Bear hug backlash
Hug it out, Prez!
Pizza Man Bear Hugs Obama, Starts Yelp Troll War – Yahoo!.
I’m sure you’ve heard by now about the bear hug President Obama received during a visit to Big Apple Pizza in Fort Pierce, Florida, this past Sunday. Owner Scott Van Nuzer lifted the Commander-in-Chief more than a foot off the ground in a heartfelt embrace.
Of course, this opened the floodgates for all sorts of criticism online.
On the website Yelp, which allows users to rate and review businesses, detractors lashed out at Van Nuzer and gave his business negative ratings. Some claimed his partisanship was to blame.
Fortunately, positive ratings started rolling in and by the time it was all said and done, Van Nuzer’s ratings had skyrocketed.
Although I am an Obama supporter and thought this was a touching scene, I simply cannot understand how something like this could bother people. Would they react the same if Romney had been treated this way by an adoring fan and supporter?
Bear in mind that Van Nuzer is a registered Republican and nevertheless voted for Obama in 2008. He is planning to do the same this November.
This presidential election has been one of the ugliest I have ever seen, but is it necessary to start attacking regular people simply because they prefer a different candidate than you?
I suggest we all take this story for what it is: a nice gesture of love and support. Obama and the Secret Service didn’t seem to mind, so why should we?
Posted on September 11, 2012, in Perspectives and tagged Barack Obama, Bear hug, commentary, current-events, Florida, musings, news, Obama, opinion, perspectives, politics, Republican, Van Nuzer, Yelp. Bookmark the permalink. 6 Comments.
Can’t believe how foolish and nasty some people are.I think hug was really nice.I’d like to hug your Pres.too.Nice guy for politician,maybe doesn’t always tell the truth but no politician does.They all bullshit but he’s better than most.
Yes he is. And I hope we can keep him around, doglady
Be real careful with meds.You have a good brain.Take care of it.We all enjoy things you discuss.Wouldn’t want to lose that.
You are too kind, doglady. I really appreciate it and promise to be careful.
I hadnt heard about this but i can’t believe it caused a backlash. Surely the more relevant point, regardless of the pizza man’s views, is the fact that he was allowed to pick up the President of the United States?! If we started going round picking up the Queen I think that would be the main issue, rather than whether we actually liked her or not…. !
It’s a beautiful scene though. I bet Obama was rather pleased.
I think he was, Becky. And you’re right. Picking up the Queen would probably be a bad idea. LOL
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