McCain: Redskins Owner Is No Sterling, But He Should Change Team Name

The US-american senator John McCain is pictured at the 50th Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, Germany, 02 February 2014. Around 20 heads of state and at least 50 foreign and defence ministers are expected ... The US-american senator John McCain is pictured at the 50th Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, Germany, 02 February 2014. Around 20 heads of state and at least 50 foreign and defence ministers are expected to attend the conference which runs until 02 February. Photo by: Tobias Hase/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images MORE LESS
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Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said Friday that he doesn’t view Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder in the same light as Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, but he’d “probably” change the name of the football team.

“If they think it’s that offensive and terrible, I would certainly, probably — look I’m not the owner and he has the rights of an owner. But frankly I would probably change the name,” McCain said on “The Dan Patrick Show.”

“Myself I’m not offended. You’re not offended,” he added. “But there are Native Americans who are.”

Asked if Snyder should face a little more scrutiny in the wake of Sterling’s comments on race, McCain said he wouldn’t jump to connect the two.

“But I do believe — if I were him I would sit down with Native American leaders,” he said. “I’ve been involved in Indian Affairs in a long, long time. We have a large Native American population in our state. I’d call the Native American leaders together and I’d sit down with them and say ‘What is it you want?’ If I were him I’d have a dialogue.”

McCain added that he thought Sterling would probably mount a court challenge to the NBA’s decision to ban him from the league for life.

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  1. Surprisingly, McCain did not refer to Snyder as “That One.”

  2. Dear John,
    Ugg notice you can’t fly, but you can sure tap dance.
    Regards,
    Ugg

  3. You will be eternally questioned about the decision to name Palin VP which offended Captain CommonSense. Between scouting for the enemy and making bad decision on your side, you should “sit down” and retire.

    I will give you the benefit of the doubt here, you may be right.

  4. The Mickey Rooney of politics…

  5. Only I doubt that Mickey Rooney ever said or did anything like this:

    In his 1992 Senate bid, McCain was joined on the campaign trail by his wife, Cindy, as well as campaign aide Doug Cole and consultant Wes Gullett. At one point, Cindy playfully twirled McCain’s hair and said, “You’re getting a little thin up there.” McCain’s face reddened, and he responded, “At least I don’t plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you cunt.” McCain’s excuse was that it had been a long day.

    http://rawstory.com/news/2008/McCain_temper_boiled_over_in_92_0407.html

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