Joe Posnanski, on the MJ/Kobe argument that we will now never hear again after last night:
Comparing Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan is like … er … it’s just plain … Kobe Bryant? To Michael Jordan? What? … I mean, that’s like saying that … um … I mean Kobe Bryant is like … are you CRAZY?“Posted by Stephen Silver at June 18, 2008 05:01 PMYep, that’s me sputtering. I cannot even begin a viable argument because it’s like arguing why chocolate cake tastes better than roofing insulation. It’s like arguing that Abraham Lincoln was a more significant American than John Candy. It’s like arguing that Casablanca is a better movie than the Bay City Rollers album Once Upon A Star … It’s like … Kobe? Compared to Michael? Are you serious? … it’s like here it is again, to even ARGUE the point is so frustrating, so infuriating, because you have to begin with an unfair premise, that being that there IS AN ARGUMENT to be made, and there is not.
To be fair, isn't just about everyone a better American than John Candy?
Posted by: Matvey at June 18, 2008 07:49 PMBy definition, even Jerry Falwell was a better American than John Candy.
Posted by: Jeremy at June 18, 2008 11:48 PMWas there a grave offense John Candy made I don't know about? I mean the guy did die a long time ago...
Posted by: A at June 19, 2008 01:25 PM