Posted on 04/23/2015 2:20:34 PM PDT by drewh
The New England Patriots are visiting the White House today to receive congratulations from the president for their Super Bowl XLIX championship.
But the team's victory lap in the nation's capital will come without their biggest star. Quarterback Tom Brady is snubbing President Barack Obama and won't be there. A spokesman for the team cited 'prior family commitments' as the reason Brady, 37, can't go.
The superstar athlete has been to the White House before. He does have three other Super Bowl rings, afterall.
But all the prior championships were under the Bush Administration. February's win was the first for the Patriots since Obama took office.
Brady has also met Obama at least once before, as well. He was pictured with the then-US Senator at the 2005 White House Correspondents dinner.
It's not clear what Brady's prior commitment was. His supermodel wife Gisele Bündchen, usually active on social media, gives no hint where the family is today if not in Washington.
Brady led the Patriots to his fourth Super Bowl victory in February after defeating the Seattle Seahawks 28-24. Despite his arm and movement being somewhat diminished by age, Brady's leadership and calm under pressure also won him Super Bowl MVP - his third.
Whatever is taking up Brady's time this week, he made time next week to be ringside at the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao fight in Las Vegas next weekend. According to Sport Illustrated, Brady appealed directly to CBS president Les Moonves for tickets to the much-touted matchup.
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Frickin’ awsome if done for the right reasons. Which would include not wanting to be anywhere near the lyin’ king for any reason.
The idea that people need some sort of validation from government and politicians for their achievements is totally repugnant.
If the President of the United States were to ask any American to come to the White House for recognition, it would have to take one of two reasons to decline: a very close friend or relative is dying and needs us, or the particular President is unworthy of any respect. Any other event can be rescheduled. As far as anyone can tell, no one near Mr. Brady is dying.
Go Brady!
Didn’t want Creepy Joe anywhere near Giselle.
As a Bills fan, I naturally HATE Tom Brady, but I may have to reconsider my position a bit...
Or a root canal, or proctology exam..............
Or some paint to watch dry........
Isn’t Tom Brady’s dad part of that campaign in San Francisco to oust the Catholic archbishop up there?
The IRS is coming his way now...
And the idea that purportedly “free” men should be compelled to go to the WH to consort with that douche is totally repugnant as well...this whole article smacks of that.
That Brady is somehow obligated to do so and his “reasons” are not satisfactory.
I would love it if Brady was golfing today
-— Frickin’ awsome if done for the right reasons. -—
I’d like to believe it, but he’s very granola. I wouldn’t put any money on it. And I’m a Pats fan.
My understanding is Brady has gone twice in the past, maybe he just doesn’t find Lord Foul special enough to see him again.
That’s what I was thinking. Unless the kid is on a different page, these people are clearly Obamabots.
I’d sooner visit Satan in hell.
And as a Seahawks fan, I concur. But obviously he can’t be all bad....
I’ve always assumed Brady leans Democrat. A few things led me to that in the past, but none come to mind. Would love to hear he avoided Obama, but I think it probably is something else. I sense he’s not that political at all, no matter where he falls on the spectrum.
He’s probably just too embarrassed about being suspended for his role in Deflategate. Oh, wait...
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