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Bob Costas: ‘If Jovan Belcher did not possess a gun, he and Kasandra Perkins would both be alive’
SI.com ^ | Dec. 2, 2012 | SI.com Tracking Blog

Posted on 12/02/2012 10:29:29 PM PST by Alaska Wolf

NBC sportscaster Bob Costas used his weekly monologue on “Sunday Night Football” to discuss the fallout of the tragedy in Kansas City, urging viewers to move past the cliched coverage of the “perspective” gleaned from the news that linebacker Jovan Belcher killed his girlfriend and then himself Saturday morning.

Costas focused much of his monologue on a column by Fox Sports’ Jason Whitlock, which argued that “current gun culture simply ensures that more and more domestic disputes will end in the ultimate tragedy.” Costas said that although he often doesn’t agree with Whitlock, he found his argument to be spot on this time.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: banglist; guns; murder
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To: Tex-Con-Man

Boy, can I relate to your tag line.

In my case, it’s been mourning rather than anger; a loved one, my nation, has been murdered by thieves.


121 posted on 12/03/2012 6:48:51 AM PST by Bigg Red (Sorry, Mr. Franklin, I guess we couldn't keep it.)
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To: F15Eagle

Excellent graphic! What is the source?


122 posted on 12/03/2012 6:50:18 AM PST by Bigg Red (Sorry, Mr. Franklin, I guess we couldn't keep it.)
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To: DeaconRed

If NBC had any sense we wouldn’t have to listen to this crap.

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And if sports fans did not watch this leftist twit they would not have to listen to such propaganda.

I am a woman and not a sports fan, but I understand the love of the game among a lot of men, so I realize that not watching Costas would be a difficult choice.

But couldn’t there be some sort of boycott threat? Why can’t people contact sponsors?

Gun rights advocates need to fight back, or the propaganda war is just going to mushroom. They are going to treat our SA right like cigarette smoking, and they have been quite successful with the campaign. Look at how most of us now view smokers as pariahs.


123 posted on 12/03/2012 6:57:55 AM PST by Bigg Red (Sorry, Mr. Franklin, I guess we couldn't keep it.)
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To: Alaska Wolf
>>he and Kasandra Perkins would both be alive’<<

He likely would have bludgeoned her to death

124 posted on 12/03/2012 6:58:37 AM PST by servantboy777
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To: Alaska Wolf

Gee Bob, maybe you should summon "The Gendarmes" to take away all these people that aren't like you...

125 posted on 12/03/2012 7:02:44 AM PST by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: bryan999

What is it about liberals and why are they so totally clueless??? The 2nd Amendment is there to protect the first and ultimately to protect us from a tyrannical government.

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Clueless? No, cunning.

See F15Eagle’s graphic at #36.


126 posted on 12/03/2012 7:08:17 AM PST by Bigg Red (Sorry, Mr. Franklin, I guess we couldn't keep it.)
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To: snoringbear

If we really want to make a point about Costas’ anti-gun blathering, we shoul all stop watching NBC and most specifically NBC sports. There’s one thing that will get NBC executives attention in a hurry and that would be thei rating going into a free fall......

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Yes, and how about contacting the sponsors?


127 posted on 12/03/2012 7:12:00 AM PST by Bigg Red (Sorry, Mr. Franklin, I guess we couldn't keep it.)
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To: F15Eagle

Not sure Qaddafi still belongs on this list.


128 posted on 12/03/2012 7:23:08 AM PST by Lee'sGhost (Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
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To: Alaska Wolf

Escalade into bridge abutment at 120mph...no NCIC check or waiting period required.


129 posted on 12/03/2012 8:02:45 AM PST by moovova
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To: Alaska Wolf

This little pip squeak with his whining liberal rants doesn’t fit in with a man’s game like NFL football. During a game people want to hear about football and not some whiny runt preaching about gun politics.


130 posted on 12/03/2012 8:19:30 AM PST by ScottfromNJ
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To: kearnyirish2

“Ban football outright; I don’t want it used as an excuse to take away my guns.”

Plus you could imagine the positive net effect on “health care costs!” We should reallocate those medical resources to the “little guy.” ;-)


131 posted on 12/03/2012 9:18:36 AM PST by CSM (Keeper of the Dave Ramsey Ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
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To: Alaska Wolf

If pigs had wings they would be eagles. Completely absurd.


132 posted on 12/03/2012 9:22:38 AM PST by kawhill (kawhill)
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To: popdonnelly

“If Jovan Belcher exercised some self-control, they’d still be alive. But some parts of our society want him to be the victim.”

I’d wager Bob has already been at a cocktail party pushing for Sandra Fluke to be chosen as Time’s person of the year! Lefists are morons!


133 posted on 12/03/2012 9:28:30 AM PST by CSM (Keeper of the Dave Ramsey Ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
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To: Alaska Wolf

134 posted on 12/03/2012 9:33:27 AM PST by StAnDeliver (Own It.)
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To: StAnDeliver

http://msn.foxsports.com/feedback

Give feedback.

ESPN has been overcome by leftist-propaganda. It would be nice to go to a sports site for SPORTS! and not leftist-govt approved misinformation. Either they should have a good ‘equal-time’ retort published or have Whitlock fired.


135 posted on 12/03/2012 9:51:52 AM PST by Tigercap
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To: Amagi

136 posted on 12/03/2012 9:52:52 AM PST by Amagi (Chief Justice John Roberts is a traitorous weasel.)
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To: Norm Lenhart; NautiNurse; Black Agnes; StarFan; GOPsterinMA; raccoonradio; warsaw44; ...
If Ted Kennedy didn’t possess a car...

If...

Excellent point, Norm.

Hubby and I ran into Bob Costas on the street in front of Fenway Park a few years ago (Costas is about 5 feet tall! Maybe 4 ft 10 in) after a Red Sox game.

If I ever get the opportunity to meet Costas again, I will ask him point blank if Mary Jo Kopechne would still be alive if Ted Kennedy didn't possess a car.

137 posted on 12/03/2012 9:56:57 AM PST by nutmeg
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To: equaviator
Costas logic
138 posted on 12/03/2012 10:01:34 AM PST by OddLane
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To: raccoonradio
6 of Colin Ferguson’s victims died. Colin still breathes.

Unfortunately.

139 posted on 12/03/2012 10:03:46 AM PST by OddLane
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To: Amagi

140 posted on 12/03/2012 10:07:43 AM PST by Amagi (Chief Justice John Roberts is a traitorous weasel.)
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