{"id":9697,"date":"2011-12-14T18:16:35","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T00:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.battleswarmblog.com\/?p=9697"},"modified":"2011-12-14T18:16:35","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T00:16:35","slug":"craig-james-not-universally-loved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.battleswarmblog.com\/?p=9697","title":{"rendered":"Craig James: Not Universally Loved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know this may comes as a shock to some of you, seeing as how I occasionally write about sports for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/?cat=66\">my other blog<\/a>, but I don&#8217;t have cable, and thus have no first-hand experience of Craig James&#8217; ESPN broadcasting prowess. <\/p>\n<p>However, news of James&#8217; possible Senate candidacy has been racing around the worlds of both politics and sports, and from the commentary there, I think it safe to assert that James is <a href=\"http:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/2011-articles\/december\/real-tweets-from-real-people-craig-james.html\">not universally loved<\/a>:<\/p>\n<li>I was unaware (or had even forgotten) that all four of <i>Sports Illustrated<\/i>&#8216;s college football writers names James <a href=\"http:\/\/sportsillustrated.cnn.com\/2011\/writers\/richard_deitsch\/08\/22\/collegefootball.television\/index.html\">the worst college football broadcaster<\/a>. &#8220;Craig James and Jesse Palmer&#8230;it&#8217;s still two ex-jocks glad-handing each other and spewing clich\u00e9s for three-and-a-half hours&#8221; says the normally mild-mannered Stewart Mandel. (Nor does he seem to have <a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/ok68F.png\">moderated his views<\/a> on the subject.)\n<li>Awful Announcers has put him on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awfulannouncing.com\/2011-articles\/july\/a-tribute-to-your-joe-morgan-memorial-tournament-winner-craig-james.html\">their Mt. Rushmore<\/a> of awfulness.\n<li>Matt Hinton <a href=\"http:\/\/rivals.yahoo.com\/ncaa\/football\/blog\/dr_saturday\/post\/Craig-James-is-running-for-Senate-Yes-that-Cra?urn=ncaaf-wp11450\">is not a fan<\/a>.\n<li>Some are hoping he&#8217;ll win <a href=\"http:\/\/www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com\/2011\/12\/13\/2633519\/good-morning-good-morning-in-less-than-a-nanosecond-commenters-from\">just to get him off the air<\/a>.\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gunsnplanes.blogspot.com\/2011\/12\/what-horses-ass-running-for-us-senate.html\">An Ordinary American<\/a> is not impressed.\n<\/li>\n<p>The same liberal bitterness over any public Republican figure? Maybe, but I&#8217;m not getting that vibe reading the comments. And hard-core liberals don&#8217;t usually hang out at <a href=\"http:\/\/biggovernment.com\/sberry\/2011\/12\/14\/a-win-for-establishment-republicans-in-senate-post\/\">Big Government<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>More James news:<\/p>\n<li>The <i>Statesman<\/i> asks <a gref=\"http:\/\/www.statesman.com\/blogs\/content\/shared-gen\/blogs\/austin\/firstreading\/entries\/2011\/12\/14\/first_reading_could_craig_jame.html\">Could Craig James be a serious candidate for the U.S. Senate?<\/a> (Texas Iconoclast <a href=\"http:\/\/www.texasiconoclast.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/14\/texas-politics-daily-reading-14-december-2011\/\">answers<\/a> &#8220;No. On the other hand, getting crushed in a political race might help downsize the guy\u2019s XXL ego, so that\u2019s a plus.&#8221;)\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bobbybigwheel.tumblr.com\/post\/14176039641\/a-sporty-political-persons-take-on-craig-james\">This piece<\/a> argues that James will get his ass handed to him (which I think is correct) and that he&#8217;s actually not running to win, but to build name recognition for a 2014 U.S. House seat run. Maybe, but running statewide in a race you don&#8217;t expect to win is an awful bass ackwards way to run for a House seat.\n<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know this may comes as a shock to some of you, seeing as how I occasionally write about sports for my other blog, but I don&#8217;t have cable, and thus have no first-hand experience of Craig James&#8217; ESPN broadcasting prowess. 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