Posted on 10/05/2013 5:52:23 PM PDT by mandaladon
President Barack Obama says if he owned the Washington Redskins, he’d think about changing the team’s name.
But he doesn’t believe D.C. area fans mean to offend by using the name, which has drawn renewed criticism for being offensive to Native Americans, the president told the AP in an interview released Saturday morning.
"If I were the owner of the team and I knew that the name of my team, even if they've had a storied history, that was offending a sizable group of people, I'd think about changing it,” Obama said.
“I don't want to detract from the wonderful Redskins fans that are here. They love their team, and rightly so -- even though they've been having a pretty tough time this year,” he said, according to a AP transcript of the interview.
“But I think – all these mascots and team names related to Native Americans, Native Americans feel pretty strongly about it. And I don't know whether our attachment to a particular name should override the real, legitimate concerns that people have about these things,” he added.
Lanny J. Davis, attorney for Washington Redskins, issued a statement in response to Obama's comments: "As a supporter of President Obama, I am sure the president is not aware that in the highly respected Annenberg Institute poll (taken 2004) with a national sample of Native Americans, 9 out of 10 Native Americans said they were not bothered by the name the "Washington Redskins."
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He sure is
Yea, that is one of the more pressing issues faced by the country today. /sarc
If he thinks he can squeeze any political profit from it, we’ll soon be seeing an executive order declaring it done.
I’m sure he would like the name changed to something like the Washington Dictators...
Or the Obamaballers...
Or the Barakites...
Or...
Patriot Babe: “I’d think about changing Obama Regime”
I would change the president, and I do not even have to think about it.
Yeah, little fella, do deign to focus that really big brain of yours on thinking about changing the Redskins name.
he’s shoved America right to the brink of economic (and moral) collapse, and he’s worrying about some ball team’s name (which I think could be changed, but that is SOOOOOOO unimportant when compared with the damage he’s doing to this country!?)?
and yet he continues to get away with it.
Thanks, Boehner.
Thanks, Roberts.
Thanks, NYTimes & Associates.
He wants to change the name to the Washington Che Mao’s, in honor of his mentor Che and Mao
Finally, some hard hitting issues about which we’re all very concerned.
But you're not, so shut the hell up. If you want to name an NFL team, then go out and buy a team. To hell with you, and to hell with the Cowboys.
He’s still evollllvvvving on the issue
and OBAMA’s renaming of the washington redskins would naturally be “washington blackskins”
During a government shutdown, and a looming debt ceiling, is the President of the United States more concerned and worried about the name of the Washington Redskins?
He should resign and become commissioner of NFL.
Neither did the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux, but the NCAA forced them to drop the name. F the PC rat bastar--
How about the “Washington Corruptions”, “Washington Pond Scum”, “Washington AC/DC”, “Washington Elites”, “Washington Whiners”, “Washington Sucks”, “Washington Satans”, etc.
Or he could just declare the stadium a national park and close it.
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