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Tom Brady is the left’s worst nightmare – American Thinker

Posted by M. C. on February 10, 2021

We need winners right now, those who got where they are based on their talents and not by the choice of government or other ideological bullies.

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/02/tom_brady_is_the_lefts_worst_nightmare.html

By Dex Bahr

Soon after Super Bowl LV, I texted a good friend of mine that Tampa Bay quarterback Tom Brady is every leftist’s worst nightmare: he is successful, a winner, and a Trump-supporter, and worst of all, he is a white man.  For a little context, I pretty much boycotted the NFL this year because of politics, do not watch corporate media, and had not read any websites or blogs after the game, but one thing I do know is how the left thinks.

Let me go on the record by saying that until about four years ago, I couldn’t stand Tom Brady.  I used to root for every one of Patriot’s opponents.  My reasons for not liking him: He was successful, a winner, and a good-looking guy with a supermodel wife.  I suppose, like most guys who wanted Brady to lose, I was jealous.

Yeah, it really just came down to stupid petty jealousy, and it’s pretty embarrassing to admit.

So what changed?

Two things changed my mind about Tom Brady.  First, he and Coach Bill Belichick were vocal in their support of then-candidate Donald Trump in 2015, and second, I realized that it was pretty stupid to loathe someone because he wins.  After all, isn’t it great to win and to constantly seek that goal?

I then came to the realization that anyone who works hard and succeeds in any endeavor should be emulated, not ridiculed.  We used to love winners in America, but I guess these days, winners have to be a member of a minority group for it to count and not a white man who keeps his political opinions mostly to himself.

I am a Christian, and an American who happens to be black and I proudly say that Tom Brady is the greatest quarterback to ever play in the NFL.  He is deserving of admiration as a great American athlete.

This is a man who worked hard for everything he achieved: first in his effort to earn the starting QB role for Michigan (1996–1999) and then in his quest to be the starter at New England.  What Brady’s detractors either do not know or forget is that this guy was drafted by the Patriots in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL draft.  As the 199th pick in the sixth round, no one was predicting that this guy would win seven Super Bowls, much less one.  Brady is a living, breathing example of success: a strong work ethic, focus, and tenacity.

Brady,43, wears seven Super Bowl rings, not solely because of his talented throwing arm or his ability to read defenses, but because he is one of those rare leaders who inspires his teammates to elevate their game.  Brady signed a two-year, $50-million contract with the Buccaneers after leaving the Patriots in 2020.  Tampa Bay finished 7-9 in 2019 and had not made a playoff appearance since 2007.  Now they are Super Bowl champs for the second time in their franchise history.

What I have always found fascinating about team sports is chemistry.  Sure, a team may have the talent, but there is something magical about the right mix and the difference an inspirational leader can make.  Winners bring out the best in those around them — not only in sports, but in any endeavor.

Those detractors who say it is somehow racist that Brady won during Black History Month should be ridiculed and vilified.  Demonizing Brady for winning during Black History Month is offensive because it sells black athletes short.  It sounds as though these whiners wanted Brady to throw the game so the black starter on Kansas City, Patrick Mahomes, could win during Black History Month.  Talk about some sort of weird gridiron affirmative action fetish.

Mahomes is a fierce competitor and would be the first one to want to beat Brady on his own talents, guts, and determination.  The Buccaneers certainly respected Mahomes’s talents enough to devise a defense to neutralize his targets while maintaining constant pressure on the young quarterback.  I suppose that to leftists, it was racist to come up with a game plan to stop the talented and formidable signal-caller who happens to be black.  Ridiculous!

The criticism of Brady is illustrative of where we are as a country right now.  White people, especially white men, are being demonized as the scourge of America.  Heroes can only be those leftists from “persecuted” minority groups who hate America as it was founded or those who acknowledge the struggle and admit their white guilt.  And lurking in the background are evil entities invested keeping the country divided, whether by politics, race, or class.

We need winners right now, those who got where they are based on their talents and not by the choice of government or other ideological bullies.  And boy, we patriots could use any inspiration we can get in the times we are living.

Dex Bahr is a freelance writer and author of the book No Christian Man is an Island: Leading the Spiritual Quest in America’s Culture Wars.

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Barbarous Relic: The nightmare is upon us

Posted by M. C. on January 8, 2021

When one reads about stolen votes the people who have been cheated are not brought out front and center. You don’t see their faces. Yesterday we got to see some of their faces. They brought themselves out front and center, and someone shot a woman in the neck, and she bled to death. Witnesses say the shooter was wearing a suit, shooting through a window from below on the other side of a wall. I didn’t see any protestors in suits. The victim, Ashli Babbitt, was a married 14-year Air Force veteran from San Diego. I would think she would qualify as a true patriot, meaning someone who, being a member of the military, was prepared to put her life on the line defending the Constitution. She was doing exactly that when she was murdered.  

http://barbarous-relic.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-nightmare-is-upon-us.html

Yesterday, January 6, President Trump delivered a powerful speech on the White House lawn. Trump is mostly a great cheerleader. He says things a lot of people like to hear. Free marketers rightfully cringe at many of his comments. But that’s nothing compared to what they hear from his political opponents.

He did not lay out a plan for gaining legitimate control of the federal government. Voting should have worked but it didn’t.  Even if he had a plan it would’ve been a mistake to talk about it then. His audience, which was massive, wanted to hear more about the fraud that stole their votes. He gave it to them.

(How do honest people beat cheaters? They don’t. If they’re smart they have nothing to do with them. But politics demands participation if only for self-defense. So they have to participate and in doing so lose. Biden boasted about their fraudulent system, and for once he was right. It will get more sophisticated, more resistant to deciphering.)

After the speech Trump was to lead them to the Capitol to get the attention of Congress. I did not see him personally walking the streets or in any other manner head to the Capitol. But a great many of his followers did walk there and the police opened the gates to let them pass.  

From what I have found so far, none of the protesters were armed. But when they got inside the Capitol building members of Congress, including Pence, scurried for their lives instead of confronting the people who had been cheated. 

When one reads about stolen votes the people who have been cheated are not brought out front and center. You don’t see their faces. Yesterday we got to see some of their faces. They brought themselves out front and center, and someone shot a woman in the neck, and she bled to death. Witnesses say the shooter was wearing a suit, shooting through a window from below on the other side of a wall. I didn’t see any protestors in suits. The victim, Ashli Babbitt, was a married 14-year Air Force veteran from San Diego. I would think she would qualify as a true patriot, meaning someone who, being a member of the military, was prepared to put her life on the line defending the Constitution. She was doing exactly that when she was murdered.  

When Congress reconvened there was no talk of a fraudulent election. No, sir — they had seen the real soul of the Deplorables. Before the break-in we heard some of them using their powers of persuasion describing the fraud that happened in certain states, particularly with regard to the assertion that only state legislatures could change voting rules, which in the contested states did not happen. After the protesters were cleared all that talk vanished. We heard indignant vows that this country would not tolerate violence as a means to overturn a legitimate election. In other words we heard the hypocrites lie, one after another, RINOs and Democrats. 

The nightmare is upon us. Leftists have always believed the end justifies the means. They have now got what they wanted in the way they believed in. Candace Owens was right when she said their dog was going to eat them someday.

My own position is spelled out here:

https://tinyurl.com/gfs543DNC2

Or you can watch the video:


https://www.youtube.com/embed/df_l24SY-hA

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