Posted on 01/23/2015 2:49:15 PM PST by Kaslin
Unless you've been living under several rocks, you've heard by now that the New England Patriots were investigated for under-inflating the footballs used during the first half of their 45-7 victory in the AFC Championship game against the Indianapolis Colts. The whole matter has come to be known as "Deflategate" or "Ballghazi," and has dominated the national news this past week.
In response to all of this, Rep. Todd Young (R-IN), a Colts fan, published a "Who said it?" quiz on his official website comparing the rhetoric used in DeflateGate with the White House's official response to several scandals during the Obama administration.
For a little Friday fun, see if you can pass our "Who Said It: The Obama White House or New England Patriots?" quiz. Below are eight statements that refer to either DeflateGate or one of the Obama administration scandals. Can you guess who said each of the following in response?
Full disclosure: I am a (admittedly casual) New England Patriots fan and I still managed to get one wrong.
While this quiz is quite silly, it's rather troubling that the White House is giving shockingly similar answers to a professional football player and coach on scandals that are far more serious than the amount of air pressure in a football. It's also disgusting to me that network news is spending an absolutely absurd amount of time covering a "scandal" about the amount of air in a football compared to, you know, actual world news.
Scored 100% on it!
One of the funnier posts going around is the patriot man with an elongated nose. Sort of goes with the deflated balls image.
It would have been nice if either the original article or this posting had cited the URL:
http://toddyoung.house.gov/who-said-it
(On a mobile device, someone else will have to link it)
It's SOP for the mediascum. Obfuscate,Lie,Misinform,Look the other way,Point at the Tea Party and Shout "LOOK,LOOK,BAD!!!"
Using the term “Deflategate” is alright I suppose. Anyone using the offensive term “Ballghazi” is an azzhole.
Yeah, I wished she had posted the link
It’s on his Facebook page. Go there!
Me too—it may make sense for us to reevaluate how we spend our time.
Try this
https://m.facebook.com/RepToddYoung
I’ve got a bad cold and can’t do much without going into a coughing fit. So. Lots of time doing little
Okay—you’ve got an excuse.
SQUIRL!!! 
Thanks.
Keep falling asleep reading long posts. So I’m reading light material and comedy
He left out the ISIS reference by Brady, that should have made his list.
Deflategate certainly has comedy.
Lots of funny stuff going around!
One serious interview changed my mind to thinking of this as more serious yesterday. Don’t know who the commentator was but he mentionedif this was the Patriots regular behavior it may have indeed made a difference in the games preceding the Colts when the scores were in a few point range. He also mentioned it might have given them an unfair edge in the gambling odds (which he thought should also be investigated)
After that there was mention that complaints had been filed earlier in the season. Two teams other then the Colts were mentioned as the complainers
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