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By Travis Gettys
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 11:25 EST
Conservative columnist Steve Deace descended into self-parody by complaining that the Obama administration had somehow used the first openly gay NFL prospect to distract from Benghazi.
University of Missouri defensive lineman Michael Sam publicly announced last month that he was gay in advance of the scouting events that precede the annual NFL draft.
Although Sam failed to impress pro scouts last week during the annual combine in Indianapolis, Deace sensed political not historic motives for sportswriters covering the event.
The leftist medias latest contrived attempt to distract the American people from the daily failures of the president who they cover for daily, Deace said in a Washington Times column published Monday. Mr. Sam generated headlines from shills and wannabes who just couldnt get enough of the first openly gay football player.
The columnist, who is also the author of Rules for Patriots: How Conservatives Can Win Again, complained that these same NFL beat writers have been trying to kill football the past two years because its too dangerous.
Now they cant wait to rally around the rainbow flag, Deace said. And they wonder why their credibility is about as low as that of Congress.
President Barack Obama expressed support for Sam during an interview he gave with former NBA star Charles Barkley before the pro leagues All-Star Game, which Deace saw as an intentional distraction.
Not to be outdone, a flailing president who seemingly has no time to give answers to the families of four dead Americans at Benghazi, or the millions he broke a promise to that they could keep their current health insurance if they liked it, couldnt wait to jump on Mr. Sams bandwagon, Deace said.
Journeyman center Jason Collins became the NBAs first openly gay player last week, months after announcing his status, and several former pro athletes have also announced they were gay once their athletic careers were over.
As the media fawned and genuflected to Mr. Sam simply because hes another star homosexual athlete, there was no time for serious questions about what this paradigm change means for the NFL or American culture at large, Deace sneered. No time for debate. No time for a difference of opinion.
The columnist wondered whether Sams prospective teammates should feel comfortable with him in the locker room and shower, although his former teammates and roommate have said they knew the player was gay and had no problems with him.
If youre making the case we should undo the moral foundations of Western civilization and rewrite the Constitution to make way for your beliefs, shouldnt you have to answer these sorts of questions first? Deace asked.
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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/04/conservative-columnist-obama-using-gay-nfl-prospect-michael-sam-to-distract-from-benghazi/
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shenmue
(38,506 posts)Ay ay ay.
Squinch
(50,949 posts)MindMover
(5,016 posts)sakabatou
(42,148 posts)Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,174 posts)No such luck.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,922 posts)You can make a drinking game out of the right's obsession with Benghazi.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,308 posts)It's going to take a lot of punishment if you keep drinking as long as the right Remember Benghazi. I think it will outlast The Alamo for them.
3catwoman3
(23,973 posts)...was a result of Benghazi too, right? (Jesus H Christ on the cross - this is so pathetic)