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WH on Bad Call at Football Game: 'Pressing Matter,' 'Astounding' and 'Very Distressing'
Weekly Standard ^ | Sept 25, 2012 | Daniel Halper

Posted on 09/25/2012 3:21:12 PM PDT by bkopto

The White House weighed in on the blown call that cost the Green Bay Packers the football game last night against the Seattle Super Hawks. Via the pool report, from aboard Air Force One:

Carney ... was eager to weigh in on an issue he called a “pressing matter,” “astounding” and “very distressing” -- the end of the Packers-Seahawks game.

Carney said he had talked to the president this morning about it.

Carney noted that the president had discussed the issue last week in an interview with a Cleveland radio station and “as a sports fan he thought it was time to get back to the regular refs. "

"This morning I talked to him about the end of the Packers-Seahawks game and he said that what happened in that game is a perfect example of why both sides need to come together, resolve their differences so that the regular refs can get back on the field and we can start focusing on a game that so many of us love rather than debating whether of not a game is won or lost because of a bad call."

"He thinks there were real problems with the call."

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


TOPICS: Extended News
KEYWORDS: badcall; packers; refs
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To: bkopto

I wish every man in Wisconsin (and the country for that matter) was as angry about what Obama is doing to our country as they are about a bad NFL call against the Packers. Maybe THEN they would stand up as men and protect their wives and children from tyranny. It is a shame that the only Samuel Adams our young people know about is the beer.

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. Thomas Jefferson


21 posted on 09/25/2012 3:40:56 PM PDT by Wisconsinlady ("When injustice becomes law, then resistance becomes duty." Thomas Jefferson)
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To: bkopto

The refs acted stupidly?


22 posted on 09/25/2012 3:41:33 PM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
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To: bkopto

I am a rabid Packer fan and I’m furious about this call. But I can’t imagine how the families of the four men we lost must feel about the way the White House is mishandling this and projecting a total lack of sobriety about a mass murder.


23 posted on 09/25/2012 3:42:38 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback (Reagan @ only 39/Mondale +5/Dukakis +17/McCain +3...panic is unwarranted. So is complacency.)
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To: PhiloBedo
"The refs acted stupidly?"

I think the refs had a Beer Summit at halftime :)

24 posted on 09/25/2012 3:43:17 PM PDT by SparkyBass
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To: bkopto

The blown call was made by the American voters in 2008.


25 posted on 09/25/2012 3:45:03 PM PDT by cicero2k
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To: colorado tanker

“Clearly, the ref made the bad call”

I think the ref made the right call, just because all you packer fans wanted the ref to call the gamne for you doesn’t make it a bad call!


26 posted on 09/25/2012 3:49:46 PM PDT by dalereed
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To: bkopto

But the murder of our Ambassador is a bump in the road.


27 posted on 09/25/2012 3:50:12 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: bkopto

You might even say it was “A Bump in the Road.”


28 posted on 09/25/2012 3:52:28 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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Jackwagons eager to comment on the bullshit, and run from the controversy and responsibility.


29 posted on 09/25/2012 3:52:54 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Demoralization is a weapon of the enemy. Don't get it, don't spread it!)
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To: goodnesswins

The White House wants to talk about anything other than the fact that the US Ambassador to Libya was killed through the sheer incompetence of Obama and his Secretary of State.


30 posted on 09/25/2012 3:55:42 PM PDT by LLBeet
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To: goodnesswins

The White House wants to talk about anything other than the fact that the US Ambassador to Libya was killed through the sheer incompetence of Obama and his Secretary of State.


31 posted on 09/25/2012 3:55:55 PM PDT by LLBeet
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To: Gamecock

The bad call was Bush’s fault.


32 posted on 09/25/2012 4:13:52 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: colorado tanker
Clearly, the ref made the bad call because he was so outraged by that Mohammad video. I don't care who you are, that's damn funny.
33 posted on 09/25/2012 4:14:33 PM PDT by mykroar (October race/religious riots bring November martial law. Voting postponed for your safety.)
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To: bkopto

Is there ANYTHING that President Douchebag won’t comment on? Why is a President of the United States taking an official position on a football call? Total insanity.


34 posted on 09/25/2012 4:19:56 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: dalereed

It was a bad call. As a Vikings fan I liked the call, but it was wrong.


35 posted on 09/25/2012 4:21:54 PM PDT by Gil4 (Progressives - Trying to repeal the Law of Supply and Demand since 1848)
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To: bkopto

“pressing matter,” “astounding” and “very distressing”: a football game

“a bump in the road”: four Americans killed by Islamic maniacs

Incredible


36 posted on 09/25/2012 4:24:10 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: Mr. Silverback

Dittos *every* *word* you said.


37 posted on 09/25/2012 4:28:15 PM PDT by Ladysmith (The evil that's happening in this country is the cancer of socialism...It kills the human spirit.)
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To: dalereed

I’m not a Packers fan, and I actually like both teams. But the pass interference was blatant and was not called. He just shoved a defender to the ground who was right in front of him.


38 posted on 09/25/2012 4:30:20 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: colorado tanker

To be fair, interference is never called on a Hail Mary play. For either side. I am not sure why.


39 posted on 09/25/2012 4:31:50 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: bkopto

The Middle East is on the verge of erupting into WWIII, and King Barry is worried about a football game, and he can’t meet with the leader of one of our allies, but somehow he has time to proclaim that he is “eye candy” on some foolish TV show.

Pathetic. Truly pathetic.


40 posted on 09/25/2012 4:32:35 PM PDT by Fresh Wind ('People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook.' Richard M. Nixon)
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