OSU team captain gave Obama bunny ears during White House photo
Ohio State team captain Michael Bennett gave President Obama bunny ears during their team photo at the White House.
And his now deleted tweet:
Did the bunny ears show up on TV or was it too late?
— Mike (@mike63bennett) April 20, 2015
April 23rd, 2015 at 12:58 PM ^
Obama's smile looks so fake. Also, button up those collars young men, you are visiting POTUS!
Not like those pictures will be on their law firm's walls. Enterprise-Rent-A-Car is all outside and it's hard to carry portraits when you're sweeping 109 cars daily.
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April 23rd, 2015 at 12:59 PM ^
What does this have to do with anything?
People, he's the President of the United States. Politics aside, show some respect.
I am a Democrat that hates Ohio State and this is funny.
yeeeaaaa.... but you're not REALLY a Michigan alumnus....
But I wanted to make a Gitmo joke. Also, my hatred for Ohio transcends politics.
Would I vote for the anti-christ if he agreed to burn Columbus to the ground? Probably not, but I would have to think about it.
I think it was simply political commentary on the number of political prisoners released from the detention camp in Cuba this year. I thought that was the first thing to be closed? Hell, McDonalds started all day breakfast before "Gitmo" was closed. Who would've thunk?
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Caricature, humor can include the POTUS, too (see Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, GH Bush, Clinton, GWBush).
IMHO this is harmless but childish...thus 'meh'. No big deal.
A few years ago, I had an opportunity to take a group pic via my professional association with a governor whose politics I detest. But I shook his hand and felt like it was a privilege because I respect the office.
It's funny in a sophomoric kind of way, but it's also classless. Bennett really should have shown more respect.
April 23rd, 2015 at 10:28 PM ^
And I thought that was extremely disrespectful & immature. What an idiot. OSU player, I guess should have been expected, probably doesn't even know who Obama is.
It's too bad there isn't a thread already about Obama an OSU on this board...where this could go instead.
Watch him go undrafted now.
Those look more like donkey ears.
Bennett should know better, politics aside right? His parents were Army officers, he went to West Point for a year I believe. You have to know your settings and audiance. There is a time and a place for this stuff, but he is the POTUS.
Exactly. I'm a republican and disapprove of the current president, but still respect the man because he has the toughest job in the entire world. One should not do that to a man like the POTUS.
Wish more people could have your viewpoint regarding respect towards the office and the POTUS, but apparently a lot of Americans like being armchair President along with QB.
The amount of disrespect Lincoln received even from his own generals was enormous. McClellen flat out ignored him when Lincoln paid him a visit!
Lincoln wasn't exactly a great President when you dive below the 4th grade headlines.
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Ended slavery. Saved the Union.
Not a great President.
WTF color is the sky in your world?
Do you seriously think Northern whites of 1861 were thinking "let's go risk getting myself killed to free somebody else" ? No, but Lincoln suckered Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard into firing on Fort Sumter, and Northerners went to war more out of a mindset of "those MFers fired upon us, let's go whup 'em quickly". Little did either side appreciate the scale of the upcoming carnage; 600,000 deaths in a country with a population of 30,000,000. (The same percentage would be 6,000,000 today.) Some quip that P.G.T. Beauregard was the dumbass that freed the slaves.
Lincoln played his political cards brilliantly, largely effecting the end of slavery through patience, not announcing the Emancipation Proclamation until Northerners were committed to the fight. (He also waited for a Union victory in battle so as not to seem to be blowing hot air. The Union victory at Antiedam on September 22, 1862 was good enough.)
Many often criticize Lincoln for the following quote from a letter Lincoln wrote to Horace Greeley on August 22, 1862.
If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it.
What a masterfully crafted statement. With it, Lincoln places the public spotlight on saving the Union while conceding nothing regarding slavery. Let's examine a table of the combinations:
Slavery Ended: | Yes | No | |
Union Saved: | |||
Yes | Happened |
Would've required an armistice. Lincoln was resolute in pursuit of full victory. |
|
No | Absurd* | Had South Won |
*Maybe the South celebrates a Civil War victory by freeing the slaves?
Only the Yes/Yes and No/No possibilities were in play during Lincoln's management of the war.
Others lament the increase in the concentration of power in the central government. In the abstract of concentration alone, I am sympathetic: all things being equal, IMO it's better to have power and administration spread throughout the states so that some semblance of competition remains among the states, locals can respond more nimbly to the inevitable breakdowns of government, and an "independent" Federal government exists that can step in when the locals performing the function are corrupt.
But one always has to ask about the tradeoffs. At what (opportunity) cost?
The end of slavery unleashed a massive addition of liberty of the most important personal kind (although living conditions didn't improve much). The Southern states were systematically wrong, and had to be corrected.
I wouldn't exactly call Antietam a Union victory.
Better than the Bull Run/Manassas (I or II) type results that the North had been experiencing.
Are you from the SEC?
well played sir
...there have been no great presidents?
That I am quite confident of. Lincoln was a great president and man.
You clearly have read some Thomas Dilorenzo . Muy suggestion to you is that you read some actual history and not one libertarian's warped interpretation of history that is short on facts and long on distortion of the event.
There is a reason you don't let chimps ghostwrite your book.
Yeah. Any time an academic releases a book outside of their discipline that reach conclusions proving existing scholars are in on a conspiracy, it usually means they're quacks.
See also: Arthur Butz, the electrical engineering professor at Northwestern who published a book "proving" that the Holocaust never happened. When I think of excellent historical analysis, a Ph.D. in electrical engineering is usally a pretty important qualification.
April 23rd, 2015 at 10:21 PM ^
...MIT Computer Science Research Scientist, most credible antivaxxer Dr. Stephanie Seneff.
I think you mean to write ".....when you travel below the Mason-Dixon line."
Don't worry, understandable mistake for a 4th grader.
I have no respect for any of these puppets, so I guess I am bad guy. Also, I wish I could have the toughest job in the world, maybe I could actually get out and play one round of golf, let alone play as much as this clown does. Neg Away.
I suggest you look up Bush's vacation time vs Obamas ... But you won't so don't let facts get in your way of pointless bashing
God forbid Presidents take time off to relieve stress from their job like most of us want to do
I completely agree. No president is going to work seven days a week, 12+ hours a day. They are humans like everyone else and need time off.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2723481/President-Obama-attende…
Situation in Benghazi? Make up a story about a YouTube video and head off to the fundraiser.
April 23rd, 2015 at 10:06 PM ^
Politicians making shit up? Why it's not like that hasn't been happening since... you know forever...
And fundraising? Just part of more politics in this age and again, pointless to criticize about.
That's a very shallow assessment. Bush had more days but almost all of his were just change of scenery (and maybe some mountain biking) to his Texas ranch and sometimes to Maine. Less costly by comparison to the Obamas' globetrotting. Much of that cost is the logistical staff and security support, which is cheaper at the ranch than elsewhere.
But what's far more off-putting than the expense, is the comparative attitude. Of course the POTUS is entitled to vacation time. Bush did not think it appropriate to take lavish vacations, while the Obamas seem to take every opportunity, with a shameless sense of entitlement - appearances/appropriateness be damned. The silence from the media on this is (surprisingly?) deafening. Number of days isn't the issue. How about you do some fact checking beyond that and don't let it get in the way of your kool-aid drinking.
... that anyone downvoted this, while all the other "show respect" posts have no downvotes. And I am no conservative.
1) It's likely because I noted that I am a republican.
2) I have a few stalkers who like to down vote everything I post, which is hilarious to me.
Welcome to the club! Noted members include myself and Wolverine Devotee.
Hey don't forget to include me as I get my share of haters. Upvotes for both my fellow downvotees!
I upvoted all of you guys because I get downvoted all the time in music threads because I think Kanye West is a hack and terrible rapper. Apparantly that is a no-no around here.
That's crazy because I thought it was rather obvious how horrible he is at rapping. He's a good producer I will give him that, but his rapping is absolutely dreadful.
Republican at Michigan = we should throw hot dogs at your door and ban you publishing in newspapers. And get awards for it.
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Tom Brady didn't even go to the Pats White House visit today...
...not sure why, but maybe we should tread lightly on this.
Who would I rather spend my day with?