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Ed Rendell: " We've become a Nation of Wusses "
ESPN.com ^ | 12/27/2010 | ESPN.com news services

Posted on 12/27/2010 7:21:35 PM PST by Tribemike1

Rendell was rankled by the league's decision to move the Philadelphia Eagles' home game against the Minnesota Vikings from Sunday night to Tuesday evening.

The NFL cited the winter storm that wound up slamming most of the East Coast as the reason for the change, but elected to postpone the game before any snow had even accumulated. About a foot of snow fell on Philadelphia, though less than 5 inches was on the ground before the scheduled kickoff at 8:20 p.m. EST Sunday night.

Rendell viewed the NFL's decision as a referendum on the toughness, or lack thereof, of the United States.

"My biggest beef is that this is part of what's happened in this country," Rendell said. "I think we've become wussies."

"We've become a nation of wusses. The Chinese are kicking our butt in everything," Rendell added. "If this was in China do you think the Chinese would have called off the game? People would have been marching down to the stadium, they would have walked and they would have been doing calculus on the way down."

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So Rendell thinks the USA is now a nation of "Wusses." Well, if true, the Wuss-in-Chief has led us there....

He's mad because the Eagles' game was called for 3" of snow on Sunday LOL

1 posted on 12/27/2010 7:21:37 PM PST by Tribemike1
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To: Tribemike1

Rendell is an idiot. Thankfully, he will be out of office next month.


2 posted on 12/27/2010 7:23:20 PM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: Tribemike1

Rendell is an idiot. Thankfully, he will be out of office next month.


3 posted on 12/27/2010 7:23:30 PM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: Tribemike1

The “wussification” started long before Obama was elected.

It started about 30 years ago and I find it astonishing.


4 posted on 12/27/2010 7:26:26 PM PST by Mears
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To: Tribemike1
The calculus tells me that he who is close to the Chairman gets free greenbacks.


5 posted on 12/27/2010 7:28:21 PM PST by Milhous (Lev 19:18 Love your neighbor as yourself.)
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To: Tribemike1

Rendell is right. We’ve become a nation of “Wusses.”


6 posted on 12/27/2010 7:34:28 PM PST by carton253 (Ask me about The Stainless Banner - a free e-zine dedicated to the armies of the Confederacy.)
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To: carton253

I was at the Ice Bowl and survived.


7 posted on 12/27/2010 7:40:56 PM PST by UB355 (Slower traffic keep right)
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To: Tribemike1

I’m so tired of hearing China this and China that, if China’s so great why don’t you go live there Rendell?


8 posted on 12/27/2010 7:42:28 PM PST by erod (Unlike the President I am a true Chicagoan.)
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To: Tribemike1

Dude’s right.


9 posted on 12/27/2010 7:42:52 PM PST by Cringing Negativism Network (McCarthy Was Right)
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To: Tribemike1

He needs to speak for himself.


10 posted on 12/27/2010 7:43:17 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: Tribemike1

Rendell would know. He’s a democrap, so he’s a wuss.


11 posted on 12/27/2010 7:43:17 PM PST by Darren McCarty (Michigan's Supreme Court - Once again, it is best in the country.)
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To: erod

“I’m so tired of hearing China this and China that,”

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Best get used to it, because if we continue on our current path, China will replace us.


12 posted on 12/27/2010 7:44:01 PM PST by Cringing Negativism Network (McCarthy Was Right)
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Should have played the game in Buffalo.

That said, I'm predicting Wednesday night football will be a smashing success and Rendel will claim it was his plan. You know, he and Pete Rosell used to discuss it 15 years ago. . .

13 posted on 12/27/2010 7:45:37 PM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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14 posted on 12/27/2010 7:46:23 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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I'm thinking we should have played that game down in Philadelphia last night. The fact that the game was postponed is a very ominous sign that America is on the decline. Listen, Philadelphia only had a foot of snow (12.4 inches to be exact). This just does not merit the postponing of a NFL game.

Hundreds of thousands of good Americans here in the Northeast are in mortal shock over this postponement. I am one of them and we thing that is is only fitting that the Philadelphia Eagles change their uniforms to dresses and high heels because they are nothing but a bunch of sissies who are afraid of playing in a little bit of snow.

Now I know what the rest of you are going to say, that the mayor of Philadelphia is to blame. But no, I am not going to buy that because if the Eagles truly wanted to play last night, they would have. But they decided to wait a couple more days because they are deathly afraid of the Minnesota Vikings and snow.

15 posted on 12/27/2010 7:53:28 PM PST by SamAdams76
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

Best get used to it, because if we continue on our current path, China will replace us.

True, but the battle isn’t over yet we got time to turn this around and it all begins by fixing the
One Big Ass Mistake America
made in 2008.


16 posted on 12/27/2010 7:54:36 PM PST by erod (Unlike the President I am a true Chicagoan.)
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To: Texas Eagle

Two dolts a complete disgrace to Americans and sports fans everywhere.


17 posted on 12/27/2010 7:57:19 PM PST by erod (Unlike the President I am a true Chicagoan.)
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To: erod

Meanwhile, it would be nice if those on our side of the aisle, stopped shipping our jobs offshore as fast as they can.

It’s gotta start somewhere - and will only grow as an issue.

It would be smart, for the GOP to get in front of this issue. Before it destroys the Republican Party - and America.


18 posted on 12/27/2010 7:57:25 PM PST by Cringing Negativism Network (McCarthy Was Right)
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To: Texas Eagle


Yooo Hooo... I'm over HERE!!!
19 posted on 12/27/2010 8:02:42 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Tribemike1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxwhthmlKcw


20 posted on 12/27/2010 8:17:28 PM PST by midway1 (Inside every liberal is an American trying to get out)
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