It's raining men, girlfriend!
Posted on 12/17/2015 10:41:31 AM PST by Third Person
Tom Brady doesn't want to discuss Donald Trump, and it's hard to blame him. Part of Brady's appeal is that he stands for nothing, which means he can stand for anything. The second he takes a side, that veneer of perfection vanishes.
Look good, stay out of trouble, and stick to sports. Michael Jordan soared to heights of inoffensive fame this way, too – "Be like Mike" meant whatever we wanted it to mean.
So Brady dodges, like he did Monday on Dennis & Callahan with Minihane when he declined to endorse or rebuke his "good friend" Trump, instead staking out a positionless middle ground.
"Can I just stay out of this debate?" he asked with a laugh.
He dodged again on Wednesday at Gillette, when Ch. 7's Dan Hausle tried to draw him down the rabbit hole and Brady walked off the podium with a wave and a smile.
"Like I said, I'm just here to play football," Brady offered with a sheepish grin before exiting stage left.
His fans don't care what he says about anything, as long as he shows up on Sunday and completes 70 percent of his passes. I just wish he wouldn't sit out this particular issue, and here's why.
It has nothing to do with being a celebrity, and everything to do with being a citizen. Trump is now officially a menace and I'm only three-quarters hyperbolizing when I say Brady owes it to his country to say something.
If Brady is annoyed at the unwanted headlines, he has no one but himself to blame. He started all of this by proudly displaying one of Trump's insipid "Make America Great Again" hats at his locker in September, which prompted questions, which prompted generalities from Brady about Trump's chances at winning the Presidency ("I hope so . . . That would be great."), which prompted reams of coverage.
I wrote about it back then, too, but from more of a tongue-in-cheek perspective admonishing Brady for supporting such a clown. It seemed harmless enough. Once Trump's carnival barking subsided, or maybe a circus tiger ate him, we could move on with the actual election.
Except, in the interim Trump has emerged as a legitimate candidate, which defies all reason and logic. This is where it would be nice for Brady to heed the advice given to subway riders everywhere: if you see something, say something.
Far from his campaign sloganeering, Trump represents the worst of America: ignorance and arrogance masquerading as strength and conviction, money paving the path to power, fear-mongering and racism creating a vacuum to be filled with hate.
Trump is a divisive demagogue in the style of Sen. Joseph McCarthy, who'd definitely call me a Communist for writing this, or segregationist George Wallace, whose presidential campaigns in the 1960s and '70s stoked the same kinds of rage with lesser-educated white voters that Trump is tapping into now.
When Trump says things like all Muslims should be denied entry to the U.S. or that Mexican migrants are rapists and drug traffickers, that's not just antithetical to the very concept of America, it's evil. But the thing with demagogues is no one in a position of influence rebukes them. Liberals and Democrats can caterwaul all they want, but it's up to the Republican establishment to condemn his policies of hate.
What does this have to do with Brady? Like it or not, he has entered the conversation as one of Trump's symbols. Consider this quote from the Washington Post:
"In Massachusetts, I'm at 48 percent. You know why?" Trump said. "Tom Brady said 'Trump's the greatest.' He says it to anyone who asks him. You know, it's hard for a guy like him to say that. When you're a football player, you don't want to be taking sides in campaigns and having the Hillary [Clinton] people now say, 'You're not as good as Bart Starr.'"
Putting aside that Brady has never publicly labeled Trump, "the greatest" (hyperbole is one of The Donald's oratory trademarks), he has said enough to suggest he's a supporter.
Does he want to play even the tiniest role in electing a hate-monger to the White House? He could make an impact simply by saying, "Donald is my friend, but we have a lot of fans that are Muslim and Mexican, and I don't agree with his thoughts on those subjects at all."
Instead, Brady tells us Trump let him judge a beauty pageant when he first got famous, they like to golf together, and that, "I support my friends in everything they do." That's all well and good, but not every friend is worthy of the presidency.
I understand why Brady wants to stay out of this one, but Trump has positioned himself to lead our country, and if I had any kind of platform to keep that from happening, I'd use it.
I know this is asking a lot, but I wish Brady would, too.
Curious why this is suddenly such a big issue.
“So Brady is doing the right thing by “publicly” taking a neutral position. “
He made a mistake by displaying his “Make America Great Again” cap.
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Yet Donald Trump REALLY hasn’t said anything that isn’t true.
Brady has no particular obligation to denounce Trump, or any other politician. Or to support any politician.
Knowing Roger Goodell the NFL is going to be putting UNBELIEVABLE pressure on him to disavow Trump.
A better take, somewhat sane coming from Yahoo Sports: https://sports.yahoo.com/news/why-should-tom-brady-have-to-discuss-trump-230112225.html
This little snowflake basketball reporter needs to wipe the spittle off his chin.
Remember a couple of years ago when the Kansas State football coach endorsed a Republican (I think it was the candidate for governor)? What happened? All the progressives jumped on him, and he had to back down. For libs, “courage” means saying what they agree with.
It's raining men, girlfriend!
Except of course Trump’s so called “witch hunt” is about chasing actual “witches” that have raped, tortured and murdered in the name of Islam around the world.
He said he saw a camera set up in the area, and figured, erroneously, that it was live and running.
The newspaper, the Boston Herald, was a few days later forced to recant the story and issue a public apology to the team.
This “reporter” is avoided like the plague in most New England circles. He's barely qualified to be a local entertainment reporter, let alone a reporter for a major newspaper working a major league team.
I gave up on this buffoon a long time ago, and anyone with two functioning brain cells to rub together would be wise to do the same.
This "article", I think, makes my point very well.
CA....
I’m with you.
When entertainers come out on some issue or with support for this candidate or that, we are constantly telling each other on Free Republic that they should shut up and sing/act/whatever.
I feel the same way about Brady’s stance on this. He is an athlete, which is the same as an entertainer, actor, singer, etc.
I feel pretty sure he is conservative on most things, squishy on some others, but overall, I just want him to play football, like I want a singer to just sing, or an actor to just act. My stand is consistent on this.
I appreciated very much Tim Thomas’stance on going to the White House after the Bruins won the Stanley Cup, but that was his choice. If I had been in his shoes, I would have had the same issue, the same conflict. He didn’t want to make a huge deal out of it and detract from what his teammates might or might not want to do, but they weren’t going to let him do that...the media being the general a-holes that they are. And they made him pay for doing what he felt was right.
I would like to see Brady give them all a great big middle finger or two at the same time, but that won’t happen. Not his style.
How do you feel about entertainers who insert themselves into the political and legislative process?
That is what we would like to hear from you, tumblindice.
What do you think? Any intelligent commentary on the subject at hand?
If you were unaware of this, it is excusable as many people are unaware of this computer model, namely because all of these scientists are menaces themselves.
BTW, this model while far more accurate then their "climate change" model, does have its flaws, as can be witnessed in this instance with regards to Trump.
brady is only a football player thats it nothing more
Even in the sports areas.
So, when you see things like this in the "opinion" piece "...Trump represents the worst of America: ignorance and arrogance masquerading as strength and conviction, money paving the path to power, fear-mongering and racism creating a vacuum to be filled with hate. Trump is a divisive demagogue in the style of Sen. Joseph McCarthy, who'd definitely call me a Communist for writing this..." it is somewhat par for the course.
The guy who wrote that is indeed a liberal turd, and fits right in with the Boston Globe and places like that. I read another piece the other day calling out Brady in the same way, but threw in some other adjectives like "misogynist", etc. saying if Brady didn't distance himself from Trump, it shows he is just as evil as Trump.
And it IS a Dhimmicratic Party screed. Scumbags. I detest all of them.
It is like being racist. Racism can mean anything these days, heck you’re racist if you are not of Hispanic descent, and like to eat tacos.
Normally I would suspect Tomase is doing this for the same reason Felger and Tanguay do what they do...simply to be doofy contrarian foils in order to make waves and get hits, but...this is Tomase.
He is a moonbat. No redeeming value.
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