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Obama Open to Name Change for Washington Redskins
ABC News ^
Posted on 10/06/2013 4:41:12 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
President Barack Obama says he would "think about changing" the Washington Redskins' name if he owned the football team as he waded into the controversy involving a word many consider offensive to Native Americans.
Obama, in an interview with The Associated Press, said team names such as the Redskins offend "a sizable group of people." He said that while fans get attached to the names, nostalgia may not be a good enough reason to keep them in place.
"I don't know whether our attachment to a particular name should override the real legitimate concerns that people have about these things," he said in the interview, which was conducted Friday at the White House.
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To: Red in Blue PA
The Washington Kenyan Metrosexual Narcissists ???
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posted on
10/06/2013 6:47:41 AM PDT
by
Salgak
(http://catalogoftehburningstoopid.blogspot.com 100% all-natural snark !)
To: Red in Blue PA
It's so much easier to just change the mascot.
Make Washington's new logo feature a bunch of red-skin potatoes!
"The Washington Redskins"!
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posted on
10/06/2013 6:50:40 AM PDT
by
airborne
(MY HEROES DON'T WEAR CAPES. MY HEROES WEAR DOG TAGS ! ! !)
To: sheikdetailfeather
It reminds me of the time Barry Soetoro changed his name to Barack Hussein Obama for political reasons.
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posted on
10/06/2013 7:23:53 AM PDT
by
04-Bravo
To: bert
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posted on
10/06/2013 7:44:48 AM PDT
by
RetSignman
(Standing my ground against group think.)
To: Red in Blue PA
What about the Atlanta Braves and Cleveland Indians?
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posted on
10/06/2013 7:52:14 AM PDT
by
DFG
("Dumb, Dependent, and Democrat is no way to go through life" - Louie Gohmert (R-TX))
To: Red in Blue PA
Another opportunity for Obama to KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT!!!
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posted on
10/06/2013 8:49:28 AM PDT
by
jch10
("Normandy was closed when we got there too!")
To: Red in Blue PA
How about that?
BO is not open to get to the bottom of countless scandals and problems of his manufacture, but he IS open to the hope & change of fundamentally transforming the name of an ancient football team.
God Save the Republic.
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posted on
10/06/2013 10:01:45 AM PDT
by
Amagi
(God Save the Republic.)
To: Red in Blue PA
I just wish “0” was open to being leader of the free world.
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posted on
10/06/2013 10:08:31 AM PDT
by
Big Mack
(I didn't claw my way to the top of the food chain to eat VEGETABLES!)
To: Red in Blue PA
1. The Washington Disasters
2. The Beltway Bandits
3. The Washington Grifters
4. The National Debtors
5. The Capitol Criminals
6. The Washington Tax & Spenders
7. The White House Thinskins
8. The Lying Bastards
9. The DC Elites
10. The Federal Bailouts
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posted on
10/06/2013 12:46:56 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Red in Blue PA
Is he open to changing the name of the District of Columbia to Barrycadeville?
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