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I completely fail to see why the President elect should need to voice any kind of opinion on the subject one way or the other. It is frankly beneath his position.
Because he has an opinion and, like you or I, he has every right to voice this opinion, like it or not.
He's an attention whore, and should frankly keep his opinions to himself.
In case you haven't noticed, our nation is facing far greater problems at the present moment than the question of whether or not some third rate football team should give themselves a more politically correct name.
No one is offended by the name of the team of "Redskins." That is just diversionary race-baiting as is typical.
I completely fail to see why the President elect should need to voice any kind of opinion on the subject one way or the other. It is frankly beneath his position.
He's an attention whore, and should frankly keep his opinions to himself.
In case you haven't noticed, our nation is facing far greater problems at the present moment than the question of whether or not some third rate football team should give themselves a more politically correct name.
I am thinking we have enough problems facing this country so should the President butt in?
I am thinking we have enough problems facing this country so should the President butt in?
A reporter poses the question regarding the football team and it's Mr. Obama who is butting in? Interesting. Although, "no comment" might have been a better answer.I am thinking we have enough problems facing this country so should the President butt in?
I am thinking we have enough problems facing this country so should the President butt in?
Why should he but you should not? Because you happen to disagree with his opinion?
And, all this was during an interview with AP. Not exactly like he called a press conference to discuss it. He's a sports fan and he offered up his opinion, the same as anyone else.
A president without an opinion on issues is beneath the position.
And again, you would be first in line to bitch if he had ducked a question in an interview.
And again, you are being foolish if you think that he didn't explicitly know that the question might've been coming, and plan accordingly.
If he'd refused to answer, he'd have been attacked for being evasive, out of touch, for insulting Native Americans or insulting football fans. The whole point of the hack (I refuse to call such people journalists) asking the question was to generate a story from the answer and negative stories sell better than positive ones. Any answer he could have given would have been spun in to pretty much the same article - it was probably half-written before he was even asked.A reporter poses the question regarding the football team and it's Mr. Obama who is butting in? Interesting. Although, "no comment" might have been a better answer.
He probably did know. If so, he planned on voicing his opinion. And then he voiced his opinion. What's the problem again?
I am thinking we have enough problems facing this country so should the President butt in?
I completely agree that he would have been criticized for "evading" the question, but it was a no-win situation for him, and sometimes leaders have to choose the best option when both options suck. He still would have done better to decline and remain above the fray.If he'd refused to answer, he'd have been attacked for being evasive, out of touch, for insulting Native Americans or insulting football fans. The whole point of the hack (I refuse to call such people journalists) asking the question was to generate a story from the answer and negative stories sell better than positive ones. Any answer he could have given would have been spun in to pretty much the same article - it was probably half-written before he was even asked.
Just as Yankee has been used as an ethnic slur
At best, Yankee is a regional slur for people from New England. Not really any ethnicity per say - just white people from New England in its original context. Depending to where you go - Yankee can refer to an American, white American or people from New England. Last I heard, none of those were an ethnicity of any sort. Then again, the comparison is nonsense - as it's like comparing "cracker" and "nigger". Sure, if you want to play the semantics game, they're both slurs, but let's not kid ourselves into believing they carry the same weight with all people. Call a black guy a cracker, and you're not likely to get a response. Call him a nigger and see what happens.
It's absolutely been used as an ethnic slur