**Written by Doug Powers From Michelle Malkin website
The Humane Society endorsed Obama in 2008, but maybe the president knows this is becoming safer political territory on which to tread, because less than two weeks ago the president of the Humane Society said he’s open to Vick one day being allowed to own dogs again.From Sports Grid:
Obama, it seems, is squarely in the “credit Vick for making good on another chance” camp. King said last night that Obama called Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and commended him for giving Vick the second chance many ex-prisoners never receive. King reiterated that report in a later tweet:This is supposedly a “pat on the back” for an owner open to second chances, but here’s a wildly rhetorical question: Would this call have been made if Vick had been having a lousy season? I mean, should the success or failure of a second chance be judged solely by QB rating? Heck, would the call have been made if Lurie wasn’t such a big Democrat/Obama supporter? The “second chance” that might be at the back of Obama’s mind is the 2012 election.
Yes, Obama called Eagle owner Jeffrey Lurie to praise the Eagles for giving Vick a chance. Said too many prisoners never get fair 2d chance.
In any case, I have an uneasy suspicion that this could culminate in a shamelessly publicized (of course) “Alpo summit” at the White House to which Bo, if he’s smart, will send his regrets.
**Written by Doug Powers
Twitter @ThePowersThatBe
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James Greenidge
Queens NY’
Methinks not…
Waits 3-4 months to do diddly-squat about the gulf oil spill.
Within a 3-4 DAYS he makes a statement about a psychopath getting rehired.
We can see where his priorities lie.
Mesure
“would the call have been made if Vick was white?
Mesurenot
We’re the racists though…
Wonder what Best Friends Animal Sanctuary thinks about this. They, and others went to court to save the Vick dogs from being put down. Since then they’ve rehabilitated and in the very least saved them.
To be judgmental:
Vick, OJ, Micheal Jackson – treated the same way by many who only see one thing.
What’s to forgive?
So, in a way, Obama is asking the public for a second chance, offering up Vick as an example of what happens when one gets that chance.
Ain’t gonna happen, pal!
http://nation.foxnews.com/barack-obama/2010/12/26/marines-son-sticks-his-tongue-out-president
L
Something most liberals just don’t get.
/sarc off
I hate it that BHO gets away with this stuff.
You don’t have to like him, and his team IS keeping him on a rather short leash as it were, but there’s no reason to prevent the man from practicing his profession.
Vick MAY be one of the few prison actually helped. He’s certainly a more focused player now, and his work ethic has improved tremendously.
He’s bankrupt, he’s a pariah and he MAY have finally gotten his head on straight.
And, politically incorrect as this might be,would the call have been made if Vick was white? (there, I said it!)
Methinks not…
Beat me to it Robhic.. and the answer to your question is…. absolutley not.
What bothers me is Obama’s need to inject himself into every issue on the planet. He declared himself an expert on the Cambridge, Ma. police department and decided the issue needed his divine intervention. He declared himself the moral arbiter of whether there should be a mosque at Ground Zero. He decided there should be one, in his mind ending the debate. He shows up at NFL games, college BB games, makes phone calls to steal the limelight after the UConn ladies break a record, there is no end to his hogging the spotlight. And in Obama’s mind, his intervention in earthly matters is akin to heavenly intervention. And this is a man that on Sunday, the New York Times, via liberal prof Dalleck, said was so humble and modest that he did not need the spotlight.
that’s me–transparent.