Of the several arguments that pervade the National Basketball Association today, there is none more controversial, more polarizing, and more litigious than the debate on whom the best player in the game is: Kobe Bean Bryant or LeBron Raymone James. Kobe Bryant embodies an extremely talented, hard-working, technically sound prodigy whose work-ethic is unknown to most of his peers. In LeBron James, players and fans alike see an enormously gifted, duly scintillating, freak of an athlete who is perhaps the only player in all of sports that has exceeded all the hype surrounding him, having garnered national attention early in his career. So which of these players is better?

While many of you have already made up your mind on who to vote for, allow me to introduce another hot-button issue that will certainly impact the upcoming election — presidential athletic skills. This is not an oxymoron. Some of the United States’ past presidents could play. I’m not just talking about a simple game of pitch and catch. I’m talking about raw talent, so brace yourself. Not all presidents were picked last for kickball. (Okay, perhaps 335-pound William Howard Taft was.)