Why is this a big deal?  Laura Bush had to cancel her poetry reading because several poets refused to show up. 

For a reminder:  http://weaselzippers.us/2011/05/10/flashback-laura-bush-forced-to-cancel-white-house-poetry-event-after-leftists-freak-out/

I guess liberals don’t like when they are treated the same way they treat others. Except it could be possible that they did actually have a schedule conflict. At least they didn’t use the invitation to bash the President. That behavior is reserved for liberals. But again, it’s ok when libs do it, just don’t do it to them.

I remember when Bush was in office he got snubbed by the Hollywood group many times…. I even remember Janeane Garofalo and other actors saying if Bush won the election they would move to Canada! 

Can’t a “scheduling conflict” just be a polite way of saying no. And whats wrong with that. Does the weak media in this country have to whine about everything when it comes to this President.

He’d probably turn it into a photo op anyways, ya know, the same way he tried to turn the visit to the military medical center at Ramstein air base a photo op.

Ahh, if only our President could be held to the same standards as these nascar drivers!

I know, it is annoying.  Along with the “yEAH, I SAID IT” comment in this post.  It’s like you have to have the maturity of a 10 year old to work in the media.  I guess an actual adult would not happy working with these kids. 

Making mountains out of molehills again I see.

next thing you know Rachel and Big Ed will be referencing this article and claiming the five racists.  Is that why you wrote this?  Working hand in glove with MSNBC to create a scandal where none exists?

Geeze  Can we stop with the racism inuendos.  They don’t want to be used as photo ops, and I don’t blame them.  This zero is a Big ZERO, a loser.  His connection to the now-bankrupt solar company should be headlined here, not this non-story.  Whats up with that?

Janeane never said that. 

Honestly? Comparing it to Jesse Owns and Hitler? Give me a break.. just because it’s a Southern sport does NOT mean this has anything to do with racism.

No, no, no I want them to keep up the racist comments.  The public is tiring of it – especially 20-somethings.  They use it as a punch line.  It’s a joke to them.  Just ask one of them.

obama keeps getting owned like a lil bitch and you say hes “the most powerful man on the planet”? he couldnt even book the room he wanted hahahahahaha

Carl Edwards is an Obama fanatic, so there’s no snub at least from him.  These guys usually have more class than that.  Of course most administrations usually have more class than this…

you know who else snubbed jesse owens…….FDR

The real question is why has Obama’s Justice Department been snubbing investigations into Operation Fast and Furious?

Not only did we find out that there was an attempt at a cover up today, now the LA Times obtained emails showing that National Security officials had known about it as well:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-atf-guns-20110902,0,7480365.story?track=rss 

I’m sure if you were to ask the liberal genius who wrote this idiotic piece, he would tell you anyone could do what these guys do.  Liberals are far too seperated from reality to be taken seriously, especially when it comes to anything they don’t like, like stock car racers, or someone not wanting to meet “President Downgrade”. OH THE HORROR!!!!! 

It should be noted that i’m not a NASCAR fan at all. I am however, someone who has no interest in meeting this lousy, good for nothing schmuck of a “president”.

Obama=Hitler (but look I am joking). You’re a dick.

Now now Turk, that is REAL news, not made up conspriacy stuff that is found here.  It is much more important to impune NASCAR drivers based on nothing,nada, zilch, zero than it is to criticize or put out some factual information on the biggest scandal in a long long time.  The cover-up regarding F&F will come out next year now, when it is too late for the media to make up excuses for it.  They have spiked the story so long, they think thay can continue to do so.  When the LATimes starts talking about it though…..the lamestreamers can’t be too far behind.

 Really the only differences between this story and that one is that that one involved Hitler and track and field is a real sport.

Please, give us some more of your vast sporting expertise and wisdom.  Since when did snarky commenting and mangled grammar qualify someone as a sports expert?

(I include the vast majority of sports media).

I agree with you that many people are tiring of the knee jerk racist allegations that our libtard friends bless us with on a constant basis, but I think it’s mostly the 20-somethings who still buy into that garbage. All that’s left are the stupid college kids and pretty much 80-90% of the black community. everyone else just rolls their eyes at this point.

But not only her but also I remember Alex Baldwin and Barbra Steisand saying it!  I Even like Alex Baldwin so I am glad he didnt leave.

It’s not really a “southern sport” anymore. They have tracks all over the country.  The best drivers these days come from Vegas and California. It’s not nearly as “redneck” as the narrow minded bigots on the left would like you to think.

Nice slanted story…
 
The Champion is showing up – Jimmy Johnson.   
The others are not “Champions”, they were all in the running.   
 
 
 

Yes, truly shocking isn’t it? This story had Obama’s grape jelly stained fingerprints all over it from day 1.

What’s even more shocking is that the media would do it’s best to completely avoid the issue alltogether, and that mediaite would avoid it as well. Zara? Tommy??? Jon???? None of you have the guts to call attention to this story, huh? Pathetic

Nascar=Rednecks
Rednecks=Republicans
Republicans=Party of NO

Nascar drivers make a living out of turning left…can’t blame them for not wanting to make this turn. 
Gentlemen, start your engines and turn right!!

You might be right. But I would ask any 20-something on this site if they or their friends don’t use, “that’s racist” all the time as a joke. I have nieces and nephews who say this as a joke, along with their friends. I also have co-workers who have used this as a joke. Maybe it’s just the people I know, but they don’t seem to take racist allegations seriously. Which is sad, because racism does still occur in our society and needs to be addressed head-on when it raises it’s ugly head. Only problem is, people just roll their eyes and don’t pay attention.

I grew up in the 80′s and we weren’t unindated with nonsense about being subconsciously racist all the time. So when racist allegations have been made, I would pay attention. I am now becoming immune to it.

We elected a President, not a King. If they don’t want to go, they don’t want to go. A “scheduling conflict” seems like a graceful way of saying that. I honestly don’t remember all these calls for reverence for Bush or Clinton. 

Perhaps they’ve been there before. Perhaps they don’t need to do it again. Perhaps they don’t like the guy. Perhaps they want to spend time with their family. How is this any of our business? Why are people trying to create trouble that is simply not calling out for it?

I seen old number 24 car done decided to show . Tell King Obama you ain’t never gonna race a Chevy Volt . No way . You ain’t driving a hybrid till Michael Moore drives a SmartCar .

it ALL has to do with racism according to the lefty loons.

It is not a sport, period.

If NASCAR is a sport, so is commenting at Mediaite.

Of course the NASCAR drivers won’t meet with Obama. Why would NASCAR drivers alienate their racist, ignorant, redneck, inbred, uneducated, trailer trash fan base by meeting with what they perceive to be a socialist Kenyan president that’s also a secret Muslim?

Regarding NASCAR, I keep waiting for a “1955 Le Mans disaster.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_Le_Mans_disaster

LOL @ “it’s not nearly as redneck”. But you still can’t deny that it is redneck.

If NASCAR is a sport, then so is taking a shit.

Some of us enjoy the racing.  We don’t wait and watch for wrecks.

Ahhh NASCAR. The “sport” favored by the most classless, white trash, obnoxious, creepy, racists in America today. Apparently the drivers are no better than the slack-jawed trailer park dwellers who sit in the stands cheering them on. F#!k these five jerks.

Yeah, that’s great to hope that NASCAR fans will die.

Sick fuck. Your mother must be proud.

But did they?

Heather=Bigot

Hey, this is easy!

I don’t know about it being about “This President”.  See, nobody made it about “This President” other than these guys who turned him down.  It wasn’t a political thing until THEY made it a political thing.  And if THEY make it into a political thing, why the hell can’t it be reported on.  Don’t tell me that if you had a chance to meet the president on a non-political event, you wouldn’t appear.  Of course you would, because nobody would care if you didn’t…unlike these guys.

“Really the only differences between this story and that one is that
that one involved Hitler and track and field is a real sport.
YEAH, I SAID IT!”

Bowling is more of a sport that NASCAR.
Lawn Darts is more of a sport than NASCAR
Horseshoes is more of a sport than NASCAR

Even Formula 1 is more of a sport than NASCAR!

It’s good you weren’t smart enough it to be a “stupid college kid”.

Tina, “Rachel and Big Ed…claiming the five racists”.”Geeze can we stop with the racism inuendos”.
Only one making that claim is you Tina. Check out the history of Jesse Owens and Hitler, these guys may have a legitimate excuse for not showing at the WH but truth be told they are probably Republicans and don’t want to be used in a photo op.
Tina don’t try and interject a racism claim into a story where there was none.

The real question is why would the White House even attempt to legitamize something like NASCAR.

This isn’t a big deal at all. Maybe they wish the president would spend more time fixing the country than pandering for “NASCAR dad” votes. Carl Edwards is even on the president’s Fitness Council, so that stings doubly. Also the drivers have to go long distances each week; maybe they didn’t want to pay to fly to DC for no reason or have the taxpayers pay for it. Pretty sound reasoning on their part.

You don’t get out much, do you?

And another athlete that chose not to attend the president’s ceremony was Pit. Steeler LB James Harrison. Coincidence?

If Obama wanted Nascar drivers to show up he should have invited them to appear in their off season, not DURING the season. I’m guessing from your tone that Mediaite editorial meetings must be fairly inconsequential, but drivers not meeting their contractual obligations can have serious repercussions for both them and their racing team. Whoever schedules these things in the WH seems to have as little understanding of how Nascar works as you do. I’m not surprised at all.

I’ll bite.  Let’s hear your grand analogy in detail.

and I remember rush limbaugh saying he would leave if OBama won.  Wha happened?

All the no-shows are douchebags, so no big.

She taught me all I know!

At least my family tree branches out. NASCAR fans have family trees that do not branch out; they go straight up like a telephone pole!

Non-story made worse by Hitler reference.

At least I do not hate Black people or GLBT people.

I was not wishing for violence, I was just stating a fact.

Lot’s of things can happen on a daily basis.  Chance factors into everything in our lives.  It doesn’t mean that you run and hide from doing things that you enjoy just because “something” might happen.

 NASCAR fans have family trees that do not branch out; they go straight up like a telephone pole!

When all else fails, compartmentalize.  How original.

I wouldn’t waste my time meeting this ass-clown.  Yeah–”THERE I SAID IT”.

IT’S OBAMA STUPID libs, but then you already knew that or at least I hope you did.

I  know for a fact Fox News fan-favorite, Jesus-loving, brother of Alex, Stephen Baldwin, said on Fox news that he would leave the country if Obama won and he didn’t leave.

Good point Rance—the problem is that when the racism bell is rung over and over again—soon people no longer hear it and when it really should be heard, it will be ignored.   It is sad that our political discourse has devolved to the point where we use racism as a tool to gain power and political capital.  

Coincidence? Five NASCAR Drivers Snub White House Invitation

by Jon Bershad

Dude,, U need to get out of that smelly lefty propaganda filled basement.
Get a breath of fresh air.
So many BASH the Right articles day after day..The hate-foam is running
down your shirt.

Bowling is more of a sport that NASCAR.
Lawn Darts is more of a sport than NASCAR
Horseshoes is more of a sport than NASCAR
Shuffleboard is more of a sport than NASCAR

Here’s the upcoming NASCAR odds for Atlanta. Let’s see the book on bowling, lawn darts, horseshoes and shuffleboard. We do define sports these days by wagering, right?

I’ll give you Formula 1 in a slight edge but no open wheel drivers have successfully made the transition to NASCAR in the last 40 years. However, A J Foyt did a bit earlier.

Incidentally, is driving a race car a sport in your mind?

This doesn’t surprise me anymore than if some country music singers were to snub the white house.  Nascar fans are largely Tea Party Christians, who proudly wave their confederate flags.

Of course it is a non story. The writer doesn’t know the history of Jesse Owens and Hitler obviously, all he had to do was Google it. But I’m really confused by that reference and what it had to do with his story. Obama was trying to salute the NASCAR guys at the most not the other way around, and at the least was trying to endear himself to the NASCAR crowd. The writers snark about NASCAR not being a sport was even more moronic and just leads me to the conclusion he’s a Little Dick!

I can see the Left has much more interesting sports as exhibited (see link)
by one of their favorite pet constituent groups under theLeft Political umbrella like :

http://tinyurl.com/LeftWingSport

But the thing is, Nascar likes to tout how patriotic the teams, drivers and fans are. The services all stage flyovers at each race. (I know – they say it’s just regular training. But it’s really an advertisement for signing up, and it’s our dollars that get burned up by those jets!).
So, is it patriotic to stiff the president? We expect Hollywood to. Liberals generally HATE the president, as they often stand for everything we hate. But you can’t have it both ways. Either you’re patriotic and show up – or you’re disrespectful. And I’m sure most of the millionaire drivers, teams and fans HATE Obama.
If I received an invitation from the Bush whitehouse, I wouldn’t have gone. But if I was representing a sport or a sponsor, it would have been my job to be there. I’ll bet none of these drivers had a scheduling conflict when ‘necessary roughness’ called, looking for faces for a nascar episode!

OUCH, man. You must really have some nasty bowel movements! See a doctor, dude!
Get real – that’s not a video game they are playing! I’m guessing you don’t consider anything beyond the NBA and NFL as ‘sport’.

Fact: NASCAR drivers and fans support God and country so why would they want to see a loser like Obama?

Real sport. Jon, LOVE IT! The hell with them if they don’t want to show up. They won’t be missed!

Juan Pablo Montoya will be surprised to discover he is now some sort of redneck from the southern United States instead of South America. I understand Marcos Ambrose is from Down Under but he too is from a far different latitude then the writer of this little screed is. For those not in the know both of the aforementioned are drivers in NASCAR along with quite a few from the states of WI, WA, IL and all over the country. My favorite driver has a degree in engineering from Purdue University and drives the #39 US Army sponsored car.

You see, those NASCAR stereotypes just don’t hold water anymore. Maybe the writer ought to watch a race or attend one. He might be surprised to see who is working on the pit crews and in the garages. As far as diversity among drivers NASCAR is a very unforgiving sport and you aren’t going to earn a spot behind the wheel unless you have proven you can handle it. Split second decisions can mean the difference between life and death, literally. The race cars themselves are investments of millions of dollars and you aren’t going to be driving very long if you keep it home on the back of a wrecker. The greatest phrase I heard in this regard was someone who once said, “If you go out of bounds here it is a pretty safe bet you ain’t coming back.”

As far as the drivers that did take the invite, Jimmie Johnson is the reigning champion and Jeff Gordon is his teammate so they kinda, sorta, gotta go. The others, those going and not going, have all been there before so it falls in the category of “been there, done that” and yes some of them not going there this year did go last year.

Oh and Bebop as for their cameo roles in “Necessary Roughness” and “The Glades”, notice those scenes were filmed at the track and done in between their racing duties.

Ignorant much?

Greg Biffle, Kurt Busch, Carl Edwards, Kevin Harvick and Tony Stewart TRUE PATRIOTS.I don’t blame them it would not be very patriotic to go to the White House with a person who is hell bent on being the worst president sense jimmy Carters sorry peanut farming ass.

Just another run of the mill liberal bigot.

Hypocrisy is always easy with these clowns.

True.  NASCAR isn’t a real sport so why even think about recognizing them?  @Clever?  Learn to use a dictionary?

Nascar drivers are in better shape than baseball and football players. And smarter too.

Baseball players run 90 feet once a game if they are lucky. A 3 hour televised football game really only lasts about 15 12 minutes of actual playing.

And 4 of the remaining 7 are going to tell Obama to put his socialism where the son doesn’t shine when they meet him.

The good news is that means Richard Wolffe’s head will get some company in there.

And 4 of the remaining 7 are going to tell Obama to put his socialism where the sun doesn’t shine when they meet him.The good news is that means Richard Wolffe’s head will get some company in there.

What happened to the days when people respected the Office of the President even though they did not like who was in there? 

Your right lol, I guess it runs in their family! 
BTW off subject… Wound you think it would be alright If I described someone as a Mohammed-loving person as a insult ?  Would you call me a bigot? So why would you criticize someone because they are Christian? You know Christians donate more money for hunger and starvation in the world then any country or other religion. I dont see or hear about atheist donating to a better cause?

Last year this was held after the Richmond race, which is six weeks from now. Some drivers got caught out by the schedule change. Three of the five have since finagled it so they can attend. Gregg Biffle has a very big convention appearance for his sponsor, 3M, scheduled, with hundreds of employees showing up to get a picture with him. Tony Stewart’s conflict is unknown, but the fact that he’s running terrible this year may have made him more motivated to stay at the garage, working on his crap car. There’s no story here, and the author, and most of the commentors, have no effing clue what they’re talking about.

The Championship the President is honoring was decided in November 2010.

The new season started in Feburary.(3 months after the Championship was decided)

This is September 2011 (10 months after the championship was decided)

The President is doing this only for his photo op….

Liberal Mathematics:

If NASCAR is racist, and Toyota is in NASCAR, through the transitive property Toyota is racist.
Now I’m waiting for Liberals to give up their Priuses in protest until Toyota leaves NASCAR.

You can refer to me as a godless heathen if you wish.

And your point is?  You didn’t answer my question.

He left NYC!

Go Iggles!

You wouldn’t but the president of the United State of America would meet these ass-clown…..ass-clown.

We do define sports these days by wagering, right?

Wrong. Most people do not. So if no one places bets on a high school basketball game, the athletes involved were not participating in sports?

Gambling problem?

Incidentally, is driving a race car a sport in your mind?

Nope. it was just a dig at NASCAR. Formula 1 is superior to NASCAR.

Incidentally, is driving a race car a sport in your mind?

Nope. it was just a dig at NASCAR. Formula 1 is superior to NASCAR.

Only difference between taking a shit and NASCAR is that at something good comes out of taking a shit. Driving in LA during rush hour takes more skill than NASCAR (at least you turn right once in a while).

Ah, there’s yer trouble. The drivers going into that year’s Chase For The Championship – the lineup is established after Richmond – are usually invited to the White House. For some scheduling reason, the White House went early this year, so last year’s lineup was invited back. Tony Stewart has stated he doesn’t belong in this year’s Chase with the way he’s running, and probably feels lame going back to DC.

Wow Tony, looks like Heather described you a bit too well, huh?

True, NASCAR fans usually go to family reunions to get laid.

Just saw this:

http://dailycaller.com/2011/09/02/nascar-stars-say-no-disrespect-for-obama/

Just as I thought, it’s sponsor commitments that are keeping the drivers in question from visiting the WH. Another nothing story blown up all out of proportion before all the fact are known. Way to go, Mediaite!

Nor I you…

Holding a President of the United States to the standards of Nascar drivers..Now I have heard it all..WOW! That could be one of the all time dumbest statements I have ever heard..

Of course they are to you…. because they don’t agree with your  leftwing views… So you will try to convince others your smart and your not a douchebag by calling them names… I am sure your a winner!
This is the typical Bully loony left playbook… call them names or claim they are racist on everybody not like you!

Ask any redneck-hillbilly what their favorite sport (other than squirrel hunting) and they will say NASCAR… they should have never been invited to the White House in the first place!!

They can go get an invite to Fox News’ Huckabee show, where they belong!!

My definition of a sport is a game based in physical athleticism.
To count race car driving is to water down the meaning of sports and in essence making the term useless.

NASCAR drivers finally have a chance to see a black man & they get scared.

I do think that race driving is a sport as the drivers need incredible coordination, eye-hand, endurance,etc. BUT–Nascar drivers are in better shape than football players?? Man are you people freaking nuts..Did you ever play a sport?

Even if baseball players and football players only took a step throughout the game, it would still be more athletic than what they do on NASCAR.

“Hey look at me, I could turn left 500 times!”

Post of the day.

Kind of sounds like it. They are scardy cats.

You know a “sport” sucks when watching the participants crash, burn, & die is the only thing worth cheering about.

90 feet versus 0 feet.

You’ve clearly never driven a race car for 3 and a 1/2 hours.

Baggers are dumb what do u expect from these know nothings. 

Who cares!  I prefer Formula one..it’s a little more exciting.  

perhaps rather than writing the story someone in the media might want to call the drivers’ publicists. These are NASCAR people and if you want to know the conflict, just call their PR folks.  

Or look stupid, lazy and biased writing a false story, your call…  

THAN YOU ARE AN IDIOT, BECAUSE WHETHER I VOTED FOR THE PRESIDENT OR NOT WHEN THE LEADER OF MY COUNTRY INVITES ME TO SOMETHING I GO…..

OF COURSE I SERVED IN THE MILITARY SO I AM PROBABLY MUCH MORE OF AN AMERICAN THAN YOU SEEMED TO BE COKEHEAD

A little surprised about Tony Stewart.  Maybe he really does have a conflict.  As for the rest, perhaps NASCAR isn’t as American as it used to be.

Nascar fans are an embarrassment to the US.  Here is an oldie but goodie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxi1J2EntVU&feature=related

who cares about Janeane even I a liberal thinks she’s a moron

How complicated is this?  These NASCAR guys are racists.  The poets didn’t show up because Laura Bush’s husband in an insult to people of letters.  The guys who like to drive fast in circles  (there’s a fascinating vocation) don’t show up because Obama is an insult to racists.

Or maybe you didn’t read my explanation published a half hour before you posted. There’s no story here.

Or maybe you didn’t read my explanation published a half hour before you posted. There’s no story here.

lol!!

And George W. Bush was what?? The greatest President ever?? Were you even in this country during the Bush years??

No matter who the President is, they should show some respect for the Office!! When you’re invited to the White House, you should go!!

How about proving the statement was false instead of name-calling??

Lol!! If Bush was still President and these drivers turned down an invitation to the White House, I bet you would be having a fit and screaming at the top of your lungs at what a classless move it was!! But since Obama is in Office it’s o.k.!!

I wouldn’t even be a so-called sport if it wasn’t for the hillbilly moonshiners!!

Lol!! And you have??

No, idiot, but anyone who has can tell you it takes muscle, stamina and focus. Athleticism. I got a ride in an Indycar two=seater last week, and I can tell you one lap was unbelievably violent and physical.

Liberals always accuse conservatives of being racist. That is like asking,” do you still beat your wife?”  only these drivers politely said no, due to scheduling they could not attend.  Sometimes no means no.

First, the 5 drivers aren’t attending because they’re probably worried about taking heat from their fans… or more likely they just don’t like the President!!

Second, how many African-American drivers are their in NASCAR??

Before you answer the second question, ask yourself why??

Why does the GOP voted to subsidies NASCAR and the republicans  wants to take the food stamps from the needy? These people are just driving for fun. Let them pay for their fun themselves. 

The Republican Witches are at it again.  Much ado about nothing.  Real news must be slow.

yes, of course. Racist.

Like Pavlov’s dog. Happens every time. Ring the Republican bell, liberals yell racist.

Tony Westover=Inbred Hillbilly Teabagger

Easy and fun!

Don’t forget Hillbilly Hand Fishin’.

Nascar is not a sport. It’s a piece of crappy tv for inbred rednecks. Going round and round like stupid idiots. No skill needed for that. You want to watch true motorsport skill?  Watch something where cars actually turn both ways. Formula 1 and WRC Championship is where it’s at!

source for GOP giving a subsidy to NASCAR?

or are you trying to say that because the Army uses it’s advertising dollars to sponsor Ryan Newman and the US Army Chevy Impala, the US Government subsidizing NASCAR?

Make sure they wipe the cowshit off their boots before you let them in.

The only person in a baseball uniform Tony Stewart might be in better shape then is possibly Don Zimmer, but really, that’s about it.

Who are the drivers that ARE attending?

Republican = 2012

I disagree. F1, Indycar and Rally are great, but NASCAR takes skill, too.

“Jane, you ignorant slut.” Dan Aykroyd – 1977

you people (Yeah, I said it.) that don’t think NASCAR is a “sport” please take a moment to think about making those “left turns” (except for Montreal, Watkins Glen, Road America (WI), and Sonoma, of course) traveling at speeds in excess of over 140-150 mph. Try to add in the mental stress of knowing, or not knowing, what could happen just around the end of that “left turn”. 3+ hours getting everything right with the driver, the car, and the pit crew, just to have an opportunity to have a chance to win after those 3+ hours.

I’m not saying that they could knock out Chuck Liddell, but to say that they aren’t athletes is a huge stretch.
I believe they do have a toughness that makes it clear that they are athletes.

and now if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be looking for the thread about the latest on the “Fast and Furious”/ATF scandal………..

ummm…..no…….still just Reverend Al, the spider, and the ? ….

“Dan, you pompous ass.” Jane Curtin – 1977

Well, if all the other Chase drivers from last year show up it will be these seven drivers: Jimmy Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Clint Boyer, Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch (Kurt’s brother), Jeff Burton, and Matt Kenseth.

Are you kidding – the drivers would lose their base if they attended a racially mixed event like going to the White House.  The poets might not meet Obama either based on the fact he is a major jackass much like W.

The notion that Christians donate more than secularists or atheists has yet to be determined.  Both sides argue in favor of their own generosity at the expense of the other.  However, that argument is far from settled.

 You and the loony left calling everyone racist every moment you can! 
The only sad part is when there is real racism nobody will care… because you and others abuse it so much that it is numb to all ears!  For us that care for this country, you are the one who is destroying it with dividing people among race lines.

 You and the loony left calling everyone racist every moment you can! 
The only sad part is when there is real racism nobody will care… because you and others abuse it so much that it is numb to all ears!  For us that care for this country, you are the one who is destroying it with dividing people among race lines.

Rush never said that. He did say that if we’re stuck with Obamacare, he’ll be going to Costa Rica for ritzy tourist medical care. But he never said he was leaving.

So, how do you remember him saying that?

I don’t suppose you can argue with a guy like VETERAN, can you?

You totally win, dude.

Landstuhl Medical Center, actually. Which is really close to Ramstein, but is an Army base. And as it was, he didn’t go because he couldn’t bring his media crew. And we elected him anyway.

Boy, did we get punked! Well, not me personally, but more than enough of us.

And?  It’s NASCAR.  If I want to watch something for several hours that signifies nothing I’ll watch C-Span.

youre right…nascar is right there with the other great southern sports…like cockfighting, fiddle playing and banging your own sister

dumbasses like you really love calling for investigations….why youre at it ask that that the bush administration be investigated for war crimes in iraq…..wikileaks just exposed a whopper today….you may wanna look into it….right????

Here a racist, there a racist, everywhere a racist.  I have found that the person screaming racism is almost always the biggest racist in the room, they just don’t know it.  That’s you, racist.

grape jelly stained????…..what are you trying to say asshole?????…of course youre not being racial are ya?????….no….neva…….peices of shit like you make me sick

Pablo, don’t you ever tire of trying correct these Prog/Libs?  You know they just make stuff up.
Speaking of Rush, I don’t know who said it first, but he is known to say-
If you want to make a Conservative angry, tell them a lie.
If you want to make a Liberal angry, tell them the truth.

Honestly ask yourself if you have ever disrespected a President, in or out of office with either words or actions.
A rhetorical question, you really don’t have to answer, I already know.

How many athletes have you seen do a back flip from a standing position on a car door?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sXRKzfP-Tw&feature=related

You have the perfect name, if you’re into deflection that is.  On an article about Nascar and Obama, you’re talking about George Bush, war crimes, Wikileaks, Iraq.  
Keep up the good work, it just helps the other side.
ZerObamaAgenda is more appropriate.

I like grape jelly…am I racist?   Damn, what am I gonna’ put on my pancakes now?

I think you mean, “Ring the racist-inbred-Civil-War-losing-can’t-stand-a-black-president bell, liberals yell racist.”

Our poor president.  He needs a social secretary and someone to help him with protocol in the various new circumstances he finds himself in.  Like when he visited the Queen of England and attempted to propose a toast to her during the playing of “God Save the Queen.”  Embarrassing.

Regarding the honoring of the NASCAR champs, here we have an annual White House event, hosted by the sitting president, that historically takes place after the Richmond race.  Obama shows his ignorance by scheduling his meeting with the drivers on their pole day, the week of the race.  It’s either social ignorance, a tasteless power-play or self-sabotage when he shows a complete disregard for the lives and circumstances of other people.  Just as he did when he wanted to schedule his jobs speech on top of a well-publicized and long anticipated Republican debate.  Makes our Prez look socially inept.  

Poor Pitiful Obama.  I know he doesn’t schedule these things himself, but he really needs someone on his staff who has some social graces.  These repeated scheduling screw-ups and protocol missteps are unpresidential and reflect poorly on us around the world.

Its common knowledge. NASCAR is a redneck sport.

Its common knowledge. NASCAR is a redneck sport.

He said Kurt Busch…not George Bush.

You don’t know what you’re missing… a shot of Blackberry Moonshine on a cold night by a campfire can sooth a savage beast.
Oops..Blackberry Moonshine, is that racist too?  Damn, I’m glad I bought some Blueberry too.

Delusional much? Changing the NASCAR meet is a minor hiccup, not a World Event. Keep feeding the hate, idiot.

The Nascar folks are not my type, a little too redneck for my taste.  

Exactly what are “NASCAR folks”? We did a lot of wine sippin’ at the last NASCAR event here in Sonoma, CA. wine country. It’s a national sport who’s most recent, five-years-in-a-row champion is from California. You don’t know what you’re talking about.

NASCAR, that and Rodeos.  I prefer Lawn Mower Racing myself!

I like that gator killing show on the History Channel too.

What about Football and Baseball, they are fairly red neck, come to think of it, everything in America is “Red Neck”?  

Tennis anyone?

“There are weapons of mass destruction in Iraq”
“There aren’t weapons of mass destruction in Iraq”

Because they have to “pay” for the cars.

Such disrespect for the president of the United States of America is inexcusable.  I just lost what little respect I might have had for NASCAR.  NASCAR must apologize to the President and the American people, and those drivers that declined to attend should be fined by the NASCAR organization.  This is a big deal and shall not be tolerated
.

Fact: Not when Obama in his past used the NASCAR fan
family as Bible thumpers and gun totters that are out of step and are clinging
to racism.

Fact: You are incorrect Lib. NASCAR drivers would make the time for Bush.

Fact: Just call them Master next time a-hole!

During the 2008 presidential campaign NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France invited candidates John McCain and Barack Obama to a race. John and Cindy graciously attended in New Hampshire, but bicycle-loving Barack was a “no show.”

Quid Pro Quo.

Full story

I understand he mentioned Kurt Bush, but then later brought up “the worst President”, that of course… is why I mentioned Bush!!

You’ve never actually played baseball, have you? 

Does that include drunks at traffic stops?

Seven million tax-payer dollars to the Rciky-Bobby association this year and these tool bags can’t even show up to recxieve some platitudes from the President?  Fuk ‘em, not one more cent to these redneck jack wagons.

F1 crowd would have not turned him down, but I guess that is real racing not just driving around in a circle.

I think the maker of the statement should have provided some proof for their unsupported, stereotypical assertions before someone else is required to prove the falsity thereof.  Not to mention the name calling in the statement itself (Tea Baggers).  It really helps your credibility if you hold both sides to the same standards in the same comment thread in the same post, doncha think?

I think the maker of the statement should have provided some proof for their unsupported, stereotypical assertions before someone else is required to prove the falsity thereof.  Not to mention the name calling in the statement itself (Tea Baggers).  It really helps your credibility if you hold both sides to the same standards in the same comment thread in the same post, doncha think?

Dakar rally is real racing, fuck the rednecks and their rolling billboards, pit stop , if it is broke get out and fix it your self.

A 500 lap dookie, YIKES.

Most common sense of the day, the other drivers are sick of watching Jimmie Johnson get the acolades for the fifth year in a row.

shame on them

I rather think they are patriots, not racist!

Rush NEVER said he would turn tail & run…..

I would not walk across the street to meet this anti-American!

Yeah, I know it’s inconceivable this president could ever have the respect & love of our country that these NASCAR drivers have…..notice before each race when the national anthem is sung they all have their hats off & hands over their hearts, unlike obama!

Keep drinking your liberal/progressive/socialist koolaide Victor.  It looks good on you.   

Hey Victor,
   How’s all that hope and change crap doing for ya.   LMAO

Just good ol Murcuhn RatWing hillbillies.

Oh pleaseeee, this is old, it’s not racist because they don’t show up, it’s because they can’t stand him and what he is doing to this country, he’s an incompetent president, he has no record to run on, not because he’s black, so quit the old BSthat libs love to say, if youdont agree with ihis man or don’t like him it’s because he’s black and we’re racist, we just don’t like him victor , wake up!

The clintons said this, right?

I wonder if the refusals have anything to do with several on the fringe left mocking Nascar.

First, the group who originally called the Tea Party “Tea Baggers”, was the Tea Party… not knowing how the term was used in a movie (I believe Detroit Rock City)!!

Second, I was referring to personal attacks, not broad statements in general!! It’s like if you were to say Liberals are idiots compared to if you said I was an idiot!!

Laura Bush =President Obama? Oh, ok, some highly literate poets boycotted the Know Nothing’s wife on publically stated principles against a warmongering criminal administration that eviscerated the National Endowment for the Arts, and simpelton vulgarians with such pavlovian auto-response of full automatic,raise the Tea Party inspired Boehner-behaviors, juvenile in it’s intellectual delinquency, and simply buttresses the widely shared public’s prerception of “left-turn” only corporate logo wearing costumed ”sport” as the diversion of a confederacy of dunces..Where are they scheduled to go, Pat Boone’s birthday party at the Reagan Library?

No one believes you anymore. You have over-played the race card. Americans are not dumb enough to be fooled over and over. Hating policy is not equal to racism. Quit with the lies already. If I were to follow your logic then I should say that every black person that didnt like Bush’s policy was a racist. After all, he is white and they are black. I hope you can see how foolish you really sound now that Ive reversed it for you. And lest we forget, he is just as much white as he is black. Hermain Cain would be the first REAL black president. I bet NONE of those nascar guys would snub him. Everyone can see that you’re dishonest. Dont tell us the same lies that used to destroy your family.

Baseball, football, track and basketball.

You ever live in the South? You ever actually meet a Redneck? Ever spend more than 5 minutes with a Southerner? Do you know anything other than bigotry?

Because it’s a job you actually have to work at? No affirmative action?

One has to earn respect.

It used to be an honor to be invited to the White House, and one would not even entertain the idea of declining the invitation. This disrespect is unacceptable, whether it is hate thrown at Dubya or Obama or any other President, for whatever reasons. It’s equally unacceptable to see the hatred spewed here among people, each of whom thinks s/he knows best and is the most right. We have turned into a country of criticism and hate.

Prove your ignorance? It’s right out there for all to see. How in the world would you know if they are Tea Party Christians? It’s obvious you know very little about the sport.

more liberal gibberish by this author ….  George W Bush was dissed like old shoes, called a liar, stupid, a monkey and the reason 9/11 happened.   This president who BTW is the most partisan president ever,  the only president i can remember who has been on campaign since he got in office,  and who blames everyone for everything and has not manned up ONCE in his presidency has only been questions on his citizenship by some fringe people and questioned on his inability to do anything about the economy…..   BOOO HOOO liberals you can dish but you cant take

NASCAR meet?  This truly makes me (and everyone else with half a brain) ROFL!  So sorry, I shouldn’t laugh at your ignorance.  Not nice of me, but I just couldn’t help myself.

Jeff Burton is among the drivers who will be meeting with the Democratic president, even though he’s thought to harbor future political ambitions as a Republican.

This isn’t about politics, Burton said.

“I worked really hard to free up my schedule when I got the invitation because, to me, it’s important for the president of the United States to invite NASCAR to come so he can honor us,” he said. “I mean, that’s really what this is. A lot of people have turned this around like we’re going to honor the president. The president asked us to come to honor us. That’s a hell off a compliment for our sport and us as individual drivers and teams.”

Harvick said it’s a tough time of year to find some spare time in his already crowded schedule. The Washington visit was scheduled three days before the race at Richmond, Va., that will set the 12-driver field competing for the Sprint Cup championship.

“Most everything we do is scheduled months in advance,” Harvick said. “I have been to the White House before and it’s an honor just to go the White House and be in the Oval Office and on the premises at the White House. I understand the honor. Just with everything we have going on right now, there is no way to reschedule the things we have going next week.”

Such as?

“I don’t think that is anyone’s business,” Harvick said. “It is just a bad week for us.”
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/racing/09/02/nascar.stars.no.disrespect.obama.ap/index.html#ixzz1WwaqFedf

How long after Jimmy Carter did the know nothing GOP blame him until Clinton was elected 12 years later.talking about BOOO HOOOO it would appear the GOP are masters of that and bribing the family of your mistress. George Bush was a liar, where’s the WMD’s and a traitor outing a spy. A MBA from Yale says he was proficient at school nothing else he shot from the hip way to much.

How long after Jimmy Carter did the know nothing GOP blame him until Clinton was elected 12 years later.talking about BOOO HOOOO it would appear the GOP are masters of that and bribing the family of your mistress. George Bush was a liar, where’s the WMD’s and a traitor outing a spy. A MBA from Yale says he was proficient at school nothing else he shot from the hip way to much.

Well, the Tea Party has shown how being a patriot and a racist can be synonymous.
Nascar is just racin’, not racist.

As an disabled Vet, I would have loved to have met any of the Presidents, who have served during my lifetime, still got the ticket to see Jimah Carters plane land in Burns Flat, Oklahoma!  I even loved and respected Mr Carter, at the time I thought he was too good for the job.  But I wouldn’t give the sweat off my testicles to see this Worthless Excuse of a Human, B. Hussein Obama!  For the first time in my sixty years, I dispise the leader of my country!

So sad to read your post. Can you be more specific on what you object to regarding Obama? Is it the wars, you are angry he has not brought the troops home? For that kind of rage you must have some specific reasons.

Good post. Thanks. Burton has it right.

Good post. Thanks. Burton has it right.

Not just racists. Redneck racists. Oafish ignorant Redneck Racists in shiny Racing cars. What’s the surprise?

But that last little insult would make YOU the racist, wouldn’t it?  Redneck (I’m saying that because I am one).

Sounds like “Nazicar” when you say it fast. Have you noticed that? NaziCar. There might be something in that…..

Of course we donate to charity. We just don’t bang on and on about it like you God-bothering Ned Flanderses.  Idiot.

That Rush the junkie you’re on about there? The guy with a pocket full of Viagra and another full of oxycontin?  Maybe I’m thinking of another fat foul-mouthed right-wing buffoon. Oh wait! I wasn’t.

I’m guessing he’s not falling over himself trying to meet YOU. Plonker.

Yes, How we all hanker after the days when our president wouldn’t turn a terrorist attack or maybe a failed war into a photo opportunity. Good old dufus George- he wouldn’t do.. oh. He did, didn’t he?

It’s got some stiff competition with some of the halfwits posring on here, my friend.

Yes! Hang the Muslim sonofabitch for not putting on a baseball cap and then handing over his heart (are you sure that’s right? it sounds painful).

Come on, stay focussed. We’re gabbing on here about the Redneck Racist Racers from Nazicar.  It’s not innuendo if you say it directly-it’s an accusation. But full marks for trying to use a big word like that. Now go and take a rest before your head combusts.

That’s more like it!

But it seems to bother you. Strange……..I don’t think you’re being totally honest. Ithink it bugs you.  As it should. It must be irksome to find that your favourite go-fast round and round in circles in a shiny car man hero has been sussed as a Redneck Racist.  You’ll probably be just as miffed when you realise all your liitle teabagger friends are Racist too.

Well you’re the one who said it, dude. You use racism as a tool to gain power and political capital. You also use it to try to take it away,as you do with the current President and you cry crocodile tears about it. Nobody believes you, that’s your problem.

Copysec. It IS a racism issue. The shiny Nazicar Drivers are redneck racists and they don’t like having a Black man as President so they insult him. Because he’s black. Racism, see?

Of course it is, you tool. It couldn’t be more Redneck if the big prize was a chance to sleep with their own sisters.  “Nazicar not Redneck”! Ha! Now I have really heard it all.

Good Lord. A sane person. How did you get in?

And your point, brains, is what?

Is Darts a sport? I don’t think darts players would be in great shape. Sychronised swimming, that’s a sport. A bit girly, but still, it’s a sport.  Driving a shiny car round and round in front of slack-jawed yokels..I dunno.

That’s not fair. They’re “driving” (I’m not sure you can call it driving, really but we’ll let it pass) for money, not for fun.   And the Republicans like to get the taxpayers to pay for whatever stuff they like, like unneccesary wars, farm subsidies for crazy Michelle Bachman, corporate handouts to the Koch Brothers so they can fund the teabaggers. That kind of stuff.  It’s just how they roll. 

 You forgot to mention the fact that these particular Rednecks are also Racists. But yes, Fuck them indeed.

It’s finally sinking in.  You’re getting there, slack-jaw.

No he didn’t. Idiot.

Dear Boy, with incoherent twats like you to contend with we have nothing to fear.

Speaking of school proficiency, where are those cloaked records from Obama’s time in school?  What could be the purpose of locking those records away?  Curious!

: NorCalSister:   You said, “You know Christians donate more money for hunger and starvation in the world then any country or other religion.”

What are you saying?  When Americans generously donate to religious organizations for hunger relief, stats are not kept on our religious preferences. So, how do you know that all the food and funds coming from Christian organizations originated from Christians only?  The same holds true for disaster relief.  The Red Cross is secular and the Salvation Army (which takes donations from nonmembers) does not ask for religious preference.

To be best of my knowledge, Feeding America, the largest food donation charity in the U.S., is a secular organization.  Save the Children, with famine relief throughout the world, appears to be secular also.

So, please explain your claim and provide some proof.

I really have to stay away from this site.  Invariably, in less than 20 min., I find I have something to say.  At least I hope this is different: I’ve raced stock (?) cars for about a quarter of my life.  I live in Florida, always have, and I’m very comfortable with my interpretation of what a redneck is.  I’ve met some people that exhibit most of the outward characteristics of a redneck, even proudly label themselves one, yet don’t participate in the activities that I deem “red”, i.e. racial slurs, refusing to fight alone, beating one’s wife/girlfriend, religious extremes, homophobia, the usual.  I’ve raced a bunch of these guys, grown up around them, fought a few, stolen their girls, drank with them, the usual.  Whenever I address the “liberal” crowd, I’m aware that if I comment on my love of race cars, going fast, being loud, adrenaline rushing, spending way too much money, or winding up in the hospital, that I run the risk of being tagged a “redneck”.  That’s really funny.  Most of my personal beliefs tend to lean fairly “left”: I believe in fairness, that it takes everyone in a society to make it work, live and let live, you never know what a quality person is going to look like or be into, capitalism shouldn’t  be a zero sum game, the private sector does not solve everything, and I don’t believe that Jesus is my savior.  I’m sure that most of you here have never been asked to autograph anything outside of a contract or a bill.  Even though I usually felt pretty stupid about it, it’s still cool to have a crowd cheer your accomplishments and actually want something to remember you by.  I read all of these posts, and for the most part, just saw a bunch of stereotyping.  I’m going to reserve judgment on these 5 drivers until I know more about their circumstances.  No, I don’t know them personally, but I think I’ll be OK with the judgments I make.  Yes, it does sound suspicious, and if I were Tony Stewart, it doesn’t matter how bad I was running this year, my ass would show up.  Even if it had been W., the idea of being invited to the White House because I drive fast for a fair amount of money is still better than a day doing most things.  Maybe I’m just missing the point here.  Or maybe most of you are.  As far as drivers being “athletes” or not, try it yourself, and see what you think.  You have to be in shape, and the better shape you’re in makes some things a lot easier, like healing.  And black guys may not be racing stock cars, but I can point you to street racing in any number of cities where a lot of them are, and a few of them are pretty fast.  Just like white guys.

I’ve voted for Dems & Repub for president and in every case I have found reasons to be disappointed. However, this is the first time in history that if you have a legitimate disagreement with this president you can be called a racist. How sad that we haven’t moved on. I have a theory that it’s liberals that have hidden racist feelings and why those charges rise to the surface. This is similar to the religious right gay guy that pretends to disavow gay rights when he is gay….also sad. I’ve observed over the years that if you are black and conservative, Repub have your back and totally accept you. That goes to ideas and not skin color. The CBC is never criticized for their horrendous behavior by liberals or the MSM because they perceive them to be unruly children…like the parent that makes excuses for a child’s behavior. Everyone should be treated as equals.

Is that why the extortionist Jesse Jackson shook them down?

Good for him if he did. Those crackers would have only wasted it on Bachman t-shirts or moonshine anyway.

Does it bother any of you supporters that these guys all just flat of LIED?
They could have manned up and simply told the truth, but they decided to simply LIE about the reason they didn’t want to go.
I think they are all are phonies, and they are just playing to what they think their fans think.
My impression is that many of their fans will not think they did the right thing.
I was at least neutral on every one of them, but there image has taken a hit for this stunt.

Rush goes to Costa Rica, but it is not for the healthcare!
He is simply a butt bandit, and there are a lot of bogy’s there for him, at a cheap price.

Rush goes to Costa Rica, but it is not for the healthcare!
He is simply a butt bandit, and there are a lot of bogy’s there for him, at a cheap price.

Maybe Obama was looking for Bush’s medical records….ooops, I guess they are “missing”.
It isn’t good for the resume to be grounded for drugging, and if you daddy is a former president, funny things can happen.
Go figure.

Maybe Obama was looking for Bush’s medical records….ooops, I guess they are “missing”.
It isn’t good for the resume to be grounded for drugging, and if you daddy is a former president, funny things can happen.
Go figure.

Picking up a bottle of Viagra with someone else’s name on it is Replublican medical care? Can’t any righties get it up without help?

Sitting in a car for hours is not a sport, no matter how you slice it.  And sitting in the stands watching a really fast car go around and around and around and around and around in circles is not watching a sport.  Now, try catching cat fish with your bare hands and you can say you have participated in a sport.  But a souped up car going in circles – not.  NASCAR has hoodwinked all of you, much like Sarah be Palin has the tea party.

Don’t bring God into your stupid ass rants about hating the president.

Read and learn. Kurt Busch is going to the White House.

And while they are doing that maybe they will take away  your fire dept., your police dept., your road crews, medicare, your post office, all socialistic programs.  Know of what you speak before you tell someone to shove it up their ass.

Sip wine, have poetry readings or whatever and you still watch a car go around in circles.  Call it what you want, I call it boring. Of course, if it is the “in” thing to do where you can show off your latest boy/girlfriend or your newest outfit, it must be just mindblowing. But we sipped wine…… How stupid.s

I don’t blame them,   I wouldn’t go to the WH and see the sob either. GFY Liberals.

When Liberals can’t come up with facts to prove a point they always turn to INSULTS and  use the ”R” word. Well “O” thinks we have 57 states and little Johnny needs a BREATHELIZER for his ASTHMA. Oh I forgot his TELEPROMTER wasn’t working properly, he is a very smart man. 

It’s not his race IT’S HIS RECORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!