In This Volatile Political Season, Do You Ever Wonder Where Your Fave Athlete's Allegiance Lies?

There may or may not be a Presidential debate tonight* and I can't help imagining if we'll get to see a solitary Barack Obama leaning against his lectern, tapping his fingers, whistling a little Lil Wayne while staring at the lonely red pulpit where John "Captain Super Genius" McCain should be, but instead is out saving burning babies while rescuing our economy. My attention has been entirely focused on the political follies of the last few weeks, at the expense of sports viewing (they're still playing baseball?) and especially my contributions to TOOOAST.

So, I figured, what better way to swing my consciousness back to the sports page and this blog than to research which athletes have thrown their spare change in to the guitar cases of McCain or Obama. Not that the opinions of uber-pampered, educationally-challenged professional athletes should swing anyone's voting preference, but maybe it'll be a little revealing and you may or may not like one of your fave athletes a little more.

So, without further filibustering, let's see the lists.**

McCAIN SUPPORTERS:
Mario Andretti
Bill Davidson
John Elway
Joe Gibbs
Luis Gonzalez
Roger Goodell
Spencer Hawes
Robert Kraft
Chuck Liddell
Nolan Ryan
Richard Petty
Curt Schilling (read the comments section to this post.)
Jason Sehorn
Roger Staubach
Norv Turner

OBAMA SUPPORTERS:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Muhammad Ali
Charles Barkley
Shane Battier
Charlie Bell
Jerome Bettis
Chauncey B-B-B Billups
Baron Davis
Chris Duhon
Joe Dumars
Ben Eager
Donnie Edwards
Evan Eschmeyer
Darryl Hamilton
Grant Hill
Hulk Hogan
Phil Jackson
LeBron James
Magic Johnson
Shawn Johnson (can she vote yet?)
Michael Jordan
Derreck Lee
Sugar Ray Leonard
Shawn Marion
Joakim Noah
Greg Oden
Terry Porter
Craig Robinson (his bro-in-law)
Jimmy Rollins
Emmitt Smith
Lovie Smith
Rod Smith
Diana Taurasi
Bill Walton
Luke Walton
Roy Williams (the bad one)

A few notable differences leap out at me when I compare these lists:

1. McCain's list has the only 7'o" tall spare center who is an Ann Coulter lover.

2. Auto racing would appear to cross over a little more to the McCain campaign. Surprising, I know.

3. The only WNBA player to appear here is an Obama supporter, so either this list was compiled before the nomination of Sarah Palin, or Taurasi is a dude.

4. Piss poor NFL safeties are more likely to support Obama than McCain. (Insert McCain 'Hail Mary' joke here).

5. There are no UCLA alumni on McCain's list.

6. Obama's is much longer. His list, I mean.


Other than those listed above, I really don't see any discernible differences between the supporters of the two candidates.

At all.

None.

Really.

*UPDATE: There is a debate tonight as McCain will once again don his cape and fly with great speed to the venue to save the day.

**According to Wikipedia.