MMA Jacob Volkmann Regrets Obama Comment In Wake Of Arizona Shooting

[RamboLiberal]

Jacob Volkmann, the mixed-martial arts fighter who said last week he wanted to "knock some sense into that idiot" Barack Obama, told HuffPost on Wednesday that he regretted the comment in light of the Saturday assassination attempt on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) that left six people dead.

"I would never make that comment if that shooting happened first," said Volkmann, 30.

The Arizona shooting has resulted in widespread, and sometimes controversial, calls for toned-down political rhetoric. Volkmann, whose remarks won him a customary visit from the Secret Service, is toning it down.

"I can't imagine what it's like for the parents," he said, reflecting on the massacre in Tucson. "I got a four-year-old girl and a two-year-old boy."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/12/jacob-volkmann-regrets-obama-comment_n_808064.html

Well you are a better man than many RW'ers in the media & Repub pols.

[mrs_p]

1. now that sounds more like the discipline you learn

in martial arts. i was surprised by his rhetoric last week, as there is definitely a "code" in conducting yourself in public. at least, from what i learned in karate.

[JoePhilly]

2. Didn't you see Karate Kid 1 and 2? nt

[mrs_p]

5. lol - of course!

but not 3 or the new one. the "bad" dojo is an example of how not to behave with honor.

[JoePhilly]

11. Wax on, wax off!!!

[RamboLiberal]

For the most part that code has disappeared in MMA

Maybe some schools & instructors have retained it but I think for the most part it is not practiced in modern MMA.

[Common Sense Party]

4. MMA is a sport, not a martial ART, as practiced for hundreds of years.

Yes they incorporate some of the techniques from various martial arts, but it's just a highly competitive, rather violent sport. The code, the philosophy, the ethics are not evident in the sport.

[LibDemAlways]

3. "I would never make that comment if that shooting happened first."

So it takes a tragedy for this guy to tone down his rhetoric. Otherwise it would be ok? Still sounds like an ass to me.

[vaberella]

8. Yes. He's a very immature ass. Ugh...he reproduced too. I hope the kids are smarter. n/t

[DrToast]

6. He was mad at Obama because the government wasn't helping him enough

HuffPost asked Volkmann, who lives in White Bear Lake, Minn., about his experience with Making Home Affordable. He said he started trying to get his lender to lower his interest rate back in 2008. When MHA's signature Home Affordable Modification Program launched in 2009, he said, the bank told him he was ineligible because his home is too far underwater and because he doesn't make enough money.

[vaberella]

7. Now you know. It takes tragedy for people to wake the fuck up. Well at least some people.

Palin didn't get that memo.

[denverbill]

9. One right-winger down. 40 million to go. Kudos to this one anyway for admitting a mistake.

[peoli]

10. wow, a right wingers brain makes a connection. how facinating. first time ever.