James Harrison is an idiot. A self-absorbed, arrogant, ignorant fool. There's really no getting around it. He turned down an invitation to visit the White House with his Super Bowl champion teammates, because basically, he feels that Barack Obama has no interest in the Steelers themselves, but only invited them because he's hopping on the Steelers bandwagon after their Super Bowl win.

"This is how I feel -- if you want to see the Pittsburgh Steelers, invite us when we don't win the Super Bowl. As far as I'm concerned, he would've invited Arizona if they had won"

No s***, Sherlock. That's only what presidents have been doing for decades, now. Without the Super Bowl, you're just another one of the hundreds of NFL players that the President has no time to think about.

Harrison's refusal to visit the White House would be like him refusing to participate in the post-Super Bowl celebratory parade, because the city is only hosting the parade because they won the Super Bowl, and there would instead have been a parade for Arizona if THEY had won. In short, it makes no sense whatsoever.

Before anyone jumps on the political angle, that's not it. Harrison declined the invite 3 years earlier, when the Steelers won SB XL. So it's nothing political... he's just a dumbass.


James Harrison to Skip White House Visit [MSNBC] via [Fanhouse]