Tim Thomas Standing Up For Principle

After winning the Stanley Cup, the Boston Bruins goalie, Tim Thomas, declined to participate in a team visit to the White House, a tradition that spans sports where the championship winners get to meet with the president. Thomas' reason for not attending was momentous, especially in the current political climate, because Thomas declined to visit the White House because he believes the federal government is out of control.  In his released statement, he pointed at both political parties as the root cause, but his Tea Party activism has made his political opinions well known.

Now the main stream media, not to mention the Bruins themselves, are characterizing Thomas as "selfish" and as someone who isn't a team player.  Bruins Coach Claude Julien stated "we don’t mix politics with hockey. In this dressing room here, our job is to win hockey games and win hockey games as a team. That’s what we are.’’  And yet, isn't the act of meeting with a sitting president a political act?  And doesn't someone have the right to decline if they find the actions of the current sitting president despicable?

Considering the president's predilection at lecturing and thin-skinned defensiveness toward his administration's policies and goals (just ask Jan Brewer), I would probably turn down a meeting with the president too.  How do you look a man in the face, smile, shake his hand, and have your picture taken with him, believing in your heart, that while he is not an evil man, his policies are destroying the country you love?

So my hat, my heart, and my applause goes to Bruins Goalie Tim Thomas.   His dedication, not only to his sport but to his political beliefs, are not only a credit to conservatives every where, but an inspiration as well.  So my advice to the Main Stream Media, not to mention the other @$$&#&%$ on his team who think calling Thomas names and deriding his staunch willingness to stand fast on his beliefs, is to stop demonizing a man who plays his sport well, and knows that he will not be used by a misguided political administration as a prop.

Go Tim Thomas