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A group of anti-Obama Facebook groups are planning to fly an Impeach Obama Banner over this years Super Bowl.
The groups, Impeach Obama Tea Party, Stop Obama Now-San Diego, and Boycott Oprah, say they recently flew the banner over the Rose Bowl Parade Jan. 2.
Whether they can actually achieve their next goal is unclear to me. I assume, given the potential for terrorism, there are serious overflight restrictions with respect to the Super Bowl.
The game will be played February 5 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
Short of the Super Bowl, the groups plan to do Impeach Obama banner flyovers of various cities and other sporting events. They are also be considering expanding their purview with an Impeach Obama/Holder banner, adding Attorney General Eric Holder into the mix.
It looks like they plan to continue flying the banners over the next year.
Or, I suppose, until Obama is impeached.
and all the responses loved it..... D*MN.
http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2012/01/06/groups-fly-impeach-obama-banner-super-bowl/
Charlemagne
(576 posts)well worth the cost. I mean, doing so will certainly cause a political movement. Its not like the money could be used to do any else constructive.
Ecumenist
(6,086 posts)Saying it's because he's black? Because that's what it comes down to.
Charlemagne
(576 posts)He did something illegal or violated the constitution. They so badly want it to be true, they believe it is.
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)Charlemagne
(576 posts)the hatred of him. He would be a very popular president with them if he had an R by his name.
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)hay rick
(7,495 posts)He's black and he's a Democrat. When Bush did the same things he was a hero.
abelenkpe
(9,933 posts)You're soooooo right. If he had a R by his name they'd be busy defending his every move.
FarLeftFist
(6,161 posts)gregtownsand
(43 posts)What statute has Obama violated to be impeached?
LTR
(13,227 posts)Let em waste their money!
ProgressiveProfessor
(22,144 posts)Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)This is the stadium:
Sure, the roof can open up, but it won't be open for the Super Bowl.
hahahaha, FAIL
a kennedy
(29,406 posts)thanks for reminding me of this.
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)It's a retractable roof...is the weather is good, it'll be open.
caraher
(6,276 posts)In the last 15 years on Feb 5 in Indy, the high exceeded 42 degrees just 3 times. The last time there were actually thunderstorms that day (the high was 65!), which would certainly close the roof. The other two times there was fog and a trace of rain.
jorno67
(1,986 posts)but still possible.
rufus dog
(8,419 posts)If it was 75 degrees, maybe, even then it would cause people to complain that they paid big money and don't want the sun in thier eyes. I have been to AZ Cardinal games when it was 75 degrees and they kept the roof closed, and that wasn't the Super Bowl.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)the bat-shit crazy brigade. They're always good for laugh.
SG
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)the air space on the other hand may be completely off limits.
Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)think
(11,641 posts)southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)Puzzler
(2,505 posts)MineralMan
(146,116 posts)Did anyone check the spelling?
virgogal
(10,178 posts)Last edited Fri Jan 6, 2012, 11:46 PM - Edit history (1)
gkhouston
(21,642 posts)They were crushed when someone told them "Surrender Dorothy" has already been done.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Pretty fucking funny.
liberal N proud
(60,289 posts)The only one who will see it are those tailgating and not going in the stadium.
jorno67
(1,986 posts)so if the weather is good...it'll be open.
Brigid
(17,621 posts)In Indiana? Obviously you don't live here.
I actually looked it up - at most, |twice (1999, 2005) in the last 15 years would the weather have been good enough to open the roof per NFL rules on Feb. 5 in Indianapolis.
http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KIND/1972/2/5/PlannerHistory.html?req_city=Indianapolis
jorno67
(1,986 posts)I'm 100 miles west of Indy and it was 61 degrees today.
do you not believe in global warming?
jorno67
(1,986 posts)Seems like a nice day to me...
Son of Gob
(1,502 posts)jorno67
(1,986 posts)I don't think we (the good people of DU) should be dismissing the effects of climate change. So far this is the 2nd warmest winter recorded in US history.
Son of Gob
(1,502 posts)In that case, I agree.
liberal N proud
(60,289 posts)boxman15
(1,033 posts)I don't care, but Lucas Oil Stadium is a domed stadium. Nobody except drunk tailgaters outside will see it.
Unfuckingbelievable. If it was Bush, they'd be freaking out. HOW DARE YOU FLY A BANNER AGAINST OUR COMMANDER IN CHIEF DURING A TIME OF WAR?!?!?!
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Unfortunately for them, the stadium was covered. It was on the news (not the sign....just the info about the snafu).
Too funny. Not the brightest bulbs in the pack, I guess.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,070 posts)covering the airspace over and around major sports events. Usually these cover a 3-nautical-mile radius around the event up to 3,000 feet above the ground.
So they can fly their banner 3 miles away from the event, up high enough where nobody can read it.
aaaaaa5a
(4,667 posts)Plus, the NFL is big business. The airspace is considered valuable commercial space. Just ask Good-Year and their blimp.
Trust me, this will never see the light of day.
GoCubsGo
(32,053 posts)I can only imagine what all those black football players on the field would do and say about it.
aaaaaa5a
(4,667 posts)There are a lot of whites who support Obama too. In 2008 he received a higher percentage of the white vote than Kerry 04, Gore 00, Clinton 96 and Clinton 92.
Bob Craft who is the Patriots owner has contributed to several democratic candidates (which isn't surprising being from New England). In addition, I can't prove this, but it wouldn't surprise me if QB Tom Brady were a democrat. He was born in San Francisco. He is building a home in California. He is married to a brazilian model. And from a race standpoint, one of Tom Brady's sisters has a bi-racial (half black/white) child.
GoCubsGo
(32,053 posts)The main reason I suggested that was because the main reason the teabaggers want to impeach him is because he's black, whether or not they want to admit that. One would think attacks on a black President would hit home a lot harder on the black players.
Major Nikon
(36,814 posts)Bluerthanblue
(13,669 posts)let them waste their "hard earned money" like this. They're the losers.
Obamacare
(277 posts)Generic Brad
(14,268 posts)If a banner flies over a domed stadium and no one inside can see it to read it, does anyone get the message?
kaiden
(1,314 posts)Worthless. Stupid.