50 Dem. senators sign letter urging Redskins to change team name

[Vigilante]

This is what passes for work by Reid! And you wonder why?

Pressure on Daniel Snyder to change the name of his Washington NFL club ratcheted up significantly Thursday as a letter signed by half of the U.S. Senate was sent to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

"The N.F.L. can no longer ignore this and perpetuate the use of this name as anything but what it is: a racial slur," said the letter, which was signed by 50 of the Senate's 55 Democrats.

The letter draws a parallel between the quick reaction by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver in castigating racist remarks made by Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling and the NFL insisting that the term "Redskins" is used respectfully by the team.....

http://archive.courier-journal.com/usatoday/article/9439613?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|nation

 

[The T]

I think there are larger problems than the name of an NFL Team. If I were the Redskins owner? I'd tell those Senators to go pound sand and shut the HELL UP.

 

[healthmyths]

Wow your legislative body in action!...
Wonder why Reid wasn't chastened when he said of Obama..."NEGRO"!!!!
He [Reid] was wowed by Obama's oratorical gifts and believed that the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as Obama -- a 'light-skinned' African American 'with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one,' " Halperin and Heilemann say.
Reid apologizes for racial remarks about Obama during campaign - CNN.com
I SAY HARRY MUST GO!!!

 

[Rocko]

Democrats hard at work

 

[Vigilante]

Wow your legislative body in action!...
Wonder why Reid wasn't chastened when he said of Obama..."NEGRO"!!!!
He [Reid] was wowed by Obama's oratorical gifts and believed that the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as Obama -- a 'light-skinned' African American 'with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one,' " Halperin and Heilemann say.
Reid apologizes for racial remarks about Obama during campaign - CNN.com
I SAY HARRY MUST GO!!!

 

[LordBrownTrout]

If I were snyder I'd tell the senators to change their names because they are offensive to this country.

 

[Kondor3]

This is what passes for work by Reid! And you wonder why?

Pressure on Daniel Snyder to change the name of his Washington NFL club ratcheted up significantly Thursday as a letter signed by half of the U.S. Senate was sent to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

"The N.F.L. can no longer ignore this and perpetuate the use of this name as anything but what it is: a racial slur," said the letter, which was signed by 50 of the Senate's 55 Democrats.

The letter draws a parallel between the quick reaction by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver in castigating racist remarks made by Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling and the NFL insisting that the term "Redskins" is used respectfully by the team.....

50 senators sign letter urging Redskins to change team name | The Courier-Journal | courier-journal.com

Too bad that Democrat-controlled whorehouse didn't act that quickly and forcefully on the VA scandal !!!

 

[Little-Acorn]

The Washington Redskins football team is changing its name.

Due to all the negativity, shame, humiliation, dissent, polarity, adversity, defiance, hatred, animosity, contempt, discrimination, division, violence, counter-productivity, ill-spirit, un-Godliness, and hostility associated with their name, they have decided to disassociate themselves from such an ill-conceived and controversial group.

From now on they will be known simply as the Redskins!

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Washington Redskins are changing their name? They will be known simply as the Redskins | Young Conservatives

 

[The T]

If I were snyder I'd tell the senators to change their names because they are offensive to this country.

Seconded.

 

[The T]

The Washington Redskins football team is changing its name.

Due to all the negativity, shame, humiliation, dissent, polarity, adversity, defiance, hatred, animosity, contempt, discrimination, division, violence, counter-productivity, ill-spirit, un-Godliness, and hostility associated with their name, they have decided to disassociate themselves from such an ill-conceived and controversial group.

From now on they will be known simply as the Redskins!

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Washington Redskins are changing their name? They will be known simply as the Redskins | Young Conservatives

 

[Chris]

There's a new group springing up in America.

Republicans for Racism.

 

[TheOldSchool]

But they won't lift a finger to improve the rampant poverty in Indian communities

 

[Siete]

i think there are larger problems than the name of an nfl team. If i were the redskins owner? I'd tell those senators to go pound sand and shut the hell up.

+1

 

[Chris]

But they won't lift a finger to improve the rampant poverty in Indian communities

Yes, those poor Native Americans and their casinos.

 

[LeftofLeft]

This is what passes for work by Reid! And you wonder why?

Pressure on Daniel Snyder to change the name of his Washington NFL club ratcheted up significantly Thursday as a letter signed by half of the U.S. Senate was sent to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

"The N.F.L. can no longer ignore this and perpetuate the use of this name as anything but what it is: a racial slur," said the letter, which was signed by 50 of the Senate's 55 Democrats.

The letter draws a parallel between the quick reaction by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver in castigating racist remarks made by Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling and the NFL insisting that the term "Redskins" is used respectfully by the team.....

50 senators sign letter urging Redskins to change team name | The Courier-Journal | courier-journal.com

The NFL is going to write some checks.

Why and how was "Washington Redskins" not an issue in the 60's? I thought the Left was inclusive?

 

[TheOldSchool]

But they won't lift a finger to improve the rampant poverty in Indian communities

Yes, those poor Native Americans and their casinos.

Well clearly you have no idea what you're talking about

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

50 Dem. senators sign letter urging Redskins to change team name

And?

Just because someone holds elected office doesn’t mean he forfeits his First Amendment rights.

Moreover, according to your article, republicans are also seeking a name change:

In March 2013, U.S. Delegate Eni Faleomavaega, a Democrat from American Samoa, and U.S. Rep. Tom Cole, a Republican from Oklahoma, introduced a bill that would cancel existing trademark registrations containing the term "redskins" in reference to American Indians. The bill has been referred to a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee.

 

[Wyld Kard]

50 Dem. senators sign letter urging Redskins to change team name

The corrupt Harry Reid and the dimwitted democraps are once again hard at work fucking things up.

The Washington Redskins should keep their team name and the government should stay the fuck out of the world of sports.

 

[Kondor3]

The ghosts of our continent-conquering ancestors are looking down on us...

Some are crying...

Some are laughing their asses off...

Mostly about the politically-correct wussified pussified touchy-feely metrosexual Wussbags and Pansy-Asses that their great-great-great grandchildren have become...

 

[bodecea]

Changing their name won't help them any.