Linebacker Will Pass on Prez

I would not go to the WH as long as the current puppet liar is almost in charge. Where's your CHANGE now!

First of all, if you lose, the game is over. So you do pack up your toys and go home. Harrison should have not said a word and just not shown up. He did not attend the White House invitation to the team in 2006 either. I don't believe there was any backlash from that incident. I see no disrespect.

This is a pathetic snapshot of a fractured culture in which we seem to be agreeing that in a democracy, we will only show respect to public officials with whom we agree. Well, if we had an inherited monarchy, that might make sense. But Obama was elected President. It seems to me that one of the basic "rules" is that if you lose, you don't just take your toys and go home. You stay in the game, you participate, and you show respect to all other participants -- those who won and your fellow 'players' who elected those who won. I despised the Presidency of George Bush but I would never, ever have even considered the possibility of disrepecting him or his office.

America is the Land of the Free. If Harrison didn't want to go to the White House with the rest of the team that is his right. He told the truth why he did not want to go the White House and that should be it. End of discussion.

Posted by: paul | May 20, 2009 12:21:17 PM---i agree with you that he is a private citizen. but he is a public figure. no one is forced to go visit the president. even elected officials don't have to go. it's not like the principal's office where one "has" to go. if Harrison doesn't want to be in the news he should act like a "private citizen" and not make statements to the press or sell his name.

who cares if he is stupid or in MENSA? seriously, who cares?

Vegas should start a line.. what are the odds that Harrison will get an IRS audit.. better keep those returns handy and put the CPS's on retainer.

"What a rude diva dumb*ss."

Yeah, that Obama really thinks he's important, doesn't he?

Paul Wall - Harrison is a private citizen -- not an elected public official. He has no duties or responsibilities to report to the White House. He is (supposedly) free to make his own decisions and to do as he chooses.

Also, it is worth mentioning once again that he didn't go when Bush was president and there was no public outcry. It's only that someone would dare to snub the meaningless photo op of opportunisitic King Obama that has everyone so appalled. Now he's subjected to insults such as "dumb as a box of rocks" by the HOPE and CHANGE phonies.

paul | May 19, 2009 7:50:48 PM---i'm sure no one, least of all the president, could care less about Harrison. you write that he's not dumb and a private citizen. while whether he is "dumb" or not is debatable, but he is a "public figure" as he was a first-string player on an NFL team. he gets endorsements, etc. if he was a private citizen no one would even know who he is (almost nobody does anyway).

It shows how dumb Harrison is. All brawn and no brain.

He could as well suggest that all major league football teams in the Country be invited in turn to the WH.

Obama's rent-a-mob (ACORN) will be in
Harrison's front yard tonight.

How dare anyone refuse The One.

I guess no matter who you are if you do or say anything that is even remotely negative concerning Uhhhhhbama you are suddenly targeted for heavy criticism by everyone left of center. Harrison refused to go in 2006 when George Bush was in office and he is refusing again. Get over yourselves if you have a problem with it now simply because the Obamaprompta is now POTUS.

James Harrison is now my favorite NFL player.

Hey, wait a minute, nobody turns down the Barackstar..

B O Y C O T T
ACORN 8 – Public Statement

We the members of the national board of the ACORN 8 formally demand an immediate suspension of all federal, state and local funding of ACORN until after an independent audit and Congressional hearings on ACORN and its related entities. And that all members BOYCOTT ACORN and immediately cease paying their dues until after a forensic examination of ACORN and its related entities.

The ACORN 8 is an organization of ACORN leaders; current and former board members who are struggling to reform the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now following the discovery of a multi-million dollar embezzlement.

Who We Are –

We are members and leaders in ACORN. The A8 consists of national, state and local board members, presidents or chairs. As such, we are leaders in our communities and in within ACORN. We are typically loyal Democrats and we don’t understand why Democratic leaders have not rallied to help us.
Don't Democrats care about poor people? Don't Democrats care about right and wrong? But regardless of political party affiliation, we all share a passion for helping the underserved and disenfranchised through direct community action.

What We Believe –

ACORN is not living up to its original mission; and that is to give meaningful voice and empower low and moderate income members of society. ACORN has been corrupted from its original purpose by senior management and an organizational structure that exploits the low and moderate income membership ACORN was founded to serve.

Voter fraud, voter registration fraud, unpaid taxes, unfair labor practices, etc, while tantalizing are not the problem, but merely symptoms of ACORN’s corrupt leadership. The real problem with ACORN is its governance – and the lack of transparency and accountability of its leadership.

What We Are Not –

We are NOT trying to Destroy ACORN. We are ACORN, we love ACORN and are only attempting to reform the association and return it to its original mission and purpose.

We are NOT disgruntled ACORN employees or GOP / Republican operatives. Thus, we do not have a partisan axe to grind or a political agenda to support.
What We Want –

We demand an immediate suspension of all federal, state and local funding of ACORN until after an independent audit and Congressional hearings on ACORN and its related entities. And all members BOYCOTT ACORN until after a forensic examination of ACORN and its related entities.

What Makes the ACORN 8 Different –

Historically, ACRON dismisses most of its detractors by utilizing three basic arguments;

1) the attackers are GOP partisans and have a political agenda.
2) the attackers are disgruntled employees with an axe to grind
3) the attackers are disenchanted members and have no knowledge or information.

The ACORN 8 complaints are not so easily dismissed. As leaders and board members, we are loyal members, are knowledgeable and we have fiduciary duties and responsibilities to our membership.

We are ACORN. The national board is responsible for the organization. And we are trying to exercise our fiduciary duties and obligations to our membership. We have legal standing, to enforce our rights and pursue ACORN in courts of law and in the court of public opinion.

Why America Must Support the ACORN 8 –

The ACORN 8 is America’s last, best chance to empower low and moderate income members of society through Integrity in Community Organizing.

If you love ACORN and its original mission; you should support the ACORN 8. If you hate ACORN and its corrupt practices; you should support the ACORN 8. If you are an ACORN member and tired of being ignored; you should support the ACORN 8. If you are an ACORN employee and tired of being sacrificed for senior management; you should support the ACORN 8. If you are an ACORN donor and want to be sure you were not a victim of funder fraud and that your contributions are not being used for illegal political activities; you MUST support the ACORN 8. If you are a taxpayer and want to be sure your tax dollars are not funding a corrupt organization; you MUST support the ACORN 8.

Please volunteer, sign our petition, call your congressman, donate time and/or money .

No doubt he will soon be a guest on Hannity, O'Reilley, Beck,... then his 'clarity and insight' will be extolled by Ann Coulter....

Well good for him. I am a nobody but if I had the chance to see Oduma at White House.I personally would tell him to get lost.

How does Republican corruption excuse Democratic corruption again, Ryan C? Just curious, because I'm not in either party so your "logic" of one cancels out the other does NOT fly with me. My greatest hope is to see everyone involved go to prison.

The fact that you refer to voter fraud as an "annoyance" and then dismiss it tells me everything I need to know about where you stand.

"I was not aware of ACORN's exiestence when Bush was president. I only became aware of them after so many of their paid employees committed fraud in this past election"

Almost as many Republican Congressman have been convicted of corruption (ie: taking bribes to sell out the public) in the last decade as ACORN employees of voter registration fraud.

ACORN voter registration fraud involved submitting fake names for registration lists.

An annoyance to be sure but hardly the threat to elections that FoxNews portrayed it as.

This story of voter registration which actually deprived people of their right to vote was not covered by FoxNews...I wonder why

The owner of a firm that the California Republican Party hired to register tens of thousands of voters this year was arrested in Ontario over the weekend on suspicion of voter registration fraud.

State and local investigators allege that Mark Jacoby fraudulently registered himself to vote at a childhood California address where he no longer lives so he would appear to meet the legal requirement that all signature gatherers be eligible to vote in California. His firm, Young Political Majors, or YPM, collects petition signatures and registers voters in California and other states.

Jacoby's arrest by state investigators and the Ontario Police Department late Saturday came after dozens of voters said they were duped into registering as Republicans by people employed by YPM. The voters said YPM workers tricked them by saying they were signing a petition to toughen penalties against child molesters.

Tapper your funny sometimes but hey your human. I don't think this story is earth shattering but because we are fans we will read it.

Here is some one liners I found online to help you out on a slow news day. Think of them as a Hail Mary Passes to help you out.

Our offensive line was so good that even our backs couldn't get through it.

Football is a game of inches, and that's how some teams move the ball.

Our linebacker is so strong he can pitch horseshoes while they're still on the horse.

We play in a dome stadium. We always prefer to kick with the air-conditioning at our backs.

He's so huge, instead of a number he should have a license plate.

The coach was marching on the field alongside the band. A majorette threw her baton in the air and then dropped it. A fan yelled, "Hey, I see you coach the band, too."

Football is a game when 22 big, strong players run around like crazy for two hours while 50,000 people who really need the exercise sit in the stands and watch them.

"try the truth" - I was not aware of ACORN's exiestence when Bush was president. I only became aware of them after so many of their paid employees committed fraud in this past election. (though there are people who comment here for a living who probably see things differently)

During the Bush era, ACORN's current place of shame and disgust was held by Katherine Harris and the Florida Supreme Court.