Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas declined to attend a White House meeting with Pres. Obama after the Bruins won the Stanley Cup. Thomas wrote about his decision on his Facebook page, as the Chicago Tribune reports.
Perhaps it’s because he’s a libertarian, but more likely, he’s a Tea Party member. (If he were on the far Left, he might as easily have declined the invitation, too, for different reasons.)
No matter: the world won’t fall apart, and declarations of this kind would be less attention-getting if they were more routine. The Dixie Chicks took all sorts of criticism for their criticism of Pres. Bush, but the world went on. (It hasn’t gone on entirely well, but it has gone on.)
A successful athlete makes his statement, the rest of the team shows up, the incumbent president delivers his remarks at the event, and no one is harmed in the process.
As it should be, more often, on more issues, with more politicians.