DCLance

As I was busy watching the unorganized pile of shit team he abandoned, Joe Gibbs was delivering a speech to the crumb bums at the Republican National Convention. I had no clue that he was scheduled to address these dolts and was in disbelief when a coworker told me of his appearance.  I found the transcript of the speech, and was pretty bothered by the entire thing.

I believe that electing John McCain and Sarah Palin will spark a return to God’s Word and a spiritual revival that will bring our nation together.

That is really an incredibly divisive statement, and I’m not sure why Joe Gibbs would want to alienate at least fifty percent of his fans and one hundred percent of people not wanting to be caught up in a spiritual revival.

I was really disappointed in Gibbs when he walked out on this organization with one year remaining on his contract.  When things were rough the last four years (and things were often rough), I always said that with this ownership, the Redskins were going to lose regardless of the coach, but if they’re going to lose, I’d prefer to lose with Joe Gibbs.  I understand he has a personal life, I understand he has a sick grandchild, and I understand football is just a game; but for so much talk about commitment, loyalty, and “being a true Redskin,” to leave the people that followed him here and the coaches and players he recruited to come here to the whims and vagaries of The Danny was irresponsible, and we can all see what has happened to the organization in his absence.

Joe Gibbs is a smart, hard working man, whose intelligence, patience, assiduousness and way with people won him three Super Bowls and three NASCAR championships.  People like him never blame god for any of their financial disasters or serious health problems, but they’re so eager to forget their hard work and give him all the credit for their successes.  He should know enough from his experience in managing people that associating himself with the partisan politics of McCain/Palin and forcing religion into this debate would do more harm to his reputation and our national discourse than good.

We needed you in Washington this year, Joe…but not for the politics.