It's that time of the decade again.

Political accusations are flying in the world of NASCAR this week. On yahoo news was a story that was trying its best to be unbiased on the reasons for several NASCAR drivers to deny an invitation to the White House by President Obama. You can access the story "Several drivers decline invite to white house due to scheduling " By: Jay Busbee  on yahoo.com

Several NASCAR drivers have declined an invation to the White House due to scheduling issues and other prior commitments. As this is starting off the election year you can assume that this will turn into a political reason, however most of the drivers say that it is due to prior events scheduled. The story went more in depth with the drivers who declined and what the reasoning was behind that. Most drivers were polite when they declined and said that they had been to the white house before and it is a great honor just to go once.

I think that this story has been given to much attention just because it has to do with the white house and public figures. I think that it was good for those drivers to not cancel on their prior commitments just because they where invited to the white house. One of the drivers said that the event he was going to had set it up around his schedule and it would not be fair to the event if he didn't show up. Not just are the events counting on the drivers but think of all the kids who look up to the drivers. Imagine all the kids who would be going to these events to try and speak to there "hero." They would be devastated. That is also a good way to loose the faith of sponsors who may be looking to you to carry their brands. If you cannot keep a business obligation just because you are asked over for an in my opinion public relations importunity, why would I want to trust you to make the race that I helped pay your way into.

The reason I react like this is because just because someone says no to the President of the United States does not mean that they do so in disrespect. People have obligations, and if that interferes with an invitation to the white house, so be it. People should not look at this story and try to dissect what the political preference of the driver is. It is NASCAR, not lets see who he votes on. It just irritates me how politics has to work its way on to things sometime. Again all this is my opinion and I do not mean to disrespect anyone, including the president.

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