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Joe Paterno statue taken down (July 2012)
ESPN ^ | July 23, 2012 | Don Van Natta Jr.

Posted on 04/13/2016 9:52:00 PM PDT by Hostage

The Joe Paterno statue was removed Sunday morning from its pedestal outside Beaver Stadium, and it will be stored in an unnamed "secure location," Penn State president Rodney Erickson announced. Erickson also said the Paterno name will remain on the university's library.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: pc; scruzloose; trump
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Stored in a secure location and Trump is asking if it will be brought back.

But the morons in the media and some morons right here on FR are off on a tangent that Trump's saying he will ressurect Old Joe from the dead.

Wait until they see how the fallout helps Donald in the polls.

1 posted on 04/13/2016 9:52:00 PM PDT by Hostage
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So darned tired of young Americans having to “heal.” Bunch of spoiled fools. I went to Catholic schools and had a teacher who used to spank my butt. (Now dead.) We all knew he was a fairy but we liked him anyway. Frankly we didn’t give a rat’s ass, weren’t bigoted then and aren’t now. The USA is a nation of sissy illiterates - the undergrads anyway. Not one rich white kid can talk about anything under the sun without invoking some sort of invented injustice.


2 posted on 04/13/2016 9:58:00 PM PDT by golux
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To: Jane Long; dynoman

Pingaroo!


3 posted on 04/13/2016 10:01:12 PM PDT by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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“How is Joe Paterno doing?”

Why would he ask how a statue is doing?

One would not go to Florence and ask, “How is David doing?”

One would not go to Washington D.C. and ask, “How is Abe Lincoln doing?”


4 posted on 04/13/2016 10:03:18 PM PDT by Timpanagos1
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To: golux

Joe Paterno never spanked anyone’s butt. The whole thing was incomprehensible to him, and he said so. So that’s it for him. What with LGBT and all, the whole thing is sick. Just sick.


5 posted on 04/13/2016 10:04:58 PM PDT by dr_lew
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To: Hostage
So Trump was just asking if he could build a wall around it ?
6 posted on 04/13/2016 10:06:49 PM PDT by builder (I don't want a piece of someone else's pie)
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Because the news in PA is filled with stories of how the statue is coming back, that’s why.

Here’s a recent story on the subject:

http://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/02/new_joe_paterno_statues_being.html

The crowd he was addressing knew exactly what he was talking about. The morons in the media and those here on FR, not so much.


7 posted on 04/13/2016 10:08:29 PM PDT by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: Hostage

They made the statue a fountain at the gay bar. It gets put on the lead float for their parade.


8 posted on 04/13/2016 10:08:52 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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What perverts do is irrelevant except when it comes to persecuting Christians or forcing themselves on the public square.

Trump’s comment was made as part of the war on PC.

Pennsylvanians get what he was talking about.


9 posted on 04/13/2016 10:13:12 PM PDT by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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Because the news in PA is filled with stories of how the statue is coming back, that’s why.

No, it isn't.

Here’s a recent story on the subject:

That story is two months old and appears on Penn Live, which is the webpage of the Harrisburg Patriot News. Nobody at University Park or State College, PA reads that blog, it's even less read in Pittsburgh.

Till the the Trump mention, literally nobody in PA was talking about this.

10 posted on 04/13/2016 10:20:42 PM PDT by FredZarguna (And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards Fifth Avenue to be Born?)
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To: Timpanagos1

It’s like saying; “Do you have Prince Albert in a can?”


11 posted on 04/13/2016 10:22:27 PM PDT by lee martell
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Wait until they see how the fallout helps Donald in the polls.

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The kiddie fiddler vote is that big?

12 posted on 04/13/2016 10:28:53 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy ("History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce." - Karl Marx)
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The news stories about the statue have been consistently appearing since 2012. That’s a fact. Anyone can fact check that and see for themselves.

One only needs to search “Return of Joe Paterno Statue” and stories pop up from Foxnews stations to the LA Times, from UsaToday to CNN.

I have a search list up right now that has page after page of news stories about return of the statue, The subject is well-known to Pennsylvanians.


13 posted on 04/13/2016 10:34:54 PM PDT by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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> “The kiddie fiddler vote is that big?”

For you maybe.

But the national media are already trending with it and many are already admitting the comments were about the statue, not the actual person.


14 posted on 04/13/2016 10:36:59 PM PDT by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: Hostage

Why is Trump asking about a Paterno statue?


15 posted on 04/13/2016 10:37:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Timpanagos1
“How is Joe Paterno doing?” Why would he ask how a statue is doing? One would not go to Florence and ask, “How is David doing?” One would not go to Washington D.C. and ask, “How is Abe Lincoln doing?”

It's a rhetorical question. Get an education.

16 posted on 04/13/2016 10:39:16 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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War on PC.

It was taken down for PC reasons and Pennsylvanians have been talking about putting it back up.

“I know a lot about Pennsylvania, and it’s great. How’s Joe Paterno? We’re gonna bring that back? Right?...How ‘bout that whole deal?”


17 posted on 04/13/2016 10:41:30 PM PDT by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: golux
Your butt is now dead?

My condolences.

18 posted on 04/13/2016 10:46:27 PM PDT by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
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To: Hostage

You are obviously watching trends on Bizarro Google


19 posted on 04/13/2016 10:48:13 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy ("History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce." - Karl Marx)
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To: Hostage

He should be celebrated for playing with young boy butts. I would think.


20 posted on 04/13/2016 11:15:35 PM PDT by JohnnyP
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