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Gilbert Arenas Gets 'Change We Believe In' Tattooed on His Hand Wizards star gets Obama tattoo

By  JIM IOVINO

Updated 5:18 PM EDT, Thu, Nov 13, 2008

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Dan Hellie

Gilbert Arenas' new tattoo

 

Gilbert Arenas is a millionaire and NBA superstar, but even he has been caught up in the Obama-mania sweeping parts of the country.

Soon after Election Night, the Washington Wizards franchise player decided to show his support for President-elect Barack Obama by getting a political tattoo on his left hand.

On Wednesday, Arenas showed off the tattoo to NBC4's Dan Hellie.  Check out the picture above.

Arenas got the words "Change We Believe In," a variation of Obama's slogan "Change We Can Believe In," permanently placed on the fingers of his left hand.

"He told me he got it so he could look at it during games and see the, 'We Believe,'" Hellie said.

Arenas, who once called himself The Black President, told The Washington Post he got the tattoo from his favorite artist in Miami after the Wizards traveled to Orlando for a game.

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  • S. Thomas Saturday, Jan 10 at 7:12 PM FLAG COMMENT So What! He has a million dollars! Who dose he care about any of you bigoted freaks anyway...
  • rose Tuesday, Nov 25 at 3:12 PM FLAG COMMENT The only reason I am commenting is, because I'm tired of reading comments that have to do with ignorance. If, you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all. Didn't your mother teach any of you to have manners. All of us are biracial in one way or another. Remember, many years ago, there were masters and slaves. And the masters as they called themselves fell in love with beautiful black slave women. So, could you be b ... MORE >
  • joeplumber Monday, Nov 24 at 11:36 AM FLAG COMMENT CHRIS you is a stupid idiot ENOUGH SAID....ebonics for all.....
  • Mike Monday, Nov 24 at 11:26 AM FLAG COMMENT What a moron to tatoo some phony comments on the hand. All that saying was to get him elected. He now is showing his true self by appointing a anit semtic aclu member former senator from South Dakota. Tom Daschel. Bill Clinton is getting a third term by proxy thanks to Obama. As obama is selecting all former clinton aides. And not long ago the leader of the nation of Islam the Rev. Louis FarahKahn even thanked God that Obama ... MORE >
  • Rain Monday, Nov 24 at 6:42 AM FLAG COMMENT Being from Cincinnati, home of the infamous Bengals. I saw the same unrealistic, dream like aura when we got our first black coach, who promptly took us to a 11-5 season. I was caught up in the mystic as well. Since then reality has sunk in, and Marvin Lewis wasn't the God like man we thought he was. Our expectations were too high, which was unfair for Marvin. Reality can hit like a bullet. Our expectations for Obama are the s ... MORE >

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