"Tim Thomas took the easy route.

The Boston Bruins' goalie and Flint native could have stood tall on his stand of individual rights if he exercised the all-important addendum to those rights -- personal accountability. But instead of accepting criticism for his boycott of the team's official White House celebration of their Stanley Cup championship as a consequence of free political expression, Thomas picked a convenient target. He blamed the media.

How clichéd!

It probably took him all of 3 seconds to figure out that defensive strategy.

"I think it's all media-driven now," Thomas told reporters Friday at NHL All-Star weekend in Ottawa. "It has been from the start. Everything I said then was as an individual. It wasn't as a representative of the Boston Bruins. All it has to do with is me. It's separate from hockey. That's my personal life. Those are my personal views. It has nothing to do with hockey."

I don't care about Thomas' political persuasions or whether he thinks President Barack Obama has been an abomination. That's why we have elections. Don't like him? Form your own political action committee and help bankroll his removal."