Da Senator?

[WildCat]

With Jack Ryan's campaign in the dust because he wanted to have sex w/ his wife (Seven of Nine) in public, Mike Ditka is being considered as his replacement on the Republican ticket to fill the vacancy in the US Senate from Illinois.

This is almost too good to be true, not because I know anything about his policies but because it would be a gold mine for news talk shows if he were elected. Dem Barack Obama had a huge lead in the polls over Ryan, but w/ Coach Ditka in the race all bets are off. Instant name recognition, and a lot of Dems would cross party lines to vote for him, IMHO.

I can see the debates now - Obama would list all his impressive credentials, state his case for the senate seat. Ditka just says "I won Super Bowl XX", the crowd goes wild. Get a few members of the '85 Bears stumping for him and he has a real chance! No way does Obama successfully attack the coach who won a Super Bowl for Chicago.

And can you imagine if he were elected? C-SPAN would actually be entertaining! Sen. Clinton could make one of her boring speeches, only to have Ditka jump up and say (with his thumb and index finger touching) "You see this? This is your IQ - zero!". Maybe threaten Sen. Kennedy w/ bodily harm, cussing out reporters at press conferences, this would be a hell of a show!

Of course, when the Dems try to filibuster he would yell "Shut up and sit down, you jerk!", throw gum at Dick Durbin, grab someone by their tie and give 'em an earfull... oh man this would be good!

Whadya think?

 

[Muslim]

nah

 

[WildCat]

nah

Obviously, you didn't see the Monday night game against the Vikings in the "Roller Dome" that Super Bowl season. Or remember that bomb from Jim McMahon to Dennis McKinnon that turned the game around.

 

[NoZed Avenger]

This analysis gives me a chance to use a word that I have been just itching to sit in to a conversation somewhere:

Sublime.



N/A

 

[WildCat]

This story is gaining national importance now. If Ditka runs (and it's looking now like he will) it could also put Illinois in play for the presidential election, which has been conceded to Kerry. The Dems have named Obama to be their keynote speaker at their convention, possibly to increase his stature in response to the Ditka threat. Gonna get interesting!

 

[WildCat]

Of course, right after that last post it comes out that he probably won't run. But sports figures are known for changing their mind, look how many come out of retirement a year later, after swearing they would never play again.

I'd hate to see this story go away!

 

[Regnad Kcin]

CHICAGO (July 14) -- Former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka announced Wednesday he won't run for the Senate, leaving Illinois Republicans desperate for a candidate four months before the election.

"There was a moment when I said, 'God, I'd like to take this and run with it', and then I said, 'You know, put your head on straight and think about what you're getting into,"' the pro football Hall of Famer said outside his Chicago restaurant.

"Run with it." Cute use of sports term.

State Republicans have been scrambling to find a challenger for Democrat Barack Obama since the winner of the GOP primary, investment banker-turned-teacher Jack Ryan, dropped out nearly three weeks ago.

"Scrambling." Another!

Ryan quit amid allegations in divorce papers that he took his wife, 'Boston Public' television actress Jeri Ryan, to sex clubs before they split up.

Polls show strong support for Obama, a state senator whose flair on the stump has helped attract money and a national following.

Wearing a black T-shirt, Ditka made his announcement at a news conference that drew onlookers who spilled into the street outside his restaurant.

He acknowledged that the sometimes fiery temperament that prompted him to answer taunting fans with obscenities in the days when he coached the floundering New Orleans Saints might not be a perfect fit on Capitol Hill.

So this "ultraconservative" (see below) resorts to yelling obscenities when he's distressed? During a...game?

Say, anyone know if Ditka coached Dick Cheney?

"I don't know how I would react on the Senate floor if I got in a confrontation with somebody I really didn't appreciate or maybe didn't appreciate me," Ditka said.

Gosh, how 'bout reacting like, oh, I don't know, a gentleman or something? Y'know, a grown-up? Or is that too difficult a concept?

He also suggested that what he called his "ultraconservative" views might clash with many Illinois voters, saying, "I don't want to talk about gay marriage."

Can we ask you about heterosexual marriages like, say, Jack Ryan's then?

A moment later, he said: "I don't care whether some judge of the Massachusetts Supreme Court says it's right. It's not right. It's wrong."

So well-informed. So nuanced.

 

[Regnad Kcin]

The above quotes are copyright: Mike Robinson, AP.

 

[SezMe]

.... With Jack Ryan's campaign in the dust because he wanted to have sex w/ his wife (Seven of Nine) in public

"What does the parenthetical comment "(Seven of Nine)" mean?

 

[zenith-nadir]

Re: Re: Da Senator?

"What does the parenthetical comment "(Seven of Nine)" mean?

Jack Ryan's ex-wife, Jeri Ryan, played the character "Seven of Nine" on Star Trek Voyager.

 

[Ed]

And can you imagine if he were elected? C-SPAN would actually be entertaining! Sen. Clinton could make one of her boring speeches, only to have Ditka jump up and say (with his thumb and index finger touching) "You see this? This is your IQ - zero!". Maybe threaten Sen. Kennedy w/ bodily harm, cussing out reporters at press conferences, this would be a hell of a show!


Whadya think?

Given that this is Chicago there is no question that I can cast a ballot from here in CT. In fact, if I understand the Cook County Electoral process correctly, everyone on this board can vote (can't vote just anywhere in Illinois, just Chicago). I'm in.

 

[c0rbin]

<rant>

When will this country get over its infatuation with Grid-Iron Grab-Ass?

American Football has to be the single most boring excuse to watch television (commercials) and avoid higher education.

Scr3w football!

</rant>

 

[Ed]

<rant>

When will this country get over its infatuation with Grid-Iron Grab-Ass?

American Football has to be the single most boring excuse to watch television (commercials) and avoid higher education.

Scr3w football!

</rant>

Agree 110%. I give it all I got

Seriously. Football does suck. It is so sad to see people demean themselves with silly hero worship.