Chicago Bears Head Coach Tells African Americans to ‘Have Obama’s Back’ in 2012
- Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:30pm by
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Chicago Bears head coach Lovie Smith doesn’t seem to mind that President Obama has disappointed many in the African American community as he is now asking that same community to “be patient and look into the future,” while actively supporting his reelection bid.
“I’m please with where we are now,” Smith says in a new web video.
“The President has done so much: health care, end of the Iraq War, new jobs, but it‘s not about where we’re at now, it‘s about our future and that’s what I’m excited about. You have to be patient and kind of look into the future. And our future is looking bright because I trust the man that will be leading us in the future. And that man is Barack Obama. I have the President‘s back and it’s left up to us, as African Americans, to show that we have his back also join African Americans for President Obama today.”
ABC adds that Smith and former Obama personal aide Reggie Love, who also appeared in an African-Americans for Obama Web video, are among a group of high-profile figures leading outreach to the black community.
Watch the Chicago Bears‘ head coach’s video ad below:
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weneedrubio
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:54pmThere right about one thing, racism is alive and well in the 21st century. This from a man who knows success and is telling the other black people in this country to be sheep and wards of the government.
Report Post »Maximus_Delta
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:58pmTrue, keep the blacks in bondage and slavery, just like the o” days…. People will be sheep as long as they stay ignorant…
Report Post »USPATRIOT101
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:05pmIts the big get even. This is whats meant by “keep it real”.
Report Post »ICRedifURBlue
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:28pmSad to see a black man wanting to relegate his whole race to a lifetime of mediocrity and servitude nursing at the teat of the “State”………disgusting…….
Report Post »BreeZee
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:32pmWelcome to the PLANTATION! More racism from the left. I would laugh my ass off if it wasn’t so sad how much obumma kool aid blacks have drank. Highest black unemployment since the frigging depression! Blacks under 25 have a 40% unemployment rate, YEAH! go vote for obumma. Guess what Lovey? obamma will finish the dem’s plan to control the blacks (research history, Sanger and the great society). And don’t forget one thing, obumma is half ******* and ya know that makes him half “the man” LOL.
Report Post »Clive
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:50pmmost people in chicago don’t care much for lovie smith anyway.
Report Post »BarackStalin
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:50pmDo as your told black people…
You had better vote for Obama because of his skin color to show the world that skin color doesn’t matter.
Report Post »db321
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 11:15pmBe care what you ask for – especially when you sell out God!
Report Post »Realist4U
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 11:46pmKeep the competition down.
Report Post »Realist4U
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 11:48pmI’m waiting for a “White Head Coach” to have the guts to say the same about one of the GOP candidates/
Report Post »Realist4U
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 11:50pmSad part is..they love being sheep…
Report Post »western_red
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 1:15amGuess the coach is just falling in line with Hussein’s Chicago way?
Report Post »anOpinion
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 3:38amLovie Smith telling people to choose their president based on the color of his skin; is there a worse possible message out there?
Report Post »carbonyes
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 6:32amWhat a pair, Lovie Smith And Reggie Love (Obama’s personal massage boy). Keep Black America down on the Barack Hussein Obama Plantation. Get your “free” goodies and stay in bondage to Obamie, the Democratic Party and the rest of the liberal left. Don’t aspire to real freedom, liberties and free enterprise. Just sit back and continue to be lackeys for the Democratic agenda and the Democratic machinery. Every once in a while, they’ll throw you a few crumbs, but don’t get too excited, because the poverty level is your lot in life, and that is the ceiling under which you are the kept servants within the Democrapic Party – the home of the slaves and the yet to be freed.
Wake up Black America, there is still hope for you, but it is not in the Obama chow line, championed by Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson or the Congressional Black Caucus, all of whom will continue to set you up for the use and abuse of the Democrapers – not opinion, fact.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 7:49amLook, I don‘t know what kind of ’evidence’ you need to see that the “professional” sports franchises are racist but they are. Top to bottom. And unions only add to that disaster.
If you are a fan of ‘pro sports’ and support that leach industry, good for you. You should be proud of yourself. They are a burden on society in more ways than there “IS” room here to annotate.
But my largest complaint “IS” the general lack of ‘sportsmanship’, ‘honor’, ‘integrity’, ‘leadership’, ‘professionalism’, ‘civic responsibility’, ‘team work’, ‘humility’, ‘gratitude’ and this list only gets longer from here.
Yeah, I know the arguments. I know the narcissism, I know the self righteousness, I know the money. I know the “entertainment.” I know. Believe me. I’ve tried to be understanding. I get contempt in the feedback loop, though. I also get disrespect. And demands. For more pay for childish behavior. For my tax money to build THEM a place to work. HA! KMA! I get “broadcasts” FILLED with preconceived prejudices from within the industry infrastructure surrounding their palaces of self adulation.
I have no medicine for you (the pro sports industry). You are going to expire. And that’s just fine with me.
Report Post »MYHEROISRON
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 8:02amVoting for a communist makes one a communist …
Report Post »ClunkerT
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 9:12amSomeone should tell the Bear coach that his boy isn’t black, he is 50% white, 43.25% Arab (thus his name and ALL the names on his father’s side) and 6.75% African/Negr. Not long ago that 6.75% did not quaify as minority status. I knew there was more to my reasoning for not liking the Chicago Bears and for that matter the Obama loving Pittsburg Steelers. If one were to evaluate this logically the only possible reason for this coach to encourage blacks to vote for THE CLUNKER is that his skin is brown. What a shame, Colin Powell did the same thing when he stabbed John McCain in the back by supporting Obama. Powell would hand over Commander in Chief to a punk kid from Chicago rather than to a decorated Military Vet. OMG!!
Report Post »HKS
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 10:05amAnd who’s racist?
Report Post »robert
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 10:55am“I trust the man that will be leading us in the future…”
Of course you trust him, but not because he’s trustworthy, but because he’s black.
Like 95% of the other blacks who voted for Obama, he voted for him because he‘s black and ONLY because he’s black. And I‘m sure you’ll see this same hypocrite running his mouth about white racism if a white person happens to speak our against high crime rates by blacks.
He’s too dense to see the contradictions in what he says.
Report Post »Bigliardi
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 2:08pmI always respected and liked Lovie Smith because he seemed to be a quiet man, who thought things through before speaking…I like and respect him no more…He is simply another Black Racist who sees only the color of the person in the White House…
Report Post »Jinglebob
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 3:13pmYep. If he is Black, vote for him no matter what.
Report Post »robert
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:56pmIt seems that wailing about racism comes from as many blacks in the population who have been GIVEN positions to attain wealth as come from the lower level malcontents who talk about nothing but racism and oppression ad nauseum.
Does anybody get the impression that no matter if blacks were given the entire US and all its assets they would still be preaching hate against whitey and would probably set up concentration camps to house whites before they gassed them to death.
The more they’re given, the more they hate whitey. It never ends. These are the greatest ingrates in the history of mankind and never once have they shown any gratitude for the many things they’ve been awarded.
Their complaints about being “held back” by whites, blaming whites also for black failure to achieve, are downright bogus. If it wasn‘t for AA there wouldn’t be but a tiny handful of blacks hired or admitted to institutions wherein they are passed in subjects even though they never really learn the subject matter, simply because they’re black.
Every race in America outperforms blacks. It isn’t just whites. and the other non-whites often come from oppressed societies, living in poverty, oftentimes unable to speak English when they get here, but they far surpass blacks in job success, average group I.Q., and academia. They really don’t need AA.
Considering that alone, it makes black complaints about being held back by whites as an excuse for failing as nonsense.
Report Post »pavepaws
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 7:57pmStick to football.
Report Post »nick7
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 9:18pmSpoken like a true Democrat. Just think of all the Democratic votes and money over time which keeps the blacks in line to repeatedly voted for them.
Report Post »rekindle america
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 11:30pmI just seen the best T shirt GTFO the o is the Obama symbol. he used in his last campaign. Need those sticker and t shirts everwhere. http://shop.cafepress.com/gtfo click on this !
Report Post »adventuryes
Posted on March 14, 2012 at 10:50ami sent an email to the nfl commissioners office to call out this blatant racist act. It does no good to use the nfl website contact link since it only deals with website comments. Send it directly to the boss!
Roger.Goodell2@nfl.net
Report Post »AOL_REFUGEE
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 6:54pmWell, there‘s one team I won’t be rooting for, with a goof of a head coach saying, “Yeah, we peoples of color gots to stick togetha like gloo, yada, yada, yada…
Report Post »Maximus_Delta
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:53pmjust another homie from da hood
Report Post »IraHayesFlagRaiser
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 8:22amI am sick and tired or these so called liberated pantation dwellers to continued to use their “color” to advance slavery. Lovie you can take your Bears and your black ass and have another losing season!
Report Post »infortheride
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 3:40pmOh LOVIE, I heard the O needs a back rub. Now rush on over and appease the MASSA
Report Post »KevINtampa
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:53pmSigh, Lovie focus on the Tampa 2 please. Seriously? African Americans for Obama?
That’s like saying Irish Americans for Kennedy, which is just as lame. How about Americans for Obama? I’d respect that, I really would. It would be refreshing to see our labels dropped just once. But African Americans for anything, well, Lovie, that’s a bad call and only adds to the divide and implies not so great logic in political decision making.
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:10pmI all on all of you to vote only for a memeber of your on race/background! Now; if i can just find a half American Indian/ half German I’ll be set……..
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:52pmLovie Smith is an obamaslut.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 9:55amWhat did you expect?
Report Post »Apple Bite
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:52pmEvery time I see Lovie, I think John Amos’s twin brother… the irony isn’t lost on me.
Report Post »(humming theme to “Good Times”…)
Blazesurfer
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 10:03pmFire him…He’s a racist..
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 11:46pmAnd neither John or his twin had a job
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 11:55pmDynooomite!
Report Post »RobMac68
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 1:04amYes, he is a racist. Now he needs called out on it. Does anyone know Roger Goodell’s email addy? Roger don’t mind firing people for far more innocent acts of supposed violations of “political correctness”. Where is roger on this act of pure racism??? You won’t hear a peep from the hypocrite! I’m heading over to NFL.com to find someone to gripe to.
Report Post »RobMac68
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 1:26amI just went to NFL.com, scrolled to the bottom of the page and clicked “contact us”. That gave me an e-mail page and I sent it with the subject “negative comments” I asked where roger stands on this racism. When I clicked “send” I got a message saying they appreciate my comments. They won’t be saying that when they read it!!!
Report Post »cliftonb
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:51pmI can’t imagine the outrage if Rick Santorum started a political website called “White Americans for Rick Santorum”. I guess black power and communism are hip these days
Report Post »MitchRappInCharge
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:56pmI used to respect Lovie Smith. Classy guy he’s been. But now to support a President because of his race is uncalled for. I wouldn‘t accept this talk from a white person and I’m not going to accept it from Mr. Smith.
Report Post »adventuryes
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 2:23amI just sent an email to the commissioner directly calling out this racist act. Sending negative comments to the nfl.com website doesn’t even get looked at by anyone at the nfl!!! it’s just to comment on the website itself….here’s where to voice your disgust with lovie smith.
Roger.Goodell2@nfl.net
Report Post »RobMac68
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 5:30amThank you ADVENTURYES…I was needing his email address.
Report Post »wvgirl
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 7:13am@ adventuryes
Just sent my letter of protest to:
Roger.Goodell2@nfl.net.
Thanks for the info
Report Post »Kevin The Elder
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 10:54am@ CliftonB. Of course, you’d never expect what you suggest to happen, but if you think about it, that just might be the way to end all of this Black this, Black that, stuff. Not only ‘White Americans for Rick Santorum’ but White Americans for Newt Gingrich‘ ’White Americans for Mitt Romney‘ and ’White Americans for Ron Paul’. Let‘s get a group of congressmen to begin a ’White American Caucus’ and every time a white person comes on TV, he or she should mention somewhere in their dialog something about ‘being white’. While we’re at it, when is WET scheduled to air its first show (White Entertainment Television). Maybe with all of this going on, the black community will finally realize how they have been isolating themselves; indeed, perpetuating their minority status.
Report Post »spirited
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:51pm“…as African Americans, to show that we have his back also join African Americans for President Obama today” ~Lovie Smith
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There’s that “we” again !
};^> Is “African-American” some sort of code hyphfe-Nation ?
Report Post »KingCanon
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:50pmDoes Dick Butkus approve?
Report Post »On Eagle Wings
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:56pmthats all that matters if Dick Butkus approves….Lovie Smith must be getting a good penny to endorse such a loser…Im a Bears fan and this really disappoints me that he would bend to this know nothing,loser president
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:50pmSo the Black Man is saying the Black Man is the Man to lead America, because hes BLACK.
Report Post »F/U Racist
jarhead69
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:01pmI agree, I know a few blacks who are not going to vote for him but most are, like they say, give me your stash, your obama stash
Report Post »BreeZee
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:59pmHA HA Fooled them all, remember obumma is half white!!!! Since obumma started A-Americans for obumma, who’s the racist?
Report Post »drago
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:49pmWas going to comment, but the guys black, and that says it all.
Report Post »Tepeyac
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:46pmHave Obummer‘s back and he’ll have your wallet! I’m sure all those millionaire players are going to buy that!
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:46pmI wonder if anyone remembers that some were trying to convince and would back Mike Ditka to run for the Senate seat that Obama finally won. If Ditka had taken them up on the offer and run, there is a good chance we might not have Obama today. I blame CHICAGO COACHING!!
Report Post »ballsofFe
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 11:31pmTime_2, that is an excellent point. ‘All that’s necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.’ There were many good republican candidates vying for that senate seat, (Jim Oberweis, etc.) but no one as electable as the coach. Yet, somehow that nut-job Alan Keyes came out of nowhere as the imported republican alternate to Obama, winning only 27% of the vote. Even the Left didn’t predict Obama’s rise, they were priming us all along for Hillary (what was that TV show with Geena Davis as president?).
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:46pmYou know, if you were a cheerleader working for the same NFL, you would’ve been fired…
Report Post »RaiderNationKissArmy
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:45pmGo Packers
Report Post »weneedrubio
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:56pmYou and shyman are too much. I don’t think the Packers have much to worry about from the Bears anytime soon. Until they get another coach.
Report Post »ShyMan
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:44pmIf I move to Africa will I be an America-African?
Report Post »Pro-Palin
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:47pmShyMan
Report Post »Thanks for the much needed laugh !!
djwolf76
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:59pmdo people of color in Canada refer to themselves as African-Canadians?
Report Post »rickbob
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:27pmNo. but if Gary Player moved here, he would be an African American. . .
Report Post »Tommyk1
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 12:54amThanks Shyman. Neede a good laugh.
Report Post »infortheride
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 4:08pmNO But more than likely you are “European_American” like me and most whites We need this on all applications from now on.
Report Post »I bet that most blacks in America were born here, thus they are NOT AFRICAN-American. Why have the PC not corrected this?????
marcus_arealius
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:43pmThe only thing that‘s on Barry’s back side is a papula on his buttocks, just like he is on the country.
Report Post »BOGOTSTOGO
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:43pmThe Great Uniter is dividing us again.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:52pmHe successfully divided Cubs and White Sox fans.
Report Post »welovetheUSA
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:43pmInteresting…………..telling independent team mates who to vote for………oh we have Obamas back dude……against the wall……dude.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:42pmThis is the idiot who traded for cutler, who hasn’t won a Super Bowl, produces mediocre team after mediocre team, and whos Momma named him after Thurston Howell III’s wife. Come on, he secretly wears Brett Favre’s underwear and a Lions Nightie. He is the only Bears coach that openly wept at both Mama Mia and Sex in the City 2.
I heard even the kicker calls him beeyatch.
Report Post »SIXFRIGATES
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:41pmJust another reason to not be a Bears fan… “vote fo’ him cuz he black!”
Very intelligent Lovie, very intelligent.
Report Post »ShyMan
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:41pmI would be so mad if I were named after Thurston Howell III’s wife.
Like he was gonna vote republican anyway.
Report Post »Mrjonesj11
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:40pmAs a Bears fan I am dissapointed that he would mix football with politics. I would hope the league would have some kind of policy. I know it is frowned upon when politics or religion is talked about in most workplace environments. I guess Hollywood and Sports personalities get a pass. Then there is another part of me that says he has freedom of speech even if I don’t like what he is saying.
Report Post »kentuckypatriot
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:58pmFreedom of speech is one thing, but IMO, when you have a coach that uses his “ celebrity ” status to tell the black community to have his back, I think it’s wrong. I just hope they see right thru this guy.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 11:39pmIt also might be different if he was doing a Great Job. But NO
Report Post »fuzzy20841
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:35pm“racist”
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:50pmI agree .. this is where racism lives … in the black community
Report Post »keaton
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:35pmToday I am ashamed to be a Bears fan!
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:37pmNever was a Bears fan.
And now I am glad I wasn’t.
Report Post »TumbleBumble
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:01pmI haven’t been a fan of Lovie and wanted him gone… now it‘s a ’must’. I am spittin’ mad!
I remember hearing that Lovie was chosen for head coach above a couple others, and the reason he got the nod was that he was black. When asked about whether that bothered dear Lovie, he said not at all. He actually felt that it was fair to have the advantage.
I am a true-blue Bears fan. I am willing to forego watching any game until Lovie is no longer a Bear.
Report Post »Link8on
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:34pmChicago is still supportive of Owebama.
More so among A-Americans
BHO attempted to bring the Owelympics 2016 to Chicago.
Fan patience is running thin for Lovie.
This PSA will not help his coaching career.
Lovie is the coach, but not the team Owner.
2012 will need a 15 regular season win Bears team or a 2013 Superbowl Victory for Smith to coach another year.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:32pmWell, that’s great there, Lovie. You’re an idiot. A rich one, so it doesn’t matter to you, I suppose. I’m sure life will be the same no matter our president. But you are a loser. And….your team s u c k s! {:
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 8:57pmHe did take Cry Baby Cutler off our hands, although Wonder Boy managed to turn the trade into a bag of magic beans.
Report Post »TumbleBumble
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 9:37pmThank you for Cutler! He is basically the only ray of hope we have. And Lovie is trying to ruin his best years. Cutler can take hit after hit – and will have to until the Bears throw a decent offensive line around him.
Cutler and Johnny Knox. Take those two guys out and there’d be no hope whatsoever.
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