Obama: ‘I’d think about changing’ Washington Redskins team name

Washington Post ^ | 10/5/2013 | By David Nakamura

[tobyhill]

President Obama became the latest, and most high-profile, figure to weigh in against the Washington Redskins’ name, saying he would consider changing it because it offends many Native Americans.

“If I were the owner of the team and I knew that there was a name of my team — even if it had a storied history — that was offending a sizeable group of people, I’d think about changing it,” Obama said in an interview with the Associated Press published Saturday.

It was the first time Obama, a big sports fan who roots for teams from his native Chicago, had been asked his opinion publicly on the controversy surrounding the name of Washington’s professional football franchise.

Team owner Daniel Snyder has said he will not change the name of the team, which has been called the Redskins since George Preston Marshall owned the franchise in Boston in 1933. Marshall moved the team to Washington in 1937, and it has since become one of the National Football League’s most profitable franchises.

[Da Coyote]

FUBO^gogolplex

[Bronzy]

Excerpt: “Tribal leaders in Virginia not offended by Redskins’ nickname”
http://www.timesdispatch.com/sports/professional/football/redskins/article_26b0f8d8-eb22-52f0-87df-c05e24bbfc0e.html

and: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/ken-shepherd/2013/05/03/despite-liberal-media-push-poll-shows-vast-majority-americans-arent-of

Obama seems to be out of step with America.

[Brown Deer]

and what about 0bama's team?

[Dilbert San Diego]

Reminds me a bit of the liberal meltdown over the Obama rodeo clown. These liberals never go to a rodeo, and have no idea what a rodeo clown is or what he does. Yet these liberals are going to tell the rodeo assoications how to run their business.

I don’t care much for Dan Snyder but am happy to see he won’t give in to political correctness.

You may remember that the owner of the Washington Bullets gave in to PC, and renamed his team the Washington Wizards. Couldn’t take the whole bullet violent imagery, and had to be politically correct.

[MHGinTN]

He is feeding his lapdogs (read the entire alphabet network media) something to raise a fuss over, to distract the dumbed down public from his criminal thuggery which the pirate Roberts endorsed.

[morphing libertarian]

It was ok because they had no fire power.

[tallyhoe]

He will change it to The Washington Progressives!!!

[US_MilitaryRules]

Washington Foreskins sounds about right!

[dead and gone]

They need a new name?

How about the Washington Traitors?
Or the Kenyan Mulattoes?
Or maybe the Washington Blueskins?
Or even the Presidential Thinskins?

[FreeAtlanta]

I had my thread on this pulled because there was another one. I love FR, but I wish they merged threads instead of just dumping them.

[TexasCajun]

The Washington Gerbils!

[csvset]

Washington Down Lows

[Darksheare]

Barky thinking on making life difficult for them if they don’t?

[dandiegirl]

BO didn't grow up in America. He has no idea that a name like the Redskins portrays a tough, resilient , fighter. Just the type of name that's right for a pro football team.

[nikos1121]

Hey, Sh*thead, let’s change the name of the Blackhawks too while we’re at it....?

Question:Why can’t you circumcise Obama?

Answer:There’s not end to this pri*k....

[Joe Boucher]

Quit watching espn and work on the gub mint shut down ya freaken moron.
Poser punk.

[mountainlion]

Washington DC needs a new name similar to District of criminals.

[aumrl]

if I was the author of a ‘healthcare plan’ that was offending ‘a sizeable group of people... i’d think about changing it’.

[PGR88]

Obama prefers the Washington Foreskins