Obama vs. Ditka
November 26th, 2008 at 09:42am Wally Haas
One of my colleagues wrote on the editorial writers listserv that if Mike Ditka had accepted the Republican nomination for U.S. senator, he might have derailed Barack Obama’s road to the presidency.
I think not.
As loved as Ditka is in Chicago, there’s no way Chicagoans would have voted for a Republican even if his last name was Ditka. In this neck of the woods, Packers fans would have canceled out any Bear fan votes for Ditka. In central and southern Illinois, there are plenty of St. Louis Rams fans who don’t give a flying football about Da Coach.
If I remember right, Obama had a pretty good lead over Jack Ryan, the original GOP contender, before a sex scandal forced Ryan to step aside. Ryan may be the only person political history who got in trouble for wanting to have sex with his wife. Kinky sex, sure, but still it was his WIFE.
Don’t be surprised if Ryan resurrects his political career. Illinois Republicans have had worse candidates.
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1. Pat Cunningham | November 26th, 2008 at 10:27 am
You’re right, Wally. And who knows what kind of idiocies Ditka might have uttered on the campaign trail? The guy has never struck me as a heavy thinker.
2. FSW | November 26th, 2008 at 11:56 am
LOL!
What a goofy conversation!
A Harvard lawyer vs “DA COACH”??!!
No contest. Pick the smartest people, always. The only hope for humanity.
Is this an example of how republicans think?
3. shawnnews | November 26th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
It goes to show that the Republicans aren’t really concerned with experience, as they claim to be by courting Mike Ditka and Arnold Schwarzenegger for political positions.
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