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Already Vilified By Fans of 31 NFL teams, Tom Brady Now Target Of Anti-Trump Efforts
Washington Times ^ | 2.1.17 ast | Tommy Chalk

Posted on 02/02/2017 11:09:24 AM PST by drewh

What’s a Super Bowl without controversy?

Tom Brady and the New England Patriots are in Houston for their record-setting ninth appearance in Sunday’s NFL championship game, but the biggest questions the future Hall-of-Famer faces this week have nothing to do with the Atlanta Falcons secondary, his receiving corps or coach Bill Belichick’s game plan.

Instead, football’s best player has become the focus of a political debate between those, including many in the sports world, who insist the quarterback must explain — or even “disavow” — his friendship with President Trump, and others who contend Brady is as entitled to a political viewpoint as Colin Kaepernick, the San Francisco quarterback who spent the season protesting police brutality by taking a knee during the national anthem.

“Can we pls stop politicizing everything? (We came to the sports pgs to escape a politics-centric view of everything),” Nebraska Republican Sen. Ben Sasse tweeted Tuesday while linking to a USA Today sports column headlined. “Tom Brady has some explaining to do on Donald Trump.”

In the column, USA Today’s Nancy Armour writes that the 39-year-old Brady has forfeited the right to deflect questions about his relationship with the new president, especially in light of the president’s executive action Friday tightening travel restrictons from seven majority-Muslim countries to the United States.

“Tom Brady no longer gets a pass on his friendship with Donald Trump. Not after this weekend, when the country boiled over in rage and indignation at Trump’s decision to turn America’s back on refugees,” she wrote.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


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1 posted on 02/02/2017 11:09:24 AM PST by drewh
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Since I don’t care much for either of the teams in the Super Bowl I was not planning to watch. But now that it is a match between good and evil I may do so.


2 posted on 02/02/2017 11:12:33 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: Brilliant

I just wanna see what happens when Lady Gaga jumps off the Astrodome.


3 posted on 02/02/2017 11:13:22 AM PST by drewh ( >)
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To: drewh

I am not a Brady fan at all, and NE is my least favorite team. With that said, GO PATS...screw the haters. Not going to watch though, I am pretty much done with this leftist league.


4 posted on 02/02/2017 11:14:40 AM PST by Glad2bnuts (If Republicans are not prepared to carry on the Revolution of 1776, prepare for a communist takeover)
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Not after this weekend, when the country boiled over in rage and indignation ...

It did? The whole country? Funny, I didn't see any such boiling over.

5 posted on 02/02/2017 11:16:40 AM PST by pepsi_junkie (ui)
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I must have missed that boiling.


6 posted on 02/02/2017 11:18:19 AM PST by rdl6989
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To: drewh

Not after this weekend, when the country boiled over in rage and indignation at Trump’s decision to turn America’s back on refugees,

Funny, everyone in my neighborhood and street has been celebrating ever since??


7 posted on 02/02/2017 11:19:30 AM PST by eyeamok (destruction of government records.)
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To: drewh

I hope that this Super Bowl is very very boring! I hope that the Patriots just decimate the Falcons.


8 posted on 02/02/2017 11:21:46 AM PST by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR)
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To: Brilliant

That’s why this was manufactured. To get ratings! Don’t doubt me!


9 posted on 02/02/2017 11:23:48 AM PST by gr8eman (The guys who picked last season's loser are already excited about next season's loser.)
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To: drewh
The left is really overplaying their hand.

Brady isn't going to be rattled or dragged into their pit. He's much too sharp and experienced for that.

10 posted on 02/02/2017 11:23:48 AM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: drewh

I will not be watching for several reasons including kapernick’s treason but I will pray that Tom Brady WINS!!


11 posted on 02/02/2017 11:25:31 AM PST by WENDLE (We need to move forward on our 100 new federal judges ASAP .)
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To: eyeamok

No boiling over noted in north Texas.!!!!


12 posted on 02/02/2017 11:29:21 AM PST by N9841A
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To: drewh

The hatred for Trump is now being applied to anyone who favors Trump.


13 posted on 02/02/2017 11:29:23 AM PST by I want the USA back (Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
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To: drewh

A lot of sports reporters are liberals. Most don’t advertise it because they know it wouldn’t go over well with football fans.


14 posted on 02/02/2017 11:30:12 AM PST by colorado tanker
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Not after this weekend, when the country boiled over in rage and indignation at Trump’s decision to turn America’s back on refugees,” she wrote.

The country? The whole country? Right. 1% maybe. If that. Cue Captain Hyperbole.

15 posted on 02/02/2017 11:31:34 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted. It belongs to the brave. - - Ronaldus Magnus Reagan)
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To: drewh

At approximately 9:30 pm EST on November 8 I witnessed a needle swing to 95% probability Trump would win. The truly remarkable thing was the prognosis was provided by the NY Slimes. Anything can happen including a Brady publicity comeback.
P.S. I have been VERY impressed with Ryan so far in the playoffs.


16 posted on 02/02/2017 11:32:32 AM PST by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives - ban gun free zones)
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To: drewh

The Astrodome is an Antiques Landmark now.


17 posted on 02/02/2017 11:32:33 AM PST by TexasCruzin (Trump is the man. #TrumpPence16)
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To: drewh

Support Tom Brady!


18 posted on 02/02/2017 11:32:59 AM PST by sarasota
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To: drewh

I’m a Cowboys fan so no rooting interest in the Super Bowl for me, but now that the rats have made Brady a target then I’ll root for the Pats and I’ll look at Atlanta as the media and the Dems. I hope the Pats win and Tom Brady wins an MVP, and makes a postgame speech where he mockingly thanks Roger Goodell and gives a shout-out to President Trump. That’ll drive the Patriot and Trump haters even more loony.


19 posted on 02/02/2017 11:33:52 AM PST by dowcaet
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To: eyeamok

Best decision he’s made yet.


20 posted on 02/02/2017 11:34:20 AM PST by TexasCruzin (Trump is the man. #TrumpPence16)
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