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Obama: 'I'd think' about changing Redskins name
Politico ^ | 5 Oct 2013 | DAN BERMAN

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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To: Helotes

“It’d be a shame if sumpin’ bad were ta happen to dat football team.”
The Chicago Way


41 posted on 10/05/2013 6:43:16 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: mandaladon
And what new name would that be ? Dear Leader Mao Ze Zero Nero ? ?

The GAYSKINS ? ......


ohh yuk, that's disgusting just mentioning it.
42 posted on 10/05/2013 6:43:27 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: mandaladon

Change it to what ? Al Queda ? The Muslim Brotherhood? The Black Panthers ?


43 posted on 10/05/2013 6:45:14 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: mandaladon
*** Obama: 'I'd think' about changing Redskins name ***


THE WASHINGTON GAYSKINS TEAM

44 posted on 10/05/2013 6:45:55 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: mandaladon

we’ll change the name if you resign, commie faggot muslim imposter.


45 posted on 10/05/2013 6:47:46 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Venturer
Didn't notice your post at first. You beat me to it,

: )

46 posted on 10/05/2013 6:49:53 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: Kaslin
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..........

Let's change the name to the Washington Fence Sitters......or the Washington Barrycades......or the Washington Gridlocks.

47 posted on 10/05/2013 6:55:17 PM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: mandaladon

Well Obama does know something about changing names.


48 posted on 10/05/2013 6:59:29 PM PDT by StormEye
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To: mandaladon
...that was offending a sizable group of people, I’d think about changing it...

I wonder what new name he will have for 'senate' or 'executive branch' each of which routinely offends a sizable group of people.
49 posted on 10/05/2013 7:04:30 PM PDT by posterchild
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To: mandaladon
Who IS this guy?????
50 posted on 10/05/2013 7:12:15 PM PDT by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral)
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To: tumblindice
I agree it is the “Chicago Way”

Que Laste Ma

51 posted on 10/05/2013 7:22:47 PM PDT by Helotes
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To: mandaladon

Let’s rename them to the Washington Weasels. Gotta hit the nail on the head ya know.


52 posted on 10/05/2013 7:23:03 PM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: PoloSec

Or the Washington Alinskites, or the Washington Transformers, or the Washington Benghazis.


53 posted on 10/05/2013 7:43:56 PM PDT by NotTallTex
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To: mandaladon

Washington sub saharans.


54 posted on 10/05/2013 7:50:06 PM PDT by Palio di Siena (Obama loves the USA like OJ loved Nicole)
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To: mandaladon

Maybe someone could poll Native Americans and ask them if they’re so easily offended. I suspect they’re not...


55 posted on 10/05/2013 8:04:29 PM PDT by GOPJ (Brieitbart sent me... Freeper newfreep)
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To: mandaladon

I thought for sure that he’d pick up on Sarah Palin’s recent remark and suggest the Washington FORESKINS!


56 posted on 10/05/2013 8:11:12 PM PDT by Dick Bachert (Ignorance is not bliss. It is the road to serfdom.)
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To: RetiredTexasVet

I would go with “Washington Elites” or “Washington Establishment”.


57 posted on 10/05/2013 9:02:53 PM PDT by 5thGenTexan
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To: mandaladon
My favorite name to change the name to...

58 posted on 10/05/2013 9:41:31 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (IÂ’m not a Republican, I'm a Conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
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To: 5thGenTexan

Good suggestions. The “Washington Red Menace” would also be appropriate.


59 posted on 10/05/2013 9:49:54 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: PoloSec

Or...
**************
The D.C. Comics


60 posted on 10/05/2013 10:22:31 PM PDT by octex
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