It's All About Me, Man: [CanYoAssDigIt] Re: [OregonDems_etc] Football reference trips up GOP hopeful

Monday, May 14, 2007

[CanYoAssDigIt] Re: [OregonDems_etc] Football reference trips up GOP hopeful

You sure can get into trouble when you try to pander to sports fans. Religion isn't the opiate of the masses anymore, professional sports are. It's an extremely pernicious addiction that distorts American public life in many grotesque ways. I don't think I could ever get elected to anything, I'd say something like "let's set aside any analogies involving pampered millionaires playing children's games in front of slack jawed morons and talk about the issues" and that would pretty much be the end of my candidacy.

On 5/13/07, Stevo <blue_meanie_9@yahoo.com> wrote:

Football reference trips up GOP hopeful

By SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press Writer Sat May 12, 11:49 AM ET

    LAKE GENEVA, Wis. - Note to Sen. Sam Brownback ( news, bio, voting record): In Packerland, it's not cool to diss Brett Favre.

    The GOP presidential hopeful drew boos and groans Friday at the Wisconsin Republican Party convention when he used a football analogy to talk about the need to focus on families.

    "This is fundamental blocking and tackling," he said. "This is your line in football. If you don't have a line, how many passes can Peyton Manning complete? Greatest quarterback, maybe, in NFL history."

    Oops, wrong team to mention in Wisconsin, once described by Gov. Tommy Thompson as the place "where eagles soar, Harleys roar and Packers score."

    Realizing what he had said, the Kansas Republican slumped at the podium and put his head in his hands.

    "That's really bad," he said. "That will go down in history. I apologize."

His apology brought a smattering of applause and laughter. He tried to recover, saying former Packer Bart Starr may be the greatest of all time, but the crowd was still restless.

    "Let's take Favre then," Brownback said. "The Packers are great. I'm sorry. How many passes does he complete without a line?"

    "All of them!" more than one person yelled from the back.

"I'm not sure how I recover from this," Brownback said. "My point is we've got to rebuild the family. I'll get off this." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070512/ap_en_ce/people_brownback_favre

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