Redskins Is Such An Ugly Name, Says Obama!

The president thinks Washington's NFL team The Redskin are in need of a makeover!

The conservatives hate the president so much, anything he says will certainly drive them nuts.

And tonight, here's another one to grab them an ounce of outrage. The NFL's Washington Redskins.

The NFC (National Football Conference) team is under huge pressure from Native American/First Nation groups about the labeling of the team.

Activists claim that the team and mascot represents a negative stereotype upon the Native American culture and some are even go as far to suing the team for a name change.

But for the owner Dan Synder, it's basically going to be the namesake as long as he owns the team.

Well you know that President Barack Obama is big fan of basketball and football. So as the leader of the nation and avid sports watcher, he had an opinion to the controversy.

He stated that if he owned the Washington Redskins, he would "think about changing" the team name, wading into the controversy over a football nickname that many people deem offensive to Native Americans.

The Associated Press had access to the president and he told it like it is!

The presidet said that team names like the Redskins offend "a sizable group of people." He said that while fans get attached to the nicknames, nostalgia may not be a good enough reason to keep them in place.

Team quarterback Robert Griffin III (aka RG III).

"I don't know whether our attachment to a particular name should override the real legitimate concerns that people have about these things," he said in the interview, which was conducted Friday.

Obama said he doesn't think Washington football fans are purposely trying to offend American Indians. "I don't want to detract from the wonderful Redskins fans that are here. They love their team and rightly so," he said.

But the president appeared to come down on the side of those who have sharply criticized the football team's name, noting that Indians "feel pretty strongly" about mascots and team names that depict negative stereotypes about their heritage.

Other professional sports teams have Indian nicknames, including football's Kansas City Chiefs and baseball's Atlanta Braves and Cleveland Indians.

Numerous colleges and universities have changed names that reference Native Americans. St. John's changed its mascot from the Redmen to the Red Storm, Marquette is now the Golden Eagles instead of the Warriors and Stanford switched from the Indians to the Cardinal.

The Redskins' nickname has attracted a fresh round of controversy in recent months, with local leaders in Washington calling for a name change and some media outlets refraining from using the name. The name is the subject of a long-running legal challenge from a group of American Indians seeking to block the team from having federal trademark protection.

Congressional lawmakers have introduced a bill seeking the same goal, though it appears unlikely to pass.

Opponents of the Redskins nickname also plan to hold a protest Monday outside the NFL's fall meeting in Washington.

In 2013, President Barack Obama hosted the Superbowl champions the Baltimore Ravens.

Despite the controversy, an AP-GfK poll conducted in April showed that nationally, "Redskins" still enjoys wide support. Nearly 4 in 5 Americans don't think the team should change its name, the survey found. Only 11 percent think it should be changed, while 8 percent weren't sure and 2 percent didn't answer.

Obama said he doesn't have a direct stake in the Redskins debate since he's not a team owner. But he hinted that might be part of his post-White House plans.

"Maybe after I leave the presidency," he joked. "I think it would be a lot of fun."

He added: "I'd probably look at a basketball team before I looked at a football team. I know more about basketball than I do about football."

Of course, will King Hippo, That Guy Who Throws Shit To The Wall or That Guy Who Helped Obama Win have their say to the matter. Of course they will!

They are so devoid of rational discussion, anything that President Barack Obama says, does, or even mention will merit some agitation from the racist right!