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Charles Barkley's Political Career Tragically Cut Short

Charles Barkley, famed basketball star, has promised that he will be running for Governor of Alabama, as a Democrat, in 201r.

Those hopes may have been dashed by his recent arrest for driving under the influence.

Charles Barkley, the former Phoenix Suns player and NBA star, told police he was in a hurry to receive oral sex from a female passenger when he ran through a stop sign drunk early Wednesday, a police report states.

The report, released late Wednesday by Gilbert police, details how Barkley not only made candid references to his impending rendezvous with an unidentified woman for oral sex but how he at least half-seriously implored a civilian police employee to help him get out of the DUI bust.

I like that Barkley's excuse for running a stop sign was that he was drunk and hurrying to receive oral sex. Hey Bro, we've all been there. Well, not me. And probably not most gubernatorial candidates.

Full post as published by Expressio Unius on January 01, 2009 (boomark / email).