Anyone who can't appreciate what Lynn Swann did for the Steelers is the asshat. We trusted him on the field, why not in office?

Swann for Gov, BEN ROETHLISBERGER FOR MAYOR!!!

Holy hell. What crawled up your collective asses? This FARK! Why are you making assumptionss about submitter that (a) don't matter, (b) are probably incorrect, and (c) are only stated to cause a flame war. Some of you are the same people that in other threads in the past have berated democrats for applying blanket statements to republicans ("repubs are stupid", etc) yet you are doing the exact same thing. Hypocrisy, much?

2006-01-04 10:07:17 AM unicornrider

I guess I can add Lynn Swan to my ever growing list of has-beens who turned Republican Neo-Cons who turned traitors. To bad, he was a great football player.

Ignorant or just trolling? Not every Republican is a neo-conservative, and not every neo-conservative claims Republican party membership.

While Lynn isn't a stupid guy, I doubt he has the experience to hold statewide public office. Then again, it is Pennsylvania, some parts of which couldn't get much worse off then they are now.

Terry Bradshaw and Ron Jaworski for Senators!

He's not even a good looking jock. Dammit. If you're going to run jocks in elections, at least run the hot ones!

So far he's been aligning himself with the well to do folks... having all his meetings & announcement parties at exclusive clubs.

I know he needs funds to run his campaign, but considering the financial problems the state's been dealing with, he really hasn't made any effort to address the rest of the people living & struggling in the commonwealth who are looking for someone to believe in.

unicornrider:

Attitudes like yours are ruining this country

/Even if those attitudes are directed at democrats

Swan seems to be a reasonable choice. He did pretty fair as a WR in cushy world of pro football. Although, Swan probably had his family's backing. And, he kept up with the pack in the relatively uncompetitive world of sports broadcasting. Instead of deciding based on his accomplishments and ideas, just write Swan off as an ex-jock.

Do you want rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, shiat-kickers and Methodists instead?

Name recognition alone is enough to make you worthy of election? Oh wait, Republican -- how silly of me.

And thus it would seem that this is just too timely.



>. . . From our great cultural heroes.
>
>Why Athletes Can't Have Real Jobs
>
>Chicago Cubs outfielder Andre Dawson on being a role model: "I wan' all
>dem kids to do what I do, to look up to me. I wan' all the kids to
>copulate me."
>
>New Orleans Saint RB George Rogers when asked about the upcoming
>season:
>"I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first."
>
>And, upon hearing Joe Jacobi of the 'Skins say: "I'd run over my own
>Mother to win the Super Bowl," Matt Millen of the Raiders said: "To win, I'd
>run over Joe's Mom, too."
>
>Torrin Polk, University of Houston receiver, on his coach, John
>Jenkins: "He treats us like men. He lets us wear earrings."
>
>Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann, 1996: "Nobody
>In football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman
>Einstein."
>
>Senior basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh : "I'm going
>to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes." (now that is
>beautiful)
>
>Bill Peterson, a Florida State football coach: "You guys line up
>alphabetically by height." And, "You guys pair up in groups of three,
>then line up in a circle."
>
>Boxing promoter Dan Duva on Mike Tyson hooking up again with promoter
>Don King: "Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to
>prison for three years, not Princeton."
>
>Stu Grimson, Chicago Blackhawks left wing, explaining why he keeps a
>Color photo of himself above his locker: "That's so when I forget how to
>spell my name, I can still find my clothes."
>
>Lou Duva, veteran boxing trainer, on the Spartan training regime of
>heavyweight Andrew Golota: "He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in
>The morning regardless of what time it is."
>
>Chuck Nevitt, North Carolina State basketball player, explaining to
>Coach Jim Valvano why he appeared nervous at practice: "My sister's
>expecting a baby, and I don't know if I'm going to be an uncle or an aunt."
>(I wonder if his IQ ever hit room temperature in January)
>
>Frank Layden, Utah Jazz president, on a former player: "I told him,
>'Son, what is it with you? Is it ignorance or apathy?' He said, 'Coach, I
>don't know and I don't care.'"
>
>Shelby Metcalf, basketball coach at Texas A&M, recounting what he
>told a player who received four F's and one D: "Son, looks to me like you're
>spending too much time on one subject."
>
>Amarillo High School and Oiler coach Bum Phillips when asked by Bob
>Costas why he takes his wife on all the road trips, Phillips responded:
>"Because she is too ugly to kiss good-by."
> .
>
>
>
>

nytmare:

Being an American citizen is worthy of Standing up

now if his ideas for the state suck he'll lose and we can all laugh at him

but until he actually...ya know... is offically running.... lets reserve some judgements about how worthy he is m'kay?

I'm a Steelers fan from long back, and I actually met Swann, back in the day when he was covering the Little League World Series (yeah, I know that dates me).

I dunno about him as a politician. Even back then, I reckoned he looked a lot more polished than your average ex-NFL'er. On the other hand, PA politics is a dirty, low-down nasty business where there are no hard-and-fast rules. This is the state, after all, with the near-leftist GOP senator (Specter) and the hard-line pro-life Democratic ex-gov (Casey).

Maybe Jack Lambert shoulda run.

He's LYNN SWANN.

He's the coolest guy on planet Earth.

To - syberpud: "Gov't drone working on Internet protocols. Lives in Maryland. Enjoys cycling."

NOT ignorant but just playing the 'guitly by association' game just like every righty I know. I am lumped in with the extreme side of the ultra-liberal left even though I adhore their politics just because I advocate liberal ideas. I thought I would just give some of it back.

Remember folks, Sean Pean and his ilk are completely unqualified to have any opinion about foreign policy. Lynn Swann for governor? Sweet!!

/thank you Zakalwe
//would you charge my express ticket to your account?
///smoking. obviously.

ericjohnson0
I dunno, the tagline seemed unpartisan to me but love the pic. Pleeeeease use it again (when appropriate)

Biff_Steel: He'll never win in the primary. The GOP appoints minorities, they won't actually elect them.

*nod*

Yes but you See Mr. Legalize It their is a very big reason they are unqualified

Sean penn et. al have shown themselves to be complete and total idiots when they have tried to use big words more then a few times.

Lynn Swann to my knowledge has shown he has at least the intelligence to be a functional human being even without his sports wealth. whereas some one like a Warren Sapp wouldn't...because he is a total idiot.

ericjohnson0: B-b-b-b-but Republicans hate black people... right?

Actually, Kanye West said "Bush doesn't like black people". Nice attempt at a threadjack, though.

/not really

Well, fark it.

Bill Belichick for president.

Jake3988

Preach on, brotha!!! Anyone that's a Steeler/was a Steeler is getting my vote, for sure!!! Anyone know where I can jump in on the campaign committee??

SirSpanksAlot

Christian slater for Alchohol tobbacco and firearms!

River Phoenix for DEA?

/one please

Biff_Steel: The GOP appoints minorities, they won't actually elect them.

thats a funny statement because generally black republicans get elected in majority white areas while black democrats get elected in majority black areas.

Well i'm a PA republican as well. I think i'm leaning towards anyone who isn't an ex-steeler. It would have to be the lesser of two evils.

"I just want to thank you guys for all you've done to American Politics. ITS STILL REAL TO ME, DAMMIT!!!!!"

/funniest video from last year by far

The Conqueror: black republicans get elected in majority white areas while black democrats get elected in majority black areas.



Wow... that was a nice Intellectual Biatch Slap...

Bravo... Good Forehand AND Backhand...

Encore, please...

Maybe he can get JC Watts to help manage his campaign.

ericjohnson0: Wow... that was a nice Intellectual Biatch Slap...

Not Really. It Merely Illustrates The Fact That Black Republicans Don't Represent Most Blacks.

/I can title case too!

Anybody would be better than Gov. Ed "I'd rather be at the Eagles game" Rendell.

submitter forgot douchebag failed businessmen.

lets reserve some judgements

Umm, I thought this was Fark.com. You have no power here, karasoth the grey.

TheWolfdog:

Why is it that all intelligent black athletes are "well spoken"? Have you ever heard a white football player called "well spoken"?

/just sayin' is all
//think about it

lubertdas

I wonder if the submitter would have listed this as "asinine" if Lynn Swann were going to run as a Democrat?

Who says Fark doesn't lean to the left?

An argument whose premises and conclusion are one in the same is automatically fallacious.


:)


Yours in Elvis,
DistendedPendulusFrenulum


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nytmare:

I was just saying lets see if he is a good canidate for office

Kradio: Why is it that all intelligent black athletes are "well spoken"? Have you ever heard a white football player called "well spoken"?


Ouch... Good Point. But the question remains: Is that a slam on the media for commenting on the poor verbal skills of some/most/any black athletes or is it a hit on black culture for not stressing education?

Is it the chicken or the egg?

Just asking anyone...