[Impala64ssa]

Some time ago Dennis Praeger interviewed someone claiming to be a "native American activist" concerning this same subject. The "activist" asked Mr.Praeger how he would like it I there were a team called the Texas Jewboys. Praeger responded: "I would be overjoyed because FINALLY, after 5000yrs someone would be cheering for us". Besides, I was born in daBronx, I'm a "NATIVE AMERICAN", too and not the least bit offended.

[Beowulf9]

Hey! In Washington DC it’s still called ‘THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS’.

[rktman]

Haven’t read it yet but I hope the “take away” is STFU and MYOB!

[hoosiermama]

Best one I heard was keep the name and change the mascot to a potato

[FlingWingFlyer]

Is this all those wacked out “lawmakers” have to do? Worry about the name of the Washington Redskins? Obviously we’ve got way too many of these clowns up on Capitol Hill and we’re paying them way too much. We could probably get the job done with 5-10% of those morons up there. What a waste of taxpayer dollars.

[Slyfox]

The D.C. DemonRats

[Bullish]

Well, just change the name to the Washington Kleptocrats and see if they like that.

[Leaning Right]

Do these idiots - these fascists who want to control everything - know that the term “redskin” came not from skin color, but from body paint. From Wikipedia:

"The first use of red-skin or red Indian may have been limited to specific groups that used red pigments to decorate their bodies, such as the Beothuk people of Newfoundland who painted their bodies with red ochre."

[Baynative]

WA Ping

Any time Maria Cantwell weighs in on anything, you can be safe believing in the other side.

[doc1019]

I can see an Executive Order in the near future ...

[Stanwood_Dave]

"Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash"

Senator Maria Can't Vote Well, C = Communist from the People's Republic of the Soviet of Washington, other wise known as the SAN - FRAN - FREAK-O of the North.

Fixed it.;-)

[gspurlock]

Keep your name. Now, why hasn’t the lgbt community gone all ballistic about the “Packers”, which is a term I have heard used to denigrate gays?

[dalereed]

Change it to the Washington Foreskins, DC is full of nothing but pricks!

[Ghost of SVR4]

Ya want to see an NFL team sky-rocket to the top? Call them the Fighten Whitey’s and open up the current contracts to anyone that wants to leave the team with a partial bye-bye payment. I GUARANTEE the team will draw the best players, the most ridicule and above all, the most dreaded of all, MONEY.

[right way right]

Change the name to The drunken Reservationists....hic...is that even a word?...hic...or The Casino Mobster’s!...hic...or......The Here before the White Devils!...the DC White Devils!...and their new owner... Rush...Hic...Limbaugh!! yah!! Das the ticket!!!!

[Fungi]

Cantwell and Murray—two of the most brainless wonders on the face of the planet—no, sorry, they rank behind Barbara “the brick” Boxer from California. They desrve to have their day, but remember, it is not a crime to be so stupid and serve in a house of government where there is no recourse. Should stupidity be a federal offense while serving in Congress? Who will judge—the NSA? We are doomed? It took a while, but Dewey's dream has finally come true.

[so_real]

Only a racist bastard would be offended by a football team celebrating native American indian heritage with their name.

[OrangeHoof]

Libs are using this “wrong side of history” crap to intimidate folks on a lot of things lately. Next time they say that tell them “Communism is also on the wrong side of history but it doesn’t stop Obama or his party from trying to re-enact it here.”

[Admin Moderator]

A reminder: Associated Press has a copyright restriction requiring all of their material to be properly excerpted.

Please remove at least half of a short article rather than leaving in 292 words from a 363 word article, which is what happened when this thread was posted.

Thank you.

[gunsequalfreedom]

A slight change of the last word in the name replacing “skins” with “necks” and that would not be a slur?

[TalBlack]

A teams name NECCASSARILY has a POSITIVE connotation, therefore the term “Redskins” CANNOT have been a slur.