Obama's Idea of a Deserving Person

The Washington Post reports that Obama is thrilled with the second chance Michael Vick has received:

Obama phoned the owner of the Philadelphia Eagles to praise the team for giving a second chance to the quarterback, who is again a National Football League star 19 months after leaving prison for his role in a horrific dogfighting ring that killed pit bulls by electrocution, hanging and drowning. The president has not spoken publicly about the call, though aides acknowledged that it took place. But Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie told Peter King of Sports Illustrated and NBC Sports that during their conversation Obama was passionate about Vick's comeback. "He said, 'So many people who serve time never get a fair second chance,'" said Lurie, who did not indicate when the call occurred. "He said, 'It's never a level playing field for prisoners when they get out of jail.' And he was happy that we did something on such a national stage that showed our faith in giving someone a second chance after such a major downfall.'"

Who really deserves credit for giving second chances? It's the people who rescued all those poor abused animals. People like Richard Hunter who took in Mel. Mel was used as a bait dog. Mel will never fully recover from the abuse he suffered. He is terrified of strangers and afraid to even go outside to use the bathroom.

As Jacquielynn Floyd of The Dallas Morning News says, this was not your garden-variety dog-fighting. What occurred at Vick's so-called kennel shows not just a lapse in judgment, but a depravity that isn't cured by a few months in prison. Just reading about what Vick and his cronies did to these animals would sicken even the most hard-hearted human around. That's how we know that Vick and his cronies aren't human, and they deserve no second chances no matter how well they play football.

So my final thought? If Obama thinks Michael Vick is a deserving person, what does that say about Obama?

"A comeback that counts." The Dallas Morning News; January 2, 2011; p. 1A.

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