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We all knew Barack Obama is a White Sox fan, but the presumed Democratic presidential nominee took it a bit further in an interview with ESPN.

Obama joked about the stereotype of Cubs fans, who probably are tired of being described as partying people-watchers instead of serious baseball fans.
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Barack Obama is not shy about his allegiance to the White Sox.

(Scott Stewart/Sun-Times)


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"You go to Wrigley Field, you have a beer, beautiful people up there," Obama said, according to transcripts released by ESPN. "People aren't watching the game. It's not serious. White Sox, that's baseball."

The interview, which took place Wednesday in Greensboro, N.C., will be aired on SportsCenter tonight at 5.

Here is the interview with ESPN's Stuart Scott, which will be rebroadcast during Tuesday’s 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. SportsCenters:

Barack Obama: “My favorite player when I was a kid was Dr. J. He had those old Nets shorts with the socks up to here. Those Converse Dr. J's, that was the outfit then.”

Stuart Scott: “If your vice president had to be an athlete, who would you pick?”

Obama: “Well, I'll tell you what. I'm a Chicago guy, so I'm thinking Walter Payton. ‘Sweetness.’ That guy had durability -- he could block as well as run. Michael -- doesn't lose, and, since I haven't won the presidency yet, that wouldn't be a bad teammate to have. I'd just keep on feeding him and figure he'd hit the last shot.”

Scott: “Because of human rights issues, there was a loud cry for President Bush to boycott the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Summer Games. If you had been President, faced with that, what would you have done?

Obama: “Well, I said very early on that I don't want Olympics to be overly politicized. But, when a host country is violating human rights, I think we have to say something. It would have been an appropriate statement for the President to say that, ‘I will not go to the opening games unless we have seen some progress on the issue of Tibet.’ If all of us are silent all the time, then human beings all across the globe are being silenced and being oppressed in ways that I don't think captures the Olympic Spirit.”

Scott: “Congress played a vital role through its hearings, and baseball union and players union into more frequent testing for performance enhancing drugs and stricter penalties. When you were watching the hearings, what did you think of them?”

Obama: “I love baseball. Baseball is America's pastime. I'd like to see the baseball Commissioner handle this without Congress being involved. We've got a lot of stuff on our plate.”

Scott: “If the Cubs and the White Sox both make it to the World Series?

Obama: “I would be going.”

Scott: “Who would you root for?

Obama: “Oh, that's easy. White Sox. I'm not one of these fair weather fans. You go to Wrigley Field, you have a beer, beautiful people up there. People aren't watching the game. It's not serious. White Sox, that's baseball. Southside.”

Obama = 35th Street Slick. All talk and no substance.

I think you're onto something, Colonel. Since Slick's a prick, that must mean Barack's a cock.

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So what we have....... Uh, never mind.

Sure is a lot of "South Sii-eeeeeeede" posturing for a guy who is really from Kansas. Or Indonesia. Or Hawaii. Or New York. Or whatever.

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Obama pimps white women and black women.

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How can he be a Sox fan, he only bowled a 37? We all know Sox fans carry at least a 165 average

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

Who cares? Also, while he says he likes the White Sox, I'll bet he doesn't know a damn thing about the teams history. Don't get me wrong, I don't care. It doesn't matter.

But he's not a Sox fan either. He lived on the south side. He helped the community on the South side in his early days. Hmmmmm. Probably went to a few games. But he doesn't watch the Sox games. Especially now. He's been far too busy.

B&B are throwing this out to the listeners. Just begging for meatballs to call in.

Bernsie - Will Obama being a Sox fan affect your vote?

Please.

Yeah. It's absolutely nothing. I don't care. Hillary is from Park Ridge, so she's a Cubs fan, but a Yankees fan when that's politically advantageous. McCain surely purports to be a Diamondbacks fan. None of this matters at all whatsoever. There's not going to be an executive order to raze Wrigley Field when Obama is elected president, which he will be.

It was funny that he invoked the whole "dose nort sider fans don't know nuttin bout no real baseball" thing, which is usually the song and dance of old white guys from Stickney who surely hate black people.

However, I do like Richard Roeper less for being a Sox fan. I feel I can get away with that.

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