Ryan Lochte endorses Obama with trademark eloquence

[flamingdem]

** I noticed this news because it's pissing off the right wing Cubans in Miami

http://washingtonexaminer.com/ryan-lochte-endorses-obama-with-trademark-eloquence/article/2507450#.UE61sRhQmh0

Olympic swimming champ Ryan Lochte took a moment out of his schedule at New York Fashion Week to weigh in on the presidential election, which he admits he hasn't been following closely.

"I've been going non-stop left and right," Lochte told the Wall Street Journal at a party at the Four Seasons. "I haven't had time to watch the news. I've got to catch up on that. But, you know, Obama did great the past four years, so I'm kind of more leaning towards him." He added, "Jeah!"

[Cha]

1. I should HOPE you're Leaning

towards him, Ryan Lochte! Get him a tutor Quick!

I bet that's pissing off rwingers.."did a great job the last 4 years"... that much he knows!

[flamingdem]

2. Here's the hand wringing at a blog I don't want to link:

6 comments to “Obama did great the past four years, so I’m kind of more leaning towards him–YEAH!” (Ryan Lochte)

FreedomForCuba
September 10th, 2012 at 1:50 PM

Maybe Michael Phelps have been sharing his bong with Bryan, that's the only plausible explanation.
Luis Gonzalez
September 10th, 2012 at 3:23 PM

Lochte...that's the guy who lost 20 races in a row to Phelps between 2003 and 2010, right?
asombra
September 10th, 2012 at 3:28 PM

Sigh. Well, it may be a Cameron Diaz scenario. Does he even speak Spanish? It's quite possible his life has been so focused on swimming that the Cuba thing never really came into it. Besides, being a great athlete (or a great actor, or whatever) definitely does not guarantee having the right stuff in other areas. Clint Eastwood is hardly the only talented person in the movie business, but how many other ones have (or dare to display) his political discernment? Or maybe Lochte's just another shallow fashion victim. Again, sigh.
Humberto Fontova
September 10th, 2012 at 4:33 PM

Yeah. I doubt it's even a strategic career thing. He's probably just going with the flow, a fashion thing.
FreedomForCuba
September 10th, 2012 at 6:57 PM

Indeed Humberto,

Peer pressure among the youngsters to support Obama is very high and unfortunately these kids are not mature enough to understand how much damage Obama is inflicting to America. I guess his Cuban-American mother has not done a good job in that regard.

Plus these kids are too busy enjoying the wild life to understand what the future will bring to them if America continues on this Marxist/Socialism path.

Anyway the MSM, the Hollywood idiots and college academia are the main culprits for their idiocy, they have been very well brainwashed.
raddoc
September 10th, 2012 at 9:29 PM

What a let down; and like the rest of us, I was cheering him on.

[1KansasDem]

3. "kind of more leaning" ???????

[flamingdem]

4. His mother is from Havana Cuba

so he's known for a some interesting English phrases I guess

[Cha]

5. Thanks, I really didn't get what

connection Ryan had with the Cubano commenters and now I Do!

Those replies you posted are kinda sad.. they think they know so much and YET..NADA!

The Facts are stubborn and have a Liberal Bias.

[flamingdem]

6. This is the nicest they ever are!

They are usually much more nasty. Ryan is one of their own who did them proud so they cannot give him the full hate treatment. Not yet anyway!

[Cha]

9. Hehe! Good Point! It's people like Ryan and Scott Van

Duzer who are making US Proud! And, maybe just maybe getting Indies to Leaning Obama, too!

[CitizenPatriot]

7. they were careful to list the races he's lost way back

unless you're tim tebow, you suck to the Right. Obama hugs won't be tolerated and if you don't say you hate the man, you're going to be SMEARED by the "patriots".

In other words, they are losing the election so they're getting even MORE angry. Who knew that was even possible?

[flamingdem]

8. Pizza Shop Owner Who Bear-Hugged Obama Facing Boycott Threats from Angry Republicans

http://gawker.com/5942058/pizza-shop-owner-who-bear+hugged-obama-facing-boycott-threats-from-angry-republicans

For example these guys attacked Duzer on their blog as did so many other righties. I hope he'll be okay!


--- snip
"People are saying a lot of bad things and boycotting my restaurant," Van Duzer said. "There's no middle line anymore, and that's exactly what's wrong with our country right now."

Many Republicans took to Yelp to slam Van Duzer — who is himself a Republican — for having the gall to respect Obama. "Talk about committing business suicide," wrote one irate Arizonan Yelper wrote on the Big Apple Pizza & Pasta page. "After picking up Obama, your books are gonna be in the red pretty soon. Not too smart."

As Gather Politics contributor Reno Berkeley notes, most of the single-star reviews have since been removed from Yelp — replaced by a deluge of five-star reviews from supporters responding to the backlash.

Speaking with CNN's Wolf Blitzer this afternoon, Van Duzer, whose charity work in the blood donation arena was lauded by the president, explained what motivated him to extended Obama such an uplifting embrace.

[Cha]

10. We saw what they did to Charlie Crist..but, now..

how's that working out for Florida?