Posted on 09/26/2017 11:14:31 AM PDT by reaganaut1
A few weeks ago, there was nothing left of Colin Kaepernick’s ill-advised national-anthem protest except a few dying embers. Now the twin bellows that are President Trump’s lungs have blown a blast of pure oxygen into the fire. Suddenly, it’s going stronger than ever.
If you’re an NFL fan, you can only be aghast at what Trump has done. His side — our side, the side that said you shouldn’t insult the flag because of the mistakes made by some police officers — was winning. All Trump had to do to secure this small but important victory was keep his mouth shut. Kaepernick had suffered the twin humiliations of being forced to recant his position last spring by promising to end his pregame protests and being snubbed by every NFL team this summer, which left him free to spend the opening weeks of the season protesting injustice from his couch. Copycat demonstrations were dwindling out.
Now, thanks to Trump, Sunday brought the spectacle of more dismaying national-anthem protests than ever before. Players were taking a knee from coast to coast. We were presented with the mind-boggling spectacle of Patriots players being booed by Patriots fans for being unpatriotic.
Or maybe they were just backing the First Amendment. Or expressing solidarity with fellow athletes such as NBA superstar Stephen Curry, whom Trump blasted in a tweet. Or simply expressing the sentiment that the president of the United States should stay out of their business. Trump gave them a pile of reasons to politicize the presentation of the flag.
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President Trump has exposed the American hating leftists, yet again.
Although public opinion polls show that these protests are opposed by a roughly 2 to 1 margin. Our side is winning even if you think Trump was ill advised to bring this up.
Even with the uproar our side is winning. So what is this writer talking about?
One can hope but the patient seems very resistant to therapy.
So what is this writer talking about?
Sounds like he is talking about his wet, bunched up panties.
Who sets what is “NORMAL”? My “NORMAL” is not the same as your “NORMAL”. Do we vote on what is “NORMAL”? Does the NFL say what is “NORMAL”?
Wow. Another NR surrender monkey.
“because of the mistakes made by some police officers”
Stopped reading right there. That’s a BLM meme, ridiculous that NR is repeating it.
A person has to be smoking crack to blame the anti-American separatism displayed by multimillionaire NFL ingrates on President Trump.
I’ve always claimed not to no what normal is..but I know what abnormal is.
Most would agree molesting children is not normal.
You start with what is abnormal and work your way back close to normal.
+1
Prosecute treason and sedition and it gets back to normal.
They want to know if we are ok with the cowboys kneeling or still upset. This is a local DFW AM station. current results 93% still upset at the cowboys actions.
>> President Trump has exposed the American hating leftists, yet again.
Yep.
Looking forward to the widespread acceptance that Disney, Comcast, and Viacom are the key facilitators.
Wrong. ESPN has been pushing this issue since Kap started it in 2016. Others have jumped onboard. Only after that did Trump step into the crosshairs. This one is on ESPN. They own it.
Like the start of an answer but still leaves the questions intact.
Just another blame everything on Trump liberal, I'd bet.
WBAP listeners are very conservative.
I’ve stopped listening to The Ticket because I can’t stand the constant Trump-bashing.
People like the author will twist themselves into pretzels to blame something, anything, on Trump!
National Review was frantic to keep Trump out of the White House. Now, they’re just frantic.
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