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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1205645" data-attributes="member: 1246">With all that&#039;s going on in the world today, the president chose to comment that maybe the Redskins should change their name. Yet he never mentions the Chicago Blackhawks changing theirs.That makes one person.Via <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/326967-carney-proud-of-obama-on-redskins?utm_campaign=briefingroom&amp;utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitterfeed" target="_blank">The Hill</a>:White House press secretary Jay Carney said Monday he was “proud” of President Obama for saying over the weekend he would “think about changing” the name of the Washington Redskins.

Carney noted he was a longtime Redskins fan and a native-born Washingtonian.

“I was proud of my president on this issue,” the press secretary said.

He also said that he did not believe Obama had called Redskins owner Dan Snyder to discuss the name.

Carney is a personal friend of the NFL owner, according to a financial disclosure form released in 2011.
In that document, Carney describes receiving a pair of tickets to watch two separate Redskins games in the owner’s suite. The disclosure refers to Snyder as a “long-time personal friend
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[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1205645, member: 1246"] With all that's going on in the world today, the president chose to comment that maybe the Redskins should change their name. Yet he never mentions the Chicago Blackhawks changing theirs. That makes one person. Via [URL="http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/326967-carney-proud-of-obama-on-redskins?utm_campaign=briefingroom&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitterfeed"]The Hill[/URL]: [INDENT]White House press secretary Jay Carney said Monday he was “proud” of President Obama for saying over the weekend he would “think about changing” the name of the Washington Redskins. Carney noted he was a longtime Redskins fan and a native-born Washingtonian. [B]“I was proud of my president on this issue,” the press secretary said. [/B] He also said that he did not believe Obama had called Redskins owner Dan Snyder to discuss the name. Carney is a personal friend of the NFL owner, according to a financial disclosure form released in 2011. In that document, Carney describes receiving a pair of tickets to watch two separate Redskins games in the owner’s suite. The disclosure refers to Snyder as a “long-time personal friend [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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