I don’t respect and don’t agree with Tim Thomas’ political views — they’re extreme right-wing, racist, goober-shit.
What I am surprised at is all of the supposed rugged-individualist Americans screaming at him that he has to tug his forelock to The Man, and being all horrified that he actually USED his First Amendment Freedom of Speech to register his (wrong-headed and misinformed) disagreement with the Chief Executive.
And Keef, I completely sympathize with your feelings about visiting G W Bush — what an opportunity that would have been. (Perhaps all you would have had to smuggle in was a pretzel and couple of beers, at that, and let Nature and Dubya take its course.)
I’m torn on this (hell, I’m from Vancouver, technically I was torn apart by Tim Thomas and his act in June). Like you, I had envisioned what would have happened back in the day if I were every invited in a situation where my team had won (I may been the athletic trainer for all that all of you know in this scenario, don’t judge) and if I had been asked to visit GW with the team, I could angrily stomp away and make the political statement that I wouldn’t ever meet this monster. But I think I woulda sucked it and gone, WITH MY TEAM.
In a similar vein I recall an Indianapolis 500 winner co team owner declining to accept an invite to the Bush (II) White House. His name was David Letterman. And I think he did it quietly and without much fuss. And I might have too. In his shoes.
I wonder how his teammates felt about him putting himself before the cup.
Nobody puts the cup in a corner. Basic decorum failure by Timmy, for sure.
I don’t respect and don’t agree with Tim Thomas’ political views — they’re extreme right-wing, racist, goober-shit.
What I am surprised at is all of the supposed rugged-individualist Americans screaming at him that he has to tug his forelock to The Man, and being all horrified that he actually USED his First Amendment Freedom of Speech to register his (wrong-headed and misinformed) disagreement with the Chief Executive.
And Keef, I completely sympathize with your feelings about visiting G W Bush — what an opportunity that would have been. (Perhaps all you would have had to smuggle in was a pretzel and couple of beers, at that, and let Nature and Dubya take its course.)
I’m torn on this (hell, I’m from Vancouver, technically I was torn apart by Tim Thomas and his act in June). Like you, I had envisioned what would have happened back in the day if I were every invited in a situation where my team had won (I may been the athletic trainer for all that all of you know in this scenario, don’t judge) and if I had been asked to visit GW with the team, I could angrily stomp away and make the political statement that I wouldn’t ever meet this monster. But I think I woulda sucked it and gone, WITH MY TEAM.
In a similar vein I recall an Indianapolis 500 winner co team owner declining to accept an invite to the Bush (II) White House. His name was David Letterman. And I think he did it quietly and without much fuss. And I might have too. In his shoes.