Here's my 2 cents..
Obama shouldn't have said that, especially when there was a chance it could be publicly released. It was in bad taste, but I have to agree with Karen also, how he was not referring significantly to MV, but also about giving second chances. He definitely could have used a better example, but how many other presidents/celebrities have said things similar to this with not as much as a hype? I bet FOX news is having a party over this.
Do I think he should be back in the NFL? No. But do I think he deserves a second chance? Sure. I'm all for people re-building their lives. I will never like the guy again but you can't change the past. Sure he HAS apologized, I didn't believe a word of it when I saw the video, but what's done is done. HOPEFULLY, in some way he realizes what he has done and will endeavor to be a better person. Redemption won't change the past, he still needs to live with this for the rest of his life - or at least the rest of his football career.
This is worth a public outcry, certainly. But people seem to forget what other players have done too. I am by no means, telling anyone to "get over it", but am just pointing out this type of thing happens quite a bit. Remember Donte Stallworth, sentenced to 30 DAYS for a DUI MANSLAUGTER? 30 days, that's it. I mean, at least Vick got two years. He also got a second chance and is playing on the Ravens if I remember correctly.
http://www.justnews.com/news/19766406/detail.html
As for the Vick dogs, I have been wanting that book for quite awhile. It sounds like a great read. I loved hearing about the successful rehabilitation those animals went thru.
Personally, I loved it when the video aired of Obama calling Kanye West a "jack-ass" for interrupting Taylor Swift during the VMA's last year.
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