Obama; Steelers over kindergartners...

[Larry Gude (Premo)]

Sobbing Kindergarteners Snubbed for Steelers? | NBC Washington


PR nightmare.

Sobbing Kindergarteners Snubbed for Steelers? | NBC Washington

We were going to the White House, but we couldn’t get in so I felt sad," 5-year-old Cameron Stine said.

Parents say they were just 10 minutes late for their scheduled tour. School officials say White House staff said they needed to get ready for the president's event with the Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers, so they couldn't come in.

He couldn't have had adults, football players, wait a few minutes while he just said "Hi"?

Who the heck makes these decisions, the PR stunts, this?

[twinoaks207 (Premo)]

I heard this on the news this morning -- really ticked me off! Those kindergartners would have been super-excited about going to the White House. Unbelievable that someone at the White House couldn't make some kind of arrangements for them to do the tour -- heck, they could have done a "two-fer" & seen the Steelers, too! That would have been a PR dream! Instead, we get crying 5 year-olds and PR nightmare with the White House again looking bad! Kinda makes ya think that no one actually read those l-o-n-g job applications that got filled out!

GRRRRRR!!!

[Larry Gude (Premo)]

Originally Posted by twinoaks207

I heard this on the news this morning -- really ticked me off! Those kindergartners would have been super-excited about going to the White House. Unbelievable that someone at the White House couldn't make some kind of arrangements for them to do the tour -- heck, they could have done a "two-fer" & seen the Steelers, too! That would have been a PR dream! Instead, we get crying 5 year-olds and PR nightmare with the White House again looking bad! Kinda makes ya think that no one actually read those l-o-n-g job applications that got filled out!

GRRRRRR!!!

Wouldn't that have been great!

[bcp (Premo)]

look at the video.
the kids and parents were all white
the steelers are mostly black.
do the math then reverse it, and then imagine what jessie jackass and al sharptongue would be doing right now.

I think the picture is clear.

[Larry Gude (Premo)]

Originally Posted by bcp

look at the video.
the kids and parents were all white
the steelers are mostly black.
do the math then reverse it, and then imagine what jessie jackass and al sharptongue would be doing right now.

I think the picture is clear.

Is everything race with you? I mean, everything that is not the dread queer?

[Lenny]

Originally Posted by Larry Gude

Is everything race with you? I mean, everything that is not the dread queer?

Maybe it was selective editing on the part of the news station but every kid and parent from Stafford County that were shown were quite pale skinned. The pictures of the Pittsburgh Steelers (in parallel with every pro team photo I've seen) was really devoid of non-African-American coloration. (How do we voice that the whites were shucked-and-jived while the N's weren't without sounding racist?) The truth is racially painful!

[bcp (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Larry Gude

Is everything race with you? I mean, everything that is not the dread queer?

nope, but I do reverse certain things and think about how they would whine if it were the other way around.
just imagine if George Bush would have snubbed a school group that was all minority.
I just play fair. sorry I dont fall into your view of the perfect liberal.

[Larry Gude (Premo)]

Originally Posted by bcp

I just play fair. sorry I dont fall into your view of the perfect liberal.

My view of the perfect liberal?

Who started this thread? While you're trying to figure that out, you might find in your search, thread after thread after thread that that same person started criticizing liberals and liberalism including, predominantly, Obama.

I'll assume you're joking.

[vraiblonde]

Originally Posted by bcp

nope, but I do reverse certain things and think about how they would whine if it were the other way around.

And that's exactly right.

If the ethnicities were reversed - had Bush turned away a bunch of non-white school children in favor of an all-white sports team - the screaming from the Left would have been deafening. It would have been front page fodder for weeks, and celebrities would have come out of the woodwork to proclaim Bush a racist.

Reversing things is an excellent way to check your racism.

Yesterday I passed a sign that said Lincoln (the city) would be celebrating "African-American Family Day" on such and such a date. Imagine the keening if anyone proposed a "Caucasian-American Family Day."

[glhs837]

Or a mens only gym