Megan Rapinoe: The Sweetheart of CNN and MSNBC

. . . " the fun has been siphoned off and replaced with burning anger over issues unrelated to the game at hand. Today, at some point, half the crowd is likely to have ugliness rubbed in their faces as the other half cheers."  Richard Jack Rail*

They're watching ME!

Not since Barack Obama have we seen someone who adores her image as does Rapinoe. As was once noted about Obama, she loves to watch us watching her. TD

Like Kaepernick, Megan Rapinoe brings dishonor to her sport and to America

"Megan Rapinoe is so enamored of her own athletic prowess, she has somehow internalized the notion that we care what she thinks about the President, the anthem, the flag and the country.  As Silvio Canto wrote here on Wednesday, she seems to think her superior skill at soccer gives her the right to insult all the Americans with political views that differ from hers.  

"Rapinoe demonstrated an embarrassing lack of class that contaminates her entire

Look at me! No flag respect, just a smirk

team.  She is a woman who never learned that a bit of grace is an infectious thing in a good way.  This, of course, makes her a hero to the hate-America left that populates CNN and MSNBC 24/7.  Her disdain for the country to them means she is presidential material!  Just ask Rachel Maddow.  

"The Left is now officially insane.  This arrogant, disagreeable woman, Rapinoe, because she plays soccer well, thinks she has the right to trash everything and everyone she loathes.  As Rush suggested, she is likely angling for a hefty contract with Nike or some other sports mega-company that will throw millions of dollars at her to spew her venom.  It worked for failed NFL jerk Colin Kaepernick and Rapinoe checks off an additional box on the identity politics scale as a gay woman." . . .

Megan Rapinoe, the White House, and Trump’s Inability to Stick to the Script
. . .  "Since becoming president, Trump has veered off onto partisan rants about his political foes in the most unexpected and inappropriate places." . . .

The sweetheart of CNN and MSNBC

*Let sports be fun again  . . . "Whether you side with Rapinoe and/or Kaepernick isn’t the point. The point is that there was never sufficient reason to turn something fun and healthy into something hateful and ugly, for disrespecting the country that gave you birth, not on international television or on the field down the street. Even North Koreans love their country (if not their system) and they’re right to love their country. Imagine if you had been born there, or Rwanda, or anywhere else in the Third World. You might not have survived childhood. Yet you insult a country that made it possible for you to thrive." . . .

They should show respect for U.S. fans who don't like to see the flag disrespected

. . . "Let's hope the sponsors of the U.S. Soccer Federation remind the players that they sell lots of merchandise and products in the whole country, not just Los Angeles and San Francisco. "And should they go the White House?  I hope sanity prevails and they show up."

"As far as Megan, frankly, I don't give a damn."

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Alicia Colon: Purple-haired Never Trumpers are a real turn off.  "I don't particularly care for soccer anyway but it was the purple-haired star player Megan Rapinoe who turned me off by spouting her disdain for any White House visit before she was even asked.

"Did she do that for publicity or was her Trump derangement too deeply entrenched? Stomping on the American flag even accidentally during the World Cup celebration was more proof of her unworthiness to represent our great country." . . .

 Get Over Yourselves  . . . "The Women’s World Cup just ended and the team from the United States won. I didn’t say they were representing the United States because it doesn’t seem like they wanted to, they were representing themselves.
"Led by narcissist Megan Rapinoe, they beat up on teams with significantly less skill than they had and celebrated goals against them like they just cured cancer. It’s akin to me beating my 2-year-old in a game of Trivial Pursuit and screaming “In your face!” each time I won a piece of pie. When Alex Morgan scored against England in the semi-finals, she mocked her opponents by pretending to sip tea. Why? Arrogance. It was embarrassing and cheapened the victory."

Obama and Biden Flaunt U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Jerseys as the Team Shuns Trump White House  . . . "Barack Obama posted a photo of himself holding a jersey with his name on the back and the number “19.” The former president wrote “proud to rep America’s best team.” He added, “thanks for being such a strong inspiration for women and girls.' ” . . .