Posted on 07/20/2005 6:03:19 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
After weeks of cajoling from high-ranking Democrats — including former President Bill Clinton — former football star Heath Shuler announced Monday that he would challenge Rep. Charles Taylor (R-N.C.) next year.
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Heath Shuler is one of the biggest busts in the history of the nfl. this guy really is as dumb as he seemed.
At least Republican Quarterbacks (Warner, etc) have actually completed a pass.
Taylor was reelected last year by a 55% to 45% margin, running behind President Bush in the district.
For a politician, he's a pretty good ex-football player.
I thought I was a Pro football fan. Who the hell is Heath Schuler? Never heard of him. Ain't that just like the Dems. They sure know how to pick a loser.
Taylor needs to retire. Surely there must be some Republican with name ID who can hold the seat for us.
Schuler was a QB who busted big time with the AINTS. He was a Ryan Leaf before anyone knew who Ryan Leaf was.
Don't ever forget Aikman and Staubach.:)
State Representative Wilma Sherill would be a good candidate, based on what little I know about her.
Was Rep. Charles Taylor (R-N.C.) the Congressman who just came back from Iraq raising doubts about the effort, or was that another Congressman from one of the Carolinas?
I don't know about any Iraq trip. I do know that Rep. Walter Jones, Jr. (R-NC) has expressed doubts about the war. Perhaps he's the one you're thinking of.
Heath is a former U of Tennessee player. I saw somebody mention on a UT board that Heath supported and contribited to Congressman Van Hilleary back in 2002 and I know Van Hilleary is a rock solid conservative. If this is true maybe Shuler is a DINO.
TOTAL 5 NFL Seasons
29 Games
22 Games Started
593 Pass attempts
292 completions
15 TD's 33 Interceptions 54.3 QB rating
JOEY HARRINGTON of all people has a 67.2 career rating.
If Shuler is "Conservative" he should run to defeat Taylor in the primary, not in the Party of Pelosi.
Dem - Heath Shuler, Rodney Peete(???),.......
And to top it off Shuler is a developer which may cost some votes, although he was a good college QB and that will gain some votes among Vols fans. I think he'd be a bigger threat near Knoxville though.
It is interesting that Heath backed Van Hilleary who was a very conservative Republican. I can understand the local politics and real estate ties, but if that was the case, why is he running in NC and not Knoxville(Or backing a TN GOP'er and not an NC pol)?
He's just used to being picked off. It's nothing new....:)
If he ran as a Democrat in the TN-2nd, he'd get smoked. That district hasn't elected a 'Rat in over 150+ years, it went seemlessly from being a Whig stronghold to GOP without batting an eyelash.
I'm always at a disadvantage when people start in on sports references, since I don't know bubkas. Now if you wanna talk about Soap Operas...
Maybe Dan Snyder can be his campaign advisor ...
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