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Obama on Winning Coach: ‘He Didn't Do Any of This Alone’
Cybercast News Service ^ | July 24, 2013 - 8:17 AM | Susan Jones

Posted on 07/24/2013 1:45:27 PM PDT by Olog-hai

President Obama welcomed the NCAA Champion Louisville Cardinals to the White House on Tuesday, praising some of the star basketball players by name, then noting that Coach Rick Pitino is the first coach in history to win a championship at two different schools.

“But Coach understands he didn’t do any of this alone. As he said, ‘Players put coaches in the Hall of Fame,’” Obama said. But Pitino’s record shows that he's the one who’s made winners out of his players, not the other way around.

The president has used a similar refrain—that success is always a collective achievement—in the political arena. …

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Education; Sports
KEYWORDS: bho44; coach; commie; commiedoctrine; ncaa; obama; pitino; rickpitino; youdidntbuildthat
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To: Olog-hai

Obama knows a lot about not accomplishing things on his own.


21 posted on 07/25/2013 4:57:39 AM PDT by Fair Paul
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22 posted on 07/25/2013 5:04:01 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Oh Crap !! Did I say that out loud ??!??)
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To: Delta 21

While there may be no “i” in “team” there is an “m” and an “e”...me.


23 posted on 07/25/2013 5:09:08 AM PDT by Orangedog (An optimist is someone who tells you to 'cheer up' when things are going his way)
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To: Olog-hai; mickie
The individual is persona non grata in the communist/socialist ideology.

Everything is based on the "commune", "communism", "communard", "communal, "comrade", etc.

It's no coincidence that Obama is first and foremost a marxist "community organizer".

Leni

24 posted on 07/25/2013 5:35:42 AM PDT by MinuteGal (Barack Hussein Obama....the 44th white African president of the United States)
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