Arkansas Blog

This was my first thought the other day when the time for the event was announced. You can't mess with Razorback Football.

This reminds me of a joke I heard the other day.

Where is Hillary stuck in 2008 presidential race?

Between Barack and a hard place.

Warwick...as a season ticket holder and Hogs freak, is there any chance Obama's speech could be televised? Or played on the radio?

I know the traffic will be so bad that I'll have a problem seeing Obama, whom I adore, and ignoring the Hogs, whom I ignore. Can we move Obama? Can he talk at LRCH, perhaps? Guess the point is to have him close to the people. I hate the people.

football wins over politics any day of the week

Somebody should inform Sen. Obama of the game (and the ensuing craziness), so he won't be suprised if the turnout is a little low, or if the traffic is a little jammed.

Razorback Football may be the most bipartisan issue in Arkansas: people love them when they win, and hate them when they loose.

Perhaps this "dilemma" speaks to why we are 40 something among the states in almost everything important.
I know, I know, even the Romans had their gladiators. But they were world leaders at the time. And look where it eventually got them.

I don't think anyone minds when they loose. I think more people get concerned when they are tight because they usually lose.

Precisely. The Romans declined because of the gladiators. Right.

And how dare Obama not schedule his life around Razorback football! He just lost my vote in the primary.

Your name RzbkDem seems to say it all. Read Gibbon. The diversion of gladiators [and other entertainments] was a manifestation of a collapsing culture. Keep the plebians occupied with sport and they won't delve into the manipulations of the ruling class. That seems to have worked well in Arkansas over the past hundred or so years since our leaders have done little or nothing to improve the status of its citizens.
At least the Romans fell from a great height. We would only bruise our asses.

Oh boy! Given a choice between promoting a moderate candidate for Governor and a totaltarian, Big-Goverment Rwinger, I suppose there's many fools who will choose fuball as if the fuball game is going away next month while the campaign will.
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I hear that Frank Broyles is going to put a stop to this nonsense of taking attention away from football.

It is not out of the question for the Razorback Foundation to buy the Capitol so it can be closed.

Of the 2 1/2 million Arkies, how many do you think really follow the Razorbacks? Probably as many as who follow the electioneering process, which means few damned little. A large portion of Arkies don't vote and a larger portion of Arkies don't give a hoot about the Hogs.

Tell you what Cato, do a rough count of how many newspaper pages are devoted to political arguments, positions, records,etc and how many pages devoted to in depth fuball stuff. No comparison.
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If his advisors can't handle his scheduling any better than this, his political campaign is already over.