you can tell who's liberal and who's conservative from just reading posts, you need to shut this shit down.
Who gives a flying fuck what nobama thinks about college basketball?
Is it 2016 yet?
RED ALERT! RED ALERT! RED ALERT!
....it was likely unwise of you to log in for the first time in months to leave this blatantly inflammatory remark. Bolivia until the middle of the summer.
I seem to enjoy these threads much more than I used to, say, two weeks ago.