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Obama Administration Says Redskins Nickname Could Block Potential Stadium Deal
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2511997-obama-administration-says-redskins-nickname-could-block-potential-stadium-deal?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial ^
| Jul 1, 2015
| Adam Wells
Posted on 07/01/2015 6:45:17 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
The Washington Redskins, who play their home games in Landover, Maryland, are running into more troubles due to the franchise's nickname, this time as they try to move back to the nation's capital.
According to Jonathan O'Connell of the Washington Post, members of President Barack Obama's administration will take efforts to block construction of a new stadium in the area until the "Redskins" nickname is changed:
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To: MinorityRepublican
Welcome to Obama's America The New Socialist Caliphate of the Western Hemisphere.
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posted on
07/01/2015 7:03:14 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: Reno89519
Why do you not like the name Redskins ?
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posted on
07/01/2015 7:05:04 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: feralcat
“I dont care about the Redskins team or the Confederate flag, but I do care about not caving in to the social justice bullies.
What theyre doing to the Confederate flag and the Redskins is what they will do to ALL dissent if we give in!”
That got me thinking. Shouldn’t the Dixie Chicks change their racist name? God knows how many church shootings it has caused.
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posted on
07/01/2015 7:05:05 PM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
To: MinorityRepublican
To: feralcat
In a way, I am kinda glad that the Confederate Flag took over the conversation from Charleston. I don’t trust Congress not to put in gun control laws for the President. Because of the Confederate Flag, that topic has dropped off the radar to which I am glad. Perhaps if you look at it like the Confederate Flag is taking one for America.
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posted on
07/01/2015 7:08:14 PM PDT
by
napscoordinator
(Walker for President 2016. The only candidate with actual real RESULTS!!!!! The rest...talkers!)
To: MinorityRepublican
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posted on
07/01/2015 7:08:28 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
To: EvilCapitalist
Reminds me of the protests over the implied violence in the name of the NBA team, the Baltimore Bullets. So they changed it to Washington.
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posted on
07/01/2015 7:08:34 PM PDT
by
hlmencken3
(I paid for an argument, but you're just contradicting!)
To: MinorityRepublican
How about “Noble Firewater Drinkers”
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posted on
07/01/2015 7:08:55 PM PDT
by
Cyman
(We have to pass it to see what's in it= definition of stool sample)
To: MinorityRepublican
Halbritter has been given the green light.
“Red lives matter.”
To: hlmencken3
After this summer they should become the Baltimore Bullets again.
To: MinorityRepublican
Why on earth would the President of the United States get involved in this?
I sais it before and I’ll say it again-—Obama is mentally ill.
.
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posted on
07/01/2015 7:12:21 PM PDT
by
Mears
To: MinorityRepublican
Start planning now, the anti-Christ will be gone by the time they’re ready to build.
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posted on
07/01/2015 7:14:22 PM PDT
by
sitetest
(If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
To: Mears
He probably has a case of syphilis from all that butt secs with Reggie.
To: MinorityRepublican
Redskins rule!
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posted on
07/01/2015 7:15:39 PM PDT
by
JPG
(What's the difference between the Rats and the GOPe? Nothing.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The Washington Bureaucraps
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posted on
07/01/2015 7:16:43 PM PDT
by
HotKat
(Politicians are like diapers; they need to be changed often and for the same reason. Mark Twain)
To: MinorityRepublican
That's why there is talk someone could be waving
BIG money at Dan Snyder to rename Redskins the
Red Tails, the nickname of perhaps the most famous African-American combat unit of World War II, the 332nd Fighter Group. Which is actually a good choice considering they were considered by many the best pilots flying the P-51 during the war.
Would Phil Knight at Nike (who makes the official uniforms for the NFL) do this by defraying most of the cost of the name change? I think the answer is a loud and emphatic yes.
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posted on
07/01/2015 7:19:39 PM PDT
by
RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's economic cure)
To: MinorityRepublican
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posted on
07/01/2015 7:21:08 PM PDT
by
Girlene
To: raybbr
If Redskins is the nickname what the real name?Foreskins
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posted on
07/01/2015 7:26:04 PM PDT
by
McBuff
To: MinorityRepublican
Some proposed new names:
Washington Foreskins
Washington Chickenshits
Washington Douchebags
Washington Cravens
Washington Crooks
Washington Elites
Washington PCs
Washington Obamites
Washington Back Scratchers
Washington Quid Pro Quos
Washington Sell Outs
Washington Lobbyists
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posted on
07/01/2015 7:29:02 PM PDT
by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
To: feralcat
Well said. My sentiments exactly.
Of course, if you object to censorship, such as the censoring of the Confederate flag, you obviously wholeheartedly whatever thing THEY say it stands for...such as murdering defenseless black people in the act of worshiping God.
That is a fact.
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posted on
07/01/2015 7:30:46 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant.)
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