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Should Obama butt in changing the name of the Washington Redskins?

Should Obama butt in changing the name of the Washington Redskins?


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Again, it's called being professional. Something Obama has not learned to be. What's next, answering a reporter's "incredibly urgent question" of "what sitcom do you like watching Mr. President?". Gimme a break.

The Mickey Mouse reporting and the unprofessionalism of the president is astounding. For the most part, I hated almost every decision Bush made, but he was far more professional than Obama is.

Is that supposed to be a joke? Bush "more professional than Obama"??!!??



 
I am thinking we have enough problems facing this country so should the President butt in?

He was asked the question. Should he not have answered? Either way someone would have something to say about it.
 
The Obama administration are considering outlawing football because its too barbaric and exploits our youth when they should be focusing on education. All stadiums will be seized by the government and used for re-education, burning capitalistic literature, and to collect weapons from the populace. NFL players will train and play in 4 annual games that honor the state. First two games will celebrate Obamas birthday, Michelles birthday, and then Valerie Jarretts birthday. The last game will celebrate Karl Marxs birthday. All other games from pop warner to professional level will be illegal punishable by death.
 
The simple fact of the matter is that Obama goes deliberately out of his way to "butt into" these kinds of issues every chance he gets. No other president has done so.

He did so with the Trayvon Martin case, he did so with college basketball, and he's doing so now with these stupid comments on the Redskins. It's nothing less than blatant attention whoring.

With the Trayvon Martin case, I'd agree that out of line. Presidents have filled out a brackets for years so this is not an "Obama administration" thing. He also mentioned the Redskins name, offering his opinion up. He has no say in the matter. Who the hell cares? Do you make this big of a fuss when anyone else says something like it?

The Obama Administration is notorious for strictly controlling the media's access to the president. It would be incredibly naïve to think that he did not take the interview in the first place without at least some idea of what questions might come up.

The entire story basically stinks to high heaven of being an artificially manufactured puff piece; nothing more, and nothing less.

It is a distraction, basically meant to draw attention away from his failings as a president.

So? Voicing an opinion is a bad thing in this country to you? He admitted he had no stake in it. He said HE would, not that they had to change it. I think using THAT as a distraction for the last years is a bit of a weak argument, don't you? I've said it once and I'll say it again: Who. The. Hell. Cares. ?
 
Yeah, God forbid the President has sports teams and TV shows he likes to watch and someone wants his opinion.

Do you know what professionalism is? Do you know how silly it is for a president to be going on late night talk shows? The presidency is a joke right now.
 
Is that supposed to be a joke? Bush "more professional than Obama"??!!??

Wow you provided TWO videos (one being a gaffe), good for you :roll:

So you think it's right and proper for the president to be appearing on late night comedy shows?
 
Wow you provided TWO videos (one being a gaffe), good for you :roll:

So you think it's right and proper for the president to be appearing on late night comedy shows?


Depends upon the actions of the host and the president.

Disparaging a specific venue and then as a result of that personal opinion,saying that the president appearing on such a show denigrates the presidency with no mention of actions taken, appears to be attempting an unsupported justification for views held prior to the appearance.
 
He was asked the question. Should he not have answered? Either way someone would have something to say about it.

So you think that is more important then handling the economy, unemployment, foreign policy, etc?
 
So you think that is more important then handling the economy, unemployment, foreign policy, etc?

I don't think answering a question necessarily makes that question more important than anything else. It's certainly possible for Obama to voice his opinion on this, and still have the economy, unemployment, and foreign policy being far more important things in his mind.
 
So you think that is more important then handling the economy, unemployment, foreign policy, etc?

Since when has the government done any of those things?
 
always......

Pffft, maybe back in 1790. For the past several decades all it's done is point fingers at itself and bulk up on ungranted powers and destruction of freedom.
 
I've said it once and I'll say it again: Who. The. Hell. Cares. ?

This, precisely.

The people who seem to be getting upset at Obama over this seem to be the people who get upset at Obama over everything.
 
I don't think answering a question necessarily makes that question more important than anything else. It's certainly possible for Obama to voice his opinion on this, and still have the economy, unemployment, and foreign policy being far more important things in his mind.

Ok I could maybe make a slide for the question, so do you think going on late night talk shows is "presidential"?
 
This, precisely.

The people who seem to be getting upset at Obama over this seem to be the people who get upset at Obama over everything.

It's not just "this one thing" though. Add them all up and for the last couple of decades, the president has been a joke.
 
Ok I could maybe make a slide for the question, so do you think going on late night talk shows is "presidential"?

I don't think going on late night talk shows is necessarily unpresidential. It depends on what they do. For example if Obama just goes on Colbert as a guest to get interviewed remaining mostly serious while Colbert throws in a few jokes I have no problem with that at all.
 
I don't think going on late night talk shows is necessarily unpresidential. It depends on what they do. For example if Obama just goes on Colbert as a guest to get interviewed remaining mostly serious while Colbert throws in a few jokes I have no problem with that at all.

I guess that is where you and I differ. I think the office of the presidency is supposed to be professional. I don't see that with Obama.
 
I guess that is where you and I differ. I think the office of the presidency is supposed to be professional. I don't see that with Obama.

I don't think its necessarily unprofessional to be going on talk shows. It certainly can be, but the way many of the Senators and Representatives and even Presidents that I've seen do at least the Daily Show and Colbert Report, which are the only ones I watch, usually strike a pretty professional tone. Perhaps they're involved in a joke or two, but generally they just seem to be trying to get the message out to the types of people who watch these shows, and I don't think that's a bad thing.
 
I don't think its necessarily unprofessional to be going on talk shows. It certainly can be, but the way many of the Senators and Representatives and even Presidents that I've seen do at least the Daily Show and Colbert Report, which are the only ones I watch, usually strike a pretty professional tone. Perhaps they're involved in a joke or two, but generally they just seem to be trying to get the message out to the types of people who watch these shows, and I don't think that's a bad thing.

Like I said, we differ. I think elective officials should avoid going on those shows altogether. There is a professionalism that just isn't there when it happens.
 
Like I said, we differ. I think elective officials should avoid going on those shows altogether. There is a professionalism that just isn't there when it happens.

I understand we differ, I'm just trying to understand what you see is unprofessional about appearing on these shows. From what I've seen, most of the time when appearing these officials act what I'd consider professionally.
 
Like I said, we differ. I think elective officials should avoid going on those shows altogether. There is a professionalism that just isn't there when it happens.

Professionalism is a standard of behavior, not a venue
 
I understand we differ, I'm just trying to understand what you see is unprofessional about appearing on these shows. From what I've seen, most of the time when appearing these officials act what I'd consider professionally.

They are entertainment night shows, it is beneath them professionally. IMO, the office of the presidency should not be resorted to "late night talk show comedies". It turns the presidency into a joke IMO.
 
Professionalism is a standard of behavior, not a venue

Yeah, right. So you're saying if the president (Dem or Republican) personally attended to the Adult Video Awards, it wouldn't reflect on the president at all? Wow, you are living in a dream world.
 
Yeah, right. So you're saying if the president (Dem or Republican) personally attended to the Adult Video Awards, it wouldn't reflect on the president at all? Wow, you are living in a dream world.

If a president went there in order to persuade the industry to engage in more responsible behavior (say like requiring the use of condoms) then I think it would reflect well on that president.

Professionalism is a standard of behavior, not a venue
 
If a president went there in order to persuade the industry to engage in more responsible behavior (say like requiring the use of condoms) then I think it would reflect well on that president.

Professionalism is a standard of behavior, not a venue

Again, that is YOUR choice and I understand that. However, that is not the reality. If a president did that, they would be toast by ANY STANDARD to the majority (which is what counts to ELECTABILITY). I don't doubt YOU think that way, but the majority don't. Sorry but to the majority, Venue IS the standard.

try do disprove my statement. Are you seriously saying that the majority of people WOULDN'T object to a president attending the adult video awards?
 
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