Coach Condemns Obama School Speech for Lack of Football Analogies & Vince Lombardi Quotes

[panzerfaust]

...{Coach} Bryant did acknowledge he appreciated President Obama’s reference to coaches as mentors, but seemed confused why he wouldn’t have specified “football coaches.” ... “how you can give an inspirational speech without quoting Vince Lombardi?”

http://www.texascockroach.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=243:coach-bryant-condemns-obama-speech-to-schoolchildren-for-lack-of-football-analogies-or-vince-lombardi-quotes&catid=74:armadillos-football&Itemid=167

[spanone]

1. go back and teach shop class, coach

[Democracyinkind]

3. and keep out of that darn history class!

When I moved back to Europe as a teen, I couldn't believe that my left behind friends were being thaught history by a football coatch. Always seemed wrong to me, and to this day, whenever I encounter this astonishing historic amnesia in America I go like .. "oh well, that's what you get when coaches teach history." Honestly, I think it would be healthier the other way around. History teachers should coach football.

Strange country this is.

[SIMPLYB1980]

2. Is this for real?

Or something like the Onion.

[panzerfaust]

5. We distort, you decide ...

[SalmonChantedEvening]

4. This kind of stupid is more painful than licking a hot waffle iron.

:banghead:

[imdjh]

6. Well there is a silver lining.

There is something wonderful about being able to listen to a speech without cringing because some piece of shit like Bush is making numerous sports banalogies.

[liberal N proud]

7. He must have played football without a helmet a few times

Not everyone has football on the brain.

[Buzz Clik]

8. Onion lite?

It's pretty funny.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

9. Up here in Wisconsin, that's a legitimate complaint...

People use Vince Lombardi quotes when writing their own wedding vows...

[Pangolin2]

10. Do they serve cheesecake at the receptions?

:rofl:

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

11. Actually, it's in lieu of communion wafers

And the bride always wears green and gold.

[Pangolin2]

12. They quit giving out party favres though..l.right?

:evilgrin:

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

16. Uhh. Yeah. That's pretty much over in this neck of the woods!

Long Live Prince Aaron!

[ensho]

13. lol poor coach booby

nt

[Javaman]

14. Well, I know that the President is a big Star Trek fan and I'm insulted

that he didn't make any references to that!!!

:banghead:

teh stupid, it burns!!!

[Posteritatis]

15. Holy satire recognition failure, DU! (nt)

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

17. Don't blame DU

The Republican success at self-satire has become so great that nobody can tell the difference anymore.

[Posteritatis]

19. Funny; I could. (nt)

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

21. Good for you...

But think of the number of times you've reacted with the phrase, "Oh, you've GOT to be kidding" when confronted with some over-the-top Republican lie or instance of craven hypocrisy. Think of the jaw-dropping whipsaws in moral outrage from Clinton (OUTRAGE) to Bush (Meh) to Obama (OUTRAGE) on the same topic.

Then there's the guy at the town hall meeting who demands that the government "keep its hands off my Medicare."

In all seriousness, how are we supposed to readily spot somebody doing a parody of Republican hypocrisy and the real thing is so outlandish?

[Toasterlad]

18. Seriously. The Responses To This Hilarious Article Are Alarming.

[PVnRT]

20. Do the people responding here know that the word "gullible" isn't in the dictionary?

[omega minimo]

22. I love The Onion

[panzerfaust]

23. So do I, but Onion NOT

Is from (as noted in the original link) "Texas Cockroach"

Which is to the right of the Onion, but not so far right as to not understand and appreciate satire.

[omega minimo]

24. Sadly, it almost defies satire.

And you don't "get" that my post was satiric, so don't be lecturing.