# Obama roots for the Steelers-omigod: RACISM!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 28, 2009, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-roots-for-the-steelers-omigod-racism/483338 "2009-01-28T03:11:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-roots-for-the-steelers-omigod-racism/483338/41 "2009-01-30T17:50:10Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > [OBAMA PULLING FOR PITTSBURGH](http://www.profootballtalk.com/2009/01/27/obama-pulling-for-pittsburgh/) > > IIRC, Obama has admitted in the past to being a Steelers fan as a kid, Hawaii not having had a football team. Did this admission come sometime shortly before the Pennsylvania primary? :dubious:😛 This sounds suspiciously like Hillary Clinton revealing that she was always a Yankees fan. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-roots-for-the-steelers-omigod-racism/483338/42 "2009-01-30T18:38:30Z")
Footballs the one with the pointy ball, right? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-roots-for-the-steelers-omigod-racism/483338/43 "2009-01-30T18:43:28Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Did this admission come sometime shortly before the Pennsylvania primary? :dubious:😛 > > This sounds suspiciously like Hillary Clinton revealing that she was always a Yankees fan. Dunno. There are two pro football teams in Pennsylvania, and claiming to be a Steeler fan won’t automatically endear one to fans of the Eagles - who also did well this year. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-roots-for-the-steelers-omigod-racism/483338/44 "2009-01-30T18:43:59Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > I thought football was evil and bad for the brains of the players…why is Obama a fan of ANY football team??? > > -XT We’ll probably have a gay atheist as president before we have one who’s openly anti-football. So, are we going to pit every stupid thing someone writes about President Obama? It’s going to be a long four (hopefully eight) years. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-roots-for-the-steelers-omigod-racism/483338/45 "2009-01-30T22:24:18Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > FWIW, you’re the who brought up conservative bashing. **Guin** never mentioned conservatives or Republicans; she’s merely bashing stupid people. If you want to claim them for your side, that’s your business. 1. I am not a Republican. I am conservative on some issues, but liberal on just as many. I’ll cop to “libertarian” if you define it broadly enough. 2. She brought up the “freepers” as one of the targets of her ire. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-roots-for-the-steelers-omigod-racism/483338/46 "2009-01-30T23:12:59Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Did this admission come sometime shortly before the Pennsylvania primary? :dubious:😛 > > This sounds suspiciously like Hillary Clinton revealing that she was always a Yankees fan. As a Yankees fan that made me like her less. It was hard to buy. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-roots-for-the-steelers-omigod-racism/483338/47 "2009-01-31T00:20:19Z")
> [@furt](#): > > 1. I am not a Republican. I am conservative on some issues, but liberal on just as many. I’ll cop to “libertarian” if you define it broadly enough. > > 2. She brought up the “freepers” as one of the targets of her ire. Freepers=Nutjobs. I don’t consider them conservatives. I consider them stupid at best, and complete fucking lunatics at best. This, however: > [@](#): > > Is it just some sort of political team-affiliation thing: some conservative somewhere says something stupid, and you take this as a validation of your own politics? is complete and utter bullshit. But hey, believe what you want. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-roots-for-the-steelers-omigod-racism/483338/48 "2009-01-31T01:33:58Z")
So I repeat my question: what was the point of the thread? Someone on another thread finds someone somewhere saying something stupid, and you bring it here because … ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-roots-for-the-steelers-omigod-racism/483338/49 "2009-01-31T01:34:44Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > …I consider them stupid at best, and complete fucking lunatics at best… Emphasis added. So there’s no worst-case scenario here? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-roots-for-the-steelers-omigod-racism/483338/50 "2009-01-31T02:20:33Z")
> [@Mr.Moto](#): > > Dunno. There are two pro football teams in Pennsylvania, and claiming to be a Steeler fan won’t automatically endear one to fans of the Eagles - who also did well this year. I’m guessing too it’s because Dan Rooney was a big supporter. **Elendil’s Heir** , :smack The latter would be the worst. **furt** : It’s called “Recreational Outrage.” It’s all the rage! Dude, the Steelers are a religion around here. You know what they say about Pittsburgh-“We’re a drinking town with a football problem.” 😃 So fair-weather fans piss me off. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-roots-for-the-steelers-omigod-racism/483338/51 "2009-01-31T02:23:37Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Isn’t pitting stupids comments on a sports page kind of like shooting ducks with a machine-gun when the ducks are glued to the floor? What’s next, pitting the posts on the IMDB message board? 😃 No, next would be pitting the comments on [youtube.com](http://youtube.com) videos. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-roots-for-the-steelers-omigod-racism/483338/52 "2009-01-31T02:29:41Z")
(stupid editing time limits) And making it about politics-“wwaaaah, such and such politician roots for my team, so I’m not going to anymore!!!” Or, “Dan Rooney supports Obama!!! So I’m not going to root for the Steelers!!!” That’s so pathetic and stupid. Now stop fucking hijacking my thread, goddammit. If you have a problem with it, GO TO CLEVELAND. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-roots-for-the-steelers-omigod-racism/483338/53 "2009-01-31T05:05:41Z")
Would you please stop asking people you don’t like to go to Cleveland? We like it here, and most of us backed Obama too! Send them to… oh, I don’t know… Salt Lake City! ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-roots-for-the-steelers-omigod-racism/483338/54 "2009-01-31T10:20:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Would you please stop asking people you don’t like to go to Cleveland? We like it here, and most of us backed Obama too! Send them to… oh, I don’t know… Salt Lake City! It’s a natural thing for us Pittsburghers. If someone pisses us off, their either from Cleveland or should go to Cleveland. Especially a fair-weather Steelers fan. If you aren’t loyal to the black and gold you should just go up to brownies country! ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-roots-for-the-steelers-omigod-racism/483338/55 "2009-01-31T13:25:57Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > This sounds suspiciously like Hillary Clinton revealing that she was always a Yankees fan. That pissed people off because there are pictures of Hillary wearing Cubs hats from years before she announced her run. And I believe someone dug up a quote where she mentioned being a lifelong fan of the Cubs. I don’t think Obama ever made any such statements beyond saying he became a Bears fan after moving to Chicago. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-roots-for-the-steelers-omigod-racism/483338.md?page=2)