Racism and Stupidity - Your Governor of Pennsylvania

[Slyfox696]

I read this and simply could not believe this was said by anyone in any political office:

The city of Philadelphia is set to host the NFL's first Tuesday night game in 64 years, and Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell (D) couldn't be more upset about it.

"It goes against everything that football is all about," Rendell said Monday on radio station 97.5 The Fanatic in Philadelphia.

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"My biggest beef is that this is part of what's happened in this country," Rendell said. "I think we've become wussies."

"We've become a nation of wusses. The Chinese are kicking our butt in everything," Rendell added. "If this was in China do you think the Chinese would have called off the game? People would have been marching down to the stadium, they would have walked and they would have been doing calculus on the way down."

I literally have no words to describe this. To give the backstory, in fear of a blizzard which was described as having the potential to drop nearly 3 feet of snow on Philadelphia, the NFL postponed a football game from Sunday to Tuesday, in an attempt to make sure everyone would be safe. However, the snowfall wound up being nothing nearly as close as to what was predicted. And this is the Governor's response to the situation.

 

[Pay Per Ghost]

Just a tongue in cheek remark

 

[Slyfox696]

Just a tongue in cheek remark

No it wasn't.

 

[Pay Per Ghost]

Ok I think his stupidity is really underlined by the fact that he would ignore the mains cause for the postponement. It's dudes kickin' a fucking ball, get over it. That is not even a remotely good enough reason to risk lives. I get it.

The chinese thing is just a back-hand remark that sounds way worse coming from a guy this stupid.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

lulz

 

[Stormtrooper]

Yeah, Rendell is a sack of shit. Glad to say I didn't vote for him.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

Been on ESPN all day. He rocks my socks

 

[nightmare]

wow, what a tool. bet he wouldnt have even shown up to the game.

go government!

 

[Sully]

Well I'm assuming he's closer to Philly then Pittsburgh, so hopefully the stupidity level hasn't effected me too much....oh shit.

 

[Chardee Macdennis]

If you lived in PA, you'd be used to Rendell and his bullshit. The guy is an idiot and has been rumored to have been loosely tied to the mafia. Of course, I don't honestly believe that, but I do believe he's "muscled" his way into politics, to a certain degree. He is a govener that is a former mayor of Philly and it clearly shows. His lack of sympathy for anything involving western PA has been noted.

 

[Cena's Little Helper]

That's not racism (I don't see a single negative thing he said about the Chinese), that's stereotyping.

 

[Барбоса]

That's not racism (I don't see a single negative thing he said about the Chinese), that's stereotyping.

Correct

 

[Slyfox696]

That's not racism (I don't see a single negative thing he said about the Chinese), that's stereotyping.

Oh I know. But racism is a much more catchy title than stereotyping.

It's all in how you sell your thread.

 

[Coco]

Am not offended.

 

[Cena's Little Helper]

Am not offended.

The people of Philadelphia were: they covered the Governor's chair in snow before the game.

On a side note, I fucking hate Eagles fans. They're the pettiest, most impatient, and cuntiest sports fans ever. I couldn't tell you how happy their loss made me last night. If I wasn't such a diehard 'Skins fan, I'd gladly sacrifice 25 years of them going 6-10 if it meant that the Eagles went 0-16 during that same time period.

 

[Slyfox696]

The people of Philadelphia were: they covered the Governor's chair in snow before the game.

Hadn't heard that...no chance he was actually in the chair, is there?

 

[Cena's Little Helper]

Hadn't heard that...no chance he was actually in the chair, is there?

Nah, but when he got there he didn't clean it up, so he just sat in another chair. Also, Philadelphians weren't mad at the Chinese comments, they were mad at being called wussies.

 

[Coco]

Only a thin-skinned wuss would be upset about his comments.

 

[LSN80]

This is the same jackass that used his influence to secure a valuable landing spot at the Port au Prince airport for a private plane sent to retrieve Haitian orphans in 2008. Critical supply flights to the orphanages were subsequently delayed by it. One of the largest reason he was re-elected in 2005 was because he ran against Lynn Swann who had no political experience prior other then being the CPC of Physical Fitness and Sports. Fortunately Rendell's term ends in a few weeks.