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Obama defends Kaepernick’s national anthem protest
NY Post ^ | September 5, 2016 | Daniel Halper

Posted on 09/05/2016 6:46:48 AM PDT by Zakeet

President Obama on Monday defended San Francisco 49ers backup quarterback Colin Kaepernick's decision not to stand during the playing of the national anthem.

"[H]e's following his constitutional right to make a statement," Obama said at a press conference in Hangzhou, China, responding to a question about the quarterback. "I think there's a long history of sports figures doing so."

The president added, "I don't doubt his sincerity. I think he cares about some real, legitimate issues that have to be talked about. And if nothing else, he's generated some conversation around some topics that need to be talked about it."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: kaepernick; nfl; obama; protest
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The Royal Idiot also undoubtedly agrees with the dumb jock's decision to don pig socks.

1 posted on 09/05/2016 6:46:48 AM PDT by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet

Weeeeeelllllll.....of course he does.


2 posted on 09/05/2016 6:48:13 AM PDT by astrat7
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To: Zakeet

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3466095/posts


3 posted on 09/05/2016 6:48:36 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Zakeet

“I think there’s a long history of sports figures doing so.”

Yeah, just ask Curt Schilling.

Oh wait......


4 posted on 09/05/2016 6:48:46 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: Zakeet

Obama never misses an opportunity to get on the wrong side.


5 posted on 09/05/2016 6:49:53 AM PDT by VRW Conspirator (Enforce the Law. Build the Wall.)
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To: Zakeet

The ‘Great Uniter” speaks.


6 posted on 09/05/2016 6:50:32 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Zakeet
All the idiot wants is to be remembered like the "iconic" Tommy Smith and John Carlos at the '68 Olympics.


7 posted on 09/05/2016 6:52:26 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: Zakeet

the day barack hussein gave back the Winston Churchill bust, I knew where we were headed.


8 posted on 09/05/2016 6:52:33 AM PDT by brucedickinson
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9 posted on 09/05/2016 6:57:22 AM PDT by CptnObvious
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No one cares anymore what Dorkbama the Muslim eunuch quota president says any more.


10 posted on 09/05/2016 6:58:17 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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“And if nothing else, he’s generated some conversation around some topics that need to be talked about it.”

Zero got that part right... The man converts to muslem and sits for the anthem. Yet were importing hundreds of thousands of muzzy a$$holes in to this country. Yea, it does need to be talked about.


11 posted on 09/05/2016 6:59:59 AM PDT by babygene (Make America Great Again)
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To: brucedickinson

Returning the Churchill bust should be President Trump’s top priority.


12 posted on 09/05/2016 7:00:19 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Zakeet

I defend his right to protest, but not his reasons for the protest. Regardless, when entitled idiots want to protest, they’ve got to take the blowback.


13 posted on 09/05/2016 7:01:10 AM PDT by .45 Long Colt
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I was dumbfounded when this utter jerk was ‘elected’ President a second time. I can’t really believe a majority of voters didn’t see what is as plain as day.


14 posted on 09/05/2016 7:03:11 AM PDT by JustaCowgirl
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To: Zakeet

Wouldn’t it be great to have a president that doesn’t hate America? Is that too much to expect?


15 posted on 09/05/2016 7:03:37 AM PDT by Spok ("What're you going to believe-me or your own eyes?" -Marx (Groucho))
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To: JustaCowgirl

I was surprised the first time.


16 posted on 09/05/2016 7:06:58 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Zakeet

Obama has such a dinky mind. Back in ‘08, when even conservatives were calling him an evil genius, I pegged him at average at best, but more probably slightly below average. That’s been my opinion for 7+ years—but today it changed. Today I dinged him another 5 IQ points for the sheer lame stupidity of that answer. His small-minded, stale, cramped intellectual efforts are painful to watch.


17 posted on 09/05/2016 7:08:06 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do foreobnsic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: headstamp 2

Or Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas.


18 posted on 09/05/2016 7:08:11 AM PDT by airborne (I don't always scream at the TV but when I do it's hockey playoffs season!)
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To: Zakeet

How does a president do such a thing? This is unconscionable.

I can’t wrap my head around such a thing.


19 posted on 09/05/2016 7:09:45 AM PDT by Mr. Douglas (Today is your life. What are you going to do with it?)
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To: JustaCowgirl

“I was dumbfounded when this utter jerk was ‘elected’ President a second time.”

You got that right: “Elected”. If they were that accomplished at cheating in 2012, just think how much better they’ll be four years later.

I have to keep repeating: God is in control. God is in control. God is in control. God is in control. God is in control. God is in control.


20 posted on 09/05/2016 7:10:31 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Vote Democrat. It's easier than working.)
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