12.31.08 CHARLES BARKLEY BUSTED FOR DUI

NBA Hall of Famer and TNT analyst Charles Barkley was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence early this morning in a Phoenix suburb.  TMZ says:

Barkley was arrested by the Gilbert Police Department at a DUI checkpoint and had his blood tested on scene by a mobile DUI task force. He was released a short time later and took a taxi home.

I’m in favor of rich and famous doing every single kind of crime except for DUI.  I will never never never understand why people who have the extra cash insist on driving when they go out (especially in Maricopa County, where Sheriff Joe Arpaio is a noted hardass about DUI).  If I had the money you could bet your sweet A I’d have a chauffeur take me everywhere.  And I’d make him talk all proper.  “To the burlesque, Master Ufford?”