Hater Tuesday question of the week: can you love Obama too much?

11.11.2008 | 9:22 pm | Fun with Ex Warriors, Hater Tuesdays, Obama for Prez, The Clippers

Apparently, the above question has been answered. By Gilbert Arenas.

“Yes you can,” is his answer.

Gil is now showing off his new Obama-themed tats, which, as of this writing, I could not source images for. Nonetheless, Dan Steinberg at the almighty DC Sports Bog sums them up thusly.

Arenas has decided to show his permanent support of President-elect Barack Obama with a tattoo. Arenas had the words “Change We Believe In” (sic) tattooed onto the fingers of his left hand in cursive writing. Then, Gilbert showed the outside of his pinky finger, which had “44″ inked on it.

So. Gilbert Arenas. You are truly one crazy mofo. Talk about flip flopping. Here’s what dude said a couple of months ago. “I’d rather die than vote.” Then he went on to wish the president elect, whomever it should turn out to be, to, “Do a good job.” And “Change the world.” But this is where it got fun. Arenas bracketed his apolitical musings with complaints to the media about taxation. Great work Gil.

Enter The Beard.

Shortly thereafter Baron Davis clowned him publicly from his blog, suggesting that he should stop worrying about his loot and worry about things like schools. This was fascinatingly detailed in truthaboutit.net. Here’s Boom putting Agent Zero on blast.

“I know he said he’s gonna raise the taxes on the top income bracket, Gil, but if he uses that money to improve our schools then you won’t have to worry about some kids trying to sell pictures of your pool online cause they couldn’t get a better job. LOL.”

Thusly chastened, Arenas changed his tune. Apparently, he might have even voted. And now he has the ink to prove it. But, Gil being Gil, he’s not stopping there. No, no. He has commissioned some artwork for the house. Okay, a tasteful oil painting is a good memento, right? Oh yeah, right. But this is not your average house. The aforementioned pool. The shark tank. And so on. It’s the Hearst Mansion of baller excess. So, given all of this, and that this is a man who calls himself “Hibachi,” what do you suppose he has in mind? Well, let’s let Sports by Brooks throw down the tomahawk jam of this story in thier own words.

Arenas has gone all out for Obama, adding that he hired an artist last week to paint a mural with Obama’s family on one side and Arenas’s fiancee and children on another side of a wall in Arenas’s house. “He united people,” Arenas said of Obama. “By him winning, it showed the world that we’re not as racist as people think we are. I think that’s the beauty of [the election]. Not just because he’s the first African American president. America is not as bad as people think we are.”

Okay, the last part sounded semi-sane, but the mural? I’m not sure, but if I was Obama I might be a little scared. I mean really. I write for a blog that openly celebrates the beard of another man, but I don’t have a floor to ceiling mural of Boom Dizzle in my living room. And I’ve got like four Obama t-shirts from giving him a little scrilla, but that’s pretty much where it’s going to end. This sounds a bit pathological. Man-crush gone overboard-ish. I mean what would Obama say if he went over to the Arenas’ house for dinner. “Uh, nice mural bro?”

Memo to Obama, bring a couple of extra secret service dudes if you decide to take in a Wizards game or two over the next couple of years. Gil crazy. And now that you’re the object of his man crush, this might be just the test of which Joe Biden spoke.

Turman