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Cam Newton: 'I'm an African American QB that Scares People'
The Atlanta Journal Constitution/Associated Press ^
| January 27, 2016
Posted on 01/27/2016 2:41:27 PM PST by Cecily
CHARLOTTE, N.C. â Panthers quarterback Cam Newton suggested for the first time Wednesday that race may play a factor in why he's become a lightning rod for public criticism.
"I'm an African-American quarterback that scares people because they haven't seen nothing that they can compare me to," said the 6-foot-5, 245-pound Newton.
The No. 1 pick in the 2011 NFL draft out of Auburn, Newton has his share of detractors who either don't like how he plays, his celebrations or his abundance of self-confidence.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
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To: Cecily
He ought remember this is the NFL, where on any given Sunday, odds or not , bad juju can happen..
Ask the Bills and VIKES.
Field conditions could be a factor if El Neenyer delivers a big one prime time..
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posted on
01/27/2016 3:01:47 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
To: Cecily
BS. I remember Randall Cunningham, and Cam Newton is no Randall Cunningham.
Moreover, if all goes well, in a few years Jameis Winston will be outplaying Cam, and it won’t be because he’s black either.
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posted on
01/27/2016 3:02:10 PM PST
by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: Cecily
Cam, it's been done already, by a guy with lots more class and humility than you.
To: Cecily
What really terrifies people:
Coldplay doing the half-time show.
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posted on
01/27/2016 3:02:23 PM PST
by
x
To: ladyjane
Not anymore if they can scamper
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posted on
01/27/2016 3:02:27 PM PST
by
wardaddy
(Trump or Cruz.......its win win folks......so take a John Riggins pill .......lie on the carpet)
To: Cecily
Newton thinks he is the Michael Jordan of football.
Newton thinks he is the Bath House of football.
Newton’s behavior is nothing but graceless, low-rent braggadocio.
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posted on
01/27/2016 3:03:08 PM PST
by
bkopto
To: Bender2
That HGH sure made his wife lovelier than ever, ayy?
Play ball now,, litigate later I always say. ;-l
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posted on
01/27/2016 3:03:42 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
To: Sasparilla
I think OJ used to say something similar. It would be ironic if Cam Newton ends up getting beaten by a Slow White Bronco...
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posted on
01/27/2016 3:04:12 PM PST
by
Bernard
(The Road To Hell Is Not Paved With Good Results)
To: Cecily
SUPERBOWL 50....THE RACE BOWL!!
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posted on
01/27/2016 3:04:37 PM PST
by
BridgeOutAhead
(Obama.....dabit deus his quoque finem)
To: Cecily
It’s the new jungle fever
Black quarterbacks
All the white owners want to see what they are like
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posted on
01/27/2016 3:04:58 PM PST
by
wardaddy
(Trump or Cruz.......its win win folks......so take a John Riggins pill .......lie on the carpet)
To: Cecily
No butty can hurt this face. Am beautiful. Fload lak a buddefly sting lacka bee.
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posted on
01/27/2016 3:07:24 PM PST
by
showme_the_Glory
((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
To: Cecily
Shut up and marry your girlfriend and maybe I’ll root for you; however, being so arrogant is the reason I stopped rooting for you and switched to Peyton Manning, even though I am a Bengals fan and Patriots fan and once lived in NC.
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posted on
01/27/2016 3:07:43 PM PST
by
CincyRichieRich
(Liberalism = mental disorder)
To: Tijeras_Slim
Doug Williams, the Bayou Bullet. I never saw anyone who could throw a tighter rope.
Can't imagine how he would have done if the Bucs had ever put an offensive line to protect him.
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posted on
01/27/2016 3:07:58 PM PST
by
stboz
To: Cecily
My first thought was that he looks like the Persian King in the movie 300.
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posted on
01/27/2016 3:11:51 PM PST
by
jetson
To: Snickering Hound
So I take it you’ve got nothing from when you were 19 or 20 that you would be embarrassed for the world to know?
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posted on
01/27/2016 3:13:24 PM PST
by
Axeslinger
(Trump: the Kaitlyn Jenner of conservatism. One's not a woman, one's not a conservative.)
To: Cecily
Because no one has ever second guessed or hurled nasty criticism at a quarterback before. It must be because he’s black.
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posted on
01/27/2016 3:13:40 PM PST
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: Cecily
There are plenty of egomaniacs to be compared to.
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posted on
01/27/2016 3:15:19 PM PST
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: Bernard
..I think OJ used to say something similar...
It would be ironic if Cam Newton ends up getting beaten by a Slow White Bronco...
Here we are near the end of January, and what could be post of the year is here already.
To: Macrinus
All i can say is Roll Tide.
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posted on
01/27/2016 3:16:15 PM PST
by
chasio649
(The GOPe can never seem to remember who brought them to the dance)
To: newfreep
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posted on
01/27/2016 3:19:44 PM PST
by
US_MilitaryRules
(The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
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