MICHELLE'S

BIG
BROTHER


COACHES OREGON STATE BASKETBALL

NO he's not an Obama

he is Craig Robinson

OLDER brother of

Michelle Robinson

Also Known As

Michelle Obama

Craig Robinson is the  new coach of Oregon State Beavers Basketball and he has a far tougher  job that does his brother-in-law to be elected President. Last season  before Robinson took over the Beavers were 0-18 in league play and they  were DEAD last in the PAC-10.

Then again Robinson is  certainly not new to Basketball beginning with his years playing at Princeton University where he is considered one of the best Basketball  players in that Ivy League college's history and Twice named Ivy League  Player of the Year. Princeton University is the same college his Little  Sister also attended.

Robinson was good enough  to be drafted in the 4th round of the 1983 NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers although he never played in the NBA and drifted to  Europe to play there for a few years before returning to the USA where  he began his coaching career rising up the Ladder one rung at a time  beginning at the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1988.

It's been a slow steady  methodical rise from there over the last 20 years before landing the  Oregon job. His last coaching position was at Brown University where he  led that tram to  record 19 victories the most in its history.

At the same time it is  ALMOST needless to say ( or we wouldn't say it at all ) Robinson is NO BARACK OBAMA of Basketball or after 20 years of Coaching he would  already have 5 or 6 NCAA Championships and be coaching for the BEST  teams in the NCAA making God knows $10,000,000 a year and all he can  put on his credit cards.

WAIT A SECOND

We have an opposing  view entering the Box. Where was Barack Obama 20 years ago in 1988. NO  where. He had never run for any public office and he was an anonymous  organizer on the South Side of Chicago whose biggest achievement was  that he had just married Craig Robinson’s sister Michelle a corporate  attorney in Chicago.

True enough we must admit

Oregon State's Beavers  could

theoretically  conceivably implausibly

become the 2009 NCAA  Champions

led by Craig Robinson  then invited to

The White House by  President Obama &

 First Lady Little  Sister Michelle Obama

on the other hand Craig  Robinson will not

need to win the NCAA  Championship to

spend time at The White  House next year

Finally here is Craig  Robinson

introducing his Little  Sister

last week in Denver

" Good evening. I'm Craig Robinson, and Michelle Obama  is my little sister."

" Tonight, I want to introduce you to my sister: the  girl I grew up  with; the poised young woman I saw her grow into; the compassionate  mother, aunt and sister-in-law she is; the passionate voice for women  and children she has become; and the type of first lady she will be."

" Sometimes, when I look at the -- the woman you're  about to hear  from, it's funny to think that this is the same person who used to wake  me up early -- and I mean early -- on Christmas morning. This is the  person who would play the piano to calm me down before my big games in  high school. This is the person who, even though we were allowed only  one hour of television a night, somehow managed to memorize every  single episode of "The Brady Bunch."

" But when I really think back, I can also see how the  person she is  today was formed in the experiences we shared growing up: working hard,  studying hard, having parents who wanted more for us than what they  had, and always being reminded that in this country of all countries  those things were possible. Now ..."

" Neither of our parents went to college. My father  went to work right  out of high school to help pay for his brother's college tuition. He  worked at the water filtration plant for 30 years."

" We lost my father in 1991. And I know he's looking  down on us  tonight, so proud of his daughter, not because of who she married --  though he was a big fan of Barack -- but because of the hardworking,  brilliant woman she is -- (applause) -- what -- what she's accomplished  in her own right, the mother she's become, and the values she's  instilled in her daughters."

" My mother Marian is here tonight."

She remains our family's anchor. And the sole reason  Michelle was  willing to campaign at all was because she knows that mom was there to  help take care of the girls. (Cheers, applause.)

" When we were young kids, our parents divided the  bedroom we shared  so we could each have our own room. Many nights we would talk when we  were supposed to be sleeping. My sister always talked about who was  getting picked on at school or who was having a tough time at home. I  didn't realize it then -- but I realize it now -- those were the people  she was going to dedicate her life to: the people who were struggling  with life's challenges."

" She has continued to follow that passion. She gave  up a big job in a  law firm to work in her community with a group called Public Allies.  She trained a new generation of community leaders. She developed the University of Chicago's community service center, connecting the  university to the neighborhood that was blocks away but often worlds  away from its gates. And when I wasn't happy doing what I was doing,  she was the one who encouraged me to go back to my first love, teaching  and coaching. And today I'm proud to be the coach of the Oregon State  men's basketball team. Go Beavers! "

" But she did take something away from that first law  firm job: a young lawyer by the name of Barack Obama. "

" Now, my sister had grown up hearing my father and me  talk about how  to judge a person's character by what type of sportsman they are, so  she asked me to take him to play basketball. (Scattered laughter.) If  you're looking for a political analysis based on his playing, here it  is: he's confident, but not cocky; he'll take the shot if he's open;  he's a team player who improves the people around him; and he won't  back down from any challenge."

" Together, I've watched Barack and Michelle  strengthen each other.  I've watched them create a home filled with love and grounded in faith.  During challenging times, I've watched Michelle and Barack stand by  each other. And I know they'll stand by you -- the -- the American  people -- now and in the future. "

" So please join me in welcoming an impassioned public  servant, a  loving daughter, wife and mother, my little sister and our nation's  next first lady, Michele Obama. "

If you'd like to talk

Basketball or Politics
   
  with Craig Robinson

or learn more about

him or Little Sister

you can call him at

 541-737-2076 if he's

not out Campaigning

for You Know Who

MICHELLE'S BIG BROTHER