FArting
Lopes Up!
Our new President has a jump shot. He wants to bring a playoff system to college football. He wants to put a basketball court in the White House. His speeches make the hair on my arms stand at attention. He's a very impressive, intelligent guy.
And he just made his first big mistake.
He's cheering for the Steelers, not the Cardinals.
"He's a Bears fan first, he admits that," Steelers owner Dan Rooney told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "But he's a Steelers' fan. He's said it, and all his staff, they're rooting for us (in the Super Bowl)."
This is a missed opportunity. President Obama's administration is built on hope and change and renewal. Same with the Cardinals. He wants to lift a country out of the darkness, and into the light. And that's exactly what's happening with the Cardinals.
This man and this team are made for each other. In fact, the election of an African-American to the highest office in the land and the emergence of the Cardinals as a Super Bowl contender have been frequently linked together to illustrate the dawning of a great new era in the U.S.A., a new day when anything is possible.
He's proof, and so are the Cardinals.
Instead, President Obama is supporting the established power, the old-guard owner who campaigned hard for his election. He is favoring the prosperous over the down-trodden, the heavyweight over the underdog.
That's the very opposite of his mission statement. When it comes to the Super Bowl, his choice of teams is in stark contrast to the sworn beliefs that will shape his administration. He's favoring the rich over the poor, the bullies over the Birds. And it's something the Cardinals should remember when they become the first athletic team to visit his White House.
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