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This whole thing deserves a .. Lighten up, Francis |
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His body language, more than his words, influenced me into thinking he was ridiculing the thought of patriotism. Perhaps his smarmy grin was supposed to be ironic but I thought it was belittling.
Also, I’m not certain that a career in sports automatically qualifies one as a staunch American. e.g. |
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Conservative blogopshere: Burn them witches.
Q: Wait guys! Hold your fire! He’s a Republican! Look at the donations!
Conservative blogosphere: Liberal! Media! Burn! Witches!
Q: This man is a football hero! Football heroes are never anti-american!
CB: BURN THE AMERICA HATERS!
Both comedy and tragedy.
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I also saw that part of the interview. The criticism is unwarranted. I agree.
It was a leading question to allow Kobe Bryant to look good.
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Anyone that has watched Collinsworth doing interviews of NFL players knows his style, the "smarmy grin" is pretty much his norm. He’s not a journalist, its probably his best effort he can muster...
Apparently not many football fans on the right side of the blogosphere. |
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"Conservative blogopshere: Burn them witches."
Of course nothing like that ever, ever happens on the other end of the spectrum. Jumping to conclusions or seeing what you want to see is a fairly common human failing and we all know that those on the left are above all that. ’No peccadillos (not to be confused with armadillos) on the left’, so to speak. |
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timactual,
they actually believe that as a given fact.
It will require <sarcasm> tags if you wish any on the Left to know how you meant it.
As if they’d take it to heart, anyhow. |
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At worst, Collingsworth might be accused of falling for the conventional wisdom that the rest of the world hates America. But yeah, it was probably intended as a softball question. |
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Of course it was a puff question. And frankly, a large segment of glasnosts’ crew probably does agree with the assertion that patriotism isn’t cool. So I really don’t need to hear from any of the blame america first crowd thank you very much |
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Exactly right. |
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I’m with you on this one Mike.
I saw the exchange, and frankly, I’m not convinced the man was doing anything more than drawing Kobe out. That said, Kobe handled himself very well indeed, with it. I’m impressed with Bryant in a way I never thought I would be. |
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I saw it live and yeah, it never occurred to me that it showed any lack of patriotism on Collinsworth’s part. In fact, not only was it a softball, but I took it as Collinsworth making a point about how some people today don’t view it as cool. With Kobe, a highly intelligent, multilingual, black man who has lived much of his life overseas, being the perfect person to lob that softball at. It cuts against several stereotypes.
Glasnost,
Uh, given your defense of the great left wing "witchburner" who does just this kind of thing on a regular basis, with just as tortured a rationale, I find your little ditty amusingly ironic;^) |
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I saw it live as well, and I thought Collinsworth was setting the question up for Bryant to take on the old canard of "patriotism isn’t cool". I never once thought that Collinsworth was saying it isn’t cool himself. So yeah, I think he’s being unfairly slammed. |
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What the hell? To get upset about that question is the definition of "uncool", because it is pretty obvious that if Colinsworth actually meant this as an antiAmerican sentiment (as opposed to the obvious leading question that it is), he wouldn’t have taken the tack of asking Kobe about getting his first USA jersey in the first place. He’d instead have asked him how cool it is to meet and play against people from more "enlightened" nations in Europe and Asia.
Ms.U and the others Michael has linked need to review standard blogging procedures. Think first, then write. Proofread and think again before hitting "save".
Oh and Neo wins the thread with the very appropriate Stripes reference. |
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I think Mr. Collinsworth is just a happy, goofy kind of guy.
I did not take offense to his comment—I think he was asking a question a lot of people were wondering: Does a huge NBA star really care about being in the Olympics? I agree that he knew the kind of patriotic answer he would get, and it would make everyone watching feel good. Like, awwww, Kobe is proud to be an Olympian.
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Instapundit looked at the video and agrees that it was a softball question. |
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Add me to the list of those who thought it was a softball to Kobe. We watched it live and had the same discussion as we were watching. Secondly, I grew up in Cincy where Chris played for the Bungals and I’ve watched him in interviews as a player and commenatator and I think the idea that he thinks patriotism is uncool has no supporting evidence. He’s just kind of a goofball sometimes; like someone noted, that’s part of his style. |
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...then this is exactly the kind of saccharine backstory pablum fed to the viewers... GASP!!! Michael W. thinks patriotism is nothing but saccharine pablum.
He’s a witch. Burn him!!! |
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If Collinsworth was misunderstood, then why not come out and explain. And apologize to all of us americans who don’t feel like him.
I say he should be fired! Or his producer. Whoever came up with the stupid questioning line. |
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Are you kidding me? Collinsworth is a patriot (conservitive).The far left of this country are not patriots(Obama),and so Cris’s question goes right to the point.Which NBC (far left) totally missed.So this guy is no dumb jock. Slam dunk! |
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I think Michael IW , whoever you are, have it exactly wrong.
After watching the video, I noticed his body language and it simply screams his mockery.
Collinsworth is a guy that learned how to take a hit and catch a football. Big deal. Many people don’t even remember he played in the NFL. As a commentator , mostly for the NFL, he’s always come of as a snotty elitist...which I totally believe he is.
I’ve never liked him and now I hate him. I believe he deserves an apology to the American people (at least the one’s that actually love this country) and should be sacked anyway.
As for contributing to the Republican Party...who cares? The guy’s got tons of dough! Maybe he hated Kerry? Now the Republican nominee is JOHN McCAIN??? Exactly my point. I could care less who’s got a D or R next to their name. It’s a political game with you having a choice between tweedle-dee and dum.
I am a registered Republican. But, more than that, I am a Conservative American. As Reagan said :
"I didn’t leave my party, my party left me."
Thoughts for your consideration,
JB
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Here’s a great quote from NBA/fanhouse :
Sue me if you think it’s worth it.
"Note to Collinsworth: it’s the Olympics, dude. Athletes are representing their country against athletes from other countries around the world. Of course it’s cool to be patriotic and say what an honor it is. I don’t know if Collinsworth meant the question to be a legitimate one in the context of our country’s current political climate, or if he was just looking to catch Kobe saying something controversial. But either way, Kobe’s answer left Collinsworth looking like an unpatriotic, self-loathing American. Probably not the qualities that NBC was looking for from one of its Olympic broadcasters."
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