In a POLITICO column today, Joe Scarborough compares Barack Obama to LeBron James

“I’m LeBron, baby. I can play on this level. I got some game.”

— Barack Obama on his political skills in 2004

It’s not wise for a politician to compare himself with an athlete nicknamed “The King.” But that’s exactly what President Barack Obama did at the Democratic National Convention in 2004, when he aligned himself with basketball superstar LeBron James.

Seven years later, it seems the president’s immodest assessment of himself turned out to be right.

Barack Obama is LeBron James.

Like King James, the president was blessed early with a remarkable set of skills that quickly became the envy of mere mortals. Both men were bona fide superstars who could move faster, play smarter and thrill audiences more than all other opponents in sports arenas or at political conventions..

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