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2013-10-05 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by tu3031 2013-10-05 13:30|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 President Barack Obama says he would "think about changing" the Washington Redskins' name if he owned the football team as he waded into the controversy involving a word many consider offensive to Native Americans.

Obama, in an interview with The Associated Press, said team names such as the Redskins offend "a sizable group of people." He said that while fans get attached to the names, nostalgia may not be a good enough reason to keep them in place.

"I don't know whether our attachment to a particular name should override the real legitimate concerns that people have about these things," he said in the interview, which was conducted Friday at the White House

Posted by Whereting Cleating5915 2013-10-05 15:06|| 2013-10-05 15:06|| Front Page Top

#2 What about the "sizeable group of people" who think you're full if sh*t and wish you would GO AWAY?

Will you do what we want?

F'ing Nanny-in-Chief. >:-(

Posted by Barbara 2013-10-05 16:52|| 2013-10-05 16:52|| Front Page Top

#3 ...stoking the flames of controversy. The question is "WHY"...?

Posted by Uncle Phester 2013-10-05 18:24|| 2013-10-05 18:24|| Front Page Top

#4 If the Redskins owners don't comply, now that Obama has spoken, they should expect multiple IRS audits in the near future.

IRS: Enforcing political views is their new mission.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2013-10-05 18:38|| 2013-10-05 18:38|| Front Page Top

#5 and he has ZERO moral superiority to say jack shit.

Posted by Frank G 2013-10-05 19:59|| 2013-10-05 19:59|| Front Page Top

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