I was on an access road pulling into a McDonald’s drive- through last night when I heard Mark Levin talking about this on his show. It was the first I’d heard of it. I was disgusted as I turned into the parking lot, then I looked up to see a Subway billboard featuring Robert Griffin. Robert is from my little hometown and so I confess to being ridiculously interested in his football career (going back to his high school days), and more than a little protective of him and his image.
I can tell you this: he is the real deal. He really is the nice guy you see in interviews. And he is black, too. He is blacker than Obama; I wonder if this idiot at ESPN questions Obama’s blackness. What exactly makes Robert not black enough? Let’s see...he graduated from high school a semester early and immediately enrolled at Baylor. Graduated near the top of his H.S. class and early from Baylor, as well. Hmmm...sounds like good stuff so far. Do those academic highlights mean he is not a real brother? Is it the fact that his fiancee is white? Gee, we’ve never seen a black guy with a white girl before. /s Is it the fact that Robert is articulate? Um, Rob Parker, himself, is employed by ESPN, so he must be pretty articulate, too. Does that make HIM less “down with the cause?” And, well, Robert has no arrest record. Does that make him different from other “true” African American athletes? Does it mean that “Johnny Football” is more of a brother than RG3 will ever be? At least THAT Heisman winner has an impressive rap sheet!! /s I’ve seen old photos around here of Robert with George W. Bush; I guess that makes him a Republican to Rob Parker. Then again, I’ve seen video of Robert meeting Obama in person. Guess that doesn’t register with Parker. I know the church the Griffins attended here; believe me, there is little to no chance they are Republicans, lol. But they are wise enough not to slobber all over ANY politician of any party...too much chance of offending fans of one stripe or another. Wish all celebrities were so politically savvy!
Rob Parker can shut his pie hole. We hear complaints that there aren’t enough black quarterbacks in the NFL. Then when we get them we complain that they aren’t black enough. Disgusting.
And RG III gave a hellluva Heisman speech too I think. Oh, and that was after he hugged his family and some white girl in the audience :)