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Phonies like Notre Dame's Te'o are media favorites
Coach is Right ^ | 1/18/13 | Emma Karlin

Posted on 01/18/2013 10:11:00 AM PST by Oldpuppymax

Just about four months ago the Democrats’ media broke the heartbreaking story of how a double tragedy had struck Manti Te’o a star football player for Norte Dame. The reports told of how Te’o’s grandmother in Hawaii had died and shortly thereafter his girlfriend, the love of his life, had died from injuries sustained in a car accident or leukemia – whichever carried the narrative better during a particular retelling of the story .

Te’o’s grandmother Annette Santiago, was real and there is no reason to doubt his deep sense of loss at her death, but the “life” and “death” of his girlfriend, Lennay Kekua stinks of what Norte Dame has become...

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


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Education; Politics; Sports
KEYWORDS: johnjenkins; liberalmedia; mantiteo; notredame

1 posted on 01/18/2013 10:11:06 AM PST by Oldpuppymax
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To: Oldpuppymax

So, he doesn’t really have a girlfriend? He made up a story about having a girlfriend? That seems odd.


2 posted on 01/18/2013 10:24:05 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: blueunicorn6

“So, he doesn’t really have a girlfriend? He made up a story about having a girlfriend? That seems odd.”

Read the story, your question will be answered.
Reading comprehension, its not just for testing purposes......


3 posted on 01/18/2013 10:39:05 AM PST by 9422WMR (Life is not fair, just deal with it)
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To: Oldpuppymax

This kid wouldn’t even be starting for half the teams in the SEC.


4 posted on 01/18/2013 10:47:46 AM PST by Hoodat ("As for God, His way is perfect" - Psalm 18:30)
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To: Oldpuppymax

Seems like Coach has been reading my stuff - :-)

I made the same reference to Obama’s Selective Service card being the only one to have a 2 digit year stamp just a couple of days ago.

It really is a pretty simple way to point out the forgery, if you think about it.

Keep on writing, coach.


5 posted on 01/18/2013 11:17:22 AM PST by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
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To: Oldpuppymax

Last I read a “friend” of his created the hoax and it hadn’t been established he was in on it, although it’s hard to believe he wasn’t.


6 posted on 01/18/2013 11:19:00 AM PST by colorado tanker
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To: Oldpuppymax
This wasn't a story created or promoted by "the Democrats' media."

Come on.

Manti Te'o's backstory was embraced by all Americans, left and right.

The guy was portrayed as a devout Mormon and football hero, who turned down a chance to go pro in order to get his degree and lead his team to a potential championship.

He lost his girlfriend and grandmother on the same day, so the story went, but soldiered on to honor them.

That isn't a Democrat story.

That's an American story.

7 posted on 01/18/2013 11:22:13 AM PST by wideawake
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To: wideawake

I thought it was a Notre Dame story. And a Punahou story.


8 posted on 01/18/2013 11:27:02 AM PST by petitfour
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To: 9422WMR

In adult education, you teach people by asking them questions so they can discover the answers on their own. That concept appears to be over your head.


9 posted on 01/18/2013 11:32:54 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: All

Let’s Ask Obama About His Made-Up Girlfriends

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/01/lets_ask_obama_about_his_made-up_girlfriends.html


10 posted on 01/18/2013 11:41:28 AM PST by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
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To: Oldpuppymax
As the Notre Dameian fake story goes the happy couple met in Palo Alto after Norte Dame had lost to Stanford. The local Norte Dame house organ wrote flowery prose about the young lovers saying “Their stares got pleasantly tangled, then Manti Te’o extended his hand to the stranger with a warm smile and soulful eyes.” Kekua, a Stanford student, swaps phone numbers with Te’o.”

Te’o is a "phony" only if he himself claimed they had actually met - but there's no evidence he so claimed.

"Even in the most favorable reading – Te’o was in love with a social media profile he believed was real, and exchanging tweets and other messages with his friend, who he didn’t know was punking him – he still allowed and encouraged a false narrative to unspool in the media" - http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnmcquaid/2013/01/16/manti-teos-fake-dead-girlfriend/

So Te’o didn't also act as media watchdog while also being a student and athlete.

11 posted on 01/18/2013 11:46:39 AM PST by JustSayNoToNannies ("The Lord has removed His judgments against you" - Zep. 3:15)
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To: Hoodat
This kid wouldn’t even be starting for half the teams in the SEC.

But unlike many SEC starters, he'll graduate.

12 posted on 01/18/2013 11:47:52 AM PST by JustSayNoToNannies ("The Lord has removed His judgments against you" - Zep. 3:15)
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To: Oldpuppymax
Neurotics build castles in the sky.

Psychotics live in them.


13 posted on 01/18/2013 11:58:42 AM PST by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your teaching is my delight.)
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To: Oldpuppymax

This is so obvious. This guy tried to do a “Johny Fairplay” scam on the Heisman committee to curry favor and garner fake sympathy. It didn’t work, and now everyones scrambling to cover their decisions. This guy is a punk and the sports press sucks in kind.


14 posted on 01/18/2013 7:41:43 PM PST by slouper
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To: slouper

He’s a F**k’n phoney. See Lance.


15 posted on 01/18/2013 7:48:20 PM PST by slouper
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