An inconvenient truth

A few days ago i went to see Obama arrive in Paris. I came upon the Elysees Palace and there were quite a few people there, but no where near as many as for Ingrid Betancourt. It was a pleasant day and i always like to see a good spectacle. I talked to this nice older LA couple who kept saying that "this beats going to any museum" and I just laughed and kept telling them how tough it must have been to be a fan of the Lakers (they were season ticket holders). The guy was really funny and kept the time passing. The crowds got a little bigger and right before my legs go numb from standing 2 buses pull up and one was the press following Obama and the other was Obama's team(without Obama). As Obama's team exit the bus there is this one tall black dude in his 40s that the people behind me start yelling at. "Thats Reggie! Reggie! Over here Reggie!" He hears and waves without even looking and I'm like who the hell is this dude? I guess he is a mastermind, some political know-it-all, the new Carville or Rove. The whole thing did have that kind of rockstar reception feel but i felt clueless. Anyway, after 15 minutes Obama is still not here and the rumor that he was gonna make this magical, triumphant walk from the US embassy to the palace seems less believable and I was thirsty so I left and went to get a drink around the block. Well he pulled in about 3 minutes after i left but i didnt care, i'm sure i didnt miss much. Anyway, a few days later I found out who Reggie is. Maybe most of yall know this but i didnt and it was a shock. The 40 year old tall dude is 26 yo Reggie Love! The dukie best known for being teabagged by freak's frat bros! And he's Obama's right hand man. The man has Obama's ear more than anyone. He literally loads Obama's Ipod. He plays basketball with Coach O everyday. I almost voted to put a Dukie into the White House. Thank god I found this out. Can you imagine what would happen if we put a Dukie in the White House. The president is a good teammate to have. Arkansas won with Clinton(Arkansas!), Texas football won for the first time in something like 50 years with Bush, it goes on and on. I mean Duke does not need anymore help. Only recently, because of years of fans uproar, have the refs and the media stopped being so completely embarrassingly pro-duke but both media and refs still have a long, long way to go. If Obama wins, it will reverse all of the work we have been putting in over the years. Can you imagine Duke stealing more titles like the one that was given them in 2001 with what was the worst reffed final 4 ever. Well my vote is settled, not that any presidential votes in NC ever matter anyway- it has been and will be a red state for a long time. Now that we know this, all of us UNC fans can stop wasting time on Coach O and focus on getting that other horrible Dukie Elizabeth Dole out of the senate.