Michelle Obama Booed At NASCAR Race

[onehandle]

Source: Huffington Post

Michelle Obama and Jill Biden were booed at NASCAR's season finale at the Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday.

The appearance was part of an initiative to honor military troops and families. The first lady and vice president's wife also served as grand marshals for the big race.

At the beginning of the race, an announcer introduced the two women, who were met with a loud combination of both cheers and boos.

This is hardly the first time the first and second lady have been booed at a sporting event. Their appearance at World Series games in both 2009 and 2011 were met with a less-than-warm welcome.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/20/michelle-obama-booed-nascar_n_1104059.html

[MichiganVote]

1. Pathetic. These women are not politicians and don't make policy.

[freshwest]

9. But they're hated. Michelle's been ridiculed and the subject of racist crap since Day One.

Although it's more about them being Democrats than race, though.

[Bluzmann57]

2. Seems to me that they were met fairly warmly in St. Louis

The World Series. I heard many cheers anyway. Of course, my hearing isn't the best anymore so perhaps I wasn't aware of the boos.

[TuxedoKat]

16. Yes

St. Louis fans are pretty polite. I watched the game and didn't hear any boos. I'm sure the commentators would have mentioned it there had been any either.

[alp227]

3. That behavior makes me embarassed to be a sports fan

since so many of them get their news from Fox News/Rush Limbaugh and never think critically about those issues but would rather spend hours on end analyzing sports trivia.

[bhikkhu]

27. NASCAR is a sport?

:P

[_ed_]

43. NASCAR is a sport in the same way that bowling or playing cards

is a sport: it's not.

[JackRiddler]

44. Those are sports by comparison.

In sports, the kinetic force comes from the human body or gravity, e.g., jumping and falling, laying down cards, setting balls into motion.

NASCAR is a technological competition among corporate-owned workshops that does, however, require very fast reflexes from the machine operators.

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[_ed_]

47. So does my nephew's video games

But, I'd hardly argue that sitting on your ass and playing with a joystick is a sport. Neither is sitting on your ass in a car.

If NASCAR is a sport, then so is my morning commute. And I even make some right turns!

[red dog 1]

4. POTUS Should Have Sent Panetta to "Honor Military Troops & Families", Not 1st Ladies!

[maxrandb]

18. Doesn't matter

you could have had a highly decorated Marine who was wounded in battle there, and if he was in any way representing the views, or initiatives of the Obama Adminstration, these idiots would have booed him...

wait...they "did" boo a highly decorated Marine who was wounded in battle. Not to mention that the First and Second Lady were there to promote their program to aid our military families.

What class....

[babylonsister]

21. Jill Biden and Michelle Obama have been working tirelessly

on behalf of military families; you obviously were not aware of that. They both had/have every right to be there.

[BeHereNow]

5. Classy, those NASCAR fans...

Wild horses couldn't drag me to one of those
Romanesque gatherings of the lowest common denominator of
our Crisco swilling populace.

BHN

[Bluzmann57]

11. Generalize much?

Just asking.

[Shadowflash]

25. So exciting!

They're making a left turn!!

[Autumn]

6. That is so uncalled for

some people are just pigs.

[Divine Discontent]

7. "all that for a flag" - that ridiculous RW email forward that many in the crowd surely have seen or

probably heard on their hate-radio is part of the reason they boo Michelle. Supposedly, in the 9/11 memorial video where they are playing bagpipes and they are folding up the US flag, she leaned over to pres Obama and said that, but the truth is, you can't really tell what she's saying, and the meaning of why she's saying it! He merely agrees with what she says as it's going on, but man, it got the right wing in a tizzy. My old coworkers in CO sent it to me and said that's why vets can't stand the Obamas. I said, you mean, because you can't tell what she's saying and it drives you all crazy? ha! They make up controversy where there is none just to foster their hatred of Democrats, esp. the moderate, Obama, who you'd think they'd be pleased with since he's worked with the GOP on several issues including extending B*sh's tax cuts, but no, they have hatred in their eyes! I can't imagine whyyyyy they dislike the Obamas so much. LOL



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[Bluzmann57]

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I would like to say that categorizing all Nascar fans, or any other fans of sports as "rednecks" or "idiots" or anything like that is just wrong though. I know you did not do that in your post but I'm just unloading a bit. Peace to you and yours.

[Divine Discontent]

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Yes, I agree, cannot throw people in a group and say ALL people that go to the races, because I have been to a few in Daytona! Proudly wore my 24! haha.. My brother was a big Jarrett fan so he hated being next to me because so many NASCAR fans hated Gordon back in the day because he won every third race for a while, until his protege came along and started winning everything. Sadly though, I'm sure more than half of the people at the race booed Michelle. But, in turn, I'm sure more than a 1/3 applauded. It's a free country, but damn, I wish people would use their brains to know what's going on and not listen to Fox for "news". :)

[4dsc]

8. there's no excuses for idiot

these fans are giving NASCAR as black eye with this incident.

[davidwparker]

12. Considering the "fans" are knuckle-draggers with their

bear-foot-and-pregnatnt old ladies, is anyone shocked?

I hope, if O can pull out the nest election, that he sees these people as they are: political enemies who need to be defeated. Spare me the bipartisanship.

[dionysus]

14. "were met with a loud combination of both cheers and boos." now, i personally have no use for motor

sports. but considering there were also people cheering, i don't think i'd paint them with such a broad brush.

:shrug:

[davidwparker]

22. broad brush, probably not. extra large brush, yes. I live

in the south, not so far away from NASCAR, USA. I know the type.

It is never 100%, but really ...

[dionysus]

23. thats fair, i live in upstate ny. watkins glen here brings out the nascar peeps huge. it's not

limited to the south by all means.

[geardaddy]

36. bearfoot?

Sorry, it just struck me funny.

[RagAss]

15. Deleted

[maxrandb]

17. If NASCAR had any guts

they wouldn't return to Homestead until their fans stop being idiots.

BTW - Isn't Homestead the place that got leveled by Hurricane Andrew, and then all those billions of dollars in federal "socialism" were spent to help rebuild their lives?

If I recall, they were pissed because they found out the local contstruction companies built them shitty homes that got crushed, and then demanded federal "regulations" to ensure their homes were properly contructed.

NASCAR fans...what a waste of skin. Displaying all the class and intelligence of your typical Teabagger.

Come on boys...tell us about how "great" your fans are.

[1776Forever]

20. I agree totally with your thoughts. When I read they were going to be "Grand Marshalls" for this

NASCAR Race I wondered how they would be accepted.

Here's the video - shameful!

http://videos.mediaite.com/video/First-Lady-Michelle-Obama-Booed;recently_viewed

[bluestate10]

24. The two ladies handled the situation with awesome class.

They performed the function that they were there for, despite the classless morons that booed them, then they focused on the members of the family that was on the podium with them. One encouraging item is that the boos, when compared to the cheers when the ladies gave the que to start engines seemed a minority of the people in attendance. For the ladies to even get significant cheers from that crowd says that the hold that idiocy and racism has on the South is slipping dramatically.

[name not needed]

19. Can't say I'm surprised, given the fan base...

[Deuce]

29. "Mr. Bergis"?

[DainBramaged]

37. You have no clue what the fan base is and if you did research you'd find out

bu as usual here, just another free shot at the NASCAR fans on DU. And you post a photo without any idea where it's from or when it's from.


Stay classy ya here.....

[FarLeftFist]

26. A lot more cheered than booed. Which is even more surprising.

[tinymontgomery]

28. Can't say I approve of this

but google barbara bush and see how many times she was booed. Don't think it is right for either of them. They both put themselves in the political arena. I pretty sure I always read that made them fair game in DU's eyes. How about we be civil to all the extended family. On the other hand F*** those elected and not elected that are destroying this country.

[unkachuck]

30. I can understand....

....the booing of the evil hag bush, the bearer of many demonic offspring....but Michelle and Jill?

[tinymontgomery]

31. Come on

a lot of people would yell shit at me but I wouldn't expect them to yell shit at my wife or kid. Look, I lost my last job due to standing up for my wife and son, so I know just a little bit about this. They had nothing to do with the battle between me and the administration. But if they were involved with what I was being taken to task for then I would think they were fair game. I think Michelle and Jill are wonderful and doing what needs to be done. It is a shame people like those of us on DU don't realize that but maybe (myself included) should have been slightly easier on the family of past elected officials. I believe all of the people should have respect for families of (the office for which the spouse was dully elected) unless they put themselves out there inject themselves into policy or such. This may not be perfectly written but after 4 glasses of wine what the hell.

[JuniperLea]

56. Perhaps those who boo'd Babs...

Were merely booing her beautiful mind.

She's said a fair amount of heinous things... I can see where some would take offense.

I can't think of one thing Michelle has said that could be considered anywhere near as vile.

[Zorra]

32. It's a badge of honor to be booed at a Nascar event. No worries. nt

[and-justice-for-all]

33. who cares, there are always some terds in a large crowd...nt

[AverageJoe90]

34. TBH, I always kinda liked Nascar......

.....and not every fan is a knuckle-dragging moron(some of them actually cheered, as per the article.), but on the other hand, I am quite disappointed to see just how partisan the sport has become today. =(

[EdEdson]

35. The video has been altered - there were waaaay more cheers than boos

I was actually there, and I can tell you that this video is BS. There were barely any boos. The video sounds like someone added about 90% more booing than there really was. I know none of you will care, since NASCAR is worse than Hitler here. I'm only trying to tell the truth.

[geardaddy]

39. ...

:popcorn:

[DainBramaged]

40. Smoke fan here, this is just another occasion to find something to hate on Monday morning

Welcome to DU, don't let the bullshit discourage ya.

[Divine Discontent]

42. hi, welcome. if you read the posts above you then it'd be clear

that there are NASCAR fans on this board and, there are many posts saying people can't label all if NASCAR as teabagger types, so in turn, you shouldn't label all of DU as thinking of NASCAR as worse than Hitler (bit much on the hyperbole. ha)

[JackRiddler]

45. Now now. NASCAR's is definitely not worse than Hitler.

Just more boring.

[NeedleCast]

48. Worse that Goebbels though

Yeah, maybe not Hitler.

[Cali_Democrat]

53. Welcome to DU

:hi:

[bigwillq]

55. Hello.

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[joeybee12]

38. Assholes...if you don't like them sit on your hands...

cretins.

[vidalarosa]

41. Michelle Obama Booed At NASCAR Race

that's now way to treat a first lady!

[NeedleCast]

46. Remember When The Right Told Us We Had to Respect the Office of President

Even if we didn't like the current president? What happened to that rule? It was being parroted from Faux News and every Republican pundit and radio host from coast to coast. Don't like Bush? That's fine but you have to respect the office of president and not throw shoes at him or boo him or photoshop pictures of him and a monkey together. You know, because we had to respect the office...

[Rex]

49. Well...we are talking about people that watch cars go round and round

and round a track...for a long time. I mean, how can that be entertaining? Oh right...there could be a car crash. :eyes:

[Scout]

50. yeah, cuz there's no strategy involved in when to pit or not, take 2 tires or 4, no problems

with going 3 wide or 4 wide (or not), no exciting passing, no drafting, no rivalries, no short-track, no long-track, no road course, no driving at speeds around 200mph inches (if that) from the cars to your right/left/in front/behind, no bump-drafting, doesn't matter that the drivers have numerous safety devices, as do the cars and the tracks now.


nah, just a bunch of rednecks driving in a circle for drunks to watch :eyes:

[DainBramaged]

52. You're talking to people who think 0-60 is a vodka.....

:hi:

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

54. I can't stand NASCAR, but I'm stuck listening to all the races

every Sunday afternoon because Mr. Wonderful likes anything to do with auto racing. Hell, I even get awakened to Grand Prix events in Europe on Sunday mornings. Just want to say that neither Mr. Wonderful or myself are definitely not drunken rednecks. I've voted Democratic in every election since 1972 and Mr. Wonderful since 2000(he became an American citizen in 1999).

[B Calm]

51. NASCAR FANS DISHONOR MILITARY TROOPS and families!

This does not surprise me any. . Republicans are pathetic losers!