Obama Appoints Commission to Study Wrestling Terminology |
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![]() Protest march staged by the Pro-Duel faction in downtown Kingwood West Virginia. |
The President's remarks were in reference to worldwide confusion over a number of wrestling terminological inexactitudes: for example, whether five wrestling teams in one gymnasium constitute a "Duel Meet" or a "Dual Meet." Partisans from both sides of the controversy have sharpened their rhetoric in recent months, and the controversy has spilled over into the streets.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) took issue with the President. "If two people get together to compete, whether it is a wrestling match or a sword fight, then it is a 'duel.' Dual refers to how many tires you have on the back end of your pick-up. The American people understand that." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca), leader of the "pro-dual" faction in Congress, had urged bipartisan support for her bill which would require use of the word "dual" when referring to wrestling events. "We respect the position of the Republican minority on this issue, even though they are a bunch of egg-sucking ignorant heathens who couldn't pour pee-pee out of a boot if the directions were on the heel. But the time for being nice is over -- we must take a strong stand on the issue." |
RainbowPUSH Coalition leader Rev. Jesse Jackson, organizer of the "million-wrestling-mom-march" proclaimed "Today's placewinners are tomorrow's breadwinners. If you have diarrhea, take Imodium - if you are a finalist, you take the podium."
Conservative radio commentator Rush Limbaugh, in response to Jackson's pronouncement, noted "I don't know why Jesse Jackson feels the need to weigh-in on this issue. There is only one finalist at a wrestling tournament - the champion. Everybody else is a loser." In reply to Limbaugh's comment, Jackson noted "See what I mean? He said I "weighed-in" on this issue. Everybody knows that you "weigh-in" at a wrestling tournament, not at a political debate. Limbaugh wants to deny millions of American youth a seat at the table of wrestling equity." |
![]() Wrestling moms form a "human chain of finalism" at the D.C. march last week. |