The Daily Gamecock

Douglas Remington


Obama, Lebron on parallel, failing tracks

Two young idols no longer living up to expectations, hype It's hours before Barack Obama's defining moment speaking at the Democratic National Convention in 2004. The Chicago Tribune asks him if he's nervous. He replies, "I'm LeBron, baby, I can play on this level. I got some game." Obama was LeBron James then and he still is, and that's not a compliment.

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